Sounds like the cage is getting crowded!

Time to get out of the rat race people!!

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Desperate measures pay off for house-hungry Sydneysiders

By George Roberts

From ABCNews

First in first served at Oran Park

*Dallas and Simone Murphy were the first people to buy a block at Oran Park. *
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About 50 people have secured blocks of land in Sydney’s biggest housing development, Oran Park, after camping out all week.

They have been camping outside the sales office, in Sydney’s west, since as early as Monday morning.

Their efforts to secure a block in the 1,100-hectare development – Sydney’s biggest land release in 10 years – have paid off.

Cheers rang out as the doors opened this morning and the first occupants of the tent city began signing contracts.

Some estimates say the housing shortfall in Sydney is approaching 100,000.

The Oran Park development promises 8,000 lots as well as schools, parks and shopping centres.

About 30 vacant blocks are available today with 1,000 to be sold by the end of the year.

My niece & her hubby did this in Adelaide…..they got the block they wanted.

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

pain master said:

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

LOL. Indeed!

pain master said:

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

wonder how big the blocks are.

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

wonder how big the blocks are.

Didn’t look huge Veg, prolly between 600 and 700sqm is a normal house block now…. but you can get a 500sqm house on it! And a 100sqm plasma tele!

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

wonder how big the blocks are.

Didn’t look huge Veg, prolly between 600 and 700sqm is a normal house block now…. but you can get a 500sqm house on it! And a 100sqm plasma tele!

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

>Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

Think motorbike L1. It’s a new world!

Lucky1 said:

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

In Brisbane, there’s a house about 60cm from the road…that’s the corner of the house…true…it was in The Sunday Mail yesterday…so yes Lucky, the world sure is screwed…

CollieWA said:

>Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

Think motorbike L1. It’s a new world!

Oh yeah…………………………..lights on but no one was home.

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

Saw this on the teev last night. I guess there are some half-back flankers out there that prolly get excited about the latest eleventy seven inch plasma surround farting high definition monitor as they do with buying a piece of dirt. They should all hitch a ride with the bus that Lewis Hamilton is on…

wonder how big the blocks are.

Didn’t look huge Veg, prolly between 600 and 700sqm is a normal house block now…. but you can get a 500sqm house on it! And a 100sqm plasma tele!

I’d be going the smaller house and bigger area to play out the back :P

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

wonder how big the blocks are.

Didn’t look huge Veg, prolly between 600 and 700sqm is a normal house block now…. but you can get a 500sqm house on it! And a 100sqm plasma tele!

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Didn’t look huge Veg, prolly between 600 and 700sqm is a normal house block now…. but you can get a 500sqm house on it! And a 100sqm plasma tele!

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

and I should add, the House can come in any colour you want as long as it is a shade of brown.

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

in that there is a minimum requirement…

the new estates about here are horrible, they are close together with no land at all, and the houses have no eves.
bluddy eyesores.

CollieWA said:

>Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

Think motorbike L1. It’s a new world!

Been riding for centures ( well I feel old today) but still think it won’t be long and it will look like the housing estates like in the pommie shows the bill etc.

Same old world just too many people wanting to live in the same area

drylander1 said:

CollieWA said:

>Some carports/garages….are too small in Mawson Lakes to put a 6 cylinder car in the garage….not enough room for a big carport for a big car, only the smaller makes fit in…………..world is screwed .

Think motorbike L1. It’s a new world!

Been riding for centures ( well I feel old today) but still think it won’t be long and it will look like the housing estates like in the pommie shows the bill etc.

Same old world just too many people wanting to live in the same area

in Melbourne there is a strategy to contain the urban sprawl, which means higher density housing. London housing is horrible. I would hate to live like that.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

in that there is a minimum requirement…

No wonder I live rural.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

in that there is a minimum requirement…

No wonder I live rural.

I can’t wait…

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

in that there is a minimum requirement…

No wonder I live rural.

I can’t wait…

So you plan on going bush too BG.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

No wonder I live rural.

I can’t wait…

So you plan on going bush too BG.

it has always been a dream of mine. it nearly happened a couple of years ago when it looked like S was going to get a job based in country Vic, but then the GFC hit and although he would have got the job, there was no work for him to do as the expected contracts didn’t eventuate.

Now with the breakup the house will be sold and divided between us & I am hoping that I will be able to buy something in the country with my share. A couple of real estate agents will be coming around today and tomorrow to give us an evaluation so I will then know approx what I am looking at.

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

bluegreen said:

A couple of real estate agents will be coming around today and tomorrow to give us an evaluation so I will then know approx what I am looking at.

BlueGreen was a country girl to start with…

Have you considered obtaining an independent valuation report? Ours start at $330 for a basic house and the scale depends on the value and land area….of course we are nowhere near Melbourne but we do get people obtain valuations before putting their house on the market…they can discuss it with us for no extra charge and it cuts down on a lot of the flub you may be told by the real estate agents… (not all are bad but it gets confusing sometimes)…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

A couple of real estate agents will be coming around today and tomorrow to give us an evaluation so I will then know approx what I am looking at.

