mr mover

[QUOTE=Vash the Stampede;And if the "south suburb snobs" still want to lord it over us, may I draw their attention to Hackham and Hackham West...? [/QUOTE]

Vash they have changed the name of Hackam to Huntsfield heights unfortunatly they feral element are still there.........mm

rosscov1970

I never understand why people are so dismissive of the eastern suburbs. We lived there for 6 months when we first arrived and my 3 girls attend excellent state schools there. 95% of our friends are australians who live in the eastern suburbs and they are among the most welcoming, friendly, non-judgemental, supportive people I have met.
We chose to move, purely because we wanted to be closer to the beach, but our friendships remain as strong as ever.

Kristo

I agree with the above. The eastern suburbs are very nice. True they are not cheap in general, but don't dismiss them without at least having a look.

I tend to lean towards a more modest house in a 'sought after' location. It's different strokes for different folks, I guess.

deryans

Tee hee hee , my sentiments exactly Mr Mover!

Mipik

To be honest I have a very different impression.
You can buy a decent house for much less than a million.
These areas are very racially mixed with a lot of East Asian and Indian families.
Good schools, practically no graffiti.
We have bought a house for 500k, proper double brick, nice block of land, sea views, quiet No Through street.
Out of 11 houses on the street 3 Ozzie families, 1 Italian, 2 Indian and 4 Chinese.
Neighbours look after each other.
Love living here.

blaengirl

hello all we are hoping to move to adelaide in June/July Aberfoyle park how BIG are the spiders then..........

Nick11

Won't be that many around in June - tooooooooooo cold!
Had a huntman in my laundry room the size of my hand. Wet myself!

blaengirl

was that in aberfoyle park or are they everywhere in adelaide I think I need to do lots more research.How long have you been in oz?

Tiggs+Graz

i'd second this! Adelaide is small enough to be able to easily drive around and if you allow yourseves a couple of weeks you can have a good look at most of the suburbs ... you will soon get a feel for the areas that are right for you

blaengirl

Thanks for that Where did you choose in the end ?

Tiggs+Graz

After a LOT of looking we have ended up in Tea Tree Gully in the North East.

We would have loved to be near the sea but we couldnt have afforded to buy much of a house on the coast and the areas a short distance inland didnt appeal.
To the south we liked Stirling and Aldgate but decided against living in the hills. Flagstaff Hill was also lovely but quite expensive.

In the East we liked Norwood and the surrounding areas and these are lovely if you are looking for suburb living but we wanted a larger block in a more rural setting.

The north east worked best for us ... more reasonable house prices, larger houses and blocks for your money, good schools, leafy with lots of open areas, close to hills but still reasonable to the beach, half an hour into the city centre ... we just kept our options open and looked at several suburbs until we found the right house.

Tiggs

blaengirl

How far away is that from Aberfoyle park ?

mr mover

tea tree gully too AB park 40 mins..........mm

Tiggs+Graz

MM If you are getting from AP to TTG in 40 mins you have been speeding

AP about 40 mins south of CBD
TTG about 30 mins north east of CBD
you can probably cut off a bit of time by going around the city but i would doubt you can manage it in less than an hour.

T x

Wendy

My SatNav say's it's 50km's from one to the other on 'quickest route', so you'd be looking at about 45 mins to a hour and half depending on traffic.