6157_Issue 9_Spring 2017 by simonelliott

FATHER FRANCIS: THE PADRÃ&#x2030; OF PALMYRA MISTO: THE ONE JUST OVER THE ROAD INDIE SQUIRES: OFF THE LONG RUN A BEAUTIFUL, HIGH-BROW PATCH OF PALMYRA ISSUE NINE SPRING 2017

ONE RESIDENTIAL 6157 BY O N E RE S ID E N T IA L 1 Q U A R T E R LY M A G A Z I N E

THE HIGHEST SELLING AGENT IN THE CITY OF MELVILLE

A publication of: One Residential Sales and Property Management 329a Canning Highway (faces McKimmie Road), Palmyra WA 6157 Phone (08) 9339 8833 Mobile 0419 904 907 michael@oneresidential.com.au

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CONTENTS EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY: Father Francis Ughanze The Padré of Palmyra 3

Welcome to 6157. Here’s our ninth edition of 6157- we’re closing in double figures! Our eighth edition received left people waiting for summer to arrive as we learned about Margaret River-based local, Ruby Pleiter and her surfing career that is taking hold at the Surfing Academy based at Margaret River Senior High School. The Spring edition has more great stuff from where you live. We’re featuring the story of a Palmyra local for the last 17 years who is known to many: Father Francis Ughanze, the Priest of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Palmyra. 6157 also looks at the current property market, pops in on a local Tamar Street-based beautician and checks out a new kid on the culinary block in 6157, Misto Food and Coffee on McKimmie Road!

MARKET UPDATE Palmyra : The winds of change 7

Not only was ONE the 15th highest selling office across the state with a staggering 245 sales, but the team consolidated its position as #1 agent in the City of Melville by number of listings sold.

WE LOVE_______: Misto Cafe and Food 8

ONE SUPPORTS: Indie Squires and Bicton Cricket Club 10

ONE ON ONE Count your blessings! 11

SELLING in 6157 Sienna Cary: A beautiful, high-brow patch of Palmyra 12 Palmyra 12-13

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT in 6157 A smudge on the window and other catastrophes 14

ONERS Action in the One Residential Team 15

KIDS’ CORNER Spring bursts into life! 16

Thanks for your feedback so far— hope you enjoy the read!

CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Forzatti Managing Director

ONE’s team of market leading salespeople and a cracking admin crew laid down a super set of results in 2016/17.

Design: The Globe, Writer: Simon Elliott With thanks to the following: Father Francis Ughanze, Corrado and Tracey Mugnes from Misto Food and Coffee, Cherie Pirnie @ WACA and Indie Squires from Bicton Junior Cricket Club, Sienna Cary, realestate.com.au, REIWA, ratemyagent.com.au, and the City of Melville.

2017 Top 15 Office in WA

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THE PADRÉ OF PALMYRA The distance from Port Harcourt in Nigeria to Palmyra in Western Australia is a prodigious 12,047 kilometres. From another vantage, it’s the far further journey of one man’s life. This is a snippet of the serendipitous story of Father Francis, Padré of Palmyra. S T O R Y+ P H O T O S :

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Father Francis was first assigned to the parish at Erith, Kent, in 1983 - a parish that dates back to 1625. The assignment was relieving an Irish priest who was taking a holiday. When the priest called a month later to announce that he was married, Father Francis realised his tenure might carry on a little longer!

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involved all 107 students in the year group being Father Francis Ughanze was born around expelled! Only three would be sent letters to return 1945, the eldest of ten children, in Port Francis among the trio. Harcourt, Nigeria - around 600 kilometres from the country’s capital, Abuja. Port A lover of theatrical arts, Father Francis carried his Harcourt lies on the coast of Nigeria with secondary education into University, studying the the North Atlantic Ocean lapping its shores. classics and philosophy. He regales stories of his The country was a British colony in Father Francis’ youth. He recalls that as birth certificates weren’t kept at the time, the British determined that a child’s readiness for school was demonstrated by their ability to put one arm over the top of their head and touch the opposite ear with their fingers (try it on a five to six-year-old!). If you could touch your ear, you were old enough for primary school! COLONIAL RULE INTO CIVIL WAR Father Francis recollects colonial Nigeria as a peaceful, well-administered colony. Agriculture was the primary export for many years, and he remembers that income from one of its primary crops, nuts of different kinds, was sufficient for the British-run government to run the whole country. The country was granted independence in 1960, not long after oil was discovered in commercial quantities. The civil war in Nigeria, known as the Biafran War (1967-1970), began as an ethnic conflict between the Igbo people of the south (Biafra) and the government of Nigeria. Given its abundant oil reserves, Port Harcourt became a strategic ‘asset’ for the government, and the military captured the city, imposing a blockade which led to severe famine and military casualties. With Port Harcourt now a dangerous place to live, Father Francis and many of his siblings were flung to different parts of the globe to find safe harbour, or to safer areas in Nigeria.

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Over the next decade, through the agency of Caritas, Oxfam, and the Red Cross, members of his family would be placed in Italy, Ireland, England and the United States. Father Francis continued in Nigeria, entering a seminary located 800 kilometres from Port Harcourt.

He’d stop short of describing himself as a model student having been expelled and recalled on six occasions. One of the more memorable occasions

leading roles in Shakespearian dramas and comedies; productions that were regular occurrences through his education (and a source of more expulsions!) Continuing his studies and completing his formal preparation for the priesthood, he was ordained in 1973. Far from a triggering his entry into the ministry, though, it was a catalyst for more study and disillusionment with the priesthood altogether. Instead, he embarked on a career as a broadcaster, appearing on Nigerian television and radio as a religious commentator. ONTO THE MOTHER COUNTRY After nine years in this sphere, ready for a change of location, he gained a scholarship at a London University in Communication. He was domicile at the Cathedral of Southwark. It was a scholarship that would last one book review! The receiving parish had understood that Francis had come to serve the parish rather than attend university and promptly put him to work! He withdrew from studies the following week. Father Francis was first assigned to the parish at Erith, Kent, in 1987 - a parish that dates back to 1625. The assignment was relieving an Irish priest who was taking a holiday. When the priest called a month later to announce that he was married, Father Francis realised his tenure might carry on a little longer! For some years, preceding this formal final move to London, he was working with a charity assisting financially stricken Nigerian students, he was bouncing back and forth from London to Nigeria, combining stints of broadcasting and short-term assignments within the parishes of London. ADVENTURE TO THE ANTIPODES While serving in one of those parishes, Francis had a serendipitous meeting with a priest from Rome, Fr Joe Parkinson - an Australian holidaying in

England. Over a long meal and a longer wine, Fr Joe commended to him the notion of moving to Australia. It set in motion a chain of letters, calls, and conversations. While the light of day didn’t find Father Francis utterly enamoured with the idea, slow wheels continued moving. Unsure and still in London, a letter arrived one day containing a Singapore Airlines ticket bound for Australia. The moment of decision had arrived, and his answer was a tentative ‘yes’. It was 1987. Father Francis arrived at a city in the grip of America’s Cup mania - Capital city: Fremantle; Premier: Alan Bond! Doubt is not opposed to faith, but a vital facet of its currency. Arriving to the unfamiliar territory of Australia was not accompanied with great certainty, but continued searching. Father Francis’s first port of call was Saint Mary’s Cathedral where he served for five months. After this, he served the parish of Greenwood for two years. His tenure was interrupted by poor health and depression as he bounced from specialist to specialist until being diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer. It laid him low for some years. After a period of convalescence, he was ready for a ‘normal’ job but not the rigours of the priesthood. With no money to his name and surviving out of the kindness of acquaintances, feet were his primary transport. On one day he walked from Warwick (where he was living) to Burswood, asking for a job washing plates in the kitchen at the Casino. He was turned back for having the wrong sort of experience. Too educated. He walked from Burswood to Mercy Hospital in Mount Lawley, asking for a job as an orderly. Having filled out the requisite forms, he walked back to Warwick. Later the same afternoon, the phone rang. It was Sister Lucy from Mercy Hospital offering Francis a job. He was back to work, and it was just the sort of restorative work that he needed. MINOR MIRACLES Father Francis was now combining work as an orderly at Mercy Hospital with reading philosophy at the University of Western Australia.

One afternoon, having gone from Maylands to the University to complete an essay, he dozed off for a moment. Just a split second. At that moment, he heard the voice of his mother saying ‘You must promise me you will come to my funeral’. He agreed to the promise having no idea of what had prompted the moment and woke slightly terrified.

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When he reached the home where he was staying at Warwick, the husband and wife were at the front of the house in tears. As he approached, they told him that his mother had passed away. He called home in Nigeria to say that while he felt compelled to come to the funeral, he had no means of getting there. Having just returned to work, he was still living from week to week, hand to mouth.

The following day he was helping the priest at the parish in Scarborough, Father Henry, to administer mass. Francis asked for the parishioners to join in praying for him and his mother who had passed away. After the mass, a lady approached him to ask whether he would attend the funeral. He replied that while it was his wish, he had no financial means to get there. An hour later, having returned home, he received a call from the same lady asking him to return to the church to meet him. When he arrived, the lady handed him a cheque for $5000. He would be honouring his commitment to his mother after all! “While I can be sceptical of professed miracles, I had no explanation for what I’d witnessed over the previous 48 hours other than God working in

the midst of my circumstance. Mysterious ways indeed!” said Father Francis. MORE MERCY Father Francis continued at Mercy Hospital for a further five years before an unexpected call from the Archbishop of St Mary’s Cathedral extended an invitation to meet with him. The meeting was to ask whether he would consider becoming priest of the Holy Trinity Church in Embleton. He said yes without hesitation, resigning the very next day! He was unaware until that moment of how deeply his current work was out of alignment with that for which his heart had been long prepared.

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On one day he walked from his home in Warwick to Burswood, asking for a job washing plates in the kitchen at the Casino. He was turned back for having the wrong sort experience. Too educated. He walked home via Mercy Hospital in Mount Lawley, to ask for a job as an orderly. He got the job a few hours later and started the next day.

