You Won't Guess The Price Of These 5 Houses In Perth

[@JoelReid]

I own two properties in Perth. i bought both below $340k. both are about 500sqm and are both directly next to each other... and only 20min form CBD during peak hour, 15min from airport, and close Carousel shopping centre. Sure, i am under a flight path, and the houses are over 40 years old, and the crime is slightly higher than surrounds... but I know that my kids are now guaranteed to be secure financially.

[@benhobbs9449]

Talking real estate, would love an opion episode on a comparison of uk style house to an Aussie house layout; like open plan living style or uk having a washing machine in the kitchen etc...

[@julzhunt7790]

My brother just sold his 4x2 on a small block for $535,000 in Baldivis close to Freeways, beaches and Perth. There’s suburbs like Armadale where you can get houses for less than $400,000. That last house was the best because it also had subdivision potential. Personally I’d like a Self Contained THOW/Caravan that I own for $50,000 and just park up somewhere and let someone else maintain the land. Great video Ross. I have to say the price of a couple surprised me. Hope the family are all well and the kids are thriving. You guys need to come for a holiday to WA. So much to see. 😊👍🏼❤️🇦🇺

[@Air-gb3xz]

new comers have no ideas about WA, thats why even Gosnells, Thornlie and so on are so expensive now.@Paddy234

[@zwieseler]

If the cost of houses was a big issue for you, I'm surprised you didn't choose Perth.... we are 2nd lowest median house price in Australia at the moment.... I'm not sure what the free standing bath tub relevance is. I haven't had a bath for years.... A decent shower cubicle is the duck's nuts afaic. If i worked in the city I'd prefer the Stirling property....

[@sactu1]

+1 Your real estate dollar goes further in Perth than nearly all of the other capital cities in Aus.

[@GreenDistantStar]

Not all the great properties are close to the beach. The Perth Hills goes green and very rural very quickly. I'm 30 mins to the city on half an acre, 4 beds 2 baths, surrounded by orchards. $700k.

[@julzhunt7790]

Lucky you😊 I used to live in Chidlow, Bakers Hill area. Loved it. Now I’m down near Rocko. I prefer the hills though.

[@tjcole6249]

Love the Perth Hills ❤️❤️

[@lynettemahoney1710]

My Brother lives in Perth,and yes there is lots of fake grass because there is lots of sand in the ground and grass is hard to grow.

[@jameshind6644]

More like there a few lazy people that don't want to prepare the ground properly and put the effort in maintaining it.

[@Kanga-53]

@@jameshind6644 Not necessarily we are water conscious and have water restrictions in the summer. These fake grasses are fine and yes our soils are particularly sandy near the coast. We gave up on our lawn and put in daisy and lavender bushes mixed with natives. instead.

[@jameshind6644]

@@Kanga-53 I live in Perth and have a great lawn which is 50mm thick. It's quite easy to prepare the ground with a mixture of clay {sand to soil is the product} Mix the clay in with the sand and add topsoil etc. The clay retains the rain and water so the grass flourishes even in summer. Look at your water bill, I bet the majority of it is service costs and not the water you consumed. So I stand by my above comment. Fake grasses still get weeds and they reflect the sun onto to house making it warmer inside in summer grass absorbs the sunshine keeping the house cooler.

[@darrenmoore1305]

Three of your five properties were located north of the Swan River where as a general rule the prices are higher (there is a certain snob factor at play, much like the northern suburbs of Sydney) than a comparable house south of the river. The Lake Coogee (like the sound a dove makes "coo") house is in what is essentially a new area, being no more than 5-6 years old and located very close to a major tourist area in Fremantle, with great cafes, pubs , markets etc.Brings the price up. The last house in High Wycombe looks like a very large house, possibly up around the 300-400 sqm point on what is effectively nowadays a double or even triple sized block. You are definitely getting a lot of bang for your buck for that one. Further south around Rockingham, which is about 45 minutes south of the city via the freeway, prices start much lower and if you head down to Mandurah which is about 15 minutes further from the city you can still buy homes under $400k or for all the Brits out there, under £220k.

[@paulfromperth5713]

It does get cold in Perth overnight in winter. I get up at 4am for day shifts and a 3c or 4c temperature is a very regular occurrence. Occasionally it gets down to 0.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Freezing

[@peterfan8650]

Btw that Coogee house wasn't renovated - it's a fairly new house. Probably less than 5 years old.

