This house was sold in 2007 when it had varying, but original, styles ranging from the 1920s to 1970s style, complete with wall clock, wallpaper, 1970s striped furniture, wall stag. There was no Hill’s hoist as it had practically no garden or land!

The house was sold again in 2010 for $360,000 after receiving quite a bland makeover http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-exeter-106922426 Since then, the character front fence has been removed and replaced with a high spiky fence with electric gate.

Please drop me a line if you lived in this house or took the photos. I just wish to promote retro suburban dreaming and showcase the beautiful homes and unique designs which are rapidly becoming a style of the past as the original owners pass away or move into retirement homes.

The best thing about this home is the dog kennel painted on the side fence complete with dogs! It also looks like an authentic Hill’s hoist.

Here’s the 3-dimensional dog kennel:

And another view of the Hill’s hoist:

Built in 1969, this one-owner home has quite neutral, conventional wallpaper throughout with only three wallpaper patterns and not much variation on the floor furnishings.

The kitchen is in very well preserved 1969/1970s style:

To complete the viewing, there is the lavender bathroom with terrazzo flooring but no wallpaper:

From the street:

This very dog-friendly house sold in July 2014 for a yet undisclosed amount. Online photos from Ray White real estate agent. Please drop me a line if you lived in this house or took the photos. I just wish to promote retro suburban dreaming and showcase the beautiful homes and unique designs which are rapidly becoming a...

What a kitchen! Somewhat modernised/modified with no wallpaper, what looks like 1970s lino, modern extractor fan and stove, but still the beautiful original kitchen cupboards including two-tier elevated dividing cabinet!

The lounge with approx. 1970s wall unit, original retro lighting and door to the dining area.

The lounge with largely disappointingly unperiod furniture looking towards the entrance.

A lavender bathroom with again no wallpaper and no etched glass—but feature clam shell soap dish, terrazzo flooring and matching curtains:

A rather uninspiring ‘master bedroom’.

But wonderful views of the all-important Hill’s hoist:

And a very elegant exterior with two-tone brickwork:

This neat home was sold for $475,000 in March 2011. Online photos from LJ Hooker Real Estate. Please drop me a line if you lived in this house or took the photos. I just wish to promote...

The best thing about this home is the bathroom!

I’ll start with the kitchen though, which has a unique feature of fitted formica table and fitted bench seats with built in cupboard in the backrest (and I expect a lift up storage bench) as well as matching feature flooring. A cute little corner cupboard too. A pity I can’t see into the room with the whacky flooring just through the door (I think it could be the formal dining room…). I also love the way there is always a clock in the kitchen.

The master bedroom with beautiful parquetry flooring, loads of quality built-ins, period bedside lights and bedhead with what looks like asymmetrical bedside tables.

The bathroom is truly one of the best you could find. Not only beautiful terrazzo flooring but also a terrazzo shower divide. A colour scheme and visual effect to brighten up your gloomiest of mornings.

In the lounge a lovely...

Another one owner home which has probably now been dramatically changed. Wonderful homely lounge with period furniture, soft furnishings and lamps. Just missing the wallpaper…

And an equally attractive dining room:

Beautifully cared for, bedrooms 1 and 2 (no photo of 3rd):

The kitchen is an absolute classic, one of the prettiest I’ve seen with boomerang handles and multiple shades and patterns of green:

The usual pink clam shell soap dish, plain terrazzo and a newer style vanity–I wonder if the wallpaper was removed at the same time? (Did all the rooms—lounge, dining, bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen—originally have wallpaper?)

Classic view of the Hill’s hoist and a place to sit and watch the birds:

This lovingly maintained home with a heart was sold for $420,000 in January 2010. I expect not much of the interior has been retained as all the mature trees and shrubs at the...

This one can be yours for $419,000-$449,000! Everything about it is perfectly maintained, timelessly stylish and gorgeous!
Built in 1968 and designed by Caj Amadio as a display home, it has been held by the same owner, David Evans, who at 95 is reluctantly selling as he has recently moved into a retirement home.

Mr Evans’ daughter said her parents’ love for the house was instant.
“Mum and dad moved to Adelaide from Port Wakefield and as soon as dad saw it his mind was made up. They grew up during the Depression and basically whatever wasn’t broken they didn’t see the need to fix, which is why the house was left the way they bought it.”

Surprisingly it’s been on the market for four months and one would hope the new owner doesn’t change much at all.

Views of the Hill’s hoist and hibiscus:

Here’s the house from the front and the floorplan:

Great online photos from...

It looked like an ordinary late 1950s brick house. But the kitchen was anything but ordinary.

The lounge was quite cheerfully colourful too…

With an interesting motif in the terrazzo in the sun room… That’s the sliding door to bedroom 3, the bathroom windows then the door to bedroom 2.

Bedroom 1 at the front of the house (what happened to those beautiful built-in robes, did they just go to fire the kiln at Adelaide Brighton Cement?) with the large windows facing the front yard.

Bedroom 2:

And last but not least a very bright pink bathroom. In the sale notice it’s described as “a classic 1950’s bathroom using geometric pattern terrazzo flooring, a cast iron bath and matching basin with pedestal is centrally located in the main residence and offers a great example of the bathroom furnishings of the time.”

The fish etching on the window is very fine and delicate, and I...

From one of the most expensive suburbs, Burnside, to one of the cheapest. Built in 1964, this 3-bedroom house is more on a human and dog scale than the palazzo. Nice period lamps and feature Basket Range sandstone veneer surround to the gas heater, which interestingly is in the centre of the house (the passageway is behind it).

Gorgeous retro decor kitchen and meals area with curved drawers and curved countertop:

The carpet in the main bedroom would still be trendy today:

Lilac bathroom with two-tone terrazzo floor…

And views and walkway to the Hill’s hoist.

This lovely house sold for $282,000 in April 2013. Online photos from Elders real estate agent. Please drop me a line if you live in this house or took the photos. I just wish to promote retro suburban dreaming and showcase the beautiful unique homes, great photos and timeless designs.

Here’s the house from the...

Big 1970s suburban dreaming. An entrance with a difference. I wonder what it was like growing up in this house? Playing in the staircase…

Five large bedrooms to dream in…

Views and flowers… and no Hill’s hoist.

But the ultimate family room!

This much dreamt about house sold in June 2014. Online photos from LJ Hooker real estate agent. Please drop me a line if you live in this house or took the photos. I just wish to promote retro suburban dreaming and showcase the beautiful, unique homes and their photos and architecture.

Here’s the house from the front: