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Monday, September 5, 2022

Australian housing industry.

WELCOME TO BRISBANE AFFORDABLE RENTALS, IF YOU LIKE WHAT IS BEING RENTED, GET IN TOUCH WITH US. IN THIS BLOG WE WILL ALSO WRITE BUILDING ARTICLES, IN FACT, WE WILL EVEN WRITE SEVERAL HOW TO DO IT YORSELF BUILDING WORKS, WHICH CAN HELP TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR HOUSE. 

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I have been a bricklayer most of my life, so, I have been working and building these type of houses in the seventies. Houses building in Australia, seems to evolve more rapidly than in the old countries of Europe, perhaps because it is a new country. Anyhow you will understend this change when you read our blogs, 


Welcome to our article, Australian building industry 

Building houses in the sixties. 

Dear readers, the following blogs that I am writing here, will be about my life story and what I did to earn a living when I camo to Australia. Anyhow, these articles will be written is such a way that can help people to DIY brickwork and other building things, which we believe can help people that are willing to try DIY small building or repairs, but first let me explain how I acquired that knowledge myself.

When I came to Australia in the sixties, I ended up working in the building industry, we were working mainly on fixing old houses, or building new house from scratch, units and warehouses, so, I ended up learning how lots of building things were done, in the end I became a bricklayer, and have worked most of my life as a bricklayer.

Anyhow, in this article we are going to write about; the Australian housing industry in the sixties; Working in the Australian housing and building industry; Earning and saving money if you can; and Working with this Italian builder.

We believe that the Australian housing and building industry, is one of the major employment industries in Australia, you can say that this is so in other countries. But I believe that in other countries building new houses is not as important as it is in Australia. One of the reasons for this is that Australia is a new country, it needs and takes in many emigrants. In the sixties Australia was taking emigrants in a regulated way, now because the population grows steadily also accommodation need to grow steadily, therefore, new houses need to be built to keep a steady balance. This building of new houses gives opportunities for the newcomers to be employed, since there is manual work involved, therefore, a healthy cycle is created; but even with these opportunities the building industry has its ups and down, as we know. So, let us talk about it and try to make sense, if we can.  

You know, the housing building industry and real estate work together to complete the cycle of supplying to the public what is needed, so, both have their ups and downs, and it cannot be avoided. It could have been helpful if one could foretell what is going to happen next year, on the housing market, but it is not possible to guess what is going to happen in the future. If people can know this, then they could make money, since they could invest their money at the right time.

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Working in the building industry. 

As I have said, when I came to Australia from Italy, I ended up working in the building industry. Now let me explain this working position, working on building in Australia is a temporary job, because even the employer is subject to the same opportunities of work and he cannot help it, therefore, one is never sure what is going to happen next, when the job you are working on is finished, therefore, there were concerns about our employment status, so, we kept asking ourselves, whether our employer would get another job to do, before we finished the one we were doing, but even though we were thinking that, we still worked hard to finish the job on hand, as soon as possible, because to find work you had to be competitive.

Well, I should say that although this small Italian builder did lots of small jobs, it did work out all right most times, so, we were able to move from one job to another all-around Brisbane and to other close by town/s. Of course, this would cause worries if you had no transport of your own and you had to rely on some friends or the employer to take you on the work site, where the building was going to be built, but we managed somehow.

I remember that there were times, when I had to get up early and catch the first tram to the city, and then I had to catch the second tram to another suburb, where the builder would pick me up and drive me to the onsite job, in the evening after eight hours or more of hard work, I had to go back home, which took again a long time, but anyhow we managed all right, after all we were here in Australia to earn money, so, as long as we had a job to go to and earn money, we were happy to do that. You see, on building sites workers can earn above other people wages, but there was this uncertainty because there was no guaranty that the work would last, and it also was hard work all day long.

Anyhow, it was a good job with good opportunities to learn and improve your knowledge of building something yourself. You see, in those times we could improve our working and earning position more easily than today; it was possible then because a lot of things were simple, and therefore, they could be done just by using your common sense. Of course, there were always inspections from local authorities to follow, but once you knew what it was required, they were easy to follow, if you used your brains diligently, therefore, we should say that we had more opportunities then compared to today opportunities. I believe that it was so, because the building we were building were small houses, so, if you were a tradesman, you most likely could be the builder as well.

