Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 2

[Power Raid]

For anyone who bought an established house after about 2007 I don't recommend looking up the sales history on realestate.com.au.

I was looking at a place not long ago which ended up being about 10-15% above my price range. Seller managed to make about $150k on the purchase price in the last 5 years with minimal improvements surprised me but good luck to them, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay. Then I saw the previous sale price from 2000 and died a little inside. Pretty sure my current place was a 5 figure sale in the 1990s.

My first property investment was $27k, the second $43k and third $67k.

I never imagined an ordinary property would ever cost more than $100k!

 

[Chief]

The mildest summer in 25 years, is global warming a bigger hoax than the Y2K bug?

Yeah we’re in for 35+ this week up here.

Not that weather is the same thing as climate.


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[ioppolo]

I think most people of our generation have these stories.

I could have bought a couple of properties in Embleton for next to nothing in the 90's and would be living large if I did.

Too busy having a good time to think of the future.

My mother almost bought a place in Ascot back when it was swamp and Horse stables, she would've made a killing on it with hindsight.

 

[Freofalcon]

My first property investment was $27k, the second $43k and third $67k.

I never imagined an ordinary property would ever cost more than $100k!

My children won't be able to ever move out.

 

[Beerfish]

My first property investment was $27k, the second $43k and third $67k.

I never imagined an ordinary property would ever cost more than $100k!

Mrs Beerfish bought a 1 br unit in highgate for 43k and our first 2 br unit together in kensington was 150k.

 

[Freofalcon]

My mother almost bought a place in Ascot back when it was swamp and Horse stables, she would've made a killing on it with hindsight.

Apparently my Grandfather owned half of East Perth back in the 50's.

Sold it well before I was born.

 

[Scotland]

I still think of a $1m house as some kind of mansion with 17 car garage, tennis courts and servants.

 

[ioppolo]

I still think of a $1m house as some kind of mansion with 17 car garage, tennis courts and servants.

Get with the times, that'll net you a 5x2 on 580sqm in Southern River

 

[Kram]

I remember a couple of conversations in 2002 at work where older guys were commentating on how high housing prices were and what are young people going to do. Christ I wonder what they would think now.

 

[Scotland]

When I was a student working at Coles the full timers there were buying houses. One of the dudes was 30 something and had an investment property on top of the house he lived in with his wife and young kids. They must be thanking their lucky stars they weren't my age or younger. A full time wage at Coles has probably gone up a few grand a year in the last 10-15 years while the cost of housing has gone up a few fold.

 

[Upgrayedd]

For anyone who bought an established house after about 2007 I don't recommend looking up the sales history on realestate.com.au.

I was looking at a place not long ago which ended up being about 10-15% above my price range. Seller managed to make about $150k on the purchase price in the last 5 years with minimal improvements surprised me but good luck to them, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay. Then I saw the previous sale price from 2000 and died a little inside. Pretty sure my current place was a 5 figure sale in the 1990s.

Tale

So dad purchased a property in Rivervale. 60k. Worth around 650 now. Demolished old house. Built on it. 800 square meters

His sister purchased in inglewood. Same size. 800 square meters. Demolished a wall. Built. A bigger loungeroom. Added 2 rooms and a patio. Sold for over 1m+

Me-i could by a 450 square meters in bassendean for 450k with my partner. ...

 

[Freo Big Fella]

The pasta dishes I've had in restaurants are no better than the pasta dishes I can make myself at home in about 20 minutes so I usually steer clear of them.

If you're going to eat out you're better off ordering something that's more difficult to make at home or something that requires a proper chef to make.

I think there's a long-term loyalty thing that's survived WRT mid-level Perth Italian places because of the lack of a better alternative.

Even though the food isn't in any way brilliant, I'll always hit up Al Fornetto in Doubleview whenever I'm back in town for the sole fact the owner remembers me having a string of major milestone gatherings there and always spotting me cheap beers and discounted meals.

You don't get the same thing with your random suburban Chinese, because it's been superseded by better-quality Thai and Vietnamese places.

I now understand why Wal continues to grind his axe over Naitanui accidentally kneeing Sandilands a couple of years ago.

My biggest issue with this continues to be that if the situation was reversed, you'd have the collective might of Seven West and 6PR calling for a life ban for Sandilands.

Lack of consistency from Perth sport journos is never not going to be a point of discussion.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Absolutely floors me how Vic Park is talked up. This isn't Melbourne or Sydney where a shithole in the city limits is worth a mil. It isn't close to the city, public transport is average, and the main drag isn't that cool or attractive. This notion it's some awesome up and coming suburb is so weird. It's alright, pretty decent, but by no means is it worth being talked up. Very bizarre.

Went to the stadium today. Wow. Feels like the MCG more than Etihad despite it being essentially the same size as the latter and more than a third smaller than the former. Wide, easy to walk concourses, heaps of pissers, the train was really well done (I say this as a Freo line user who'd wait a good hour to board a train back to Fremantle when the games were at Subi) but I couldn't help feel nostalgic for that old cold, damp shithole. I walked out and my feet were dry and not in a wet sweat like Subi, and I got home in about an hour. But yeah, what a great stadium, feels just like Emirates Stadium from the outside which is even better than Wembley. Corker.

But yeah tldr Vic Park wtf isn't even that good. We gonna talk up ****in Melville?

 

[perthblue]

How is vic park not close to the city lol?
the main strip has lots of nice little shops and pretty good range of cafes/restaurants. Lots of pretty old character houses about, has most things you'd need close by. Not sure what more you'd want TBH

 

[Silent Alarm]

How is vic park not close to the city lol?
the main strip has lots of nice little shops and pretty good range of cafes/restaurants. Lots of pretty old character houses about, has most things you'd need close by. Not sure what more you'd want TBH

Well it's not near the beach. Which is basically Perth's main drawpoint.

