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renth Mar 23rd 2006 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by steve99
Your only chance would be one of the retirement villas ;)
One of the ones advertised on the telly? "Retirement villas for over 45's"

Over 45s!! FFS!!

steve99 Mar 23rd 2006 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by renth
One of the ones advertised on the telly? "Retirement villas for over 45's"

Over 45s!! FFS!!
I cant wait - 15 years and I can retire....Best hope I dont last beyond 55 or im stuffed, my Super will never cover it ;)

I've already got my eyes on that place looking out right on the beach in Cottesloe (down at the very southern end) It faces straight out to Rotto, I can sit on the balcony sipping a beer watching the latest crazy sport there doing in the water, whilst keeping my eye on the joggers going past ;)

hjw Mar 24th 2006 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by Graham67
Hi hjw can I ask what you have been quoted for you cat to travel. I tried one firm who quoted me £1000.00 which seems a little expensive. Our cat has a few health problems and the vet has advised against us taking him with us. Unsuccessfully trying to re home him at the moment and may have to either take him to OZ or it's a one way trip to the vet.
Hi Graham we have had a quote form airpets for approx 4 grand give or take a few pennies , before you collapse it is a combined quote for 2 boxer dogs and sassy the cat they havnt done idividual pricing. We are having a problem finding rental properties at moment with the three of them . My husband doesnt want to take them as they will all have to go into quarantine for 30 days the other end but me and the kids are putting our foot down and well we are hoping they will be able to come with us.As for your cat a few people have said that in australia they like the cats to stay inside due to the wild life !! I may hve it wrong but i am going to look into this aswell
Hope you resolve it as it not nice for you or your cat.Best wishes helen

Tiawamutu Mar 24th 2006 10:18 am
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Here is good site to look at

http://www.police.wa.gov.au/AboutUs/...tistics#Search

Gives you an idea of the crime rates around the different areas

Vash the Stampede Mar 24th 2006 12:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Graham67
Flying out to Perth on the 31st March with wife and son to try and find a suitable area to relocate. It would save us a great deal of time searching areas if current Expats could advise us on good areas to relocate too. We need to live fairly close to the city for work and also live close to a good secondary school. We plan to move at the end of May as we have just sold our house in the UK and as of the 31st May we are homeless. Many thanks.
Graham
Take a Captain Cook at this thread and see how you get on. :)

Graham67 Mar 26th 2006 11:27 pm
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Hi all just a quick note to say thanks to all who answered this thread. All your info is greatly appreciated and will help us in our search. We are off to Perth on Thursday 30th for 3 weeks and now know where to focus our searches and where to avoid.
Many thanks again
Graham.

Tiawamutu Mar 27th 2006 5:19 am
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Originally Posted by Graham67
Hi Steve thanks for your reply. Looking for an area roughly within 45mins of the city. Just now we live 35mins from Glasgow. At the moment we plan to drive to city for work but may switch to train if rush hour proves to be to time consuming. On the house front we are looking for a newish 4 bed detached home with pool and garages x2. Budget will be around $600-750,000 give or take a few $$$$. My son is 12 years and at high school and this will be key to the area we choose to settle.
We would love as all people would to live close to the beach but budget in mind we realise that this may not be possible.
We are travelling to Perth at the end of March to check out the suburbs and I was really looking to tap into other ex-pats experiences around Perth and get some idea of the good/bad North/South areas. If we are unable to find a house this trip then we will rent for a period once we arrive till we find somewhere suitable. Thanks again.
Graham.
Maybe if you don't know where you want to go, renting would be the best option anyway. That is what we plan to do.

Also $600-750 is a good amount of money to have behind you, and you shouldn't have any problems finding something near to, or even on the coast.

Tiggs+Graz Mar 27th 2006 7:20 am
Re: Perth Info please
 
Originally Posted by Graham67
Hi all just a quick note to say thanks to all who answered this thread. All your info is greatly appreciated and will help us in our search. We are off to Perth on Thursday 30th for 3 weeks and now know where to focus our searches and where to avoid.
Many thanks again
Graham.
Hi Graham
Any chance of you posting again with what you find out? ... I am sure it would be helpful to loads of us who still have to plan our trips!!