Having said that, now let us see, how this type of work affected us newcomers moneywise.      

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Learning how to earn and save money. 

Whatever you do in life, the most important thing is; Earning and saving money. In my case, because there was uncertainty of not having a permanent job in the building industry, we soon learned that whatever money we earned from our job, we had to save some, otherwise we could have problems soon or later; so, this disadvantage that we had in this job pushed most of us building workers to become good at saving money, because we wanted to feel safe and independent.

So, let me talk about money. In Australia because the economy is based on capitalism the more money you can earn and save the better off you are; of course, this is also true to most other part of the world, but in Australia seems to be more so, because it is a new country, and people rely more on what they can earn than anywhere else in the world. This is because there are not existing reach families that live on the earnings of the properties that have been passed down from generation to generations. Therefore, in Australia is mostly up to yourself, if you want to get richer, you should try harder to earn and save money. You see, most of the people here, have earned their own money.

Therefore, we must understand that in Australia, not only you have to try to earn money, but it is important that you should save it too, and at the same time you have to try to improve your working position, so, you can be more independent and not rely on others. This attitude can help if it happens that you lose your temporary job, and also by saving money you can start one day buying your own house, which is the most important thing that people must do, if they want to live an independent decent life. I know now that most of you are saying that this buying a house is a hard thing to do, but you see, this can be done because I have done it myself.

Anyhow, I believe that I have said enough about this money business; so, let me go back to tell you, my progress in the building industry and what I did to become a tradesman.

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Working and learning with this Italian builder. 

Dear readers, in these articles, while I am telling you the story about myself working in the Australian building industry, I am going to try to give you details of how things were done in those days; therefore, if you are one of those people that want to do your own building renovations one day, on those building that we built then, you can somehow guess what you can find, because you already know how we built them.

Now let me go back to when I started work with this Italian builder, who was a bricklayer and concreter, we were working on houses and because there was not enough bricklaying work on these houses, as they were mostly built with timber, we were building only the foundations, the concrete stumps and some brickwork as the base of the house. Of course, we did also some jobs under the existing houses, and this has given me an opportunity to learn many things about those old houses in Brisbane.

Just for comparison’s sake, to see the difference between those times and today, let me describe to you what we did to prepare a new base for a new timber house, which would be setting on concrete stumps and some brick walls.

First of all, we went to set up the site, if it was not set up from the builder or carpenter that was building the timber house. This setting up required that we should fix some timber frame to the ground with pegs and per the measurement in the plan. These timber frames are called profiles, and they are marked accurately to the measurement on the plan, so that we had the right measurement to go by, to start digging the foundations for the stumps and brick walls.

Then we had to dig the foundations, and this was mostly my job as I was the labour and I was pretty good at digging, this may seem hard to believe but even digging one has to be an expert to do a good job, as the shape and depth of the foundations is important to do a good job. Just to show you what I mean to dig a hole for a new concrete stump, 20x20 centimetres as most stumps were supposed to be; the hole for this stump should be in exactly the right place, it should be at least sixty centimetres deep in natural ground and at the bottom should have a circumference of at least 40 centimetres or more. These were the average specifications then, unless it was stated otherwise. I know this because I have dug several hundreds of them if not thousands.

All the tools that I needed to do this digging job were a pick a post hole shovel and a crowbar, it usually would take me a couple of days to dig the entire house holes, which could usually be between twenty and thirty holes. You see I was able to dig a hole in less than half an hour, but it was hard work. Sometimes when there was some brickwork to do, we had also to dig these foundations by hand; the foundations were usually dug according to specification, which usually would be 60 centimetre deep in the natural ground, this means that if the grounds had been filled up that filling should not be counted as depth.

Anyhow, before I finish writing this article, I want to say that those houses that we were building in the sixties, with this builder contractor that I was working for, they were average affordable house that the average family could afford to buy, and therefore, they were sold easily.

Now, I believe that I have said enough in this article and although there is a lot more that can be said, we are going to tell you in our next article, which is going to be about how we made those concrete stumps on site, while we were working on these, Australia affordable houses

To see more click on this link, Australian building industry

See you soon.

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

For rent early next year

WELCOME TO BRISBANE AFFORDABLE RENTALS, IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THEREIN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 

We have a unit coming up for rent early January 2021 


One unit in a block of five unit will be up for rent next year, so, keep an eye on this ad, as we will give you more details  
Close to all amenities. 









