I recall reading an article about cookie-cutter houses, produced en masse by volume builders, calling them “Glorified tents”. My inlaws live in a volume built house in the western suburbs of Melbourne. It’s a massive house, poorly constructed, terribly insulated, freezing in winter and hot in summer. We already lived in a tent, this immediately…

We had always imagined it was the headmaster’s cottage, the bricks were firm, but brittle, probably made with the clay onsite. It was most likely constructed in the 1870’s, a similar age to the adjacent primary school. It would’ve stood proud, the only house on the block 150 years ago. Several additions to the house…