Resident stories

Meet current and future residents and find out what life in a Nightingale home means to them: whether it’s the sustainable design, lower living costs, the sense of community — or those rooftop views.

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We’d been planning a coffee business for almost five years. We wanted to take our time, to make sure we found the right area, the right space, the right community.
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Huy from A PLACE Coffee
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Huy from A PLACE Coffee
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Nightingale Bowden
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It's great to have a nicely designed building and a focus on green energy and no cars - all big positives. But the real driver was this idea of really knowing our clients and neighbours. For us, the community is the best thing about living and working here.
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Belinda and Mike from Needles & Cracks
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Nightingale Anstey — Laneway
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Anstey
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There’s so much about housing and community that’s broken, I am really happy to actively participate in the promotion of this project, this endeavor.
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Jay
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Jay
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Nightingale Preston
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Jay
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The feeling of having my own space is incredible. I feel grounded and secure and stable. I feel like an adult!
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Kate
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Kate
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Nightingale Preston
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Kate
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Living here, I get my own space but I'm still building towards my future. I'm not living paycheck to paycheck.
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Luke
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Luke
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Nightingale Marrickville
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Luke
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I’ve now been running Art Club for 13 years. It’s really nice to offer something different for kids, that they can belong to, where they can make friends, feel valued, and know that they're good at something.
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Sue from Art Club
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Sue from Art Club
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Nightingale Preston
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Even though I'm a citizen here, people assumed that I was on a student visa and didn't want to rent to me. I really didn't think that my career choice would make it so difficult to find housing, but it has been that way since I moved here sadly.
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Samantha
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Samantha
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Nightingale Marrickville
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Samantha
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My whole vibe is about community building so everything I do is usually about community, which is one of the things that drew me to Nightingale Marrickville.
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Stevie
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Stevie
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Nightingale Marrickville
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Stevie
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We love having the train right there. It’s so convenient. After we had Etta, we caught the train home from the hospital. 
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Laura, Mat, Etta and Penny
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Laura, Mat, Etta and Penny
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Nightingale 2
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It’s been really helpful to be in a space that’s already set up with green waste bins, worm farms, and bees. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do in kitchens but it’s hard to start it from scratch. Having systems already in place that we can fit in with is great and we can improve as we go.
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Shae and Hayley from Nina's
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Shae and Hayley from Nina's
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The Commons
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In Brunswick, young people are working on their coffee skills, their customer service skills and their food preparation skills. Along with that, they're building a lot of confidence and connection to community. I think we really feel that connection here in Brunswick.
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Tenille and Jam from For Change Co
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Tenille and Jam from For Change Co
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Nightingale 1
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The best thing about this place is community. Carlton was a good site, but nowhere else is like this. You feel the warmth, you feel everyone wanting to help you. During construction, lots of the residents were saying, 'Can I help you? I can come and paint'. It was amazing.
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Ako from Ima Pantry and Ima Asa Yoru
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Ako from Ima Pantry and Ima Asa Yoru
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Nightingale Skye House
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The Village
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I'm really quite surprisingly protective of the little community that we do have here, and it's really sweet. It's like having family, even though I don't really have any family here.
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Dan
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Dan
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Nightingale Leftfield
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Dan
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I feel a real responsibility to prioritise sustainable practices wherever I can, both personally and as a business. The sustainable features of Nightingale Studios feel like such a natural fit for us – and was a huge consideration. Nightingale ticks ALL the boxes. 
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Zoe from Nuttshell
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Zoe from Nuttshell
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Nightingale Ngawan
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Zoe from Nuttshell
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Wurru wurru biik
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We had our neighbours' wedding on the rooftop. The whole building was invited. It was a beautiful night.
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Sandra, Tim and Alita
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Sandra, Tim and Alita
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Nightingale ParkLife
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They say you should have a baby where you feel safest. She was born on the coldest day of the year, and this place felt like a lovely cocoon.
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Callum, Jess and Sally
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Callum, Jess and Sally
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Nightingale Leftfield
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Callum, Jess and Sally
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We had our one-year anniversary recently. We all got together for a day-long party which began at midday on the ground floor, and every hour we'd go up one flight of stairs to a new host. It was a lovely occasion with everyone coming together.
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Jacob
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Jacob
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Nightingale CRT+YRD
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Jacob
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I tell anyone who's got five minutes about it because I'm really passionate about it. Nightingale buildings have sprung up in Melbourne and now Adelaide and I just really hope that Perth follows suit and the Nightingale approach takes hold because it's definitely needed.
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Jess
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Jess
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Nightingale Fremantle
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Jess
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There are a lot of people who live in apartments who don't have space for a piano, and also ensembles who are looking for a room like this.
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Georgina from Tempo Rubato
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Georgina from Tempo Rubato
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Nightingale Anstey — Laneway
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Georgina from Tempo Rubato
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The ethos of both organisations aligned, which was a big consideration. We found Nightingale's values closely aligned with ours - like our sense of wanting to be part of the community, and support alternative transport.
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Abby from Good Cycles
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Abby from Good Cycles
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Nightingale Evergreen
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Abby from Good Cycles
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Always was, always will be

Nightingale Housing is located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri/Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present, and recognise and respect their abiding connection to this land, its waterways and community. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country on which we meet and work throughout Australia.

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Nightingale Housing is located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri/Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present, and recognise and respect their abiding connection to this land, its waterways and community. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country on which we meet and work throughout Australia.