Just some photos of what is coming up. 
TO SEE MORE YOU NEED TO INSPECT THE PLACE. 
WE IT COMES UP, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 3397 9614 
Call us if you are interested.
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Friday, November 18, 2016

Coorparoo 1 unit for rent

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Coorparoo 1 unit for rent
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The 2 bedroom unit for rent entry is the first door on the landing, as seen from the driveway.
There is one unit for rent, in this block of 5 units. There are more picture at the bottom of the blog to show you what we have. available now.



Coorparoo 1 unit for rent

 Available now

Address; flat 2- 28 Hipwood Avenue Coorparoo, Brisbane

Coorparoo, 2-bedroom flat for rent available from 18 November 2016 

This is a cheap clean 2 bedrooms flat for rent, $290.00 P.W.

Initial cost, 2 weeks rent + 4 weeks for bond

Minimum 3 months’ lease

Qualified tenants have to sign a minimum 3 months Rental Agreement

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For inspection call Frank Tel. 3397 9614

Open for inspection, Saturday between 9.30 AM to 10.30 AM
At any other times by appointment by calling this landline No; 33979614

Or visit our site any time you want at; 28- Hipwood Avenue Coorparoo and if you like what you see, then you can call Frank to make an appointment, Tel. No: 3397 9614;

Or you can email us at, hipwoodac@gmail.com

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Right side of flats, as seen from the road














Carport and laundry under building


Entry door in lounge room

View of kitchen and other stuff from lounge room.







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Upright gas stove two years old. Kitchen and cupboards are okay.


Built-in wardrobe in main bedroom

A brand new vanity basin in bathroom











TO SEE MORE YOU NEED TO INSPECT THE PLACE.
OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 3397 9614
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Coorparoo unit for rent

WELCOME TO BRISBANE AFFORDABLE RENTALS, IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THEREIN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.
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Welcome to our blog, affordablerentals
and this post, Coorparoo unit for rent
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Coorparoo unit for rent
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There is one unit for rent, in this block of 5 units. There are more picture at the bottom of the blog to show you what we have. available now.

Available now

Coorparoo unit for rent


Coorparoo, 2-bedroom flat for rent available from 25 of October 2016 

Clean 2 bedrooms flat for rent, $300.00 P.W.

Location; flat 2- 28 Hipwood Avenue Coorparoo Brisbane

Initial cost, 2 weeks rent + 4 weeks for bond

Minimum 3 months’ lease

Qualified tenants have to sign a minimum 3 months Rental Agreement

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For inspection call Frank Tel. 3397 9614

Open for inspection, Saturday between 9.30 AM to 10.30 AM

Or visit our site any time you want at; 28- Hipwood Avenue Coorparoo and if you like what you see, then you can call Frank to make an appointment, Tel. No: 3397 9614;

Or you can email us at, hipwoodac@gmail.com

This is our blog; http://affordablerentals.blogspot.com/

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The flat for rent is the fist entry door on the landing.








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The same as above, seen from a different angle.









A brand new vanity basin in bathroom










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Upright gas stove two years old. Kitchen and cupboards are okay.









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View of kitchen and other stuff from lounge room.









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Laundry under the building, and car port as well.










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Entry door and lounge room









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Built-in wardrobes in main bedroom.












TO SEE MORE YOU NEED TO INSPECT THE PLACE.
OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 3397 9614
Call us if you are interested.
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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Stones Corner unit for rent

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and this post, Stones Corner
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Stones Corner unit for rent
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The unit for rent is situated on first floor of this building, as seen from Knowsley St Greenslopes.








Stones Corner unit for rent
This is one of the best location in Brisbane
Stones Corner: Clean 2-bedroom unit with built-in robes, large lounge, kitchen and dining room
Location; 5/127 Old Cleveland Road Stones Corner.
Close to all amenities, bus at door, short walk to shops, Hotel and café.
Cost $350.00 PW. Initial cost 2 weeks rent plus bond
For more information call Tel 3397 9614

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Hereunder are some photos of the property


common entry to units
lounge room 







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dining room




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kitchen






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main bedroom built-in







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wardrobe in second bedroom


Sunday, June 19, 2016

Warehouse and office for lease

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WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE FOR LEASE
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Front of warehouse, seen from driveway.

Front of warehouse, seen from a different angle.