Tiggs & Graz

leigh&ivan Mar 27th 2006 7:58 am
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Majority seem to be favouring NOR suburbs. Any advice on SOR?

cedar cottage Mar 27th 2006 12:00 pm
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Originally Posted by hjw
Hi Graham we have had a quote form airpets for approx 4 grand give or take a few pennies , before you collapse it is a combined quote for 2 boxer dogs and sassy the cat they havnt done idividual pricing. We are having a problem finding rental properties at moment with the three of them . My husband doesnt want to take them as they will all have to go into quarantine for 30 days the other end but me and the kids are putting our foot down and well we are hoping they will be able to come with us.As for your cat a few people have said that in australia they like the cats to stay inside due to the wild life !! I may hve it wrong but i am going to look into this aswell
Hope you resolve it as it not nice for you or your cat.Best wishes helen
Hi Helen, where abouts are you going to stay, if it is south of Perth we have a pet friendly 4 bed home that is in Rockingham two minutes stroll to the beach..check it out at www.cedarcottage.com Suzette. Ps we have two white male Boxers 7 months old....that says it all I guess.

Graham67 Mar 27th 2006 8:12 pm
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Sure no problem Tiggs+Graz I was going to post a thread on my return from Perth just after the Easter break. I've had some great info from various people on this site since joining and it is only fair to give a little back.

Graham

walla Mar 27th 2006 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by leigh&ivan
Majority seem to be favouring NOR suburbs. Any advice on SOR?
all depends what you're looking for, SOR goes all the way down to Mandurah...

leigh&ivan Mar 27th 2006 11:05 pm
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Originally Posted by walla
all depends what you're looking for, SOR goes all the way down to Mandurah...
I think Rockingham would be as south as we would go because Ivan has got to travel to CBD for work. I think Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Safety Bay have been in our price range but may be too far to travel into Perth.
Like the sound of Fremantle but looks abit pricey for us.
Any views on Canning Vale, Munster, Bull Creek, Leeming, Success? Any where between Fremantle & Rockingham basically!
Leigh :)

walla Mar 27th 2006 11:22 pm
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Originally Posted by leigh&ivan
I think Rockingham would be as south as we would go because Ivan has got to travel to CBD for work. I think Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Safety Bay have been in our price range but may be too far to travel into Perth.
Like the sound of Fremantle but looks abit pricey for us.
Any views on Canning Vale, Munster, Bull Creek, Leeming, Success? Any where between Fremantle & Rockingham basically!
Leigh :)
I live in Leeming and travel to Port Kennedy/ Mandurah daily, I can do Mandurah in 40 minutes because I'm travelling against the traffic. Leeming is right on the Freeway/ Roe Highway so transport links are spot on. City (on a good day 15 minutes, 14k) Freo 15 minutes any day, airport 15 minutes.

With the new rail line and new hospital being built next door to St John of God in Murdoch house prices are booming (creating the biggest health campus in WA)

I love Freo but out of my price range.

Success is a bit further south but looks OK.

Canning Vale is nice but further away from the beach. Bull Creek is good too.

We went for Leeming as everything is pretty close to what we want.

leigh&ivan Mar 27th 2006 11:56 pm
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Originally Posted by walla
I live in Leeming and travel to Port Kennedy/ Mandurah daily, I can do Mandurah in 40 minutes because I'm travelling against the traffic. Leeming is right on the Freeway/ Roe Highway so transport links are spot on. City (on a good day 15 minutes, 14k) Freo 15 minutes any day, airport 15 minutes.

With the new rail line and new hospital being built next door to St John of God in Murdoch house prices are booming (creating the biggest health campus in WA)

I love Freo but out of my price range.

Success is a bit further south but looks OK.

Canning Vale is nice but further away from the beach. Bull Creek is good too.

We went for Leeming as everything is pretty close to what we want.
Thanks for that Walla. A few more questions on Leeming for you then ;)

How far is it from the beach?
What are the schools like?
Any activities for little ones (daughter is 3).
What are the facilities like - shopping, eating out?
Any other info gratefully recieved :)

Leigh

walla Mar 28th 2006 12:09 am
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Originally Posted by leigh&ivan
Thanks for that Walla. A few more questions on Leeming for you then ;)

How far is it from the beach?
What are the schools like?
Any activities for little ones (daughter is 3).
What are the facilities like - shopping, eating out?
Any other info gratefully recieved :)

Leigh
Coogee Beach is 20 minutes away, there are closer ones but not much kop, Cottesloe is about 25 minutes away.