Feels like Vic Park is talked up more than say Mt Lawley or Subi which is a ****in joke.

Maybe because a lot of people live there and want to big up a suburb that really isn't that good?

 

[perthblue]

Subi is shit though.

I dunno anyone who rates Vic Park higher than Mt Lawley though. Mt Lawley way better for bars.

 

[Off The Couch]

My first property investment was $27k, the second $43k and third $67k.

I never imagined an ordinary property would ever cost more than $100k!

Mine was $33k, the second $150k and the one I currently live in in North Perth $210k

I feel really sorry for this generation and those coming behind them - it’s well and truly getting out of reach. My son does relatively okay financially but there’s no way unless he moved to south Geraldton that he could do a mortgage on his own and still travel and “live” unless he was prepared to eat noodles for the next 20 years.

 

[JackOutback]

Well it's not near the beach. Which is basically Perth's main drawpoint.

Feels like Vic Park is talked up more than say Mt Lawley or Subi which is a ****in joke.

Maybe because a lot of people live there and want to big up a suburb that really isn't that good?

Subi is 3.8km from Perth, Vic Park 5.5km. Not sure how that doesn't rate as close to the city.

 

[Power Raid]

Apparently my Grandfather owned half of East Perth back in the 50's.

Sold it well before I was born.

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Same story

My great grand father owned a suburb called “Shit Creek” or something delightful. It was later rebranded as part of West Lakes where AAMI stadium was later built.

He lost it gambling.

 

[Power Raid]

Mine was $33k, the second $150k and the one I currently live in in North Perth $210k

I feel really sorry for this generation and those coming behind them - it’s well and truly getting out of reach. My son does relatively okay financially but there’s no way unless he moved to south Geraldton that he could do a mortgage on his own and still travel and “live” unless he was prepared to eat noodles for the next 20 years.

True but they won’t ever know what 23% interest rates will taste like.

Even appreciating a recession will be a new experience for most.

 

[Scotland]

True but they won’t ever know what 23% interest rates will taste like.

Even appreciating a recession will be a new experience for most.

23% interest rates lasted how long and your mortgage was how much?

The biggest problem facing my generation and those younger is that we've run out of factors to eat up the debt. A $500k mortgage is nothing if you are earning $200k in 5 years time and houses cost $1m, but we already have some of the highest wages and house prices in the world. A 20-30 year debt does what it says on the tin because we're playing catch up between wages and prices and will be for some time.

The baby boomers just don't seem to get this. My old man has told me about the unit he bought for $11k, the land he bought and the house he built for $40k etc. but glosses over the fact that each time within a few years the debt was relatively nothing. I bought in 2009 and in 2018 my home loan is still sitting there staring me in the face.

 

[Scotland]

Well it's not near the beach. Which is basically Perth's main drawpoint.

Feels like Vic Park is talked up more than say Mt Lawley or Subi which is a ****in joke.

Maybe because a lot of people live there and want to big up a suburb that really isn't that good?

Mt Lawley isn't near the beach, nor is Subi really. Subi is closer to it than Vic Park, but it's hardly a drawcard of either.

IMO what Vic Park has going for it is value for money. Subi is dead now anyway in terms of having any vibrancy, but if you want to move your family there then you better have at least $1m in your pocket. I used to live in Subi and it's definitely up its own arse. I'm not surprised a bunch of the shops on Rokeby Rd closed down. How many shops selling $20 jars of olives do you need? In Vic Park you can buy a renovated character home with a little bit of land for $5-700k.

If you want to live in an apartment then Mt Lawley or somewhere right on the river/beach are preferable, but if you want a happy medium of being able to have a house and some land (like 3-800 sqm, most of the old 1/4 acre blocks are gone which is a good thing) and not living in drab suburbia where you cant walk to anything then Vic Park is a good shout.

I've got a mate that moved to Hammond Park (had to Google where it was after he told me) and has a nice newish 4x2 with a pool but for $5-600k I'd choose Vic Park over that any day.

 

[Scotland]

My biggest issue with this continues to be that if the situation was reversed, you'd have the collective might of Seven West and 6PR calling for a life ban for Sandilands.

Lack of consistency from Perth sport journos is never not going to be a point of discussion.

I doubt it. I remember in one of the derbies Beau Waters backed back into Mayne IIRC and copped a knee to the back/head and after getting a free kick he probably didn't deserve then that was the end of it.

Your second sentence agree 100%. I do think bias is overstated in the media in general, though. The biggest problem isn't journos affiliated to clubs, states etc. but journos who are just ****en shit at being journos. I've been watching the NBA this morning (Spurs vs Warriors) and have learned the names of a few new players. Hadn't seen Bertans from San Antonio before. Anyway I'm just a dude sitting on a couch in Australia and I can learn the names of players in the NBA by watching one game. You'd think that AFL commentators who only commentate AFL games and do nothing else could stop saying Nate Fyfe and Beau Watters...

 

[Plugger35]

Jack Steven still gets called Jack Stevens on a regular basis, some of the commentators probably think him and Koby Stevens are related.

 

[Silent Alarm]

AFL commentators are generally middle aged blokes who were lucky enough to be the first players making serious money and now work three days a week for eight months at most and rake up $400,000 a year for it. They basically just like getting pissed on the flight to Adelaide or their boozy lunches twice a week. Basically they're very unintelligent people with an inflated sense of everything with too much money and a boyish (or 21-year old) approach to the world.