" Brick houses are being plastered over and painted where I live, they age quickly and aren't good sellers, people without much property nous buy them, but whatever floats your boat I guess. "
Some of the most expensive suburbs in the city are on the waterfront, and the houses were built in the late 1800,'s early 1900's. Most of them are weatherboard. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont see the actual rich people in Sydney or Sovereign Island in the Goldcoast building with cladding in thier waterfront homes.
Take a look at what rich people actually build in waterfront settings, are you telling me these rich people have got it all wrong and you're the only one right?