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Hello!

We will be moving to Merlbourne next month and would like to get some advice:

- which place you suggest to stay before rent a long term apartment?

- which areas you suggest to live, considering the rental value.

Tks a lot!

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G'day,

Sorry I'm not very clear on your intention here. You mentioned that you are moving, but the questions sounds like you are only looking for temporary accommodations.

Best place to stay temporarily will be the one closer to where you work (if you already have one waiting). Then you can move towards the area you like after awhile and know your way around in Melbourne.

Most Melbournians are looking around the East, South and Southeast side, so the price of the properties on those sides are pretty expensive.

The inner suburbs are old houses, pretty dense and small, with expensive prices due to their closeness to the CBD.

I used to live in Collingwood and Clifton Hill (the inner suburbs) with my parents. When I got married in 2000 and looking for our own place. The obvious path will be to look around the area that I have been lived in. However after searching for awhile we realised that with our budget of about $300K, we could only find a run-down house that we need to renovate extensively. We were looking further and further towards East and South East area, until we reach Rowville and felt that it becomes ridiculously too far, not to mention the peak-hour traffic report that you usually hear from the radio on the M1.

We finally settle in Point Cook, west of Melbourne. It is about 20min from the city via Westgate Freeway with plenty of new estates being opened, affordable price, close to the sea and infrastructure that aimed for young families. Just try and have a look yourself if you are interested to find out.

I am enclosing 2 websites that lists available property around Melbourne. The 3rd website is one of the main real estate in Point Cook area, if you are interested to see around the area.

Hope this helps. Good luck on the move and welcome to Melbourne :) Source(s): www.realestate.com.au
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www.pointcookrealestate.com.au
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well i don't now where u wana be close to the city of far from it like "30m" on the train any way
melbn its good nice happy place :)
u can reant unit or house ,,, from " 190-350" AUS $ per week .
any way u must chack what u wana do and where u wana be after that its be clr 2 u
anyway if u wana any help u can send me mail i will help u with anything u want if i can
see this web will help u
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rse...
Cheers
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Try apartment in St. Kilda suburb.
The closer to Melbourne city you go, generally speaking, the more expensive it is and the less you get for your money.

Choose a place that is close to where you work. It saves on public transport costs and petrol.

The east/outer east is nice. Heaps of business, schools, sports activities, parks and the mountains close by. Some places south of this, towards the beaches are nice too.

The further away from the city you go, the cheaper it is.

Hope that helps.
melbourne is a great place to live... I have lived all over Aus and it is one of the best. I chose to live inner city in South Melbourne Apartment - about $350 a week - as I worked in the city and whilst I could have stayed in the 'burbs transport was then an added expense. I know a lot of people that had a cheaper place further away but then spent the difference commutting... depends if you need to be in the city I guess... other great suburbs if you are young and funky are Prahan, St kilda, Albert park, Richmond etc. Or family suburbns like kew and box hill

Enjoy
lulu gave you a good answer. If you like the beach and to be close to the city (under 12kms) try Williamstown. Its family friendly too, with long term apartments. A gem of Melbourne.