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cool.. rent seems to be like 230-250 :thumbup:am i right?

what state schools exist ?:unsure:

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Three and Vodafone are the same company so your Three/Vodafone data allowance can be used on Three/Vodafone network.

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Oh, you're talking about 3 mobile and how it interacts with Vodafone/Telstra rather than switching to Telstra as your main provider. Gotcha.

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Sorry, I could have made that clearer.

I've used Three for 2.5 years now with no major issues. Sure, you may not always get coverage and sometimes there may be contention issues, but I'm not often in rural areas and my communications aren't exactly critical so I find it cost effective. It works great 95% of the time or more.

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No calm down, that's another thread ;) I mean purchasing is cheaper in Toowong than West End (or you get more for your money) - as opposed to renting. We're not having much luck with this written word malarky :)

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I still don't understand that. Are you saying the relative differences between buying and renting for the two areas are skewed? e.g. 100% premium to buy versus rent in suburb A, 75% premium to buy versus rent in suburb B.

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I purchased so not sure but that rent sounds too low. What sort of place did you find for that?

There are three state primary schools, all excellent. A huge benefit of living close to the city is the state primary schools are usually very good schools.

Depending on which part of Ashgrove you live you may fall into the catchment of Oakleigh, Ithaca Creek (Bardon) or Ashgrove primary schools.

Ithaca Creek needs a few more students to get over a quota for an extra teacher so they are currently considering out of catchment students for next year.

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Only a guess but it seems that way. West End homes cost a fortune but are often run down and surrounded by other run down homes. Guess you are paying for the location/land a lot of the time. They are often tenanted by young low income people because of this. Toowong houses are not as expensive but have lots of big family houses in good condition so guessing the rent they command is stronger on average than West End.

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I used to live in Balmoral, probably 4km in a straight line from Brisbane CBD? The 3 coverage was almost non existant - call droputs, data practically useless.

Sitting in my office in Melb CBD now I get very poor 3 reception. I can do the old iPhone4 death grip trick and off it goes 'Searching...'. There are areas in the suburbs where I get '5 bars' & '3G' but absolutely no internet coverage.

When I worked in Sydney I could be on the train from the Harbour Bridge all the way out to Chatswood and be roaming the whole way! The irony was I was working for Vodafone Hutchison at the time...the signal in the office was great! :lol:

So I think 3 coverage is patchy, sure you can roam, but we all use data now and that costs $s.

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I understand what you're saying now and it makes sense. Those who buy in West End are primarily interested in the land value. Whereas in Toowong the quality of the house on the site weighs a little more heavily.