Show us your actual home

PB · Post by PB » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:15 am

I decided to start this topic after seeing the "where do you live" topic, and
I thought it might be cool to show others what your home actually looks like.

I live in a tiny rented two-bedroom unit in Sydney Australia with my wife and
baby boy. Here are some photos of it. Don't laugh at the size -- it's cheap.

This is the main room looking into the kitchen. All my coding and answering
these forums are done on the computer at the left of the photo. That's part
of my big DVD collection (over 450 titles so far!) on the bookshelves.

Here is the view the other way, showing my big rear-projection TV (109cm)
and white portable air conditioner (an important necessity in Australia!).

And here's the view we have from our balcony.

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:18 am

Wow, you have a nice view

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:27 am

Brice Manuel wrote:Wow, you have a nice view

yeah its quite "southern"

aaron · Post by **aaron** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:39 am

How about a sat pic of my place?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q ... 1&t=k&om=1

No pictures of the inside.

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:06 am

Looks cosy PB. I like the TV. Very small as you said. And great view.
The chair you have at your desk looks exactly like my chair hehehe.

I'll try to post some pictures from our house too. Right now I'm going to bed and later today we are having dinner at my parents house.

PB · Post by PB » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:23 am

> Very small as you said

Yeah.

There's two bedrooms too, but they're also small, about the size of
white carpeted area in the second photo. And a teeny bathroom. Can't afford
anything more luxurious, but luckily the landlord is very friendly with us and
hasn't raised the rent since we moved in (over 2 years ago). Apparently he
had really bad tenants for the last 3 rentals, so I think he's happy to keep us
there and doesn't want to scare us off with a rent increase.

Due to the size
the rent is small -- we pay $275/week, and other units in the same area are
all over $300/week, so we did pretty well moving in there. Also, that big white
block of units in the upper-left in the third photo are $400-$500/week, so you
can see how the rental price varies greatly in the one area.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:22 am

Nice view.

It's a wonder that you have time to get on these forums, I would of thought you would be watching films 24hrs a day with that collection and TV.

merihevonen · Post by **merihevonen** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:50 pm

PB: Is that MY LAPTOP on your desk?

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:49 pm

Oh you dont own it? I was getting jealous. =P

My place is pretty ugly but its fairly cheap for now. I'm gonna start looking to buy my first house in August.

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:31 pm

My place isn't large either (612 sq. ft. studio appartment) but then how much space does a single person living alone need?

Here's the floor plan:

Facing West:

Facing North:

Notice the 4 remotes? I will eventually replace them with a Logitec Harmony 550.

Close up of office:

The chair is an Aeron by Herman Miller, I bought it several years ago when I was working from home. It's expensive at around $850 but if you need a chair you can sit in all day long and still be comfortable, it can't be beat.

Facing East:

Facing South:

View from balcony:

Fuzziness is from doing a very quick stitching of several pictures to get it all. I'll try to get a better picture later....

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:38 pm

Love the foot stool.

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:46 pm

Derek wrote:Love the foot stool.

It works until I decide I'm willing to spend the money on a recliner (possibly of the home theater variety)...

PB wrote:That's part of my big DVD collection (over 450 titles so far!) on the bookshelves.

Probably just me, but I've never understood people that have such large movie collections.

Besides the time it would take to watch them, to me, most movies aren't worth watching even once, those that are worth watching but only once, I rent from NetFlix. The very few that I'd like to watch more than once, I'll buy.

So far my collection has all of 12 movies in it.

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:09 pm

aaron wrote:How about a sat pic of my place?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q ... 1&t=k&om=1

No pictures of the inside.

This a a sat pic of mine (the one in the red block, near to the forrest and near to a golf area)

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:42 pm

ricardo wrote:
aaron wrote:How about a sat pic of my place?

No pictures of the inside.
This a a sat pic of mine (the one in the red block, near to the forrest and near to a golf area)

People without digital cameras?

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:56 pm

Tipperton wrote:People without digital cameras?

I don't have a camera, digital or otherwise, lol.