Hi Everybody!
Hope there’s someone out there who can help me. We have decided to relocate from Sydney to Melbourne as Sydney is getting ludicrously expensive and hubby is highly stressed.
As we have 3 school going kids (ranging from high school to primary school), we need names of a few suburbs with good PUBLIC schools. Preferably on the train line as hubby is likely to work in CBD; need not be very near but maybe within 35 minutes??
Budget is 350-400K for a 3-4 bedder.
Thanks a lot
jenny
lee
You could try looking in Balwyn.
Hi Jenny Lee,
The price range you stipulated, the distance to CBD and access to good public schools is very achievable in many Melbourne suburbs. To name but a few would be Brunswick, Coburg, Balwyn, Box Hill, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Thornbury, Preston, etc etc etc…there are so many!!!
If you can’t decide on an area, maybe you could check out the nearby school(s) first. Try
http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/search?type=bridge&query=Public+Schools&flavor_id=24%2B1%2B2%2B3%2B4%2B5%2B6%2B7%2B8%2B9%2B21%2B26%2B28%2B29%2B32%2B33%2B34%2B35%2B36%2B38%2B39%2B40%2B41%2B42%2B43%2B44%2B45%2B46%2B11%2B12%2B13%2B14%2B15%2B16%2B17%2B18%2B27%2B30%2B31&neighborhoods=&sort=name&context=generic&x=14&y=7 (and select either primary or high school) and another good site (for private schools) try
http://web.ceo.melb.catholic.edu.au/about/schools.asp and check out what is available, and where. Then look into the area in which this school is located. If you want to check out how far any of the schools are to the nearest train stations, go to http://www.street-directory.com.au/aus_new/index.cgi or http://www.whereis.com/whereis/home.jsp and when you select an area, just put a search in for train stations and it will pin-point those nearby!!!It is really a matter of personal choice. Certainly some schools are better than others, but again, as with most things, research is the key!!!
Good luck,
Jo
I reccomend Oak Park. Beautiful area, nice and peaceful. You could find a home within your price range, about 25-30 from the city by train and has a fairly good public school, Strathmore. This is one station up from Oak park so your kids can take the train or its close enough to drop them off. You might even be able to get a house in Strathmore, but I cant reccomend it as I dont know much about the area and It might be a little over your price range.
Hi Jenny,
Cannot comment on Melbourne suburbs but can offer some ‘food for thought’
By all means seek some recommendations about areas that may be worth looking at but you need to bear in mind that people’s preferences and, by default, their ‘list of must haves’ could be very different to yours.
Ultimately I would consider renting in an area that you select on a ‘try before you buy’ type of process. This way you may be able to ascertain if the suburbs is right for you because this property is going to be your home you are looking at a property and location from a slightly different perspective.
Derek
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