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Few realise the fullness of a life pastoring a parish. Many suppose it begins and ends with a homily and the overseeing of mass without understanding that these are... Weeks filled with weddings, funerals, counselling, hospital visits, and a hundred other incidental moments that are the privilege of a priest but add up to a full diary and a full life.

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He served at Embleton for six years before being asked changed long ago. My primary work was to save the faithful from the ‘church’! It was to help people to help relieve a priest in Palmyra who was suffering understand what church is all about. This is my from a heart problem. Like the assignment back in mission here in Palmyra. England, it sounded a short-term, so he agreed to the meeting. Amidst introductions to the Headmaster and “I have discovered again that my work is to bring teachers, and a hand-over with great detail, he realised our people back to the foundation of our faith. Back that the appointment was perhaps a little longer than to God’s Word. And back to the simple, powerful had been communicated. imperative to love God and love your neighbour - the core of the message. Every other thing, every other It was wrenching to be suddenly leaving parishioners doctrine, every other ritual is a commentary on this with whom he’d built a deep relationship over the simple, life-changing invitation. previous six years, but he was now Palmyra-bound. THE PALY PRIEST

“If I understand this and seek to live it out among my parishioners, I’m doing all I can ever do.

Perhaps more than any other time, Father Francis’s “The church may have given the impression that the tenure at Our Lady of Fatima Parish has been a priest is omniscient and a font of all wisdom. I see context for rediscovering his calling, reigniting his myself as a fellow traveller - perhaps learned in some passion for the priesthood and the church, and become areas and completely inexperienced in others, yet physically healthy and vital once again. helping people to listen and seek after wisdom with as great an eagerness as they are willing to talk. In my “My work here in Palmyra has helped me to relife, we call this prayer!” said Father Francis. examine why I should be a priest; it has helped me to recommit myself to the priesthood and rethink the mission of the church and my work as a human being,” WEEK IN, WEEK OUT says Father Francis. Few realise the fullness of a life pastoring a parish. “Part of my examination took me back to a time when the church was the centre of the community. The parish was the hub of everything: worship, sport, education, relationships. In the best sort of way the church was at the heart of the community,” he added. “So many of these things are out-sourced now. So many of the church’s activities are provided by not-for-profits or by commercial businesses. The church doesn’t have the authority in some places that it once had because in others well documented, it’s been mired in scandal.

Many suppose it begins and ends with a homily and the overseeing of mass without understanding that these are punctuation marks in the full sentences of a week. Weeks filled with weddings, funerals, counselling, hospital visits, and a hundred other incidental moments that are the privilege of a priest but add up to a full diary and a full life. When it comes to thinking about what constitutes a fruitful day in the parish, Father Francis does not hesitate.

“Every day is fruitful. I’m not exaggerating. They may “There has been so much grief as a result of the not be grand moments, but simply moments when I profound indiscretions that have been wrought by see people being selfless with one another and those sections of the church, and while the church is still an around them. When I see them letting go of small agency of compassion, justice and charity, much of the work that the church once provided is now the domain things that could never have sustained them; when I see loving exchanges between husband and wife, of those beyond her. parent and children, children and friends that echo “My revelation was that my work has changed. It Jesus’ heart? That’s a good day. Every day is some kind of that sort of good,” he said. Our Lady of Fatima Parish incorporates the adjacent primary school. Student and parents are involved in parish life in different ways. “The school is part of the church, and the church is part of the school. The integration of the two is part of what gives the community such richness,” he observed. Father Francis is one of the youngest 70-somethings that you’re likely to meet. It is a youthfulness that is maintained by a love of learning, a love of loving, and mindful attention to each dimension of the whole: body, soul, mind and spirit. And it’s a youthfulness and vitality that seems able to invigorate this local parish through continuing to keep the main thing the main thing. As he says, every other thing is commentary of the core.

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PALMYRA: MARKET UPDATE Market data in a stable market doesn’t tend to reveal too much, but behind the apparent lack of movement, a little tide is turning. It may be anecdotal, it may not have spiked the needle of median price nor created a flurry of market activity, but there’s movement all the same. Michael Forzatti was the highest selling salesperson in Western Australia in 2016/17 (by listings sold). He has won this award for the past three years. The largest portion of Michael’s sales is in the Palmyra area, an area where One Residential is the clear market leader. In this market update, Michael provides some qualitative thoughts on selling in the current market.

Perhaps the most significant change that I’ve seen in the market in the last six weeks or so is a dramatic increase in traffic through our home opens, and a more general spike in enquiries regarding buying and selling. Within Palmyra, in particular, I have had properties open for inspection over the last few weeks that have been attended by fifty groups or more. That’s big traffic. I should add, these were a particular type of property bespoke and high end in the area - and they attracted a high degree of interest. One of those, on Zenobia Street, sold the first weekend on the market for over $1 million! The big take-home from this is that it’s not all doom and gloom. There is strong activity within pockets of the market - just not across the board. What continues is a lack of genuine urgency amongst ‘sleeper buyers’ - those who may move into the market, but have no great urgency to do so. It stems largely from the perception that the market is going in their favour at the moment and doesn’t demand any quick response. They may not be coming through home opens every weekend, but they’re accessing real estate websites to check for new and interesting properties which come on to the market. If the right product is there, they’re interested.

