After many years of not being able to, I feel very fortunate to have been able to finally buy myself a house. It’s an elusive journey for many of us and I know as well as any what a rare privilege it is nowadays. I managed to find a nice 2 bedroom place in a “heritage overlay” in the suburb of Newport.
The heritage overlay means you can’t make too many changes to the outside of the house, especially because it is considered “contributing” to the character of the neighbourhood, but quite frankly, were it not for the heritage overlay I wouldn’t have been able to afford to live so close to the Newport train station which is only a short train ride into the CBD.
The house itself is about 116 years old, and that’s foreshadowing a lot of amateur history research in my not too distant future, for now I am just glad the previous owners had the presence of mind to remove the fake brickwork that was probably applied in the 80’s
Speaking of the previous owners, we had a cute little ceremony where we handed over the keys and put up the “sold” sign, once all the paperwork was signed:
I’m looking forward to sharing the journey with you as we peel back over 100 years of history and learn about what makes a house good.
For those interested in seeing a 3D reality capture, look no further than here: