we have had some lovely Defence homes and some shockers!!!! the ones on the barracks are normally the crappy ones as they are owned by the defence so no standards but they are starting to change that.... like I said ( ie Darwin ) we had a really nice 4 bedroom house with big back yard aircon throu out but it was in a really unfriendly area but the houses when we had then on the base's might have been small ( they will store the stuff if it doesnt fit) but the people around you were all in the same boat (
DH's going away alot ) so they were always there to help you out if you asked, ( wish I had done that more oftern)...
There are many ways around DHA they arent very nice or helpful at the best of times, but once we had been offered a house that we just didnt like and were told that it was the only one in our class but I told them that if they didnt want baby vomit all over their house due to my son having reflux then they would give me a house without carpet ( we were in Cairns and the house was fully carpeted wtf) anyway they soon found us a house in the next class of houses we just had to pay the extra $10 in rent so always remember you can ask for an up grade we oftern told them our stuff just wont fit in the houses they were offering they always magically find a spare house... But its a bit different now as you find the houses on line before you move.. But if you have family in the area Tee it up with then to have a look at the house for you even if they just look in the windows...