Best places to live in Brisbane
Feb 13th 2014, 10:32 am
#16
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Thank you everyone for your replies. We had a couple of days down there looking at areas and getting a rental sorted until we're familiar with the city. It was a bit of a nightmare but we're all sorted! We chose a house at the gap, second in line was one at sinnamon park but we seen some lovely areas! Hopefully it won't be too difficult to get to work at toowong!
Feb 19th 2014, 4:07 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Been looking around all month and we've eventually decided to rent in Chapel Hill. Lovely area with decent schools not too far away and only a short trip to the city....without feeling too close to it! If we like the area, we may look to buy in the general area in twelve months time.
Feb 19th 2014, 6:16 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Been looking around all month and we've eventually decided to rent in Chapel Hill. Lovely area with decent schools not too far away and only a short trip to the city....without feeling too close to it! If we like the area, we may look to buy in the general area in twelve months time.
Feb 19th 2014, 7:32 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Yes, everyone has different ideas on what is enough garden (I personally prefer a small garden and live near parks as big gardens have stolen enough of my life), but at least $800 would be needed to get a 4 bed family house with a garden in Toowong I would think (Edit: example). Agree, you could spend many millions depending how fancy or large you wished to go.
Understand you were using it's price to explain how expensive the area can be though for me showing that Miskin St house was more about showing the beauty you can enjoy in your day to day life in Toowong rather than as a house to buy. It is so nice to walk around these types of suburbs and enjoy all the beauty of the old gardens, character homes, schools, churches etc and think about all the lives of the people who have passed through them. I lose most of that feeling when moving to the newer suburbs but I might just be weird.
Understand you were using it's price to explain how expensive the area can be though for me showing that Miskin St house was more about showing the beauty you can enjoy in your day to day life in Toowong rather than as a house to buy. It is so nice to walk around these types of suburbs and enjoy all the beauty of the old gardens, character homes, schools, churches etc and think about all the lives of the people who have passed through them. I lose most of that feeling when moving to the newer suburbs but I might just be weird.
Feb 19th 2014, 8:04 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
I posted this elsewhere but it might be handy for the OP if they still trying to decide.
http://crimemap.info/
http://crimemap.info/
Feb 25th 2014, 10:13 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Well I can tell you where not to live and that would be most of Logan. Only stay on the right side of the motorway if you need too!! I'm speaking of personal experience:-)
Feb 25th 2014, 10:16 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Feb 25th 2014, 10:37 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Well yes!! Only when it comes to Logan though and I did say "most", so woodridge, Logan central, Kingston for example! There are some pretty places further west once you get out the burbs though
Feb 25th 2014, 11:26 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Timbersback, I looked at Wellington Point. Nice area but just a touch too far out for us. How do you find it?
Feb 25th 2014, 11:37 am
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Couldnt live anywhere else other than Tenerife, New Farm, Newstead and possibly Paddington.
Find the outer suburbs utterly depressing.
Find the outer suburbs utterly depressing.
Feb 25th 2014, 12:36 pm
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Re: Best places to live in Brisbane
Never made it there so cant comment.
All I know is that anytime I went North up the M1, or west or anywhere that took me into 'suburbia' I felt like my soul had died inside. Was there for best part of 6 years and even some of the better burbs like Chelmer, Indroopilly just left me a bit
All I know is that anytime I went North up the M1, or west or anywhere that took me into 'suburbia' I felt like my soul had died inside. Was there for best part of 6 years and even some of the better burbs like Chelmer, Indroopilly just left me a bit
Feb 25th 2014, 12:38 pm
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