Lisa and Lance

Hi

We have decided to make the move over to Perth and have been looking at rentals on realestate.com. I have seen a few nice houses in Maylands and Bayswater seem to be really good value compared to other areas. I was just wondering if there is a reason for this and whether these areas are rough or have high crime rates etc??

Amazulu

They are 2 areas that have been traditionally pretty rough. However, Maylands is gradually being overhauled and some houses near the river are now way over a million. There are still some rough spots though. Bayswater is also up and coming. Both are close to the city.

kiwi_child

I used to live in maylands. Parts of it are quite okay others not so. Avoid streets like 10th avenue that have large unit blocks ( you get a lot of the young and older unemployed etc in them). I lived down 4th avenue way near bardon park and the swan river. Some nice places there.
The main shopping area is in 8th avenue and you will see allsorts around there, but unlikely anyone will hassle you. The big supermarket, Coles, is a bit further down guildford rd, the main arterial rd that runs through maylands.

Bayswater doesn't have a decent shopping centre and is also home to one of the long established bikie gangs (they drink at the bayswater hotel as it's their local pub they don't seem to cause trouble). Can get rough at night around the railway station which is near the bayswater shops and pub.