[Aliantha]

SG, the cat cage is supposedly thier 'only' outside experience unless they 'escape' somehow, which is usually due to visitors not closing the doors properly or so on.

The cage is also where they get put if they disgrace themselves by either stealing food or being generally annoying in other ways. When that happens we call the cage 'Pentridge' after one of Australias most notorious prisons. They do hop in there themselves when they feel like it though, so it's not like it's a prison for them really.

About your uncles place, a lot of people are now building 'new' old queenslanders which is the style I think you mean when you say bungalow. A timber house with verandahs on at least two sides. Lots of others are renovating old old queenslanders too and they're worth a packet because they're pretty much solid timber.