Is there something wrong in Hawker?

There’s obviously a problem when you see this happen. It could be anything from a local drug dealer to an invasion of hipsters.

Is there something wrong??

1, Its Hawker
2, Just look at them! not an attractive block of flats are they?

Govvies being sold off as they become vacant is possible.

Madam Cholet said :

Well whatever the reason, don’t ask for the truth from the agents in charge of number 22. They sold us our house. On exchange, and when showing us back through, they claimed they could have sold it ’10 times over’.

Right….that’s why it had been vacant and on the market for three months before we came along. It was overpriced that’s all (and we didn’t pay anywhere near the original asking price).

Real Estate agents over-exaggerating? Say it isn’t true.

Well whatever the reason, don’t ask for the truth from the agents in charge of number 22. They sold us our house. On exchange, and when showing us back through, they claimed they could have sold it ’10 times over’.

Right….that’s why it had been vacant and on the market for three months before we came along. It was overpriced that’s all (and we didn’t pay anywhere near the original asking price).

As a resident of the surrounding areas, I can confirm that there is something very, very wrong with that area.

Some say it started in the late 80’s with a local coven of Pogan’s (Bogan Witches) casting a spell over the area to widen the demographics to the point where the social services structure collapses in on itself and everyone lives in a great big, lawless heap.

Others will tell you that it is merely fresh covering built over an even older set of flats that was said to be so run down and lawless that even TAMS wouldnt claim ownership of the land because even that was said to be built on the top of an even older housing estate that drove the original designer mad trying to develop nice, safe AND affordable housing.

Myself? Well, my story began in the summer of 1993 during my college years. Loife was good and ciggy were still somewhat cheap to a young boGan-Riche’ like myself. I was always told to stay away from those flats and to never go near them after dark otherwise…”Something”….may happen. I took heed to these warning because in those days before mobile phones, people were more honest. If you said you would meet someone at a certain time then you damned well had to be there 10 mins early dagnabbit! And if someone said that somewhere was dodgy then by god it was dodgy!

I knew something was strange with that place when I met Jesus for the first time……..Thats right Jesus. I have met him. Jesus of Hawker Flats was what he was known as at the time with his long hair, beard, sandles, shepards staff and robes that flowed in the wind as the traffic went past. Just looking at the guy would conjure up mental images of him rocking out in a biblical fashion to a rockin guitar riff played by a much smaller Jesus clone supported by Satan on drums and Bootsy Collins on Bass.

Apparently his real name was Barry but I wasnt going to let that sway me. I went to his apartment seeking salvation and I left with 2 foils (yes it was that long ago) of really good weed. Whenever I saw Jesus from the on he would say Hi. I often wondered if he was greeting me or asking me a question and then I would forget what I was talking about and be left with a weird, confused look on my face which would be mirrored back at me by whomever I was talking too.

One day the local garrison of coppers took him away and did him for possession and he was absolutly crucified for having that staff which someone thought was a weapon. Never saw him again and from then on Jesus had left my life. From then on I have had no reason to go anywhere near that area as I believe that there may be drugs around there judging by some of ther folks that live there.

But thats straying from the point.

The whole area was built on top of a rift like vortex of and interdimensional nature, this was an unwanted by product of the secret architecture of Canberra that Walter Burley Griffin incorporated into the city plans. TAMS learned of this and tried to cover it all up in the 70’s with waste asbestos and topped off with waste people. Mix up the demographics a little and then no one will believe any complaintabout conditions that come out of that area.

And to top off this sad tale the apartments are of a shit quality.

So 11 of 116 units go up for sale over a 8 month period and something must be wrong?
The only things wrong with those units are they are ugly and mostly full of scum bag drug using thief’s.
I said mostly.

That is mildly intriguing. If they were all being sold by the same real estate agent I would say it’s someone selling off their investment portfolio. Not the case those, seems to be a mix of agents.

Request a copy of the building inspection report from the seller / agent. That should tell you if its falling to pieces or infected with termites.

Apart from that, it could be anything.
Investors preferring to invest in newer apartments in the Gungahlin area – property prices there are expected to go up if and when the light rail kicks off.
Investors getting spooked about the impending Public Service cuts and minimising their holdings.
Owners moving to newer or bigger houses. Or retirement homes.
Investors reducing their exposure to Canberra and investing instead in Sydney where prices are expected to rise faster over the next 2-3 years.