BlueGreen was a country girl to start with…

Have you considered obtaining an independent valuation report? Ours start at $330 for a basic house and the scale depends on the value and land area….of course we are nowhere near Melbourne but we do get people obtain valuations before putting their house on the market…they can discuss it with us for no extra charge and it cuts down on a lot of the flub you may be told by the real estate agents… (not all are bad but it gets confusing sometimes)…

to be quite honest I really couldn’t be bothered. S is arranging the valuations and then it is between the lawyers. What counts in the end is the price it actually gets sold for.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

in that there is a minimum requirement…

No wonder I live rural.

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I can’t wait…

So you plan on going bush too BG.

it has always been a dream of mine. it nearly happened a couple of years ago when it looked like S was going to get a job based in country Vic, but then the GFC hit and although he would have got the job, there was no work for him to do as the expected contracts didn’t eventuate.

Now with the breakup the house will be sold and divided between us & I am hoping that I will be able to buy something in the country with my share. A couple of real estate agents will be coming around today and tomorrow to give us an evaluation so I will then know approx what I am looking at.

BG, it’s great that you may at last get your dream fulfilled, but sad that it had to happen this way .

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

So you plan on going bush too BG.

it has always been a dream of mine. it nearly happened a couple of years ago when it looked like S was going to get a job based in country Vic, but then the GFC hit and although he would have got the job, there was no work for him to do as the expected contracts didn’t eventuate.

Now with the breakup the house will be sold and divided between us & I am hoping that I will be able to buy something in the country with my share. A couple of real estate agents will be coming around today and tomorrow to give us an evaluation so I will then know approx what I am looking at.

BG, it’s great that you may at last get your dream fulfilled, but sad that it had to happen this way .

thanks o40.

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

but I keep hearing adds saying if you build you house with them, you get a free plasma TV, so not so far off the mark really. Sad, isn’t it?

pain master said:

…..I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

About time, too

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

bluegreen said:

but I keep hearing adds saying if you build you house with them, you get a free plasma TV, so not so far off the mark really. Sad, isn’t it?

I didn’t know that..I don’t think that kind of ad is on the TV here but I’ll check with MrD

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

and they leave everything on 24/7… My ‘leccy bill tells me that I use only a small percentage of power that the ave Burdekin Area user uses. For shame everyone else!

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

Dinetta said:

You’re kidding, right?
Yes???

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

and no kids until they have paid it all off.

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…
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i live on the outskirts of adelaide – present population of Gawler 20,000 – population projection 30 years hence 150,000. the reason for such a leap in numbers around here is suburban sprawl.
i would favour the city becoming more dense (smaller blocks) to avoid this endless sprawl that gobbles up good farm land and makes all the transport networks choked.

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…
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you’re right but the new houses have no thermal design apart from insulation, they’re are getting noisier ( the ambient 35dB noise level of 30 years ago is now 45dB), the rooms are too small and the ceilings too low and the advertised price is not the price you end up paying. they look great if you photograph the finishes but many of them do have unsustainable energy consumption.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

thats why you need to Build yourself a Big Farm shed.

Unfortunately, some of the new fangled housing estates have restrictions on house size, shed size, plasma teev size and remote control size.

in that there is a minimum requirement…

Even Size Restrictions of Garden sizes?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

house and shed size yes… the teev comment was facetious of me.

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

and no kids until they have paid it all off.

Not up here BG, I think every new home built and purchased in Towntown comes with a free toddler and a knock-up for the Missus, and also included in the bargain is an annoyingly loud basketball hoop for the driveway and an upside down tricycle. And how many cars do young people need thee days?

pepe said:

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…
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you’re right but the new houses have no thermal design apart from insulation, they’re are getting noisier ( the ambient 35dB noise level of 30 years ago is now 45dB), the rooms are too small and the ceilings too low and the advertised price is not the price you end up paying. they look great if you photograph the finishes but many of them do have unsustainable energy consumption.

Reminds me of the “Little Boxes” song of the late ’60’s…..the low ceilings would certainly ramp up the ambient noise…nowhere for it to go and unless they’ve a lot of soft furnishings, the noise would echo…

A friend of Fashionasta’s was saying that they’re just throwing up boxes without any regard to the climate in Darwin…all airconditioned of course…why move there if you want airconditioning?

pepe said:

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…
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i would favour the city becoming more dense (smaller blocks) to avoid this endless sprawl that gobbles up good farm land and makes all the transport networks choked.

They do it in the European cities and cope OK…

We do need better public transport…often I think I would rather pay $5 to catch a bus to town (3 miles) rather then crank up my car…If it was OK to catch those mines busses that pass by several times a day, I would…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…
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i would favour the city becoming more dense (smaller blocks) to avoid this endless sprawl that gobbles up good farm land and makes all the transport networks choked.

They do it in the European cities and cope OK…

We do need better public transport…often I think I would rather pay $5 to catch a bus to town (3 miles) rather then crank up my car…If it was OK to catch those mines busses that pass by several times a day, I would…

public transport eh? That old can of worms eh?

