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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cameron Renee. Well, it's Nige and Renee today because Cam's
away with the Saturday Morning real Estate Show thanks to
JW Land exchange on an apartment with just five thousand
dollars at the Berg Teas and Seas apply. Renee, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
To you, Good morning, Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
This is a lot of fun. I enjoy being on
the real estate show.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And you're going to love this next bit.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Oh, I already do.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You're going to love it now. We had a property
the week last week Nige that had an epic garage,
so it kind of prompted a chat we're about to
have about epic you know, awesome setups in garages around Canberra.
What are they like? You know what have people turned
garages into that sort of thing? And so Andrew Chamberlain,
who's the managing director at Blackshaw Monica, is on the line.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Hi Andrew, Hi, guys, Hi Renee, Hi, listeners. How's everybody going?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yes, we're pumped, we're good and nice. Yes, Well, Andrew
Nige was just telling me he's got a bit of
a bit of a swish set up happening in his garage.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I have not. I turned half my garage into were
into a pub essentially with some little fridges and a
TV to watched the footy in some chairs for the
boys to sit on, but nothing like the sorts of
garages that you want to talk to us about.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh well, I mean garage garaging has evolved, right, so,
and we have to remember the cars haven't been around
for that long. So once upon a time the garages
were just an afterthought. They were just a single, very
modest brick garage in the back corner of of of
(01:31):
of otherwise very substantial properties in the older areas of Canberra.
They exist today. The apprentice was just sent down the
back corner of the block to test their brick laying skills.
And from that, of course they've evolved. And when I
was a kid, I have very fond memories of spending
time and my uncle's. It was a workshop at that point,
(01:54):
and as you say, there were TVs, there were pot
belly stoves. He was he had a an MGB in
the corner that he was restoring. Yes, exactly exactly. There
was the pit where you drove the car over and
you could work from under. It was just a great
place to be. And of course garages and typically they
(02:16):
were detached from the house, or they were underneath, and
they were they were you can you could you can
you can smell what I'm describing right. But now garages
have become they've become showrooms where lighting is important. There's
not a speck of dust or grease anywhere where the
the where the cars are on display. There are cars
(02:40):
that I've seen in some of Canberra's best garages that
I've never seen out on the street. I've seen some
of the Ferrari test Rosses and McLaren's and some of
the most amazing cars that exist that collectors have in
Canberra that just but very rarely see the light of day.
They're just amazing and some of the technology. Of course,
the house we were talking about last week had a
(03:02):
lift in in in the garage so that the infrequently
used car could just be hoisted up out of the
way and the daily driver just parks in underneath. We recently,
we recently rented at least a property on behalf of
a client in Turner that had a had a turn
table and you could so, yes, there was there was space,
(03:27):
but but you also need to be able to move
around in that space, right, So the solution there was
the car would come in, you would sit on the turntable,
you'd turn it on. You could you can you could
almost hear the thunderbird theme as you were kind of
rotating around on this turntable and then kind of path
in your in your designated spot. Just just great stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Of you.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I just I love it. And then of course you've
got people like Adrian Portelli, who famously airlifted a car
McLaren up to his penthouse apartment in Melbourne. I mean,
there's just the sky's the limit. Cars on super yachts
that are a track side at the Monaco Monaco Grand Prix.
(04:14):
The sky's the limit.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well, they certainly have evolved from what you've described as then, Andrew,
are you seeing many of these garages in established properties
being retrofitted with ev charging stations?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Oh we are, yes, So EAVY charging stations are fairly
easy to retrofit. Yes, the electric cars and the large
garages are not necessarily kind of they don't necessarily they're
(04:49):
not compatible with the types of of of owners. That
so someone with a collection of cars isn't necessarily the
same person who would who would drive an electric tape.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You'd be very diplomatic here, Andrew, I'm trying to be.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And there's just different types of clients, different types of clients.
I suppose, Yes, I.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Can tell you which mask could I be in, That's
for sure if I was doing something to my Garrett.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I'm a V twelve man myself and a twelve vault man,
if you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, And you're either one or the other.
A collection of cars tends to have one one type
of car. And if you're an electric car type of person,
and look, I'm a fan of electric cars, don't get
me wrong, but you tend not to have a collection
of them, right. The car is more just a tool
to get you from A to B in a very
(05:40):
efficient way.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. And just quickly, Andrew, before
we wrap things up, can you just quickly describe to
us the most epic garage you have seen at a property.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Or it would have to be forty six from it
streets in Turner. It's a home that was built by Blackets.
It's won many awards. It's the one that I described
that that we've recently recently leased that it is. It's
not the biggest I mean There are obviously some garages
that are that are that are absolutely cavernous and you
can fit teen cars and they're they're cool. But this
(06:13):
was really this. This had beautiful lighting, it had a
it had a movement sensitive door so you didn't have
to actually touch anything getting out of the car and
into the house. It was it was really technologically cutting
edge and it was very fancy.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I think the takeaway Renee and Andrew is that if
you have a lazy Susan for your car, you have
made it in life.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
It's to argue that, well, well, if that's your thing,
then then that's a good a good aspiration. Absolutely yes, so.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Good Well Andrew, we could talk to you about this
for another hour, I know, dub, but we'll have to
leave it there. Thank you. I'm so much for sharing
that with us this morning.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Thanks guys, have a great day, you gids.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
See you later. Andrew Chamberlain's imagining managing director of Blackshawmnica Nige.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
You know he's got one of them lazy seasons for
his car. Who does Batman? Oh, I'm just saying. And
if there's one rule you can follow in life, kids,
it's this. If Batman's doing it, you probably should too.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Be like Batman, be more like Batman.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yes,
Cameron Renee. Well, it's Nige and Renee today because Cam's
away with the Saturday Morning real Estate Show thanks to
JW Land exchange on an apartment with just five thousand
dollars at the Berg Teas and Seas apply. Renee, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
To you, Good morning, Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
This is a lot of fun. I enjoy being on
the real estate show.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And you're going to love this next bit.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Oh, I already do.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You're going to love it now. We had a property
the week last week Nige that had an epic garage,
so it kind of prompted a chat we're about to
have about epic you know, awesome setups in garages around Canberra.
