Why a single photo of a four-bedroom house has infuriated hundreds of Australians

Australians have erupted in fury over a photo of a four-bedroom house in Queensland.

An aerial shot of the home located in Logan, positioned on a massive 3,258 sqm block, was posted to Reddit.

It looks like an ordinary block of land at first glance, but upon closer inspection, the home features an L-shaped private yard that wraps around the neighbouring house on one side.

This leaves very little space between the neighbouring house on the other side.

Many Aussies pointed out the narrow home and strangely-shaped yard was a result of one person buying a large block of land and then dividing it into two or three homes.

‘I imagine the weird block shape was due to an owner dividing one larger block into two, rather than anyone who was in a position to build row houses,’ one user commented.

An aerial photo of an ‘L shaped’ 3258 sqm property listed for sale in Logan, south Brisbane, has been slammed as a waste of space 

Another wrote that they ‘used to live in a house where the owner sold off part of the backyard (original block was over 1000 sqm so we still had a yard)’.

‘Developer next door built three units on his resulting L shaped block. Then I discovered selling off your yard was not uncommon here,’ they went on.

‘To access the back you have to go THROUGH the current house which makes it impractical to build or sell afterwards. The block on the left would be a better proposition for that.’

Reddit users assumed the property was once part of a larger property that was divided into three, resulting in the odd shape

‘I’m guessing it was one block that got divided into 3? Basing it on the size of the neighbours to the lot of 3,’ agreed a third person.

‘Probably two blocks next to each other subdivided into 3. Those are 3 thin houses, in the same space you could have 2 regular width houses with a normal size gap in between.’

Many Aussies used it as an opportunity to slam Australia’s urban planning laws.

‘Intelligent urban planning just isn’t the Australian way’.

‘That much backyard space is a rarity nowadays. I assume the only reason they didn’t (put a house on the backyard) was because they couldn’t figure out how to get a driveway down there without losing half a house,’ one person said.

Commenters wrote that the home was an example of ‘outdated zoning laws’ that they blame for Australia’s housing crisis

Other Aussies commented about the home’s narrow layout, who described it as ’90 per cent just one corridor.’

‘All the new housing estates on the edge of town have tiny blocks filled with houses like this,’ one user, who lives on the outskirts of Melbourne, wrote.

‘The authorities could release a little bit more land but no — they insist on cramming everyone together like this. I understand in the city this can be an issue, but here there is no reason to do it.

‘Backyards don‘t exist in the new estates. I wonder why people don’t just build townhouses if you’re going to share your space with the neighbours so closely.’

‘This is very standard around older suburbs now,’ commented another.

‘All the 700-800sqm blocks being bought by investor‘s and either having the old house knocked down and 2 or 3 units built, or the old house kept and another unit plonked in the backyard.

‘I‘m seeing this happen all around me and it’s a real shame. But I rent here as I can’t afford to buy either, and will be moving out to the urban sprawl with all the other first home buyers.’

Several commenters criticised the layout of the small home with one saying it was ’90 per cent corridor’