Property Advert of the Week: Orchard Hills Estate, Kingswood (1982)

Below is a 1982 newspaper advertisement promoting land for sale in the Orchard Hills Estate at Kingswood. 

Blocks were on sale from $22,500, which is equivalent to spending around $100 000 today (RBA Inflation Calculator).

Source: Landcom. 1982. "Orchard Hills Estate." (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, September 17: 26.

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom Estates (1986)

Below is a 1986 newspaper advertisement from Landcom, which contained a list of suburbs where homesites were on offer across Sydney, Newcastle, Illawarra (lumped in with Southern Sydney under "Southern Estates"), Central Coast and Hunter regions. 

Source: Landcom. 1986. "A complete guide to Landcom Estates" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, April 12: 41. 

Property Advert of the Week: "The Big 3 in New Homes" (1988)

Source: Anonymous. 1988. "The Big 3 in New Homes" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, June 18: 21. 

In 1988, Landcom, Hooker Housing Group and the St George Building Society (Now St George Bank)  teamed up to provide a house and land package. Landcom provided the block, Hooker Housing Group would build the home and the St George Building Society provided the loan. Only 200 homes were on offer, priced from $69,950 to $109,500. 

Property Advert of the Week: South Windsor Homesites (1982)

Below is a 1982 newspaper advertisement from the Crown Lands Office promoting the sale of homesites at South Windsor. The homesites ranged in price from $16,000 to $24,500.

According to the RBA Inflation Calculator, this was the equivalent of spending approximately $69,000 to $106,000 in today's money.

 

Source: Crown Lands Office. 1982. "Fully serviced homesites South Windsor". The Daily Telegraph, December 3: 25. 

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom Ad (1994)

Below is a 1994 newspaper advertisement from Landcom. Homesites were on offer at St Helens Park, Currans Hill, Mount Annan, Ambarvale, Eagle Vale, Narellan Vale, Cecil Hills, Casula, Cabramatta, Menai, Bangor, Parklea, Hassall Grove, Cranebrook, Castle Hill, Glenhaven, Beacon Hill and Oatlands.

 

Source: Landcom. 1994. " "First choice for homebuyers" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph Mirror, June 4: 65.

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom Ad (1993)

Below is a newspaper advertisement from 1993 to promote homesites that were on offer from Landcom. A special promotion enabled the first 100 buyers to receive a $500 bonus if they purchased a home site that was less than $65 000.

The homesite could be reserved for $100 with $900 to be paid within 70 days and the balance in 30 days. 

 

Source: Landcom. 1993. "Buy your homesite now... Get a $500 bonus!" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph Mirror, August 2: 15

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom - Postcard from the Olympic City (2000)

To mark the 2000 Olympic Games, Landcom published this advertisement to promote Sydney as a great city to live in and that Landcom would help them secure their home and an opportunity to live in a great city.

Given a large number of visitors from around Australia and overseas, the advertisement was obviously targeting them

   

Source: Landcom. 2000. "Postcard From the Olympic City". The Daily Telegraph, September 23: 62.

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom (2000)

Below is a newspaper advertisement by Landcom that was published in The Daily Telegraph during the Olympic Games in 2000.

Source: Landcom. 2000. "Postcard From the Olympic City". The Daily Telegraph, September 23: 62.

Property Advert of the Week: Narellan Vale Estate (1995)

Below is a Landcom advertisement from 1995 promoting blocks of land at Narellan Vale. I have included a link to approximate location within the suburb today (Google Maps).

Source: Landcom. 1995. "Narellan Vale Estate". The Sydney Morning Herald, April 8: 101.

Property Advert of the Week: Landcom Rent Attack Television Advertisement (1993)

I'll make this the last television advertisement relating to Real Estate for the time being. This week, I share with you an advertisement that was screened on Channel Ten Sydney in 1993 by Landcom. If you were paying $160 a week in rent, they claimed it was better to buy a home instead. House and Land packages were on sale from $109 000, a good bargain. Wait there is more, how about selecting your choice of land (from a selection of locations) and your builder.

Property Advert of the Week: Garden Gates, Mt Annan (1999)

This week we head back to the ever booming south-west - Mt Annan.

Source: Landcom. 1999. "Garden Gates" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, April 7: 21.