Vivek

Which is the best suburb in melbourne to live with beautiful nature
around and not so far from the city and also good enough to live with
kids and wife and the most important is not so expensive
Thanks
Vivek

Michael Hoffman

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    > Which is the best suburb in melbourne to live with beautiful nature
    > around and not so far from the city and also good enough to live with
    > kids and wife and the most important is not so expensive
    > Thanks
    > Vivek
    >

Toorak.

(you didn't ask whether it's affordable...)

Mike

Axel Van Kampen

"Vivek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Which is the best suburb in melbourne to live with beautiful nature
    > around and not so far from the city and also good enough to live with
    > kids and wife and the most important is not so expensive

Wait until you get there and check it out for yourself. You could ask 100
people in this NG and get 100 diff answers.

NinaU

What is your budget ?


Nina

Moo30

Hi, as a Melbourne resident of many years ..... if you're after areas with "beautiful nature" that aren't too expensive (although, bit tricky to judge this as everyone's budgets are different!) try Eltham, Warrandyte, Donvale ... lots of trees, only 30-40 mins drive from the City, least expensive of the 3 is Eltham. If you're after an area close to the water, then head to the Bayside suburbs ... you try somewhere like Hampton or Bentleigh, although keep in mind that Bayside living is very popular in Melbourne and therefore the cost of real estate is higher in these suburbs. Depending on how far you consider "not to far" from the city (as my English hubby used to think sitting on a train for 1.5 hours each way to work was fairly normal!) you could try somewhere like Mt Eliza, which is much further down the bay/coast line (say 50-60 mins to city) but is hilly with lots of trees etc. If you want suburbia but without the high price, perhaps somewhere like Blackburn in the eastern suburbs would suit ..... approx 20 mins drive from the city - has a lake and lots of park areas, or Wheelers Hill ...... 30-35mins from city, which has a huge park with lake called Jells Park and lots of nice streets. All of these areas are close to good schools, shopping, public transport and freeway access.

Have a good drive around too ..... as with any suburb, there are the good and not so good streets etc.

If you want to check out some real estate in these areas ..... try the following:

http://www.realestateview.com.au
http://www.realestate.com.au

Good luck and welcome to Melbourne!

noodle

I'm in the same situation. I've been told the best places are in the bayside region, although there are many, so I don't know what to recommend, other than a website called ljhooker.com.au which gives distances from the city and a locality guide.

Good luck

Nicole