So we have starting house hunting! We are finding it very overwhelming and nerve-wracking and at times, depressing. We are first home buyers so we really feel like amateurs! We are currently living in the Caulfield area but unfortunately to buy around here is not within our budget so we are looking a little further away.
Can anyone tell me about Dingley Village, Keysborough, Aspendale Gardens or Patterson Lakes? Alternatively, what about beachside...Aspendale, Edithvale or Chelsea? What are selling points of these suburbs? I am so tied as to whether I want to live near the beach but have a smaller house, or have a larger and newer house and live more inland
We went to see the display homes at Waterways today and they were so lovely...BUT they have a "no cats" rule because of the wildlife! *cry*! We are cat lovers so this meant no deal
Anyway, any advice and information (pros and cons) on the aforementioned suburbs would be greatly appreciated
Thanks NurseKobeh, I hadn 't thought of Heatherton. I just had a look on the net for houses in the area but there aren't many for sale at the moment. Will keep an eye out though!
Any other experiences/advice/info of the other suburbs?
Keysborough is quite and old suburb. - the new area where they have built an estate actually used to be old stock yards for cows and sheep and also was quite an industrial area too (Grendas bus service and other businesses have set up in the area too)....having said that it is close to Parkmore shopping centre as well as maybe a 10min drive to Dandenong....if i had the choice though, i would look at the beachy subs!
we live in chelsea & i love it. it does get busy around the beach & shops on hot days, but we live maybe a 15 minute walk from the beach & i have no idea that it's busy unless i go to the shops. there's buses & the train (also a 15 minute walk), heaps of parking for the train if either of you need to commute to the city.
there are quite a few primary schools around & there's a great park with lots of new play equipment, bbqs etc. there's also a bike path if you guys are into cycling.
edithvale & aspendale are quite similar, they just have smaller shopping strips - but they're all so close to each other, it doesn't matter.
aspendale gardens is nice. but i do prefer being in an older suburb - i feel like a car would be more necessary in AG than it is in chelsea (although we do both have cars).
it's great for walking with a pram too cos it's flat
Hi I am interested in this discussion, we are currently starting looking at buying something around Edithvale, Chelsea, where DH grew up, starting prices for 2 bedroom units/apartemnts does anyone have any idea or a small house 2/3 bedroom house????
SIL lives in Aspendale Gardens and its really nice - local shops close, and public transport not far away.
MIL lives in Keysborough - to me its a bit too far out, but I guess now with Eastlink its good!
I have good friends in Chelsea and they LOVE it!
Can you tell I used to live in Melb?
Thanks guys! Well we are inspecting a few places in Chelsea, Aspendale Gardens and Patterson Lakes this week. Chelsea is looking a good choice at the moment!
Last week we inspected a house in Dingley and it was so lovely. It was under offer already though and the price we were willing to pay was a little under their asking price. BUT today the real estate agent called and said the previous offer fell through and that they now want our offer in writing! I'm stressing out! I don't know if we should just go for this one because it's such a nice house, needs nothing done to it, but location wise we'd prefer near the beach and train line, and this is not. But if we keep looking we will miss this one and then might not find another one as good However, this won't be our "forever" house, so it's not the end of the world if we aren't near the beach or train. We only plan on living in this house for about 4 years and then moving somewhere (yet to be determined) ideal for us when DS starts school.
we currently are renting in springvale... I wouldn't buy here but we are up near mulgrave and in a really nice quiet crt with a park at the end of the street so love it for now. DH and I would love to buy in Dingley as it has such a community feel about it. I love going down to the cafe there on a sunday morning. There is a phenomenal vet in dingely village who we use. (seriously amazing guy) We just love the fact whenever we drive past there are families out walking their dogs with there prams.. It just seems like a really nice family suburb..
House hunting in south-east melb
We are finding it very overwhelming and nerve-wracking and at times, depressing. We are first home buyers so we really feel like amateurs! We are currently living in the Caulfield area but unfortunately to buy around here is not within our budget so we are looking a little further away.
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