[quote name='Trikka' post='15448' date='Apr 11 2009, 11:35 PM']It really depends a lot on what your looking for. Melbourne has a lot of nice suburbs, and you can only decide where to live if you look at all of the following issues: ethnicity/safety concerns/proximity to city/price, and probably a lot more.
How much are you willing to pay a house? Is $1,000,000 affordable? Or is $100,000? When we see how much you're willing to pay, that's the first step in finding out which areas are suitable.
Point Cook is generally far out from the city, and not well serviced by transport. It is quite cheap, yes, but you would do better off in a suburb like Kew or even Dandenong.[/quote]
Point Cook is about a 25 min drive along the freeway from the city during off peak.
Pretty tragic to drive into town in the morning peak due to being just the one major arterial (West Gate) into the city.
She already mentioned she can't afford the eastern suburbs and you mention Kew which is one of the most expensive?
Better off in Dandenong than Point Cook? <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />
For prices around $400,000 the Wyndham area, which includes Point Cook, is probably as good as any place.
For an equivalent newish house on the eastern side you are looking further out towards Narre Warren or Cranbourne/Carrum Downs in the southeast.
Point Cook doesn't have as good as infrastructure as the eastern side as its still relatively new. But due to the popularity of the eastern suburbs you will have to put up with overcrowding of the public transport and major roads leading into the city as well.
Wherever you decide, finding a job away from the city will save heaps of time.
How much are you willing to pay a house? Is $1,000,000 affordable? Or is $100,000? When we see how much you're willing to pay, that's the first step in finding out which areas are suitable.
Point Cook is generally far out from the city, and not well serviced by transport. It is quite cheap, yes, but you would do better off in a suburb like Kew or even Dandenong.[/quote]
Point Cook is about a 25 min drive along the freeway from the city during off peak.
Pretty tragic to drive into town in the morning peak due to being just the one major arterial (West Gate) into the city.
She already mentioned she can't afford the eastern suburbs and you mention Kew which is one of the most expensive?
Better off in Dandenong than Point Cook? <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />
For prices around $400,000 the Wyndham area, which includes Point Cook, is probably as good as any place.
For an equivalent newish house on the eastern side you are looking further out towards Narre Warren or Cranbourne/Carrum Downs in the southeast.
Point Cook doesn't have as good as infrastructure as the eastern side as its still relatively new. But due to the popularity of the eastern suburbs you will have to put up with overcrowding of the public transport and major roads leading into the city as well.
Wherever you decide, finding a job away from the city will save heaps of time.