In my tween and teen years I lived in a pole house in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It had the big poles coming up through the house and was nestled on top of a hill with a great view of the valley and surrounding hills / mountains. The builder went bankrupt halfway through the build, but we had it completed and I will definitely remember this house for it's uniqueness.
I know you like your correct pronunciation so here is today's lesson. "Quay" is pronounced as "Key". Therefore Torquay = Tor-Key, not Tor-Kay. 😀Another example is Circular Quay in Sydney.
The pole house is/was amazing, It was available to rent as a holiday destination down the great ocean road and was one of the talking points for anyone that travelled along the road.
The one on top of the cliff at Dover Heights my son worked on the build. He had to hang in a harness over the cliff. He doesn’t take after me, I can’t handle heights. If money was no object none of these would appeal to me. My first priority is comfort and places to relax. A view would be nice but a park with trees and a walking path would be preferable to a windy beach. A wide verandah with comfy chairs, space to walk around inside without bumping into the furniture…and maybe a secret room, I think that would be fun.
I would like to stay over a night at Cliff House. That view must be amazing. I saw the design somewhere, but basically the main bedroom is at the lowest floor. The top floor is the main entrance, and there is also a lift near the cliff side.
a guy built an 10 story high rise for himself in girvan in the middle of farmland and bush blocks. it's called the girvan estate. girvan has a population of 30 lol
@@susanjacquier5358 he lived in girvan all his life basically. and he lived in the high rise for a lot longer than two years, it took two years to sell after putting it on the market. crazy thing is i remember it being so expensive and now 1.75 million seems like a steal for a 10 storey building on 100 acres.
I can imagine the design meeting with the builder of the Cliff House.... Architect: Here's the design. Builder: That can't work the way you designed it. Architect: I don't care. I get paid for design. It's your job to make it work. 🤣🤣
The Pole House: we used to drive along the Great Ocean Road and look up at the Pole House.... levitating over the road on its pole.... we used to always say "wow" ! 🙂
The "Cliff House" has a car port on top of it too. I don't think it's an enclosed garage, but I've seen a picture of it with a car parked on the top. The "Pole House" has been there for my entire life (and I'm no spring chicken)... you drive right past it on the Great Ocean Road and I've always wondered why somebody would build a house like that...
The one on the Great Ocean Road Victoria is I think one that is built on a pole in the middle. They just rebuilt it. It is round and almost all glass. The owners then built a bigger house behind it that they live in. The first one is attached by wooden walkway way up high and used as a guest house. You do not go Victoria without going on that beautiful Road. Stopping frequently to just look.
Obviously they haven’t seen the bottom of some of the cliffs along our coast because they have a habitat of falling into the sea so nope not even setting foot in there sorry beautiful but nope
Sometimes annoys me that architects get all the glory for these builds when all they do is draw lines on a page. The builders are left to make these strange designs work in real life. Architects study MINIMAL engineering and construction. Here in WA I've often heard stories like second year architecture students have amazing projects like designing dog kennels. Give the credit where it's due I reckon.
As a Rigger, my husband worked on the Sydney Opera House years ago, replacing some of those famous tiles. Engineers designed the man & material hoist to follow the curve of the sails. Hubby took one look at their design & said it wouldn’t work in real life but, of course, they didn’t listen. Hubby & fellow Riggers ended up having to ignore the plans & fitting the hoist in their own way from actual hands-on experience! Of course many more tiles were broken & needing to be replaced before the engineers reluctantly agreed 🤦🏼♀️ Let’s just say he’s not a fan 😂
I agree to a point. While you need a good builder to interpret an architect's design, I can't recall any award-winning architectural wonder being created by a builder. A builder or draftsman or engineer would never had created the Sydney Opera House or the Guggenheim Museum etc.
@@joesky011 it's true that architects design, but they have very little training on how to make their designs work practically, so to give them all the glory is one sided. I'd love to see the architects actually build their designs themselves one day. Then they should get all the praise.
You and your family should take a jaunt up to the House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. My family used to visit it every few years as they are always making chances and expansions to it.
No thanks, mostly, cold and characterless blocks, not homes! Give me some solid ground beneath my feet, room to roam and breathe, and the opportunity to add my own odd creative touches and impulses! 🤔 The big property on Bruny Island is interesting, endless ocean views, peaceful neighbours, gourmet foods, world's best whisky! 🥃😃
This video reveals a lot about international views. Ian said he has heard about Sydney as the main market, but most of the top properties are in Victoria.
No; 15 Concept house, There is no way this house would ever be approved for building there, it wouldn't last 6 months before it would be floating out to sea or crushed by the fallen cliff edge.
I was expecting the "Pamela Anderson" house on this list. The house is pretty much Pamela Andersons face, and her mouth is on the garage door, so you had to drive into her mouth to get in. It always made me laugh when I passed it, and made headlines when it was built.