Recently, I attended a breakfast lead by three heavyhitting economists from one of Australia’s major banks. Their outlook for the Perth market was underwhelming. They pointed to our stagnant population (a slight net decrease) which will continue to put downwards pressure on rental prices and send the vacancy rate higher, and pointed to the moderate oversupply of properties for sale continuing to mute upwards movement in property prices. They suggested that interest rates would continue around current levels for at least the next twelve months. There was also talk of increased activity in oil and gas that could reverberate into the property market by 2019 as spikes in labour forces take hold. We’re continuing to see a flatlining at the lower end of the market with older two-bedroom unit/apartments. With mum-and-dad type investors having gone quiet in the market and other investors targeting newer developments, this product has been the slowest to move in the market. That said, when well-presented, renovated character homes and larger family homes hit the market, they don’t last long. They’re often snapped up in their first week on the market. All other product tends to fall in behind those house types when it comes to the enthusiasm from buyers in the market. I expect a swelling in the stock on the market over the next few months. Partly seasonal, partly a reflection on a tentative emergence from economic hibernation. I don’t expect any records to be broken all of a sudden. It turns out, neither do the bank economists! I talk more about responding to a market like this later in 6157 but for now, the message is good but not great.

THE CURRENT PALMYRA MARKET

-4.6% SUBURB GROWTH, CURRENT QUARTER

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PROPERTIES SOLD YEAR TO DATE Median sale price:

$620,000

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MAKING MISTO’S BUCKWHEAT RISOTTO Here’s how to recreate your own Buckwheat Risotto at home! INGREDIENTS

Up on the corner of Marmion and McKimmie, a little mixture of goodness has resurrected a sleepy site to bringing tasty life and a new culinary destination to 6157. Welcome to Misto Food and Coffee! Being able to pick up a quick lunch or breakfast on this corner is nothing new. A delicatessen since the late sixties though, it was more likely a meat pie, and a choc milk than a Polenta Vegetable Stack topped with Feta! Recollections of the deli-days are varied, but this new offering is bringing new hope to tired taste buds. Owned by local Melville couple, Corrado and Tracey Mugnes, the team at Misto have targeted breakfast, lunch, and coffee with vigour and diversity. Both qualified chefs, the couple brings decades of experience in restaurants and catering to the table, but set their sights on the Palmyra location to realise some long-held dreams for their own business, and as a bold bid to reclaim their evenings - a rare luxury for those in hospitality. Misto is the result of their passions. Inspired by the language of Corrado’s Italian ancestry, the name informs reflects the culinary approach of the establishment. Simply translated as ‘mixed’, Misto offers an ever-changing rotation of flavours. Having gutted the delicatessen space and created a strong kitchen area from which to create, the pair hasn’t sought to transform the space into some hip, shabby-chic hangout that it could never be. Rather, they’ve added clean, modern touches and a simple palette of finishes that incorporates pale timber, and white and turquoise fixtures throughout the space. The result is warm and authentic without going overtime on ‘nailing a vibe’. The food presented each day behind the large glass cabinet is constantly changing, while Misto’s breakfast

and lunch menu remain reasonably fixed. The vegetarian opted for one of the lunchtime alternatives followed by a ‘(v)’ on the menu, the Buckwheat Risotto. More familiar with buckwheat being an invitation for an aerobic workout of the jaw, this smooth, soft risotto sung all the right notes. An ideal lunchtime portion that was vibrant with red capsicum, roasted pumpkin and tomato, was topped with fetta and garnished with parsley. The carnivore suggested it tasted ‘a little too healthy’ - perhaps that’s what made it such a winner. Conversely, the Carnivore fronted up for meat and fixed on the San Choy Bow to do the job. The well-loaded leaves of lettuce barely seemed to get comfortable on the plate before the salty goodness was duly dispatched. No pomp or ceremony, just a gentle nod of affirmation that said, ‘yep, that was good’. You’re as likely to be choosing from Italian or Moroccan influences as Thai or Indonesian fare at Misto; the mix truly lives up to the moniker. The café is ideally positioned for post-school drop-off hangout, a post-pick-up treat, and everywhere inbetween. Misto serves Gesha Coffee, roasted locally since 2014. A full bodied blend stronger in taste with notes of buttery toffee and cacao, the short macchiato and flat whites were the perfect post-lunch punctuation mark. Well, that and the semolina citrus cake and the gluten-free orange and almond cake. If you haven’t checked out your new local in 6157, it’s time. Misto mixes it up Monday to Saturday from 7 am - 4 pm and the results are all kinds of good.

2 medium brown onions 2 capsicums 2 sweet potatoes 2 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon of smoked paprika Salt and pepper 1 400g tin chickpeas 1 400g tin tomato 200g buckwheat 100g fetta (cows, goats or sheep) 50g italian parsley METHOD 1) Finely dice onions & garlic and fry until golden in colour. 2) Dice capsicum & sweet potato into 2cm squares. 3) Add to pan along with smoked paprika, salt & pepper and cook for about 5 minutes. 4) Add the buckwheat stiring continuously for 2 minutes. 5) Add tomatoes and a litre of water, bring to boil then lower heat and gently simmer stirring continuously until the buckwheat is cooked. About 20 minutes. 6) Add chickpeas and chopped italian parsley. Cook for a further 5 minutes. 7) Check seasoning and serve with fresh crumbled feta and parsley.