They do it in the European cities and cope OK…We do need better public transport…often I think I would rather pay $5 to catch a bus to town (3 miles) rather then crank up my car…If it was OK to catch those mines busses that pass by several times a day, I would…
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weirdly the european cities are all grouped together because pirates used to pop in for a bit of r&r (rampage and rape). the hillside villages of europe are beautiful but they would generally prefer our lifestyle (probably).

bluddy buses and trains are a pain.

pepe said:

They do it in the European cities and cope OK…We do need better public transport…often I think I would rather pay $5 to catch a bus to town (3 miles) rather then crank up my car…If it was OK to catch those mines busses that pass by several times a day, I would…
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weirdly the european cities are all grouped together because pirates used to pop in for a bit of r&r (rampage and rape). the hillside villages of europe are beautiful but they would generally prefer our lifestyle (probably).

bluddy buses and trains are a pain.

Well! You learn something every day…love the new take on R’n‘R…LOL!

Yes busses and trains are a pain but you can learn to live around them…we need more! more, more!!

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

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It’s the level of debt to income that staggers me. Everything is on the never never.

CollieWA said:

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

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It’s the level of debt to income that staggers me. Everything is on the never never.

Yes, that’s what I think he means, Collie…

>public transport eh? That old can of worms eh?

What’ll we back to next, HUMAN powered transport?

CollieWA said:

>public transport eh? That old can of worms eh?

What’ll we back to next, HUMAN powered transport?

Gawd, fancy having to WALK everywhere! Oh the igimony (F7) of it! Geez we might even have to talk to each other…

Ignominy…

>Geez we might even have to talk to each other…

Nar too many lonns out there. Never know who you might run across!

CollieWA said:

>Geez we might even have to talk to each other…

Nar too many lonns out there. Never know who you might run across!

Careful…I’m a Loon…LOL!

Dinetta said:

CollieWA said:

>Geez we might even have to talk to each other…

Nar too many lonns out there. Never know who you might run across!

Careful…I’m a Loon…LOL!

I’m the toon to your loon, you wouldn’t be able to catch me to talk to lol!

Morn..

Dinetta said:

CollieWA said:

>Geez we might even have to talk to each other…

Nar too many lonns out there. Never know who you might run across!

Careful…I’m a Loon…LOL!

And I thought you were one of the normal ones! You just never know do you.

Loons have toons? Is that legal?

CollieWA said:

Loons have toons? Is that legal?

Only if they are hoons to boot

Happy Potter said:

CollieWA said:

Loons have toons? Is that legal?

Only if they are hoons to boot

And a permit of course.

CollieWA said:

>public transport eh? That old can of worms eh?

What’ll we back to next, HUMAN powered transport?

Been watching Gryff Rhys-Jones and his wonderful Rivers program and the old horse drawn canal tugboat looked like a peaceful mode of transportation…. now if we could only #@$* the cotton growers off and get Australia’s water back.

CollieWA said:

Loons have toons? Is that legal?

looney toons, even…

pain master said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

in that there is a minimum requirement…

No wonder I live rural.

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

That was on the cards more than 20 years ago.

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

and no kids until they have paid it all off.

Not up here BG, I think every new home built and purchased in Towntown comes with a free toddler and a knock-up for the Missus, and also included in the bargain is an annoyingly loud basketball hoop for the driveway and an upside down tricycle. And how many cars do young people need thee days?

Have you ever watched that show on the teev PM? “Grumpy Old Men.”

CollieWA said:

I wondered, because MrD often comments “he doesn’t know how they do it… brand new house, brand new up-market white goods, upmarket quality fittings, hugest plasma on the market…”…I think it’s the sheer size of the plasmas that amaze him…the power bills must be ginormous…

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It’s the level of debt to income that staggers me. Everything is on the never never.

That’s how we got here and now it’s so nice to be owing nothing to nobody. Mind you the pension aint much but it’s ours, every week.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

No wonder I live rural.

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

That was on the cards more than 20 years ago.

BrownTown has been trying to secede since longer than anyone can remember…

pomolo said:

Have you ever watched that show on the teev PM? “Grumpy Old Men.”

LURVE that show! They speak so well…

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

No wonder I live rural.

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

That was on the cards more than 20 years ago.

But those cards are on the table now!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

and no kids until they have paid it all off.

Not up here BG, I think every new home built and purchased in Towntown comes with a free toddler and a knock-up for the Missus, and also included in the bargain is an annoyingly loud basketball hoop for the driveway and an upside down tricycle. And how many cars do young people need thee days?

Have you ever watched that show on the teev PM? “Grumpy Old Men.”

Inspirational stuff that show is!

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

So do I, but I see yesterday PremBligh says its about time for a second Qld capital city and its Brownsville…

That was on the cards more than 20 years ago.

BrownTown has been trying to secede since longer than anyone can remember…

Capital of Kingsland.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Not up here BG, I think every new home built and purchased in Towntown comes with a free toddler and a knock-up for the Missus, and also included in the bargain is an annoyingly loud basketball hoop for the driveway and an upside down tricycle. And how many cars do young people need thee days?

Have you ever watched that show on the teev PM? “Grumpy Old Men.”

Inspirational stuff that show is!

bitchy middle aged women sounds good to me these days , floppy tits and dont give give shits, I think there is already a show similar ?