That facade was put up by Sam Newman. I remember how controversial it was when his neighbours tried to prevent him from building it. They probably thought it was going to be a dirty picture or something. I quite like it. Just shows that even rich famous guys have troublesome neighbours.
Barndominiums can be pretty cool!? Mr IWRocker, some (!?) of them are pretty damned awesome. I've got an admittedly long playlist of videos that showcase what I consider to be the best. Funnily enough, all of them are in the US. As for dream house: it's a blend of a converted church (three storey thing, tasteful not tacky) combined with a converted lighthouse. Five storey tower. Master suite on top of that tower. Style is a blend of US style of mid-century modern and a very tasteful 80s (wood panelled walls, exposed beams/rafters) all with a hint of an industrial feel. Yes, I have plans on paper for it, but it will never be built. Dammit.
@@midnightkitchen8379 we've been in this house 13 years. Originally, wife and I planned to flip it. But we - and our at the time six year old daughter (and possibly two year old son) - fell in love with it, so we fixed it up for ourselves. The cost involved today, plus builder and material supply issues means it'd be a long while before it got built. By then, it'd be too much for us (I'm 52, wife is 49). Who knows, maybe one of the kids will be able to get it done.
@IWrocker, the Cross Stitch House is called a miner's cottage, usually a single storied terrace house (houses connected to other houses on either/both sides) , built to house miner's when the gold rush, and the industrial age developed in Australia. Sorry, but the cliff house is just wrong. The beautiful coastline, both scenic and landscape (of any country, not just Ausralia), shoud not be obliterated with obnoxious looking homes/buildings. I understand it does not block the view from ground level, but travelling the road and seeing that protruding from the coast's edge is just a giant eye sore.
Prices in Australia in general are an utter disgrace and completely out of control. That is the problem when you have corrupt governments controlled by the minority of super greedy.
I like these farm houses barn style best too. I'm a rural guy never a cliff house, you can hear the rock slowly crumbling... goosebumps... the other houses are ok but not really my style. rather a barn than a tower. ground level all the time.😊 your the best greetins to wife and kids from germany👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👋🏼
@@jenniferharrison8915 hey jennifer, I probably read your message wrong and too quickly and I'm sorry. I would like to sincerely apologize. In the future I will read everything more slowly. and again, i'm really sorry. Many greetings from Germany
If money wasnt an option? i wouldn't buy a house attached to a clifside, think bigger! i would pay a lot to have somebody _carve out_ some amazing villa in a cliffside!
None of these homes appeals to me at all. They’re all far too modern for me, white, stark, bland, plain, colourless! Give me a British older style home or even a castle, any day. Lots of nooks and crannies, individual rooms with doors, and luxuriously cosy!
In my tween and teen years I lived in a pole house in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It had the big poles coming up through the house and was nestled on top of a hill with a great view of the valley and surrounding hills / mountains. The builder went bankrupt halfway through the build, but we had it completed and I will definitely remember this house for it's uniqueness.
With that cliff house Ian, I'd be double checking the handbrake on my vehicle 😮
I know you like your correct pronunciation so here is today's lesson. "Quay" is pronounced as "Key". Therefore Torquay = Tor-Key, not Tor-Kay. 😀Another example is Circular Quay in Sydney.
He does pronounce Mel-bin more like an Aussie though. If he can just get the first syllable right he’ll sound like a local 😂
@@MrStredders it's just the L. He's hitting it too hard. Needs to be more like a silent L. Then he will sound like he grew up here.
If I was in the house mounted on the sheer cliff face , I'd be thinking that the cliff face got that way by rock falling into the ocean ... no thanks
The pole house is/was amazing, It was available to rent as a holiday destination down the great ocean road and was one of the talking points for anyone that travelled along the road.
The Pole House is still there and available to rent. It is only 1 bedroom.
that cliff house is ridiculous! but i’ve actually been lucky enough to go in that pole house on the great ocean road as a kid absolutely stunning
I feel like most of these would be fun to stay at, but not so much live in.
And those cliffs are eroding so... yeah :)
The one on top of the cliff at Dover Heights my son worked on the build. He had to hang in a harness over the cliff. He doesn’t take after me, I can’t handle heights.
If money was no object none of these would appeal to me. My first priority is comfort and places to relax. A view would be nice but a park with trees and a walking path would be preferable to a windy beach. A wide verandah with comfy chairs, space to walk around inside without bumping into the furniture…and maybe a secret room, I think that would be fun.
