Comments by "Jeni10" (@Jeni10) on "American Reacts to Australia House Tours" video.

In the 80s there were no digital TVs so they weren’t mounted on the wall because of the picture tube jutting out of the back! They came already mounted in cabinets and were on the floor of the living room. Flat screen TVs have only been in Australia since 2005.
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Ian, there’s something you have never considered about Australian homes. While the big sliding doors open to bring the outside in, that also means thousands of flies in the warmer months! Have you seen the hats with corks dangling all around them? They’re for the flies! No basements in Australia. I’ve never seen one, but I guess it depends on the architect and his customer.
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Upper cabinets have been around since the sixties but it’s personal preference because some women don’t like reaching above their heads to put crockery and glassware away.
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That Perth house has been added onto already. In Australia, we tend to freshen up paintwork and floors, but we don’t knockdown and rebuild anywhere near as often as in the States, because we try to preserve our architectural history. In fact, there are many areas protected by the National Trust, because a building or group of buildings represents a time in our history that needs to be preserved. Knock downs would mostly be for houses with structural damage from floods, fire or other events. An exception that springs to mind is Ned Kelly’s family home! It’s preserved as it was.
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@1ihws I think you misunderstood my comment because when I read yours, you were verifying what I had said. I was seven (1957) when we got our first TV, a Kriesler b&w in a cabinet. The picture tube stuck out the back of the TV by about a foot, but was contained inside the cabinet with air vents. No remotes back then. You went over to the television to change the channel via a clicking knob switch. Years later, in 1973, I was working at a television station. The word went around the entire building that we had a colour monitor so we all went to have a look! We watched the Royal Wedding of Princess Anne to Captain Mark Phillips, in full colour! An example after the picture tube jutting out behind the cabinet, well vented. https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/content/H2005.241.1-2
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Personally, I don’t like the modern homes, they feel cold and lack any kind of comfy feeling. I love the English homes with all their nooks and crannies, several lounge rooms with an open hearth for cold winter nights.
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@1ihws I spent the first thirty years of my life living in a century old house. There was no basement nor was there one in my grandmother’s home which was even older. We had no need for a basement. Here’s a quote: “Basements are a great way to add space and value to your home, but they're not as common in Australia as they are elsewhere in the world. The main reason is that Australia doesn't have many hills or mountains where you can dig a hole and create a basement room.”
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