- THE VEGETARIAN and THE CARNIVORE

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Count your blessings, you’re in a good ‘hood!

WITH INDIE SQUIRES

When Indiana Squires saw a bunch of boys having a hit in the nets at her school in Quairading, she decided it looked a lot more fun than sitting on the sidelines. She put her hand up and got into the action. These days, she’s a regular at Bicton Junior Cricket Club and a boarder at Santa Maria College in Attadale, but the 13-year old’s love affair with cricket all began in those nets at Quairading. Where did the passion for cricket begin? I started playing in the nets at school in Quairading around Year 4 or 5. For more information on all cricket programs offered by Bicton JCC, email admin@ bictonjcc.com.au For more on the girls’ junior league: perthscorchers. com.au/ girls-cricket

Do you bat or bowl? In the form of the game that I play, which is a little like T20, we get to mix it around. I probably lean towards bowling - it takes a little more advantage of my height! Tell us about your club. I play for Bicton Junior Cricket Club. Last year was the first year that we’d had a girls’ team. We didn’t have enough players so we were in a team called ‘Southern Storm’ made up of players from Bicton and Leeming. It’s a WACA-sponsored competition called the Perth Scorchers Girls League - it was great to see it getting off the ground. I also play for Santa Maria in a comp with all the other IGSSA schools (major private girls’ schools across Perth).

intense and cruisy...and it’s not overly complicated! When does it start up? We have a spring and summer comp - before and after Christmas holidays. And I’m always in the nets when it comes to summer school holidays. Where would you like to go with your cricket? I haven’t really thought too far ahead but I’d certainly like to keep playing the game and growing my skills. Do you have a favourite player?Not really. I love watching Test Cricket with Dad but Mum will call me in when the Women’s Big Bash League is on TV and love watching that as well.

How many teams and what age groups? Last year there was only one but we’re hoping for Under 15s and Under 13s this year.

Why would you tell your mates to join your club? I’d just tell them to give it a go. It’s one of those new things you need to try and you might discover, like me, that you really love it. Either way, you’re going to meet a bunch of new friends and enjoy playing sport with them.

What do you love about the game? I love cricket but it seems to strike a balance between

Have you taken a hit yet? Mainly my hands, but nothing too serious. A few ripper bruises on the legs!

I find myself in plenty of conversation where people are lamenting their lost equity in light of the market correction over the last few years. It’s an understandable disappointment if you’ve sold your home due to various reasons. If you haven’t sold your home, though , there are plenty of things for which to be thankful. And it might just be the time to consider a few of them.

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No one has been immune to an erosion of the value of their home or investment over the last few years. The market correction in the current real estate cycle has The traditional (some might say affected all of us. Some ‘old-fashioned’) approach was that you buy into an area for its lifestyle in more serious ways benefits. The quality of its schools, the than others, but each abundance of recreational benefits, household to some its convenience to work, transport degree. There’s a silver links, and the community spirit of the neighborhood. lining in all this that’s been there from the beginning and isn’t going When developers bought anywhere. Yes, property values have gone down across the board in Perth. If you seriously want to realise your loss quickly, go for it. If you have no intention of selling, why be preoccupied with what’s happened to the value of your home in the last three years?

My father reinforced some thoughts I’d had recently when he said, “Michael, we need to return to a longer-term view of the market. Not one where you think you’ll flip around a property in a couple of years with a quick lick of paint and an Ikea kitchen and hope to make a big gain, but with a view to sinking deep roots into the place you call home.” What Dad was saying was “change the way you’re thinking about the market and the way you’ll look at your situation is going to change as well”. I tend to agree with him on this one. We had an unsustainable era in the Perth market ten years back, but we’re in a different economic climate right now. Perhaps we began to think that was normal. It wasn’t; it was an enormous boom. We may see its like again; we may not. Being fixated on median prices and capital growth rates right now is likely to leave you feeling more pessimistic than optimistic. It’s information worth being aware of, but not information worth fixing upon.

large parcels of land in areas like Baldivis in the seventies and eighties, they weren’t thinking about how much they’d make in the next four or five years, but the next forty or fifty.

If you live in and around 6157, you’re in a great neighbourhood. That’s worth thinking over. It’s not all about making money, it’s about the qualities of a community, the sweetness of a lifestyle, and building something substantial over the slow turning of time.

