Celebrity houses: Look inside the homes of famous Aussies

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(Cell: 0431 138 537, Email: Saqlain@Dukesrealestate.com) Click here to invest in South Australian Residential Commercial, Rural Properties, Schools & Businesses. ============= Behind the orange door of Kate Langbroek’s St Kilda home Sarah Millar by Sarah Millar 08 Nov 2015  When Kate Langbroek and husband Peter first inspected their St Kilda home they crossed it off their list of possibilities and resigned themselves to the task of endless property inspections. But with their second child on the way and the family bursting out of their one bedroom apartment – son Lewis slept in the kitchen – finding a house became a necessity. “The first time we saw this house we didn’t like it. It was one of those places that becomes invisible. The guy who owned it was quite eccentric and had burned through about six real estate agents,” Langbroek says. “I went to Queensland to visit my brother and sister-in-law and Peter said to me ‘I’m going to go look at that house again’. “When I came back from Queensland he had a present for me – he handed me some papers and I said ‘what’s this?’ and he said, ‘you’ve bought a house’.” Cosy: Kate Langbroek shows off fun family home Kate Langbroek St Kilda home Kate Langbroek’s farmhouse-style home in St Kilda. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography The 150-year-old farmhouse-style home in Melbourne’s beachside suburb of St Kilda has now been home to the family – Kate, Peter and their four children Lewis, 12, Sunday, 10, Artie, 8, and Jannie, 6 – for 10 years. Langbroek took realestate.com.au for a tour behind the home’s bright orange doors as part of the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series, hosted by Jules Sebastian. “When we first moved in I thought ‘this house is so huge, we will never fill it’. Now we are bursting out of it,” she says. Perfect place: Braith & Jodi Anasta in search of their dream home Kate Langbroek St Kilda home Kate Langbroek’s takes realestate.com.au on a tour of her St Kilda home. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography She says the thing she loves most about it is that it’s a reflection of her family – a lived-in space with personality. “You don’t get the sense that it’s precious. It’s been vigorously lived in and it continues to be vigorously lived in. “I like the sense of life that that brings – it’s not a display home by any stretch of the imagination.” “ It’s been vigorously lived in. Brisbane base: The Veronicas say there’s no place like home Kate Langbroek, St Kilda home lounge room Langbroek says her home is ‘vigorously lived in’. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography Langbroek says St Kilda, with its beach, cafes and colourful locals, is the perfect spot. “We really sort of live in the neighbourhood. “The kids walk to school, our supermarket is a short walk away, our friends own a bar down the road and we’ll go there for lunch. “It’s a very vibrant neighbourhood and there’s always colourful characters around.” “ It’s a very vibrant neighbourhood. View all the episodes of the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series on our video page. =========================================== Celebrity houses: Look inside the homes of famous Aussies Sarah Millar by Sarah Millar 06 Sep 2015  Dream Homes, Lifestyle & Living, Property news & information, Australia Lives Here, Celebrity, Fun, Home Staging, Living Areas Jules Sebastian sums it up best when she says: “who doesn’t love having a stickybeak into someone’s house?” “We all love a good open for inspection, especially if they’re someone Australia knows and loves.” And now the Sydney stylist and presenter is getting her wish, and taking Australia along for the ride. “ Who doesn’t love having a stickybeak into someone’s house? Sebastian is hosting the realestate.com.au exclusive web series Australia Lives Here, with some of Australia’s most high-profile celebrities, sports stars, actors, chefs, musicians and personalities opening their doors for a tour of their homes. “I am really, really looking forward to this,” she says. “Someone’s home is very intimate, it says a lot about their personality and who they are as a person.” And the first door she’s knocking on? The newly-built home of celebrated AFL footballer Jimmy Bartel and his fashion guru wife Nadia. Jimmy and Nadia Bartel, Jules Sebastian, Geelong home Jules Sebastian takes a tour of Nadia and Jimmy Bartel’s Geelong home. Picture: News Corp Australia “You sort of dream up a way of living for them in your own mind,” Sebastian says of celebrities. “Nadia Bartel is amazing. She has impeccable style, and you dream up a way of how she would live at home. “The fact they are letting us come and have a look and are willing to share their home is amazing.” “ I cannot wait to get into people’s homes and see how they live. Take a tour: Inside Jimmy & Nadia Bartel’s incredible hillside home Sebastian, who has two sons with singer husband Guy, is also hoping to pick up a few tips along the way as she’s about to embark on a large-scale property project of her own. “Guy and I are about to build our own house so I’m going to use this to learn a few things. “We love to entertain so we’ll definitely be going open plan. “To me the most important is having an outdoor area. Our boys love being outside and running around so a good space for boys to be able to play.” Open house: Inside Braith & Jodi Anasta’s Randwick apartment Jules Sebastian, Celebrity houses Stylist Jules Sebastian takes a look inside the homes of some of Australia’s most popular celebrities. Picture: News Corp Australia Apart from space for her family to play in Sebastian lists her favourite spaces as the kitchen and living areas. And she says for her, the most important thing about any home is that people feel comfortable in it. “I think probably the biggest compliment (people can give you) is that they say it feels like home. Brisbane base: The Veronicas say there’s no place like home JulesSebastian_550 Jules Sebastian is hosting the exclusive realestate.com.au web series Australia Lives Here. Beachside haven: Behind the orange doors of Kate Langbroek’s St Kilda home “I would love to live in a showroom and not see piles of things, but it’s not reality – people have stuff. “You have to think about that in styling your home – you can’t be too precious, you have to make allowances for life to happen in your home. Who wants to live in a sterile area?” “ You can’t be too precious, you have to make allowances for life to happen in your home. As she takes Australians on a tour inside the homes of some of the country’s most popular names, Sebastian is excited to see the unique touches each of them bring to their private retreats. “Everyone is different. I think it’s fascinating how people live and how they style their homes. “I cannot wait to get into people’s homes and see how they live.” Follow the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series at realestate.com.au/blog.