Not sure about the schools (Leeming Senior High), my 2 go out of suburb to a school in Bateman, well 1 does, 1 left this year.

We have a shopping centre where one can get essentials but we shop at Bull Creek or Garden City in Burragoon.

Got a leisure centre, golf course, driving range, and plenty of parks, typical suburbia.

Having said that we like it because of its location.

Dawn Mar 28th 2006 12:49 am
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im excited now, weve booked short term rental in Leeming for the first month, please its seems very central.....i have two teenage girls and a 5 year old girl so trying to please them all!! i love the look of fremantle but out of our budget also :)

nursemand Mar 28th 2006 12:49 am
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Completely different question to housing/suburbs

i note you mentioned new health campus...can you provide anymore inside knowledge :confused:

i am a nurse and should be in perth by sept 06...have read around new health campus but cannot find much info like when meant to open or what services it will have

any info greatly appreciated :)

Originally Posted by walla
I live in Leeming and travel to Port Kennedy/ Mandurah daily, I can do Mandurah in 40 minutes because I'm travelling against the traffic. Leeming is right on the Freeway/ Roe Highway so transport links are spot on. City (on a good day 15 minutes, 14k) Freo 15 minutes any day, airport 15 minutes.

With the new rail line and new hospital being built next door to St John of God in Murdoch house prices are booming (creating the biggest health campus in WA)

I love Freo but out of my price range.

Success is a bit further south but looks OK.

Canning Vale is nice but further away from the beach. Bull Creek is good too.

We went for Leeming as everything is pretty close to what we want.

walla Mar 28th 2006 1:00 am
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Originally Posted by nursemand
Completely different question to housing/suburbs

i note you mentioned new health campus...can you provide anymore inside knowledge :confused:

i am a nurse and should be in perth by sept 06...have read around new health campus but cannot find much info like when meant to open or what services it will have

any info greatly appreciated :)
as part of the Labour Governments manifesto a new hospital was promised to be built next to the private St John of God hospital in Murdoch to service the southern suburbs. 2008 I think they said...

leigh&ivan Mar 28th 2006 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by walla
Coogee Beach is 20 minutes away, there are closer ones but not much kop, Cottesloe is about 25 minutes away.

Not sure about the schools (Leeming Senior High), my 2 go out of suburb to a school in Bateman, well 1 does, 1 left this year.

We have a shopping centre where one can get essentials but we shop at Bull Creek or Garden City in Burragoon.

Got a leisure centre, golf course, driving range, and plenty of parks, typical suburbia.

Having said that we like it because of its location.
Thanks for your replies Walla. Leeming is definately a possibility

Zebra4 Mar 28th 2006 1:15 am
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Originally Posted by Dawn
im excited now, weve booked short term rental in Leeming for the first month, please its seems very central.....i have two teenage girls and a 5 year old girl so trying to please them all!! i love the look of fremantle but out of our budget also :)
You're going to be really close to Garden City shopping centre. It has a multitude of clothes shops, all the teens ones are grouped together. 2 dept stores, sports shops, 2 CD shops, Accessorize, The Body Shop, a food court, a cinema.

michellemac Mar 28th 2006 2:45 am
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Originally Posted by leigh&ivan
I think Rockingham would be as south as we would go because Ivan has got to travel to CBD for work. I think Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Safety Bay have been in our price range but may be too far to travel into Perth.
Like the sound of Fremantle but looks abit pricey for us.
Any views on Canning Vale, Munster, Bull Creek, Leeming, Success? Any where between Fremantle & Rockingham basically!
Leigh :)

hello,

We want to live near Freo too - have watched as house prices have rocketed out of our budget in the last few years..... :( .We are looking at Palmyra, Willageee (ex-state housing suburb but lots of redevelopment clse to Freo, solid houses with jarrah floors ripe for renovation) and Hilton (also an ex-state housing suburb but very close to Freo - you could definitely cycle into Freo on a weekend with the kids for example) and Hamilton Hill. There is also the odd property in Beaconsfield or White Gum Valley that comes up. Melville and Bicton also sometimes have houses under $500K but would also be a renovation project.

