So you come on and tout your area

Where you conveniently have your properties to rent

Mind you Redlands is too far to commute to the CBD each day.

Yes - I am touting my area

No, I do not have properties to rent, I have short term rentals. As the OP has already stated she is staying in the city for a few weeks whilst she looks around, so these would not be suitable for her anyway

Yes, the Redlands and an easy 40 minute commute into the city.

Go stick you head in the sand somewhere else and come back when you have something useful to add.

That is bullshit

It is way more than 40 minutes at busy times.

I live in Redlands remember

No bun fight please and thanks.

I do not think it particularly helpful, to people seeking advice, to be given inaccurate information.

Nor do I, but a bun fight won't help either.

It's more fun though

can you? really?

I still look regularly as I would really like to find a bargain and pay less. Oldest is in school now so really stuck to The Gap, Bardon and Ashgrove and $550 does not get you much in any of them.

I do the same commute in about 35 to 40 minutes. Maybe you should invest in a map or a GPS?

Where from, where to and what time of day?

I look regularly too with view to how much rental income I might get or our house, and recently I've come to be conclusion that we wouldn't get any more than $450pw for our house (4bed, pool, ducted air-con).

That sounds odd. I recently saw my old house in Mt Gravatt East for rent (4 bed, pool, no garage, asbestos roof) and they were asking high $500s!

House across from me went up two months ago, 4 bed, pool and air con. Had a nice new kitchen, bathrooms etc, that was $1100 a week.

If you reckon yours would only get $450 it must be a dump.

This one not far from me is $670 a week and look at the state of it

http://www.realestate.com.au/propert...+gap-405855051

I would recommend North Lakes/Mango Hill area. It's great for families, has a decent shopping centre, schools and day care. It also offers good access to the highway. The rail link to the city won't be completed until 2016 but it's a 10min drive to the train station (Bald Hills or Kallangur) in the meantime. The train takes about 20mins so total travel time would be 30mins.

For your budget you'd get a great house too - not so easy closer to the city. Check out Realestate.com.au

It's probably a good idea to find out the areas to avoid rather than the best areas to live since everyone will have their own opinion based on a range of factors.

Best of luck!

Whats Bracken Ridge like as an area for kids etc??