I like this suburb
Jun. 21st, 2021 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreThe houses are well established and a decent percentage are owner-occupied. There are plenty of big established trees, lots of natives, lots of fruit trees. I wonder if that tree down the road was a pistachio? Plenty of parklands, and a short walk to Talbot Bushland.
From some points you can see all the way across to Roe Highway, across the ugly new Movida estate, where houses that all look the same are situated on tiny blocks with rudimentary gardens, a few small shrubs and goddamn lawn. Come summer they will roast while we'll be quite comfortable in shady greenery.
It's somewhat easy to tell the rentals and owner-occupied places apart. Renters don't have the luxury of being able to make long-term projects of the garden, so the yard usually consists of a few scrappy trees and bushes and a weedy lawn.
After years of renting I finally have the opportunity to work on my yard, take the time to meld it to my vision.
Another thing I noticed - we don't have overhead powerlines! They must have been undergrounded at some stage. Nice.
From some points you can see all the way across to Roe Highway, across the ugly new Movida estate, where houses that all look the same are situated on tiny blocks with rudimentary gardens, a few small shrubs and goddamn lawn. Come summer they will roast while we'll be quite comfortable in shady greenery.
It's somewhat easy to tell the rentals and owner-occupied places apart. Renters don't have the luxury of being able to make long-term projects of the garden, so the yard usually consists of a few scrappy trees and bushes and a weedy lawn.
After years of renting I finally have the opportunity to work on my yard, take the time to meld it to my vision.
Another thing I noticed - we don't have overhead powerlines! They must have been undergrounded at some stage. Nice.
