Abbie Chatfield went on a tirade Wednesday night, complaining about renovators and homebuyers snapping up ‘heritage’ homes built before the 1980s and changing the original design of them.
She said she ‘feared’ they would destroy all the ‘cool defining features of those eras’ by painting over it all with ‘stark Dulux white’ and adding ‘a Colorbond f**king roof’.
‘It actually disturbs me to my core and makes me fearful for the future when I see people buy a beautiful house with character from the 1920s to 80s,’ she began in a video on Instagram.
‘A well-built home that has things like exposed brick, cornices, exposed wood, wood panelling, sunken living rooms, like it has really cool defining features of eras.’
The FBoy Island host added: ‘I just know they’re going to f**king render that thing and paint it stark Dulux white with a Colorbond f**king roof.’
Bizarrely, Abbie said she was losing sleep over it.
‘I can’t sleep because of it. That’s how upset it makes me. It makes me really anxious, and I’m not being dramatic,’ she added.
I actually get scared and it makes me feel like people should have to sign a clause when they buy a house that they won’t get rid of [the character].’
The popular podcaster is currently renovating her own million dollar Tamarama apartment she snapped up in February 2022.
In July 2022, Abbie revealed she was planning a ‘full redesign’ of her $1.76million unit in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
The radio host is understood to have splashed out $1,758,000 – which was $117,000 below the listed sale price for the home.
The home failed to sell at auction with Abbie making the purchase before it was sent to auction for a second time.
Abbie also owns a gorgeous luxury cottage in the Byron Bay Hinterland which she splashed $1.45million on.
Described as a private retreat, the California-style bungalow features just two bedrooms and is designed for privacy.
Recently built, the wooden structure was referred to as ‘a romantic timber cottage’ in its listings, and it constructed of recycled natural materials.