Firstly this has nothing to do with our "neighbor issues". It is something that has been on my/our mind a while - we currently live in a small 2 bed flat in Camberwell, we are zoned for a good public primary (bilingual program) which I like (DD due to start 2015), and also I am happy with the idea of the local high school Camberwell High.

However, it is going to be difficult to afford to move up to a three bed house here (in part due to shortage of that size of residence), and we may end up always having to rent. We also don't really 'fit in' round here, which isn't really a problem but maybe elsewhere would be better? We ended up here by complete chance, and the only other place we have lived in Melbourne was 3 months in Elsternwick.

Anyway so in terms of doing my due diligence really and actually thinking about if maybe we should look elsewhere, trying to work out where else might suit us.

Criteria

  • On train and tram (train approx 20 mins from city)
  • Good public high school (co-ed)


So not many criteria really - I tried looking on a list of good schools, but I am not that convinced those lists are always the best account of schools, also was taking forever trying to rule out single sex and selective schools and not knowing where half the schools are in the first place.

Maybe we would still not be able to afford a three bed in these areas but at least I would feel like had looked into them.