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Innaloo Odin 35 House
Demolished in July 2022
With very little info available on this duplex, the 961m² property with six bedrooms sold for $2,150,000 on 13 February 2021.
The Domain website states that it was first listed on 6 November 2017 for 1,038 days without being sold.
It was then sold in February 2021, with both no.35 and 39 amalgamated into the one block. If no.37 ever existed, it has long since combined with no.39.
On its own, 35A was listed for rent on 28 August 2013 until it was leased on 02 October 2013.
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02 February 2009
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09 February 2010
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30 November 2011
They are both 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom duplexes on a 961m² block.
Escalating Problems
Unsurprisingly, the Drift Apartments website has long since been taken down and appears to have only been active throughout the 2018 year.
The block comprising of three buildings and two sheds (once since collapsed where a homeless man had been living) was reported to have been vacant since 2015, causing neighbours nothing but stress.
With approval given by the Joint Development Assessment Panel in April 2017 for the build, consisting of 59 apartments and two commercial tenancies over four storeys, no works have ever started. Notwithstanding the application had since lapsed on April 21, 2022.
Residents have continually been complaining to the City of Stirling requesting action to secure the site, prevent antisocial behaviour and dumping. Initially the council issued the owner with a notice requiring him to secure the building and install fencing in August 2020, which was complied with.
The property changed ownership sometime around February 2022 and after a number of complaints were received by the council, a written request was given to the owner to remove all rubbish and hazardous materials.
An agreement was also reached between the two parties that would see the owner submit a priority application for a demolition permit and upon being granted, an allowance of 30 days for the works to be carried out.
A demolition permit was granted to both no.35 and 39 in May 2023, with demolition taking place some two months later in July.
Drift Apartments
The Westcentre Pty Ltd development, promoted by The Agency, was “designed by the award-winning architects, McDonalds Jones” and upon looking at the renders, I’m immediately attracted to the open walkway bridges on each level that connects the apartments. Perhaps not the best in rainy seasons, particularly stormy weather due to potentially slippery flooring, on sunny warm days with the drapery of green in the surrounding areas, it would be very pleasant to the eye.
With wood flooring in each apartment, you would hope that’s what you would’ve got (had the build gone to plan) rather than the common wood-look vinyl flooring, that looks and feels so cheap.
Edible gardens in communal areas sounds too good to last, as it’s very likely a gardener wouldn’t be provided by the strata in order to keep the ongoing costs down. No doubt, one or two residents would do all the hard work required to maintain it, whilst the other residents only too happy to enjoy the fruits of their labour.
Aside from that, there is very little information provided on the development, aside from the standard shared amenities included and the close proximities of selling points like public transport, shops and cafes.
Looking at the apartment availability list of 59 units up for sale, only one apartment is marked as sold. It’s no wonder the development crashed and burned!
