We look at the houses in American tv shows and they’re massive.
I’ve only ever lived in 3 bedroom 1 bathroom houses my entire life. Most people i know are in similar boats.
The newer suburbs in Darwin are building 4 by 2 but t they’re on smaller properties and everything isn’t that big to begin with.
In my neck of the woods the new houses are monstrous. Double story. Filling the complete block. Probably 3 or 4 bathrooms. White. Imposing. Ugly. It’s true where I’m from.
I suspect dense cities like NYC counter the larger surburban houses, compared to Sydney and Melbourne which aren’t all that dense by international standards.
Also, TV shows are frequently vehicles for product placement these days (even more so than the past), so the houses and cars aren’t going to be reflective of reality. Or just because having a show set in a small apartment isn’t as easy to do well.
Not sure what it’s like in Darwin, but here in QLD all of the old 3 bedroom homes have been renovated with their verandah/patio/etc converted into bedrooms. Often increasing them from 3 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms.
And if they’re on stilts… people raise the homes up and add an entire new home - might now have 9 bedrooms in a home that used to be 3. You can rent that downstairs living space out for 500 bucks a week so it easily pays for itself.
If the house can’t be renovated, you can sell the unobtanium old growth rainforest timber for a pretty decent price then build a large modern concrete home in it’s place.
The average american home is 2,000 square feet. The average Australian home is 240 square metres (2,600 square feet).
Keep in mind America has cities with half the population of Australia and people living in those cities are not living in huge homes.
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We look at the houses in American tv shows and they’re massive.
I’ve only ever lived in 3 bedroom 1 bathroom houses my entire life. Most people i know are in similar boats. The newer suburbs in Darwin are building 4 by 2 but t they’re on smaller properties and everything isn’t that big to begin with.
Maybe i need to go south to see
In my neck of the woods the new houses are monstrous. Double story. Filling the complete block. Probably 3 or 4 bathrooms. White. Imposing. Ugly. It’s true where I’m from.
I suspect dense cities like NYC counter the larger surburban houses, compared to Sydney and Melbourne which aren’t all that dense by international standards.
Also, TV shows are frequently vehicles for product placement these days (even more so than the past), so the houses and cars aren’t going to be reflective of reality. Or just because having a show set in a small apartment isn’t as easy to do well.
Not sure what it’s like in Darwin, but here in QLD all of the old 3 bedroom homes have been renovated with their verandah/patio/etc converted into bedrooms. Often increasing them from 3 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms.
And if they’re on stilts… people raise the homes up and add an entire new home - might now have 9 bedrooms in a home that used to be 3. You can rent that downstairs living space out for 500 bucks a week so it easily pays for itself.
If the house can’t be renovated, you can sell the unobtanium old growth rainforest timber for a pretty decent price then build a large modern concrete home in it’s place.
The average american home is 2,000 square feet. The average Australian home is 240 square metres (2,600 square feet).
Keep in mind America has cities with half the population of Australia and people living in those cities are not living in huge homes.