I feel sad for the Australia I grew up in. We lived in a big old Edwardian house in Sherwood, my family had low salaries and were easily able to afford a mortgage and renovations. The garden was huge and it had those lovely leadlights in the front door and carved wood door frames. We enjoyed our veranda and all the wildlife and mulberry trees in the garden. Looked at it on Zoopla, and it's a soulless shell of spotlights and a massive swimming pool with every single plant ripped out.