My brother lives in Canning Vale. He likes it, but we find it is far too "new" for us. A good fish and chip shop though :cool: . Problem is you have to drive to the shops, although the little shoppong mall there has a Wollies and Big W and would be fine for day-to-day shopping needs, you'd still have to drive though. There are also a few restaurnants on Nicholson Road - I've been to the imaginatively named Nicholsons and quite liked it - there is a newish pub just opened up Dec 2004 but we didn't go there on our last trip to Perth.

Michelle

Tiggs+Graz Mar 28th 2006 4:41 am
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Does anyone have any thoughts on heading inland from Perth?
While we love the beach we were thinking that maybe we should look to live somewhere more 'in the country'.

We were also thinking that we might be able to afford a house with a bit more land that way (although that may be wishful thinking!)

We are expecting to need to be able to commute into the city for work so we don't want to really be any more than about 45 minutes from CBD.

Thanks
Tiggs

Vash the Stampede Mar 28th 2006 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz
Does anyone have any thoughts on heading inland from Perth?
While we love the beach we were thinking that maybe we should look to live somewhere more 'in the country'.

We were also thinking that we might be able to afford a house with a bit more land that way (although that may be wishful thinking!)

We are expecting to need to be able to commute into the city for work so we don't want to really be any more than about 45 minutes from CBD.

Thanks
Tiggs
Try Kalamunda, Sawyers Valley, Boya, Mundaring or Gidgegannup. :)

If you want to know where they are (with particular refernece to their distance from the Perth CBD), just click here, select "Western Australia" from the drop-down menu, punch the names into the "Suburb or Town" box and hit the "Find" button. :cool:

Tiawamutu Mar 28th 2006 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Try Kalamunda, Sawyers Valley, Boya, Mundaring or Gidgegannup. :)

If you want to know where they are (with particular refernece to their distance from the Perth CBD), just click here, select "Western Australia" from the drop-down menu, punch the names into the "Suburb or Town" box and hit the "Find" button. :cool:
There are some strange names, lol :D

Vash the Stampede Mar 28th 2006 6:39 am
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Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
There are some strange names, lol :D
There's worse... :p

Tiggs+Graz Mar 28th 2006 8:13 am
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Try Kalamunda, Sawyers Valley, Boya, Mundaring or Gidgegannup. :)

If you want to know where they are (with particular refernece to their distance from the Perth CBD), just click here, select "Western Australia" from the drop-down menu, punch the names into the "Suburb or Town" box and hit the "Find" button. :cool:
Thanks Vash
Karma on its way!

Vash the Stampede Mar 28th 2006 8:27 am
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Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz
Thanks Vash
Karma on its way!
Thanks mate; my pleasure! :)

Just realised that I misspelled "reference"... that'll teach me to type too fast on a laptop! :o

Tiggs+Graz Mar 28th 2006 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Thanks mate; my pleasure! :)

Just realised that I misspelled "reference"... that'll teach me to type too fast on a laptop! :o
i hadn't even noticed!!!
thats what happens when you spend too long reading text on a screen!!

Tiggs

Tiawamutu Mar 28th 2006 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Thanks mate; my pleasure! :)

Just realised that I misspelled "reference"... that'll teach me to type too fast on a laptop! :o
What's even worse is....I didn't even notice :eek:

Tiggs+Graz Mar 29th 2006 6:20 am
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Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
What's even worse is....I didn't even notice :eek:
Snap!!! ... we are as bad as each other!!! :D :D :D

Tiggs
x

Luma May 6th 2006 8:08 pm
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Graham67, how was your trip to Perth?

JIVEBABE May 6th 2006 9:43 pm
Re: Perth Info please
 
Originally Posted by Graham67
Flying out to Perth on the 31st March with wife and son to try and find a suitable area to relocate. It would save us a great deal of time searching areas if current Expats could advise us on good areas to relocate too. We need to live fairly close to the city for work and also live close to a good secondary school. We plan to move at the end of May as we have just sold our house in the UK and as of the 31st May we are homeless. Many thanks.
Graham
Check out the Resource Pack for sale on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Migrating-to-P...QQcmdZViewItem

Might be just what you are looking for! ;)


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