Trolling the suburbs

I took a drive through the suburbs of Scullin and Page after work. There is a strange mix of posh houses here and there amongst what look like older public housing. The locals refer to the older government provided housing as ‘govies’. Presumably, a lot of bulldozing of these old houses and rebuilding goes on. Presumably if you can come across the opportunity of purchasing one of these older houses that may be a bit run down, and you can get it for (mostly) land value, you may come out okay building a swish house on the land. These govies often sit on fairly large blocks, compared with what is generally available today, in Canberra. This would also have the effect of gentrifying the district.

I also discovered the suburb of Macgregor. There are definitely some nice properties in this suburb. Though there are distinct divisions between and within the same suburb here in Canberra, and Macgregor is typical of the situation. Macgregor starts on fairly flat land and gradually climbs to reveal views of the northern Canberra suburbs to the Brindabella Mountains in the distance. It’s very obvious that the more wealthy people have built homes that reflect their incomes and live on the slopes with views to the mountain ranges, whereas the poorer residents live on the flats often in ordinary looking houses, sometimes in unkempt streets, with no views. And the views are magnificent in Canberra if you get high enough up the slope.