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WHAT IS A POLE HOUSE? · The Real Estate Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, Ken, this morning we're asking, what is a pole house?
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  Speaker 1: A pole house. And where would you find one in Canberra?
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  Speaker 1: I've never heard of this before.
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  Speaker 2: So it's P-O-L-E, simply just standard pole house.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 3: And they're actually, you know, I think we're going to
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  Speaker 3: learn about how cool they really are. Andrew Curran is
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  Speaker 3: principal of LJ Hooker in Tuggerong, knows a thing or
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  Speaker 3: two about pole houses.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew, good morning.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, good morning, Renee. Thanks for having me on the show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for coming on. Now, look, let's just cut
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  Speaker 1: to the chase. Can you tell us.
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  Speaker 3: What is a pole house? I've never heard of these before.
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  Speaker 3: Why are they so unique?
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  Speaker 4: It's not surprising. They are, you know, not often found
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  Speaker 4: in Canberra. But as you know, Canberra is quite a
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  Speaker 4: hilly region, especially the Tuggeranong Valley. The beauty of those
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  Speaker 4: hills is obviously you've got some elevation and you've got
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  Speaker 4: some views to the surrounding areas. Naturally, building on the
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  Speaker 4: sides of those hills can be challenging. Often the blocks
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  Speaker 4: are steep and undulating, and that's where pole homes come
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  Speaker 4: into their own. As the name suggests, the main supporting
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  Speaker 4: structure of a pole home is just really large treated
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  Speaker 4: timber poles, which are cut to varying lengths, and that
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  Speaker 4: accounts for the fall of the block. It allows the
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  Speaker 4: house to be set on the side of the hill
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  Speaker 4: and blend into the landscape rather than imposing itself on
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  Speaker 4: the block.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, now, so, and I've been to this house, so
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  Speaker 2: I've seen it, as we've mentioned, and the poles sort
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  Speaker 2: of come up through the whole of the structure. It
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  Speaker 2: is almost like a real tree house, isn't it?
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  Speaker 3: So cool.
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  Speaker 4: Well, that's exactly right. In fact, what happens with the construction,
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  Speaker 4: as it takes on the fall of the land, it
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  Speaker 4: creates different elevations. And sometimes you find some of those
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  Speaker 4: levels are up amongst the canopy of the trees. So
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  Speaker 4: you're looking out through the foliage, you're looking at the
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  Speaker 4: bird life, and yeah, it creates that feeling of a
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  Speaker 4: giant tree house. And certainly 56 Icona Circuit is a
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  Speaker 4: real prime example of that.
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  Speaker 3: And so there is that one you just mentioned, but
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  Speaker 3: from what I understand that there's a few of these
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  Speaker 3: ones in Corwell, how did they sort of came to be?
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  Speaker 4: Well, Icona Circuit, you know, it wraps around the height
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  Speaker 4: of Corwell. So Arthur Corwell Hill, it's called, and it's
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  Speaker 4: probably the dress circle street. And a lot of those
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  Speaker 4: blocks on the side of the hill, they're slopey. And
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  Speaker 4: there just seems to be a little concentration in Icona
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  Speaker 4: Circuit of Canberra pole homes, uh, There was a builder
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  Speaker 4: back in the day when that sort of was being built.
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  Speaker 4: That maybe was his forte. I'm not too sure whether
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  Speaker 4: he did other homes as well, but there's about four
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  Speaker 4: or five that I know of certainly in that street,
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  Speaker 4: and there's not that many elsewhere in Tuggeranong.
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  Speaker 2: And so what about the architecture? Is there one particular
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  Speaker 2: person who designed these? Do you know much about that?
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  Speaker 4: I did try and research that, actually. What I could
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  Speaker 4: find out is that the original owners of this particular
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  Speaker 4: house were draftsmen themselves, and they had some input into
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  Speaker 4: the design. Each pole home is slightly different, so it's
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  Speaker 4: not like a cookie-cutter kind of home. They are a
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  Speaker 4: little bit different, and this one is set over five levels.
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  Speaker 4: It has all sorts of decks and things and windows
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  Speaker 4: capturing the nature surrounding the property and bringing that inside,
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  Speaker 4: which is just beautiful.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And so if people want to come and have
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  Speaker 3: a look at one and see what we're talking about,
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  Speaker 3: what is a pole house in person? You mentioned 56
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  Speaker 3: O'Connor Circuit. When can they come and have a look?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, look, it is open today at 12.30. You can
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  Speaker 4: come along. You can also find the advert on Zango,
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  Speaker 4: for instance, if you look that up. Give us a
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  Speaker 4: call anytime. We can show you through. People that have
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  Speaker 4: come through have just been fascinated, really, by the structure.
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  Speaker 4: The kids, in particular, have been enthralled by the bedrooms.
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  Speaker 4: Each bedroom has its own loft area. It's like a
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  Speaker 4: little breakout area for the kids. They can have their
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  Speaker 4: toys up there or a little study room. It's quite
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  Speaker 4: an unusual property. I've not seen anything like this one.
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  Speaker 4: Even with the other pole homes, this one's quite different.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, people need to definitely go and have a
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  Speaker 3: look and see for themselves. It is something out of
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  Speaker 3: like a fairy tale or storybook or something, really. Andrew,
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  Speaker 3: thank you so much for your time this morning.
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  Speaker 4: No, you're welcome. Thank you for having me on the show.
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  Speaker 4: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: That's Andrew Curran, Principal of LJ Hookah in Tuckernong.