Paris is known for small and expensive apartments, some, if not the highest per square meter prices. Why would you want to emulate that?
We grew up in a 3 bedroom house. When we were becoming teenagers. Dad built an extension which expanded one of the bedrooms to provide enough room for two growing boys and enlarged the kitchen, added a family room and extended the lounge room into a lounge and dining room.
We had one of two dinners parties in the new Dining room, but it became the defacto study as we entered High School.
In order to free up the dining table again, the second extension featured a 4th bedroom (which opened onto a private deck), dedicated study and expanded laundry.
All these extensions were a complete waste of money because my brother moved out shortly after we completed it and my younger sister moved out to live with our uncle and aunty after a heated argument with Dad over the Liberties of Man (and teenage girls).
I believe that the house is now owned by some “New Australians” (and my dad would have called them) and has two families living together.
This was possible in pre 2000s houses when there was a proper yard. Now the houses are bigger and the blocks are smaller. Can only extend upward, and only if it’s single storey.
Well we are building more - but I’m sure we could build more. But if Australia is to have higher density living (such that is it common for families to live in apartments) then we have to reduce car dependency. Increasing the number of cars when the traffic is already maxed out can only lead to problems. So we have to add more people without more cars. i.e. more people who don’t drive cars.
becau$e you can’t cram a$ many of them into a build
This is the problem. They should be mandated into the build. At least half the building is 3,4&5 bedroom apartments
I had a mate living in a council apartment for a bit - the whole damned thing was literally the size of my loungeroom. That was not a n apartment, that was a human storage locker.
Shockingly, it was not good for his mental health
Yeah it’s shit. Near my parents there is a bunch of old housing commission houses. 1 bedroom houses that are bigger than most 2 bedroom apartments. They need to build them with more space stacked up. Do that all around inner city train and tram stops and you get a lot of desirable supply.
