angelicangela

More help / info needed on which suburb best suits a british family of 4 (includes 2 children age 10 & 6 yrs)

Soo much choice - all suggestions / recommendations would be welcome!

Thanks in advance
Angelicangela

mr mover

Try here Angela
http://s2.invisionfree.com/Adelaidebrits
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Lord Pom Percy

l'm sure someone has

Need to know your price range before l can recommend suburbs, perhaps look at realestate.com.au
Houses in Adelaide are alot more affordable the Perth, Sydney and melbourne.

angelicangela

Thanks Lots

Will take 5 to have a look at the sites in more detail.

Keep the suggestions coming.

With regards to money, renting is our option initially just wanted some advise on location? If we were to buy we would look at around £300k+

Angela

lollyno1

hi angela

Im off to adelaide in Jan, but a long way from adelaide. The area I looked at was some way from adelaide, Gawler, seems to be large enough to cater for most price ranges, and seems to be plenty of amenities. Mind have only passed through and done research on the net.

It is about 1 hour from adelaide so might just be too far out.

hope this helps, if only to dismiss it as not an option.

regards

lolly

Lord Pom Percy

That is enough to get a good family sized house in a good suburb, The best suburbs near the city are North Adelaide, Unley and Eastern suburbs such as St.Peters College Park, Kensington, Norwood. There are also some nice suburbs further out around the Adelaide hills.

Katsmajics other half !!!

Hi there,

We are looking at going out to Adelaide next year as long as our VISA app is succesful.

We have got 4 kids so area is very important to us too.

We found this site very good indeed.

http://www.adelaidebound.com/

gjs

There are lots of good family friendly suburbs that would fit into your price bracket.have a look at realestate.com.au you will get a feel for what this will buy you.If you go onto the individual council websites,you can also get quite a bit of demographic info.

Vash the Stampede

£300k = $741k.

For that kind of money, you could buy just about anywhere you liked. Athelstone would be an excellent choice; click here for examples.

Wendy

I thought that too

I wonder if they meant dollars though

Vash the Stampede

Well, you never know! :scared:

angelicangela

Hi Vash & Wendy

You are RIGHT I did mean $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - god if I had over 700$ I would definitely not be asking!!

Thanks everyone else for your help!

Angela

Wendy

You'll still be able to get something nice, in a decent area

Vash the Stampede

Some nice suburbs to consider: Oakden, Yatala Vale, Fairview Park, Banksia Park, Tea Tree Gully, St Agnes, Surrey Downs, Northfield, Greenacres, Dernan Court.

Try a property search in these suburbs for houses around the $300k mark at www.realestate.com.au

Dorothy

Our on arrival accom was in Surrey Downs and I can highly recommend it. Very family friendly school with terrific teachers. Close to Modbury with Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre, there are a couple of medical clinics, tons of parks and buses into the city. When I was taking the bus, it took me about 1/2 hour from my house which was the last stop on the bus route to the CBD. It takes a little longer if you drive as the buses take a special busway that cuts out a lot of time.
Our rental house is in Klemzig, which is much closer to the city and also on the busway. Klemzig is an old German settlement and there is still a lot of the old German influence there. There are also lots of parks, a bikeway all along the River Torrens and a huge reserve.
Don't just go by house prices, but take a good look around the area both during the day and at night so you can get a feel for the place.