Then modern families upped the game to a four bedder, two-bathroom home, thank you very much.
And then there are the rule breakers who don’t care for convention and have the budgets to put whatever they like in their homes.
Fancy a game of bowls? Why not? Just pop in a bowling alley.
Tired of using your stairs to reach the backyard? Install a slide!
The list of home additions for some is limited only by their imaginations and, we suspect, planning regulations.
Check out this collection of outrageously fun home additions from real life Aussie homes featured on realestate.com.au:
- A waterslide
- A basketball court
- A soccer field
- A skate ramp
- A life size chess board – atop the pool house no less
- A putting green
- A cricket pitch
- … and batting net
- Rugby goal posts
- A slide from the first floor balcony to the backyard
- A bowling alley
- A 20 car garage
- A 2000 bottle wine cellar
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