Justin Kurenda

Yeah, that's right.

So although we have seen some fantastic growth in the last 12 months, we're still significantly less than a lot of our neighbours.

From a value for money point of view, we're seeing people purchase properties $600,000, $700,000, $800,000,

1,000 square metre blocks, you know, within five kilometres of the city, which, you know, is pretty unheard of in some of the other states around Australia.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

That opportunity to be able to live in a city where you can work from home, whether it's along the beach, whether it's in close proximity to cafes, restaurants, it's definitely been a game changer for South Australia and in a lot of cases has put South Australia on the map.

Yeah, really interestingly, speaking with a lot of our recent purchasers, they may have lived in some of the eastern seaboard states for a number of years.

And I guess given the climate we're in and with borders not being open for longer periods of time over the last couple of years, people have, I guess, felt that pull to come home, be closer to family, be closer to friends, send their kids to schools that they attended when they were younger.

And that's been a real pull.

And in particular, like I mentioned a bit earlier, a lot of them are able to come back to Adelaide and do jobs that are still based in Sydney or based in Melbourne that they might not have the opportunity to have done in Adelaide.

But there's obviously that flexibility now, given that people are able to work remotely.

And so they've been able to make the move back and are really happy about it.

Definitely.

I mean, me personally, I lived in Sydney for eight years.

Absolutely loved my time there.

But when it came to my wife and I,

you know, thinking about where we wanted to end up and, you know, where, you know, the sort of, I guess, the house we wanted to live in and the life we wanted, you know, for our children, you know, we made the decision to move back to Adelaide.

And yeah, the opportunities here, you know, Adelaide, there's more and more opportunities happening in Adelaide

There's more businesses now coming to Adelaide.

Lot 14 is an example of, I guess, a new hub that's been created in the city.