Slowing population growth presents economic, housing market challenge

By business reporter Michael Janda Updated about an hour ago Arrivals and departures sign, Newcastle airport at Williamtown. Photo: Net overseas migration to Australia dropped 16 per cent on the previous year. Related Story: Home price growth continues, but not because of supply shortage: analysts Related Story: Housing boom has peaked, recession risk mounts: Morgan Stanley Map: Australia A slowdown in population growth, due mainly to a fall in immigration to Australia, will pose further challenges to economic growth and the housing market. The latest Bureau of Statistics estimates, released today, reveal the nation's population grew to 23.7 million by the end of March, up by around 316,000 people, or 1.4 per cent, on the same period a year earlier. The bureau said that is the slowest growth in almost a decade, with a steep fall in net overseas migration the main cause. The ABS estimates that 173,100 more people migrated to Australia than left it over the year to March, down 16 per cent on the prior year. However, migration was still the biggest contributor to population growth, with natural increase adding 142,900 people as the number of births eased and number of deaths rose slightly. The figures show starkly the impact that the mining investment slowdown is having on resources-focused Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Net overseas migration to Western Australia has dropped 71 per cent over the past two years, while more people are leaving WA for other states than moving to it from other states for the first time in more than 10 years. The Northern Territory is faring even worse, with population growth of only 0.2 per cent its lowest in 11 years. "Net interstate migration losses were the greatest contributor to this slower growth, with the territory recording its largest ever interstate migration loss in the year to March 2015," said the bureau's Denise Carlton. Those leaving WA and the NT were generally moving to Victoria and Queensland, which the ABS said are the only states experiencing a net gain from interstate migration. The New South Wales population grew at the national average of 1.4 per cent, thanks to migrants coming from overseas. Ms Carlton said Australia's population overall is now growing more slowly than usual. "Australia's population growth rate continued to slow from its peak in 2008-09 and is now just below the 20-year average growth rate," she added. Economic and housing implications The slowdown in population growth has serious economic ramifications. On the positive side, the Reserve Bank recently observed that it is one reason why the unemployment rate has remained in the low 6 per cent range, despite weak economic growth of just 2 per cent over the year to June. The Reserve Bank recently lowered its population growth forecasts from around 1.75 per cent to 1.5 per cent, which is still higher than the current level. However, on the downside, slower population growth equals slower growth in consumption, meaning that it is harder to lift GDP growth back towards the 3/3.25 per cent level that Australian businesses and households are more accustomed to. That caused the RBA governor to question whether such growth expectations are any longer valid. Possibly the biggest impact from population growth undershooting expectations is that Australia's recent housing boom may be building homes for people that never show up. Is Australia really short of homes? ABC business reporter Michael Janda crunches ABS data and concludes that the housing shortage is more myth than reality. The latest building approvals figures suggest that over 200,000 dwellings per annum are likely to be constructed over the next year or two, or one for every 1.6 extra people at the current population growth rate. Given that the average household size was 2.6 people in 2011, and projected by the ABS to stay around those levels, Australia is clearly currently building more new homes than it needs to house new arrivals. Depending on how large Australia's current dwelling shortage is - if it exists at all - that may see a surplus supply of homes hit the market, putting downward pressure on prices that have surged on faith in an acute housing shortage and a virtually unrestricted supply of credit. That has led global investment banking giants Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to warn that risks of a recession in Australia are rising, with a nasty downturn in 2016 quite possible. ==================== Imran Khan denies reports of marriage collapse with Reham 4 Ali Mohammad al Nimr. PHOTO: GOLBALPOLITIK Saudi Arabia preparing to behead and crucify 21-year-old Shia activist Powered by Bing Topics: economic-trends, population-and-demographics, housing-industry, australia 5bn spring exit for real estate market - Financial Review 2 days ago - Australian investors will put over $5 billion worth of office towers, shopping malls and logistics centres up for sale over the next three months as ...