[@tjcole6249]

its ugly

[@linhofmann4913]

I'm in Perth , I'm in the Swan Valley region where all the wineries are. 850sqm block and we paid $920K last year for it. .

[@CH-iz8bm]

I don't know about Perth suburbs copying over east, Coogee is south of the Swan River, an old suburb and a lot of the names are aboriginal. Joondalup (said 'up') and lup means on a lake is north of the Swan. Some of these 'burbs names are from plans going back to 1898. Clarkson has it's own train station (wouldn't want to live there though )😃as does Joondalup (good shopping centre}, so very easy and quick to get in to Perth City. City of Stirling is okay, certainly a lot of new builds going up. Many people have fireplaces/wood burners and gas fires for the winter months in WA, believe me, it gets cold. High Wycombe is on the foothills east of Perth so airport noise not a big problem, but mostly much older style properties, some are really quaint.

[@JoelReid]

The names being aboriginal is irrelevant. Council Planners for the past 40 years have been opting for indigenous names for suburbs out of convenience. In fact, if it is not named aboriginal it is likely some corporation trying to rip you off by selling land at inflated prices and using fancy names instead of indigenous names.

[@aubreyadams7884]

Also Perth Coogee is pronounced Coo-gee, not Cood-gee like the Sydney one.

[@CH-iz8bm]

I don't agree that it is irrelevant, I was just trying to convey that a large majority of older areas and not just suburbs, have names that date back many years and are historical. Not everything is done because that's what the Eastern states do/have, far from it. WA's history is amazing.@@JoelReid

[@CH-iz8bm]

....and Coogee beach is lovely. @@aubreyadams7884

[@Kanga-53]

@@JoelReid a lot of indigenous names are difficult to pronounce and totally unnecessary. We are not all aboriginal and we pay taxes and council rates. We have a right to protest against any proposed changes.

[@robbiedavies2171]

Looking at these vs London prices is just crazy. You wouldn't be able to even buy a small 2 bedroom flat for some of these! Can you do a review of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula at some point? :)

[@julzhunt7790]

They were pretty pricey for Perth. You can get cheaper.

[@davidhawkins4495]

The Coogee property is a strata front section (24A on a block already subdivided.). Shame u didn't pick it up. Asking price on the high side for a strata in that location. More homework needed.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

The Joondalup pool looks illegal and not meeting city regulations, might need a visit and correction order . Price seems low.

[@Kanga-53]

Depending when the house was built. Houses built before 2980’s do not require a pool fence as long as the fly screen/security door is self closing and windows have secured security screens. However if you have small children and want them to be able to play outside them a pool fence would be a very good idea.

[@rakesh.c.kukreti25]

Greetings from Kenya. Nice video. Very Informative.

[@gerardboseley1315]

He is a tool mate from a real aussie

[@aubreyadams7884]

Not much plane noise at High Wycombe even though close to the airport because it is not under any flight paths. (And I know because ….. 😊) Also brand new train station nearby that goes into the city via the airport . But that house is very 1970s with all that exposed dark brick. I think that you would buy it for the land and subdivide it. Yes, the lack of floor plans for some places is weird.

[@aaronbosshard1849]

The third runway will change that. You know about that right?

[@aubreyadams7884]

@@aaronbosshard1849 Not much change, still not under the flightpath. The third runway will be a bit closer so might be a bit more noise from aircraft on the ground when the sou'wester is blowing, but will still be of short duration, not like when aircraft pass overhead while taking off or landing (and we have experienced that when living in Cloverdale). I can't see it being noisier than the freight trains currently are as they pass through the rail yard and shunt around - that is much closer than the airport.

[@geraldselvey7687]

Generally in Australia only small children use bathtubs. Adults shower

[@AliRamirez-jl9in]

How much per square meter at residential lot in Perth thanks

[@coraliemoller3896]

In Sydney, the first syllable in Coogee is pronounced like the ‘oo’ in wood, not woo.

[@zentriffid]

Give yourself a gold star.

[@utha2665]

Damn, I am way out of touch. I was guessing a good $200k under for those first two. Clarkson isn't a great area and I would have thought $420k was a reasonable price. Damned COVID sent the property market in a spin.

[@linhofmann4913]

Yea, I wouldn't go more than $500K for a place in Clarkson.

[@julzhunt7790]

I was a bit surprised I must say. Though there are a lot of cheaper places than these.

