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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I fell in love with it through the drawings... When it was finished and I first came in here, I couldn’t believe it. I got the key, I entered the apartment: and I couldn’t leave. I slept on the floor!
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Radovan
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Nightingale Fremantle
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We really love the community aspect of the building. We don’t want to shut ourselves away. We’d rather be involved in the building and let the residents know the space is available to share.
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Saori & Matt from Idealogue
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We know that our neighbours have made similar decisions about how they want to live. If you’re a renter in a complex, your neighbours change quite frequently, even with the low vacancy rate in Perth. At Nightingale, it’s owner-occupied, so it feels like everyone’s in it for the long haul.
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Akira and Sarah
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Nightingale Fremantle
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"Community" can be whatever you want it to be - essentially it’s just knowing who your neighbours are. Sometimes I am travelling a lot, sometimes I am working from home in a really intensive way. Sometimes I’m in a social mood. Other times, I need solitude. Both are entirely okay.
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Alice
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Alice
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It’s such a nice place to have a little kid, a city slicker. Being able to jump on the train, go to the Zoo or Museum in a couple of stops, and having access to art and galleries is so important. I am grateful to be able to offer that to a little baby.
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Atong, Otillo and Sesame
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I absolutely love it. Around six years ago I heard about Nightingale, I went on a tour with my housemate and I thought ‘This is it, this is what I want.’ When the Wurru wurru biik project came up, I put in 14 preferences for the ballot and was lucky enough to get this one.
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Linda & Stormy
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Nightingale Yambook
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nightingale Housing is a not-for-profit organisation working on Wurundjeri CountryABN 22 666 285 221

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.