Comments on: FEEL HAPPY NOW

By: The One Guy

The One Guy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:33:46 +0000

Fine:

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:17:58 +0000

Hmmm, not to be all humourless or anything but actually NZ is not all backward. We're all just intentionally very ironic and/or frugal. I could go through all the things we did "first" or pretty early on (women's suffrage, anyone? or even- whisper it - flying!)but that's a bit dull.

We actually have plenty of really pretty awful(as opposed to this one, which is awesome) new houses, with all those new fangled appliances such as ovens and electricity, too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:58 +0000

Why is there a handheld shower mounted to the backsplash of the counter in picture 17? Surely that is NOT the shower? Though I suppose it would aid in cleaning the bathroom, just hose everything down after removing the silk plants.

By: Land of shimp

Land of shimp — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:53:20 +0000

Clearly I'm giving this too much thought, and all of the listings that end up here will have something funky about them. That said, if you go and search New Zealand Furniture you'll find a billion links (which is part of the reason I'm not including any, there are tons) and pretty much NZ had the same styles available that we currently do. The vessel sinks, the trend toward contemporary, etc.

I have to wonder if there was a building boom in the seventies for NZ and the eighties for Australia and if that might explain why NZ appears to be stuck there, and AU stuck in the mauve-ilicious eighties.

We're really obsessed with remodeling, and updating -- almost all of our real estate shows feature people sneering that something is outdated, and the word is clearly supposed to be synonymous with worthless -- but I guess in other parts of the world you just don't replace your stuff unless it isn't working or is worn out. That's a far more sensible approach.

Still makes me want to sing the Time Warp song.

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:08:02 +0000

No that is intense. I feel candy wrapped!

By: jackie31337

jackie31337 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:29:21 +0000

I don't think you're happy enough.... I'll teach you to be happy! I'll teach your grandma to suck eggs....

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By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:59:55 +0000

I thought I recognised the house, I used to live in that suburb (in a nicer, up to date house thankfully).

Wow, very ancient, my guess is it's an elderly person who passed away.

Best part? The phone book on the bed in the downstairs flat. That phone book is from 2004.

I get so annoyed with those stupid smiley faces too, some real estate agents put them on photos where there's a mark. Gets really annoying after about 50 of them.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:39:40 +0000

You know, other than the gosh-awful bathroom and decorating that is definitely not my taste, I don't think this house is so bad. Maybe that's because my house here in the good ol' USA was built in the '70s. Maybe that's because I would be happy to live here (sans weird wallpaper) because it's in New Zealand, and I would move there in a heartbeat. I could tolerate this long enough to rip out all the weird stuff and update it (like we did with our 70s house here in the good ol' USA).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:00:20 +0000

Clearly, the downstairs has been converted into a rental unit, hence the term downstairs flat. The table blocks the inside stairway, assuring tenant and landlord of privacy.

Would it have been too much trouble to change the burned out light bulb in the bedroom?

By: Lulu LaBonne

Lulu LaBonne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:07:24 +0000

Aaah the latest set for a Jean Jeunet film