[@michaelknight2721]

I loved the first home,with me being disabled it would be great to have no stairs.The only thing is its rather expensive.

[@miniveedub]

Coogee, Perth and Coogee, Sydney are pronounced differently. Coogee Perth has the coo as in cool and Coogee Sydney has the coo as in cook.

[@lido6457]

My daughter lives in Perth and the prices are ridiculously too high 🙄🙄

[@julzhunt7790]

Compared to where?

[@JoelReid]

She must live in Western Suburbs.

[@julzhunt7790]

@@JoelReid the closer to the beach or city or river you are, the more expensive it is. Just like anywhere else. Location, location, location. You can still get 4x2s away from the beach for around $400,000 it all depends where you wanna live. The suburban area of Perth stretches for over 150kms along the coast.😊❤️🇦🇺

[@kimpalmer713]

2nd cheapest in Australia so not sure what you are comparing to.

[@MarkJessop-hq2uo]

I've a silly question. Does it really matter that some houses on the website don't have a floor plan.

[@miniveedub]

Yes it does. You want to know if the kids rooms are near the main, if there’s internal access from the garage, how big the rooms are, which rooms get the morning or afternoon sun, access to the outdoors and a host of other things you can’t get from a handful of strategically photographed rooms.

[@sz51]

The video fails to consider the prices at which those properties were sold. Perth REAs are vastly underquoting in the advertisements. Put 100K plus on it, but I saw worse.

[@kimpalmer713]

Coogee house was a newish house and was a villa in a group lot. Joondalup being the 10th most popular is somewhat of a surprise. May be thats a price thing.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

Gotta be greatful that I arrived in Oz in 75 when houses in Melb were $30k for a 3x1 on 600 sqM Same house today sold for $860,000 just 4 months ago.

[@kenchristie9214]

My parents bought our Doubleview home in 1962 $7,500 (3,750 pounds). Today, the house and land package is worth around 2 million. Also. a friend bought their 1100 square metre corner block in Doubleview with an uninterrupted view of the city for $96 (48 pounds) in the mid 50's. The house and land today would be worth over 4 million dollars.

[@sandramariegray7894]

Boy does that High Wycombe place need a makeover. High Wycombe doesn't get flight noise, it is in the lower Perth foothills, with great semi-rural vibes. I would knock over the house and subdivide the block. It is a lovely area to live. Wouldn't live in Clarkson too many problems and the house needs some TLC. Stirling looks like a fairly new build and the bonus there is the outlook without the maintenance. Stirling is going through a suburb makeover and so prices will definitely improve. Stirling has good access to trains, freeways and the beach. Karrinyup Shopping Centre is close and is a wonderful place to spend your money. Joondalup needs bathroom renovation however it has a good-sized block, great pool and an alfresco area. The outdoor area and general street appearance need some work. Train to city close, really good shopping close, Joondalup council very proactive with community events. Coogee was an older suburb and has in the past 10 years been seeing some major development. This house is probably about 5-8 years old. The beaches in Coogee are fabulous. Four car parking means you can park your boat in the driveway and have ample space in the garage to store all those things you don't use.

[@ellie-jo3025]

I've got no chance buying a house in the UK anyway, so might as well move where everything else is better, even if I still can't buy there 😂

[@JoshAnderson-fn5yp]

Love these videos, can you do Adelaide next?

[@edithwarria4794]

Hello The Johnston family , I’m honoured to give you a first thumbs up 👍🌺🌈🦋❤️💖🙏🏻from Edith in cairns Top North

[@mrJanniekoen]

I've been looking at these houses in and near the Joondalup area. My word houses are expensive in Australia. To compare it to what I have now near Johannesburg South Africa. A posh suburb near city center, 2500 square meters property, 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 garage, big pool, $252 250-00, I'm going to have to pay more than double for something half the size. Yikes!

[@zentriffid]

yeah, but its South Africa mate. Theres not really a comparison to be made. Most of the world wants to live in Australia, including South Africans.

[@Luke_storeyy]

I’m an English oil and gas worker and I was wondering can you go to Australia on a working holiday visa and then get sponsored whilst your there?

[@JudiHodgkin]

You can make arrangements and set everything up while you’re here, but you have to leave the country to do the permanent visa application. Can’t stay here and just transition from a working visa to a permanent visa.