I would like to stay over a night at Cliff House. That view must be amazing. I saw the design somewhere, but basically the main bedroom is at the lowest floor. The top floor is the main entrance, and there is also a lift near the cliff side.
a guy built an 10 story high rise for himself in girvan in the middle of farmland and bush blocks. it's called the girvan estate. girvan has a population of 30 lol
Lol...went and had a looksee.....ugly bloody thing and sold it after two years. Must have been too far to go buy his wine and groceries .
@@susanjacquier5358 he lived in girvan all his life basically. and he lived in the high rise for a lot longer than two years, it took two years to sell after putting it on the market. crazy thing is i remember it being so expensive and now 1.75 million seems like a steal for a 10 storey building on 100 acres.
I can imagine the design meeting with the builder of the Cliff House....
Architect: Here's the design.
Builder: That can't work the way you designed it.
Architect: I don't care. I get paid for design. It's your job to make it work.
🤣🤣
Number 15 is an architectural design concept. it's not an actual place. if you research Modscape cliff house you will see it's purely conceptual.
Now that makes more sense! Cheers.
The Pole House: we used to drive along the Great Ocean Road and look up at the Pole House.... levitating over the road on its pole.... we used to always say "wow" ! 🙂
The "Cliff House" has a car port on top of it too. I don't think it's an enclosed garage, but I've seen a picture of it with a car parked on the top. The "Pole House" has been there for my entire life (and I'm no spring chicken)... you drive right past it on the Great Ocean Road and I've always wondered why somebody would build a house like that...
The one on the Great Ocean Road Victoria is I think one that is built on a pole in the middle. They just rebuilt it. It is round and almost all glass. The owners then built a bigger house behind it that they live in. The first one is attached by wooden walkway way up high and used as a guest house.
You do not go Victoria without going on that beautiful Road. Stopping frequently to just look.
I not sure why the Cliff House was included as it was only a concept back in 2014 and was never built.
I agree with you Ian you wouldn't get me in any of those cliff houses. They look fabulous but definitely from a distance for me 😅😊
Those cliff top houses are what you would call short term housing, eventually cliff face will collapse due to erosion.
Exactly what I was thinking. Erosion is a thing that WILL eventually happen.
WTF! I wouldn't be sleeping a wink in that cliff house.😯
Obviously they haven’t seen the bottom of some of the cliffs along our coast because they have a habitat of falling into the sea so nope not even setting foot in there sorry beautiful but nope
Sometimes annoys me that architects get all the glory for these builds when all they do is draw lines on a page.
The builders are left to make these strange designs work in real life.
Architects study MINIMAL engineering and construction.
Here in WA I've often heard stories like second year architecture students have amazing projects like designing dog kennels.
Give the credit where it's due I reckon.
As a Rigger, my husband worked on the Sydney Opera House years ago, replacing some of those famous tiles. Engineers designed the man & material hoist to follow the curve of the sails. Hubby took one look at their design & said it wouldn’t work in real life but, of course, they didn’t listen. Hubby & fellow Riggers ended up having to ignore the plans & fitting the hoist in their own way from actual hands-on experience! Of course many more tiles were broken & needing to be replaced before the engineers reluctantly agreed 🤦🏼♀️
Let’s just say he’s not a fan 😂
I agree to a point. While you need a good builder to interpret an architect's design, I can't recall any award-winning architectural wonder being created by a builder. A builder or draftsman or engineer would never had created the Sydney Opera House or the Guggenheim Museum etc.
@@joesky011 it's true that architects design, but they have very little training on how to make their designs work practically, so to give them all the glory is one sided. I'd love to see the architects actually build their designs themselves one day. Then they should get all the praise.
@@Reneesillycar74 that's exactly what I mean. Architects draw, engineers calculate, but neither of them actually build.
You and your family should take a jaunt up to the House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. My family used to visit it every few years as they are always making chances and expansions to it.
I’ve never heard about this! We need to look into it ❤ thank you
No thanks, mostly, cold and characterless blocks, not homes! Give me some solid ground beneath my feet, room to roam and breathe, and the opportunity to add my own odd creative touches and impulses! 🤔 The big property on Bruny Island is interesting, endless ocean views, peaceful neighbours, gourmet foods, world's best whisky! 🥃😃
This video reveals a lot about international views. Ian said he has heard about Sydney as the main market, but most of the top properties are in Victoria.
Yeah, I wouldn't step foot in the Cliff House either.
One way to avoid land tax hanging of a cliff just don't come home drunk and go in the back door. 😂
No; 15 Concept house, There is no way this house would ever be approved for building there, it wouldn't last 6 months before it would be floating out to sea or crushed by the fallen cliff edge.
You should see the house's in Coober Pedy they are underground.
The Cliff House is a ''design concept'' ... so actually does not exist.
That house falling off the cliff gets a huge “nope” from me, I wouldn’t even want to visit, much less live there!
