Category Archives: House

I’m blessed that the sale of my house was such a quick process (it sold in less than a week and never made it to auction). I’m also blessed that (despite having a 6 month settlement) I’ve managed to find an apartment that I actually like (both the apartment and the area). I inspected this apartment twice, did as much research on it as I could before having lawyers look at the contract, and after a little to and fro on an offer I’m happy to say that my offer has ben accepted and the apartment is mine!

The apartment building itself is 3 years old (still quite new) and massive at 100 units, but it doesn’t feel that way as it’s actually 2 buildings, and it’s got a really open outside/inside internal void design which is unlike most apartments with dark hallways and residential doors. Being on the top floor I see open sky instead of ceilings when the lift opens up on my floor, and my apartment also doesn’t have any shared walls which is a huge plus for more quiet and privacy.

Designed wise, the building exterior was designed by Environa Studio and the interior was designed by Bennett Murada who have chosen to use a lot of concrete facades which I love. It’s a spacious three-bedroom penthouse apartment with high ceilings and a massive wrap around balcony, plenty of sunlight and an awesome private rooftop terrace. It’s also directly under the flight path, but hey… I don’t mind planes! Reminds me of sci-fi films and anime where people living on earth dream of flying to a better place!

Deck before.

Deck after.

Deck steps into garden before.

Steps and deck after.

Entrance before.

Entrance after.

Kitchen before.

Kitchen after.

Bedroom before.

Bedroom after.

Bathroom before.

Bathroom after.

Floating bench in bathroom.

Just for the record, and the memories. These renovations were done in 2009. I truly had a LOT of fun designing the deck and the kitchen the most.

I’ve been meaning to get these photos back on my blog for ages! At some stage Flickr stopped letting everyone hotlink to their photos, so a lot of my posts on various forums have broken images. My Flickr is still up though, and I still have access to it.

House is sold! Contracts signed. I feel relieved!

Real Estate photos and drone shots are in. Shit is getting real AF! Super emotional. It’s been an amazing 17 years here.

My sister found an apartment in Coogee Beach and suggested that I go check it out to see if I can get a feel for living in a much smaller space.

Mum and I checked it out yesterday, location wise it’s perfect and as close to the beach as my house is to Maroubra Beach. Visually from the outside the apartments look amazing. Concrete and glass and no massive high rise, just 10 in the block. The apartment going for auction was on the bottom floor, and so whilst there’s no water views, it does get a patio and side patio too.

Inside we both thought the apartment was pretty small and tight, but it’s super new and modern and has a tonne of natural light. The master bedroom was super small. Knocking out a wall to the next bedroom would fix that, but strata is pretty difficult apparently when it comes to apartments and modifications.

I actually think the apartment is so damn close to what I’m looking for, but they’re asking too much for it. All in all it just felt good to get the ball rolling on selling up my house and downsizing.