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.
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.