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Corporate Housing – a testimonial

When I first heard that I was to be transferred to Melbourne I was excited, of course, but also a bit daunted by all the arrangements. How would I find accommodation in a country I had never before been to. The new job came with an accommodation allowance which worked out to A$120 per day for [...]

Rates Woes Prompt Housing Slump – What is Exactly Happening?

The interest rate increase has in turn caused a rapid fall in the housing sector. There is a home loan fall of around 7.9% which is a steep fall in past eight year’s time. With the increase in interest rates and the cost of living boost has become a burden for the common man. The Melbourne [...]

Hawthorn East School Converted Into Prestige Street

HAWTHORN East’s former Preshil School site has re-opened as a small, new housing estate. A spokeswoman for the Boroondara Council said a Plan of Subdivision was certified on July 9, in which Daniel Court replaces a site previously known as 462 – 466 Barker Road. The planning application to replace the school with a new street was lodged in early 2006. Daniel Court has eight blocks, ranging in area from about 550 square metres to just over 720 square metres. [...]

Madden’s Clayton Development One Step Closer

THE Monash City Council didn’t want it – but Planning Minister Justin Madden did – and now one of the south-eastern suburb’s biggest public-private housing developments is set to start construction soon, in Clayton. After more than ten years of debate, a $270 million apartment-based complex will replace a low-rise shopping centre at the busy north-east corner of Dandenong and Blackburn roads. Approximately 400 apartments will be developed as part of The Nova Centre redevelopment – many to accommodate public housing residents, and students. A hotel and shopping centre will also be built on the site. [...]