Yesterday a young first home buyer passed comment that it was strange the way the City Council gridded the City when it was first developed. ‘Why would they make long narrow sections with a house on the front and a narrow driveway’ he asked.
That got me thinking about how requests for Real Estate have changed over the years.
Fifteen years ago, the ultimate was 3 bedrooms with or without a study, open plan living and a double internal access garage all sited on 800m2. Now the requests are for 4 plus bedrooms sited on 600m2 and triple car garaging is too small!!!
How life has changed from when the City was first developed with those long narrow sections. WHY? Well most people didn’t have a car so a driveway and garage were not on the listed of requests – backyards were used to grow vegetables and let the children play – and of course ‘Bull Rush’ was the flavour of the day.
Now we need all that garaging to house not only 1 car, but 1 for Dad, 1 for Mum and the teenagers car and of course let’s not forget, the Jetski, the Boat and the 4-wheeler for Sundays at the beach.
The bonus now on the request list is INSULATION! Never before has this question been asked as much as it is now that the Government has alerted us to the fact we have not been warm over the past 100 or so years!!!!
What next I wonder? Will we go back to the Kiwi ¼ acre and start growing our own vegetables??? Will we allow our children to play ‘Bull Rush’ again instead of taking them overseas for Holidays? Only time will tell.
That got me thinking about how requests for Real Estate have changed over the years.
Fifteen years ago, the ultimate was 3 bedrooms with or without a study, open plan living and a double internal access garage all sited on 800m2. Now the requests are for 4 plus bedrooms sited on 600m2 and triple car garaging is too small!!!
How life has changed from when the City was first developed with those long narrow sections. WHY? Well most people didn’t have a car so a driveway and garage were not on the listed of requests – backyards were used to grow vegetables and let the children play – and of course ‘Bull Rush’ was the flavour of the day.
Now we need all that garaging to house not only 1 car, but 1 for Dad, 1 for Mum and the teenagers car and of course let’s not forget, the Jetski, the Boat and the 4-wheeler for Sundays at the beach.
The bonus now on the request list is INSULATION! Never before has this question been asked as much as it is now that the Government has alerted us to the fact we have not been warm over the past 100 or so years!!!!
What next I wonder? Will we go back to the Kiwi ¼ acre and start growing our own vegetables??? Will we allow our children to play ‘Bull Rush’ again instead of taking them overseas for Holidays? Only time will tell.
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