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Moonee Ponds: House with poolside entertainer’s paradise set to make a splash

100 Park St, Moonee Ponds - for herald sun real estate

The impressive alfresco area and pool at 100 Park St, Moonee Ponds.


Behind the period brick facade of an 1890s Moonee Ponds house lies an entertainer’s dream backyard complete with a pool, gas fireplace and an arbour of climbing greenery.

The four-bedroom home in a “blue-ribbon location” at 100 Park St is listed with a $3.2m-$3.45m price guide that would double the $1.56m local median.

Barry Plant Essendon director Bill Karp said the owners of almost 30 years had extended and renovated the property across the past decade.

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They have added multiple covered and paved spaces, a granite benchtop, a television mounted on a wall near the fireplace and manicured landscaping in the north-facing rear garden.

The iron lacework

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Lou Wall dreams of calling Barbra Streisand and Lady Gaga her neighbours

Lou Wall believes they have “a truly dire chance of ever entering the property market”.


Lou Wall is a multi-award winning comedian, composer and content creator.

They star in A Simple Act of Kindness at Red Stitch from November 23-December 18.

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First Home

My first home was a tiny shack my parents named “Wall Hall”. It was on about an acre (0.4ha) of land in the bush in the Snowy Mountains, 15 minutes drive from the nearby town.

I only lived there for a year, so I remember nothing, but my Mum tells me it was on the Murrumbidgee Creek, that she would watch platypus duck under the stream as she ate her

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Seattle landlords accused of conspiring to raise apartment rents

Several of the largest property management companies operating in Seattle conspired to drive up rents and decrease competition, three lawsuits filed this month allege.

The cases, filed in federal court in Seattle, focus on the use of RealPage software, which gathers information about rental units and rent prices and uses an algorithm to recommend how much landlords should charge.

The complaints claim that by exchanging detailed and “competitively sensitive” information, RealPage and the landlords have illegally created a “cartel” to set prices in violation of antitrust laws.

The widespread use of RealPage has increased rents across the country and in Seattle neighborhoods such as downtown, Capitol Hill, the Central District, South Lake Union and Queen Anne, the complaints allege.

The lawsuits, filed on behalf of tenants, cited an investigation by the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica that was published in October and detailed the use of RealPage in Seattle and other

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Earlwood home, retreat for sale provides portal to Fijian paradise

1a Carboona Ave, Earlwood NSW

1a Carboona Ave, Earlwood NSW


When Rachael and Anthony Brown purchased their Earlwood property in 2003 for $530,000, they had one goal in mind: transform the south west suburb into a tropical oasis.

Over their 19 years at 1a Carbonne Ave in Earlwood, the Browns have utilised 110 plants and various exotic types of timber to shield their property from passers-by and use their personal tropical rainforest to escape from busy Sydney surrounds.

Listed via Ray White Earlwood agents Kieran Gianoudis and Dean Vasil, the two bedroom and two bathroom tropical home is steps away from the Cooks River and a five minute walk to Tempe Station.

This tropical paradise is expected to sell in the mid $1m range.

This tropical paradise is expected to sell in the mid $1m range.


“We’ve had 35 groups come and look at the property, many of whom are from the inner city and inner west areas of Sydney,” Mr Gianoudis said.

“We’re getting buyers who,

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