I was expecting the "Pamela Anderson" house on this list. The house is pretty much Pamela Andersons face, and her mouth is on the garage door, so you had to drive into her mouth to get in. It always made me laugh when I passed it, and made headlines when it was built.
That facade was put up by Sam Newman. I remember how controversial it was when his neighbours tried to prevent him from building it. They probably thought it was going to be a dirty picture or something. I quite like it. Just shows that even rich famous guys have troublesome neighbours.
For future reference; Torquay is pronounced Tor-kee...😉
Barndominiums can be pretty cool!?
Mr IWRocker, some (!?) of them are pretty damned awesome. I've got an admittedly long playlist of videos that showcase what I consider to be the best.
Funnily enough, all of them are in the US.
As for dream house: it's a blend of a converted church (three storey thing, tasteful not tacky) combined with a converted lighthouse. Five storey tower. Master suite on top of that tower.
Style is a blend of US style of mid-century modern and a very tasteful 80s (wood panelled walls, exposed beams/rafters) all with a hint of an industrial feel.
Yes, I have plans on paper for it, but it will never be built. Dammit.
Never say never! One never knows :) but I dig your style cool cool :)
@@midnightkitchen8379 we've been in this house 13 years. Originally, wife and I planned to flip it. But we - and our at the time six year old daughter (and possibly two year old son) - fell in love with it, so we fixed it up for ourselves.
The cost involved today, plus builder and material supply issues means it'd be a long while before it got built. By then, it'd be too much for us (I'm 52, wife is 49).
Who knows, maybe one of the kids will be able to get it done.
Container house must be the biggest containers ever. No way they were ever real shipping containers , container inspired maybe.
15, the cliff house looks so much like some super villain's or tony stark's place?
@IWrocker, the Cross Stitch House is called a miner's cottage, usually a single storied terrace house (houses connected to other houses on either/both sides) , built to house miner's when the gold rush, and the industrial age developed in Australia.
Sorry, but the cliff house is just wrong. The beautiful coastline, both scenic and landscape (of any country, not just Ausralia), shoud not be obliterated with obnoxious looking homes/buildings. I understand it does not block the view from ground level, but travelling the road and seeing that protruding from the coast's edge is just a giant eye sore.
Prices in Australia in general are an utter disgrace and completely out of control. That is the problem when you have corrupt governments controlled by the minority of super greedy.
It's actually called supply and demand, and 640,000 visa approvals! 😏
What a load of shit
@@jenniferharrison8915 What an absolute load of BS.
@@anth5189 Ditto
theres a house in fanny bay in darwin the guy built the roof first then everything else under it was a weird design
I like these farm houses barn style best too.
I'm a rural guy
never a cliff house, you can hear the rock slowly crumbling... goosebumps...
the other houses are ok but not really my style.
rather a barn than a tower.
ground level all the time.😊
your the best greetins to wife and kids from germany👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👋🏼
If it isn't safe for grandma to visit, or good friends to leave after drinking, or kids to play and explore safely, it's not a home! 🧐
@@jenniferharrison8915
this is my life, Don't worry about the rest, Make sure you get your life on track. OK!
@@melliW1 I was agreeing with you, I grew up as a country person myself! Cheers from Australia!
@@jenniferharrison8915
hey jennifer,
I probably read your message wrong and too quickly and I'm sorry.
I would like to sincerely apologize.
In the future I will read everything more slowly.
and again, i'm really sorry.
Many greetings from Germany
surprised the "rolling cubes" house in SA wasnt there
Hay Ian,
There is a suitable canditate on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria state. LOOKS LIKE A FLYING SAUCER...opps you have it.
Definitely #10 is my fav. I could easy live in it.
Be great if any of these builds had parking.
The Cliff House is fake (or a design concept if you prefer). The cliff is in Port Campbell National Park near Loch Ard Gorge.
Is that a silk t-shirt? Looks shiny?
It’s one that Cody got him. I believe it’s from the Adelaide 500 sorry if I spelled it wrong
#10 for me❤
If money wasnt an option? i wouldn't buy a house attached to a clifside, think bigger! i would pay a lot to have somebody _carve out_ some amazing villa in a cliffside!
This is amazing
If the ancient gods of luck & fortune should smile on my, I would build a house I designed 30 years ago, I call it the doughnut,😊
Yummm 🍩
Great Ocean Rd was carved out grom cliffs and road built by returned soldiers from WWI needing employment all done by hand
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May I take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very happy and blessed Independence Day anniversary 2023 my friend🙏🏻
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None of these homes appeals to me at all. They’re all far too modern for me, white, stark, bland, plain, colourless! Give me a British older style home or even a castle, any day. Lots of nooks and crannies, individual rooms with doors, and luxuriously cosy!
you cant compare aussie to american homes, give me american homes any day
Yeah we have some pretty nice homes over here !