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My husband and I are moving to Melbourne this year. What's the best suburb to live in? |
Travel Info We are in our early 30s and like going out eating, drinking, dancing and being merry. We want to be relatively close to the city so we don't have to commute too far for work but not right in the thick of it and ideally would like some nice green space, or water, nearby. Travel Tips Hmmm, you might like St Kilda, Port Melbourne and Albert Park if you're fond of the water. All three suburbs have a plentitude of cafes, pubs, bars and general merry-making places. Albert Park has its own lake and park area. St Kilda is a little more bohemian/alternative than Port Melbourne but both have a late 20s/early 30s crowd. All are close to the city and easily accessible by public transport. Good luck! Others Depending on how financial you are, the Doncaster area and north of that is very nice. It is not nearby water, but is very green and the houses are on fairly large blocks, which gives it a 'roomy' feel, and the houses are substantial and attractive. The roads are good, the surrounds clean and well maintained by the council, and the area is easy to navigate around. There's good local shopping and it's a half hour or so from the city (in non-peak time). I loved it! I'm from Sydney myself, but there are some lovely parts of Melbourne ~ I'm sure the locals will fill you in :-) try doing a search of melbourne and check out the homes of different suburbs on. www.realestate.com.au or www.melbourne.com.au to check out whats near the suburbs for shops, cafes, restaurants, clubs, pubs, markets, parks. Cheers! G'day, 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. The last link is the article from The Age, one of the main newspaper in Melbourne in regards to criminal rate around Melbourne suburbs. Good luck and welcome to Melbourne. I've been living in Melbourne for 16 years, visited some other capital cities in Australia and still giving Melbourne 10/10 for the best city. www.realestate.com.au www.domain.com.au www.pointcookrealestate.com.au http://www.150.theage.com.au/view_bestof... St Kilda, South Yarra or Port Melbourne would be great for you! There's heaps of nice places to eat, drink etc, a few parks, the beach in St Kilda and Port Melb, and it's only about 15-20 minutes to the city. Another good place is Kensington, kinda groovy, but not much in the way of beach or park. |
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