So what are you buying? What did you buy? What price do you put on that sort of lifestyle? On having parks on most corners? On happy kids in quality schools? In having rivers, beaches, and Fremantle just a few minutes away? Those things don’t change with a market downturn, they’re just the same. I’ll admit I’m parochial, but I’ll take the lifestyle of 6157 any day over what I’ll find in a greenfields development 45-60 minutes away! They may be able to tell a similar story to ours at some point, but it’s probably many years away! I don’t want to play the comparison game, but I do want to say, 6157 is a brilliant postcode in which to live. Palmyra and Bicton is a great place to have a home and raise a family. Now is a time, as mums and dads and families, to go ‘head down-bum up.’ To knuckle down and put in the hard yards. To work at getting balance in your lifestyle and enjoying the rich fabric of the community that we’re privileged to call ‘home.’ This isn’t grim thinking; it’s glass-halffull thinking. Look around you and enjoy what you have right now. Make a list if it makes sense to you and, for the moment, perhaps leave dollar figures off the list. They’ll find there way back on there soon enough. For now, look around you. Look up and down your street. Take a walk! Count your blessings!

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In a quiet tree-lined street of Palmyra, Sienna Cary has carved out a little oasis of calm. A beautician and ‘Feather Touch Brow Artist’, Sienna’s Tamar Street home salon has become a regular stop for treatments, massages and the best eyebrows in town! We caught up with Sienna to discover what started the ball rolling and what’s keeping it moving! How long have you been operating from Palmyra? About 18 months, but we’ve lived in Palmyra for the last 8 years. My Mum went to school at Pally Primary, so we’ve got a long history in the area although Dad’s work (oil and gas) saw us living in Indonesia for much of my childhood. What’s your background in beauty? Long and varied! I’ve been in the industry for 18 years. I’ve run my own business in Nedlands, done massage therapy in the Whitsundays, and, most recently, managed a medispa in Claremont. Why did you open something from home? It was an opportunity to work the business around parenting, but also create a space where clients can bring their own children. That’s not always possible at a salon - but it’s just fine here! My clients are mostly local. Some come from further afield for the eyebrow work, but much of my clientele is from Palmyra and surrounding suburbs. What sort of beauty therapy services do you provide? All the usual, really. Facials, waxing, tinting, organic spray tan, massage and, particularly the feather touch eyebrow tattoos.

Tell us about the eyebrows! The eyebrows are my specialty! Feather touch eyebrow tattooing is a relatively painfree recent beauty innovation that helps create hyper-realistic 3-D hair strokes. Each stroke is by hand, so steady hands are helpful! The service is particularly useful for those who have sparse eyebrows or, perhaps through medical treatment, have lost their eyebrows completely. The work isn’t necessarily instead of eyebrows but to supplement any hair they have and give brows a fuller look. The goal is the most natural look possible rather than something fake or scary! The eyebrow work needs to happen in a clinical, clean, controlled environment, so we’ve worked hard to make the salon ideal for the sort of work we do here. Given the eyebrow tattoos last for three years, you really want to be using someone who has had plenty of experience. It’s one of the reasons I’ve worked hard to grow my skills in this area. What are your plans for the business? The business takes up 3-4 full days at the moment. With my youngest in pre-primary next year, there’s an opportunity to build the business further. What do you enjoy most about your work? I’m social - I love meeting new people and making them feel beautiful. People leave here feeling like a new person - particularly those for whom growing new hair is a challenge. I find that so rewarding.

To see Sienna’s eyebrow work or range of treatments, visit siennacary.com, follow her on Insta (@siennacary) or book an appointment on 0418 905 753.

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5/70 SOLOMON STREET Fr $499,000 PERFECT POSITION FOR QUIET, EASY LIVING! Perfectly located in the heart of this sought after suburb, this beautifully presented and FULLY RENOVATED home offers a premium low maintenance entertainers retreat or lock ‘n’ leave city pad!

FOR SALE

13 FOSS STREET Fr$669,000 CAPTIVATING CHARACTER HOME Blend of character features and modern improvements throughout, from the formal lounge with cosy open fireplace through to the light-soaked, split-level, open plan living/meals zone, elevated entertaining deck and valley views.

FOR SALES DATA, ADVICE AND EXPERTISE IN PALMYRA, CALL THE MARKET LEADER, MICHAEL FORZATTI ON 0419 904 907

A BEAUTIFUL,, HIGH-BROW,, PATCH OF,, PALMYRA.,

FOR SALE

6 PETRA STREET Fr $499,000 DUPLEX DELIGHT - EAST FREO BORDER! Nestled back from the street, this super impressive light and bright STREET FRONT duplex home is perfectly presented with recent refurbishments, meaning you can “just move in” or “rent out” with no money to spend!

FOR SALE

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30A HOPE ROAD Fr$499,000 OPPORTUNITY PLUS! R50 ZONING!

32A ZENOBIA STREET ONE EXTRAORDINARY HOME

Attention astute investors/first home buyers/developers! A rare chance to secure a large slice of land in a convenient, quiet cul-de-sac! Set on an elevated block with garden outlook, this immaculate duplex has had some refurbishments completed and been well maintained.

An impeccable example of what is possible when vision, opportunity and a builder’s brilliance unite. Architecturally-designed and uncompromising in every aspect of its clever space and quality, this new residence is situated in one of Palmyra’s most desirable locations.

FOR SALE

SOLD

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Misto 67c McKimmie Street Palmyra 6157

91A AURELIAN STREET STYLE, SPACE AND PRIVATE!