Entrance office room with bench, and side door to enter into warehouse. This warehouse has several office rooms as you are going to see from the photos in this post. So, it would be ideal to somebody that needs to have a large number of people working in offices.


WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE FOR LEASE
An opportunity exists to lease this warehouse including 5 office rooms in Salisbury

Location 3-128-136 Evans Road Salisbury
For lease warehouse and 5 office rooms
Asking $32,000 or near offer. You need to talk to the owner, landline 07-3397 9614 or mob 0417 176 194, also you can email; frankmenchise@gmail.com  
For lease office and warehouse 
this is an opportunity to rent this office warehouse straight from the owner, which could help to keep the price down, at least part of the agent fee could be split and benefit both the owner ant the lease.  

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Fantastic Unit on Evans Road - Owner Prepared to Meet the Market
* 280sqm modern tilt panel unit in corporate Salisbury complex
* 160sqm of clearspan warehouse with up to 6.9m internal height
* Access via an electric 4m wide container height roller door
* Roller door directly opposite driveway allowing for easy site access
* 120sqm of modern office space over two levels with glass partitions
* Ample 3 phase power plus kitchenettes on both levels and amenities
* Easy access to major arterials and only 8km from the Brisbane CBD
* Available now!
Call us now. Phone 3397 9614 or email; frankmenchise@gmail.com  

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Interior of warehouse, showing entrance roller door and other things; like the air conditioning units for the office rooms upstairs.  


Interior of empty warehouse. looks like that this warehouse needs a tenant. 




This set of stairs, takes you to the upstairs office, which are mostly made of glass partition. 











This is the front office upstairs 






Upstairs second office room 






Upstairs back office








Just another office room







And another office bench 








Kitchenette upstairs. 








Last but not least, here is the well tiled sanitary room. you need to see it to appreciate that. 




Well this is all what we are able to show you today. Now if you are interested in leasing a warehouse that has  a few office rooms, give us a call. Landline phone number. 07-3397 9614. 

Saturday, June 4, 2016

House for rent

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Welcome to our blog, affordable rentals

And this post, Norman Park house for rent.
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NORMAN PARK HOUSE FOR RENT
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This lowset house is for rent, it needs some people that like a quiet street to live in. while it is quiet it is close to public transport if you need to travel to town. It is well worth to inspect, if you are looking for long term accommodation.


NORMAN PARK HOUSE FOR RENT


Location: at 19 Pattison Avenue Norman Park,
Affordable 3 bedrooms’ house for rent, $400 per week available now


Same house as above, seen from a different position















Back of house with back entry to kitchen and laundry   












Views of park form front yard














Large lounge room







Kitchen with new upright electric stove, cupboards and kitchen sink



Part of main bedroom


Built-in wardrobe in main bedroom, there is also another one of these wardrobe in a second bedroom.

















Bath room with bath-tub and shower over head and vanity basin 









A double car port in backyard.  








NORMAN PARK HOUSE FOR RENT

Location: at 19 Pattison Avenue Norman Park,

Affordable 3 bedrooms’ house for rent, $400 per week available now

Clean 3 bedrooms unfurnished house for rent

Good quite location: short walk to train station or bus, and local shops;

Cost $400 per week. Initial cost, 2 weeks rent +4 weeks’ bond

For inspection or more information call Frank, Phone 3397 9614

Or email us at this address: frankmenchise@gmail.com

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This is a nice home in beautiful Norman Park



Situated opposite Pattison Park, this tidy, low set home is one of the most sought after street in Norman Park. With built in wardrobes in two of the bedrooms and a large manicured block, this house is ready to be called a home. Property features include-



Three double sized bedrooms, two with built ins

Separate bathroom and toilet

Large double car port
Opposite Pattison Park

Close to public transport

Less the 10mins to the CBD

Big back yard

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Some photos here under will show you some of these features, however you need to inspect the premises to appreciate it fully.

Our telephone land-line number is: 07-3397 9614 

You can also email us at this address: frankmenchise@gmail.com

To know more you can visit these other websites here-under, where this advertisement may have more of different feature, one of these is:
http://rentalsbrisbane.net

Here the advertisement for this house is seen among other real estate advertisements, anyhow you can easily find it.


 or the Brisbane exchange;  Share accommodation - Brisbane Exchange

 

This is our blog address here; http://affordablerentals.blogspot.com/

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