Five beautiful Canberra residences?

O’Malley, Canberra’s answer to good taste- not.
Most houses have a great view of Hindmarsh Drive and the proliferation of solar panels is most amusing, and ugly.

miz said :

O’Malley is ugly and hot. Good luck selling those turkeys.

I often take visitors to O’Malley so that we can laugh at the triumph of money over good taste.

O’Malley is ugly and hot. Good luck selling those turkeys.

It seems any view these days has people getting all hot and excited, even if the view is of a bunch of grubby roofs with chimneys and industrial-looking metal stuff.

Domestic house design at present is truly awful.

I have just been over to South Australia staying in Hyde Park. If you don”t know Victoria Avenue, I recommend a streetview search. Pretty much any five houses in this avenue are better than the ones listed in the article.

I didn’t bother to look at all of them, but I see one’s a flat and another’s a mock-Tuscan McMansion.

If they’re “beautiful”, then I’m a supermodel.

The only reason I’d give you more than 5 bob for four of them is to sell as quickly as possible. The Tennyson Ave property though does appear to qualify as a beautiful property. The other four are just ugly monstrosities so typical of a society that has very little real class or culture.

you could really get your creative juices flowing with all that white and beige. And I just loooooove tiles in the living room, so cozy.

johnboy said :

That billiard table sounds suspiciously like the one the old Civic Workers Club used to have.

John Brown’s desk will surely be featured in the next breathlessly exciting, envy-inspiring instalment.

gospeedygo said :

zorro29 said :

Is this your standard pickup line?

Well, us ladies don’t get to use pickup lines very often (if ever)……..and spoken for anyway….but, if I did, I more prefer something like “do you believe in love at first sight or do I have to walk by again?”

Swagger.

I am being serious with my point though, if I had to move back to Canberra I’d find it pretty much impossible to find a building with as many amenities/services as where I live in Sydney. Given the market, they should offer more for the $$ people pay (or have places that charge more to give people the option).

dpm said :

“The taps are gold plated, the tiles are gold leaf, and the carpet is 100% wool. They’re the first two things that stick out from this listing.”

Two things?

Nobody expects the Spanish Interior Design Inquisitors!

zorro29 said :

Is this your standard pickup line?

“The taps are gold plated, the tiles are gold leaf, and the carpet is 100% wool. They’re the first two things that stick out from this listing.”

Two things?

“The cornices are hand painted….”‘

MY cornices are handpainted too! hahaha!

poetix said :

‘The billiard table previously belonged to snooker and billiards champion Eddie Charlton’s GP, and was played on by Charlton himself.’

Wow! I am hoping to purchase a caravan containing a beer fridge that once contained dog food fed to a greyhound owned by David Boon, which, rumour has it, the great man opened himself. I am not sure if that’s the fridge or the can, but still, either is good.

Any beer fridge owned by David Boon would surely have worn out door hinges…

‘The billiard table previously belonged to snooker and billiards champion Eddie Charlton’s GP, and was played on by Charlton himself.’

Our “Lame to Fame” winner of the week!!

I think the author of that article is confusing expensive with beautiful.

the indoor swimming pool in #3 is pretty kicking….admit it!

surprised at the lack of quality in the kitchen of the “penthouse” apartment (#5) on london cct….Canberra has a /long/ way to go till it meets the property market standards in other cities…my Sydney apartment knocks any of those outta the park!!

‘The billiard table previously belonged to snooker and billiards champion Eddie Charlton’s GP, and was played on by Charlton himself.’

Wow! I am hoping to purchase a caravan containing a beer fridge that once contained dog food fed to a greyhound owned by David Boon, which, rumour has it, the great man opened himself. I am not sure if that’s the fridge or the can, but still, either is good.

A contemporary version of Dante’s Inferno would have a Circle for those poor souls condemned to produce such puff pieces.