Fr $799,000

53 CLEOPATRA STREET TIMELESS CHARACTER ELEGANCE

A brilliant design with flow and function, finished with an eye for quality detail. The massive floor plan across a single level comes complete with reverse cycle ducted air conditioning, stunning timber flooring, high ceilings and amazing storage space.

Proudly majestic and poised in arguably Palmyra’s favourite part of Cleopatra St, adore the stunning transformation of this period beauty that combines a stunning street facade, original character traits and modern convenience.

UNDER OFFER

SOLD

PALMYRA WESTERN FARMERS MARKETS: EVERY SUNDAY Taste a little bit of the country in the city at Palmyra Western Farmers Market every Sunday 8 AM – 12 PM.

3 THIRD STREET, BICTON THE FAMILY DREAM!

48B COLDWELLS STREET, BICTON ONE STUNNING HOME!

Just imagine being surrounded by space with large lawns and gardens for the kids to play. This classic, rock-solid brick and tile home in a quiet, sought-after pocket is primed to enjoy immediately or endless possibilities for the future on this 840sqm block!

Remarkable in its scale and unmistakable in its quality, 48B Coldwells St, Bicton is an entertainers dream home in this coveted suburb, designed to bring to life every aspiration of those seeking a bright future!

Supporting your local market directly funds the Kitchen Garden Program and allows Palmyra Primary School students to grow and cook produce as part of their curriculum. Absorb yourself in the vibrant community experience amongst great food and friends.

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ONE RESIDENTIAL: MANAGEMENT

MANAGING WITH ONE IN

A SMUDGE ON THE WINDOW AND OTHER CATASTROPHES! PRINCIPAL & DIRECTOR, RICHARD THURTLE ON ROUTINE PROPERTY INSPECTIONS A friend of mine was relaying a slightly traumatic rental inspection story a few weeks back. It seems that the property manager likes to make this tenant feel on edge - as though they might always be doing something wrong. Despite the tenant’s best efforts to present the property well, the property manager saw a smudge on a window where the tenant’s three-yearold presses up to the glass to wave goodbye to Dad as he left for work. They made a point of taking photographic evidence of the misdemeanor as if gathering more ammunition against the tenant. The friend relaying the story asked whether that level of scrutiny was reasonable. It lead to a broader conversation about the purpose of routine inspections and the obligations of tenants when these inspections arise. In short, breathe easy. It’s not as scary as this story sounds!

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Routine inspections are the bugbear of many a tenant. Parodied in advertisements by home building companies to encourage tenants out of renting, they have the potential to strike the fear of imminent eviction if everything is not perfect. This level of anxiety and the ‘must look perfect’ perception, though, are both well beyond the purpose of routine inspections. What’s the deal with Routine Property Inspections? The purpose of a rental inspection is so that the Property Manager can keep an eye out for potential maintenance problems in a home before they turn into bigger problems. It’s not to check whether a tenant makes their bed or not but, instead, to see (for example) whether the roof has sprung a leak during the winter and is causing water damage in the ceiling, or if a tenant has kicked a door in. I hear stories such as the one my friend told me and wonder whether it’s either a power trip by the Property Manager or perhaps an attempt to demonstrate how meticulous they are by picking up on the most minute details. What’s ‘reasonable’? This attention to detail may be the domain of the Final Inspection but, even then, the Residential Tenancy Act stipulates that it the home should be ‘reasonably clean’ and presented to the level it was given to the tenant at the beginning of the lease. We’re after general tidiness, not pristine perfection! Routine inspections should not be an ordeal, just a brief check-up. These inspections are to allow the opportunity for the property manager to ‘take the pulse’ on the general condition of the property on behalf of the owner while keeping an eye out for any major problems that may have arisen since the last property inspection. The property manager must be sensitive to the privacy of the tenant and afford them ‘quiet enjoyment of the property’. The Act stipulates that an inspection cannot move from general observation to intrusive examination - opening of cupboards or draws, for example. We recently had an example where some significant indents on

a Laminex kitchen bench were noted on a final inspection. These had not been seen in previous inspections, and when we looked at some general photos of the area that were previously taken, we saw that the bench had been concealed with a tea-towel. Respecting the privacy of the tenant, we’d never lifted the tea-towel, but it was picked up on the final inspection. What’s a tenant’s obligation? Unless the property is being kept in a feral condition, we are not carrying out an inspection to mark a tenant’s cleanliness out of ten. A tenant should keep the property in a state of reasonable repair and cleanliness. If a property manager goes into a bedroom and sees clothes strewn across the floor, they may surmise that the tenant is a messy person, but this is not the domain of the routine inspection, merely an observation. If, however, they notice that a shower screen has a mould problem, this is in another category. This can become damaging to health and affect the grout over a long term, so we need to say something. Our job is to cast our ‘property manager’s eye’ over a property to check that there’s no maintenance required - some of which may be a seasonal problem. When we send out the advice of a routine inspection to a tenant at One Residential, we also attach a list of items in each area of the property for them to be aware of. We do want them to make an effort because a tidy house makes for an easy relationship and report back to the owner. If you walk into a home and the dishes are done, and the beds are made, you automatically have a favourable impression (even though those things aren’t specific to the scope of a routine inspection), but they show that the tenant is making a ‘reasonable’ effort. Our advice? My advice to the tenant with the smudge on the window? Hang in there! While the Property Manager might not be the easiest to work with, if your home is being kept in reasonably good condition, you’re doing all you need to regarding your obligations as a tenant. Don’t let them get to you and, if they try and make a bigger deal of these things, a copy of the Residential Tenancy Act is only a few clicks away!