What are they like? You know what have people turned
garages into that sort of thing? And so Andrew Chamberlain,
who's the managing director at Blackshaw Monica, is on the line.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Hi Andrew, Hi, guys, Hi Renee, Hi, listeners. How's everybody going?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yes, we're pumped, we're good and nice. Yes, Well, Andrew
Nige was just telling me he's got a bit of
a bit of a swish set up happening in his garage.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I have not. I turned half my garage into were
into a pub essentially with some little fridges and a
TV to watched the footy in some chairs for the
boys to sit on, but nothing like the sorts of
garages that you want to talk to us about.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh well, I mean garage garaging has evolved, right, so,
and we have to remember the cars haven't been around
for that long. So once upon a time the garages
were just an afterthought. They were just a single, very
modest brick garage in the back corner of of of
(01:31):
of otherwise very substantial properties in the older areas of Canberra.
They exist today. The apprentice was just sent down the
back corner of the block to test their brick laying skills.
And from that, of course they've evolved. And when I
was a kid, I have very fond memories of spending
time and my uncle's. It was a workshop at that point,
(01:54):
and as you say, there were TVs, there were pot
belly stoves. He was he had a an MGB in
the corner that he was restoring. Yes, exactly exactly. There
was the pit where you drove the car over and
you could work from under. It was just a great
place to be. And of course garages and typically they
(02:16):
were detached from the house, or they were underneath, and
they were they were you can you could you can
you can smell what I'm describing right. But now garages
have become they've become showrooms where lighting is important. There's
not a speck of dust or grease anywhere where the
the where the cars are on display. There are cars
(02:40):
that I've seen in some of Canberra's best garages that
I've never seen out on the street. I've seen some
of the Ferrari test Rosses and McLaren's and some of
the most amazing cars that exist that collectors have in
Canberra that just but very rarely see the light of day.
They're just amazing and some of the technology. Of course,
the house we were talking about last week had a
(03:02):
lift in in in the garage so that the infrequently
used car could just be hoisted up out of the
way and the daily driver just parks in underneath. We recently,
we recently rented at least a property on behalf of
a client in Turner that had a had a turn
table and you could so, yes, there was there was space,
(03:27):
but but you also need to be able to move
around in that space, right, So the solution there was
the car would come in, you would sit on the turntable,
you'd turn it on. You could you can you could
almost hear the thunderbird theme as you were kind of
rotating around on this turntable and then kind of path
in your in your designated spot. Just just great stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Of you.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I just I love it. And then of course you've
got people like Adrian Portelli, who famously airlifted a car
McLaren up to his penthouse apartment in Melbourne. I mean,
there's just the sky's the limit. Cars on super yachts
that are a track side at the Monaco Monaco Grand Prix.
(04:14):
The sky's the limit.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well, they certainly have evolved from what you've described as then, Andrew,
are you seeing many of these garages in established properties
being retrofitted with ev charging stations?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Oh we are, yes, So EAVY charging stations are fairly
easy to retrofit. Yes, the electric cars and the large
garages are not necessarily kind of they don't necessarily they're
(04:49):
not compatible with the types of of of owners. That
so someone with a collection of cars isn't necessarily the
same person who would who would drive an electric tape.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You'd be very diplomatic here, Andrew, I'm trying to be.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And there's just different types of clients, different types of clients.
I suppose, Yes, I.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Can tell you which mask could I be in, That's
for sure if I was doing something to my Garrett.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I'm a V twelve man myself and a twelve vault man,
if you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, And you're either one or the other.
A collection of cars tends to have one one type
of car. And if you're an electric car type of person,
and look, I'm a fan of electric cars, don't get
me wrong, but you tend not to have a collection
of them, right. The car is more just a tool
to get you from A to B in a very
(05:40):
efficient way.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. And just quickly, Andrew, before
we wrap things up, can you just quickly describe to
us the most epic garage you have seen at a property.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Or it would have to be forty six from it
streets in Turner. It's a home that was built by Blackets.
It's won many awards. It's the one that I described
that that we've recently recently leased that it is. It's
not the biggest I mean There are obviously some garages
that are that are that are absolutely cavernous and you
can fit teen cars and they're they're cool. But this
(06:13):
was really this. This had beautiful lighting, it had a
it had a movement sensitive door so you didn't have
to actually touch anything getting out of the car and
into the house. It was it was really technologically cutting
edge and it was very fancy.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I think the takeaway Renee and Andrew is that if
you have a lazy Susan for your car, you have
made it in life.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
It's to argue that, well, well, if that's your thing,
then then that's a good a good aspiration. Absolutely yes, so.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Good Well Andrew, we could talk to you about this
for another hour, I know, dub, but we'll have to
leave it there. Thank you. I'm so much for sharing
that with us this morning.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Thanks guys, have a great day, you gids.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
See you later. Andrew Chamberlain's imagining managing director of Blackshawmnica Nige.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
You know he's got one of them lazy seasons for
his car. Who does Batman? Oh, I'm just saying. And
if there's one rule you can follow in life, kids,
it's this. If Batman's doing it, you probably should too.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Be like Batman, be more like Batman.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yes,
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