[@daidavies6210]

I’m from the UK and have been trying to House Hunt in Australia….. But your main problem is that most Realtors are not Putting the Price on the Listing,s its 95% POA Why ? … I’m not going to spend my time sending countless e,mails asking the Price on Properties. That would take weeks .. Its absolutely Ridiculous . A £34.000.000 Million pounds Budget and being 8000 miles away you would think that they would advertise the Price . What are they afraid of … We bought a Place in the Cayman Islands instead….

[@krisjames4276]

With the low Australian dollar against sterling, your money virtually doubles moving to Australia! Doesnt make property seem so expensive! Just so long as you dont want to move back as UK prices still rising! x

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

I guess we don't care about the type of bath because we rarely use them! :D If you don't have kids, you probably don't care about baths at all. If you have kids, do you have the spare time to clean around a free-standing bath? Perth gets hot and cold, so a fireplace is a great way to turn junk mail and garden scraps into cheap winter heat. All these places look overpriced and perfectly liveable to me. None are so dilapidated as to need urgent renovation, that would just be throwing money away. The only flaw in some of these homes is short eaves and lack of verandas. They also had mostly small gardens with little space for any crops and sheds.

[@paulfromperth5713]

You pronounced Coogee correctly, unlike the people who live in Sydney. 😁

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Cheers mate

[@johhnmorgan8329]

Its a bargain tweed heads is more expensive than some parts of perth

[@MsSarahRush]

Hello, from England! I’m interested in moving to Australia but no idea where to start. Any way of getting hold of you for advice?

[@robertmurray8763]

moving to small towns, it's much cheaper. I just bought a two bedroom flat for A$220,000

[@kamala3384]

Somewhere near fremantle ( perth) ,better than east coast or in big Citys

[@juliesmith2293]

We have around £350,000 / 600,000 dollars to find something, ideally want a house, not apartment, the comments give me hope I might find something, I was beginning to lose hope...😮

[@StevenMcglinn]

notice how cheap Perth is compared to Sydney. Try any properties on the harbour.

[@BlossomVirtualReality]

Thanks for the video. 👍 We’re moving over to Perth from UK via France in January, so looking at renting and then buying. I think the prices look comparable to UK. The challenge for renting is supply, so we may end up staying with the in-laws. Keep up the channel… Big ☑️.

[@julzhunt7790]

Rental supply is horrendous at the moment. There are houses to buy a lot cheaper than these ones though. It’s that old chestnut…location, location, location. Perth Suburbia covers a huge area. You’re gonna love it here. It’s beautiful.

[@infin8ee]

All the best on your move

[@Marion3346]

We are in the same boat as you. Also moving from UK to Perth in January. Do you know of any social media groups where we can meet people doing the same move? It’s exciting. Also looking to rent for a few months then buy. The house prices are not as bad as London. You get more for your money. Nice video 😊

[@julzhunt7790]

@@Marion3346 in Perth at the moment rentals are as rare as hens teeth. Same as the rest of the country.

[@markpaweena781]

Im in Perth, suburb next to high wycombe. Perth prices have more than doubled or maybe tripled over the last 15 years

[@kimpalmer713]

Not the houses I own! I built 4 in 2006. They are only about 50% higher in value now.

[@zentriffid]

No they havent.

[@Outbackcogs]

As a ex-pat I don’t know why the baths are so small and shallow here in Aus. It’s like they’re made for kids but they’re too small even for a child. Still waiting for an explanation of why they are so rubbish.

[@inefekt]

English George Clooney makes a lot of sense...

[@chimskipomwog9100]

Underated comment 😂

[@gemmel3197]

Bedsitters are called studios here.

[@michaelknight2721]

I like the first house,it looked nice.Also can you get a house in Sydney or close to Sydney for around $200.000

[@meme-hz8hu]

Houses prices will drop 54 percent and house are 55 percent higher then rent pretty easy to see u don't need to be smart to see it

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Sure

[@zentriffid]

I agree you dont need to be smart to see it, dumb people can see it. Smart people are seeing something else. Can you see it?

[@infin8ee]

Wow so much more affordable than the East coast. You can't even buy a flat for under half a million 🤔

[@victorwilks88]

Houses are so expensive 😮

[@ZoeBrain]

Quite cheap, I thought. Compared to Canberra.

[@coloureye77]

If youre comparing these to Toronto then these prices are unheard that first house in Toronto would be 1.5m CAD

[@michaelrobinson4639]

I’d love to see one of these videos more targeted to young professionals rather than families 😊