:ONERS our people: out there and doing good stuff ONE HOLDS POSITION AS LEADING AGENCY IN CITY OF MELVILLE.

ONE GOES ONE-TWO IN STATEWIDE SALES AWARDS.

Top 15 Office in WA

Top Agency in City of Melville

At the recent REIWA Awards, One was again recognised in the Top 15 agencies across the State. The recognition also confirms One’s place as the top agency in the City of Melville by listings sold with 245 sales for a value of $136,756,888 across the financial year!

SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN MARCEL STEPS UP IN HILTON

FORZATTI TAKES TOP SPOT AT 2017 REIWA AWARDS

Michael Jennings stepped into new territory at the recent 2017 REIWA Awards Ball.

It was Marcel La Macchia’s first recognition on the leaderboard at the REIWA Awards and he made the night a memorable one.

Michael Forzatti (pictured with General Manager, Karen Thurtle) has been recognised as the Top Salesperson in WA for number of listings sold in 2016/17. He sold a staggering 101 homes for a value of $55.8M!

He was celebrated within the $26-30 Million Dollar Club and was 36th in the state with 42 sales for a value of $29.2M - a recognition of his market leadership in the Melville area in 2016/17. Andrew Mulcahy was another One stepping up at the 2017 REIWA Awards. He joined the $10-15 Million Dollar Club with 19 sales for a value of $15,282,888.

2017

ONE’S TOP GUNS CONTINUE TO FILL OUT THE POOL ROOM.

Great job, lads.

One’s specialist in Hilton joined the $6 Million Club with 11 sales for a value of $6,099,000. By all accounts, he also won the unofficial title of ‘best dancer of the Ball’ on the evening’. Marcel donates part of the commission from every sale that he makes to the Pallister-Killian Syndrome Foundation of Australia. A strong start for a man with a bright future!

It’s a hat-trick for Michael who has won the award the two previous years. He has won or placed in the Top 3 for the last 8 years! He was also third in the Top Salesperson by value sold and awarded a Grand Master in 2017!

When the announcement was made for the Top Three salespeople in the state at the recent REIWA annual awards, it would be two of our team at One standing side by side on the podium. Shane Beaumont was the second highest performing salesperson at One Residential and the second highest across the whole state! Shane took the silver medal and was also awarded Master Salesperson in a brilliant year. 72 sales for a total value of $30,385,500 in sales. Great job, Shane!

ONE NAMED IN AGENCY EXCELLENCE AWARDS

One Residential was chuffed to be shortlisted as a finalist in the 2017 REIWA Awards for Excellence in the Medium Agency Category. The award covers every aspect of agency management - sales performance, administration, marketing, profitability, personal development - so we’re thrilled to be shortlisted for the award. 6157 BY O N E RE S ID E N T IA L

1. Collect fallen winter sticks and build a cubby or giant nest to sit in 2. Find a good sturdy tree, make a rope swing and pretend you’re Tarzan 3. Take a photo or sketch of a flower or tree at the beginning of spring and watch it change over the season. 4. Explore Palmyra to see how many blossoms you can find

Petra St

Preston Pt Rd

Stock Road

Spring is a great season to get out there and see things grow! Here’s 20 things that Nature Play have put together to make spring plenty of fun for kids.

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SPRING BURSTS INTO LIFE!

G R E E N WA S T E COLLECTION IN 6157

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Canning Highway

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6. Collect natural things to make a hanging mobile to hang outdoors

The service, provided by the City of Melville is for collection from your verge according to council requirements and applies to residential properties only.

7. Plant tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, pumpkins or lettuce in a patch, in recycled pots, pans, milk containers, even old boots

White goods and junk is another verge-side pick up and will take place later in the year.

5. Listen out for male Koalas in a National Park (it’s breeding season)

8. Build a scarecrow for your veggie patch 9. Make a necklace or garland from sour sobs, dandelions or daisies 10. Head to a creek or wetland with a net and magnifying glass and see what you scoop up (remember to return anything to the water) 11. Collect natural objects from the ground and make a giant mandala 12. Pick a flower, place it in a glass of water with some food coloring or dye and watch the petals change colour 13. Take a Day Trip to Bells Rapids! 14. Ask your dad what his favourite childhood outdoor activities were and do them together on Fathers’ Day. 15. Grab your friends and go fly kites

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16. Go on a bushwalk and see how many spring wildflowers you can find 17. Start a spring nature journal with poems, drawings, and things you’ve collected 18. Find an old gum tree and spot the birds going in, poking their heads out or nesting in hollows 19. Start a spring nature journal with poems, drawings, and things you’ve collected 20. Make a simple insect hotel or minibeast mansion in your yard

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