Day 6 of my Carrington photos and today's photo is of the Everyone's Theatre. The theatre is long gone but is now an apartment building.
In this theatre there are 11 apartments - 10 one bedroom apartments and one 2 bedroom apartment. To be honest they are just glorified motel rooms as the size will tell you.
One of the single bedroom apartments sold recently for $510,000. That apartment is shown in the link below.
As you can see from the photos they are all taken with a short lens to make it look larger than it actually is.
The total area is 70 sq m but that includes the outside area too.
70 sq m
internal 43 sq m
balcony 7 sq m
storage 4 sqm
carport 15 sqm
So the living area is only 43 sq m.
The actual living area is smaller than our lounge room. To pay $510,000 for an apartment that is smaller than our lounge room is madness.
The two bedroom apartment also sold recently for $902,000 and the area of that one is 130 sq m. That will include the outside area too I imagine. Here is a link to that apartment
It’s a fabulous looking building though - sadly it reminds me of our London apartment prices. Impossible to downsize as a smallish apartment costs you more than your 3 story house! And that’s without all the moving. Taxes and inevitabke refurb costs. New builds are either top end or totally unaffordable and small flimsy boxes!
I like the fact that the facade of the theatre has been preserved. At that price it must be more worthy selling them as apartments than as anything else.
Looks so spacious- with absolutely nothing in it! Just add clothes and the walls will feel like they're closing in on you. But it does look nice! Real estate is often quite mad when it comes to pricing- especially in my area.
Too small and way too expensive! Even the 2 bed, you would have to go downstairs at night to use the loo!
Very interesting, thanks so much for the links.
@rensala Carriington isnt exactly London either. It is a very old working class suburb that has become very trency in the last couple of years. Prices are suddenly quite ridicilous. I am sure the bubble will burst soon though.
@olivetreeann People are paying the ridiculous prices too especialaly when a place becomes trendy
@illinilass Ha ha I noticed that too Dorothy. We think about these things when we get older don't we
It’s a great looking building but far to pricey for a one bedroom I think. Friends of ours moved here to Canada from the UK for a better experience for them and their children.
@bluemoon@shutterbug49 Carrington has become a trendy place to live in the last couple of years so people are getting in on the bandwagon, but I don't think they realize the bubble will burst one day.
@dailypix We moved to Australia from the UK 35 years ago. David left the RAF and joined the RAAF. Best decision of our lives. Finaly settled here in Nelson Bay.
September 30th, 2024
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We have been playing with the idea of moving into an apartment as the pool and garden are becoming too much for us.
The problem is, we'll end up paying more for one which is a third of the size of our house.
https://365project.org/onewing/365/2021-05-08
9 bookcases in the rumpus room and 25 altogether in the whole house.
Very interesting, thanks so much for the links.
@olivetreeann People are paying the ridiculous prices too especialaly when a place becomes trendy
@illinilass Ha ha I noticed that too Dorothy. We think about these things when we get older don't we
@dailypix We moved to Australia from the UK 35 years ago. David left the RAF and joined the RAAF. Best decision of our lives. Finaly settled here in Nelson Bay.