205-211 Roden Street West Melbourne 3003

I live in 220 Roden st and there were no notices up about this application
Street can not sustain the parking don’t you think there are enough apartments would be nice to keep this percent like soho in New Hork low density not spoil it like dock lands think for the future

Any sane person living in Australia today would not be contemplating investing their hard-earned life savings or risk to their own personal safety in a recently constructed high-rise apartment for fear of bad-quality construction materials used and poor-quality workmanship.

No, this not just one individual “crying wolf”. The ongoing poor quality construction problems have been hanging around the high-rise apartment development industry for a few years now and it’s not associated with one or two apartment developers, its running through it like a stinking infected melanoma. Just Google “Buyers blocked from moving into Sydney apartment tower after 'extensive signs of cracking' found” for the latest bad high-rise developer building example.

Just because we are young and new to the property market does not mean we are stupid. I’d much rather live in an existing 100+ year old Victorian house in a low-rise street than risk my life and risk sinking my cash into a high-rise apartment with questionable body corporate management teams secretly controlled by the original building developers.

Low rise (single and double storey) places to live in Roden street is the best option, and anybody who reads and agrees with a low rise residential area option should raise up their voices via this forum and through social media so council get the message!

Locals renters and owners are not happy with high-rise apartments any more, save and preserve the existing low-scale Victorian architecture that’s already in Roden street, at least these homes that are available for rent, actually have their own back yard gardens where people can grow, nurture and eat their own home grown fruit and vegetables and have space to store bikes and other personal items in safety.

Young people are not stupid.

Let’s also not forget about all that dodgy flammable cladding installed in multi-storey and high-rise Apartment buildings here in Melbourne by a hand full of unscrupulous property developers, not to mention the yet to be discovered myriad of hidden faults inside all those underground foundations and issues concealed inside wall and ceiling cavities just waiting to cause thousands of future unsuspecting apartment purchasers loads of expensive grief.

Google Sara bought a high-risk apartment despite doing her homework and paying for a building inspection.

Flammable cladding is banned from new multi-storey buildings in Victoria, but the highly combustible material is still proving a costly nightmare for Melbourne apartment owners left footing all or part of the removal bill. Read the full story

To be clear, this is not a high rise apartment building. Get your facts straight. As a local, I welcome this addition.