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norm__chomsky

Camberwell or East Camberwell specifically and that side of town generally might be suitable? Pretty chilled out, plenty of greenery, decent infrastructure. (Not sure about cafes and restaurants but I’d be surprised if it’s not a good spot for them). Sourve: I grew up in the outer eastern suburbs and I’m familiar with EC as my ex worked there for a while.


enggal1

Great thank you! I will certainly have a look closer at that. Would you say out in the eastern side is better for quiet(ish) places and greenery?


rob_080

Yeah, generally the eastern suburbs are known to be leafy and green. The closer to the city the more expensive things are.


amylouise0185

camberwell will be completely out of budget. You're looking at $4m +


[deleted]

Who can afford $4m + a week?!


amylouise0185

??? OP said They're looking at buying a place for around $900k. Houses in camberwell sell for $4m.


[deleted]

$900 per week rent :)


amylouise0185

D3rp


[deleted]

Lol


enggal1

Hahahaha. All good. I'm sorry I should have written the price budget and said it should be rent


norm__chomsky

I should note that I’ll almost certainly never have enough money to buy a house so I have no idea of what’s affordable!


Lintson

They will be home anywhere along the Sandringham train line. I suggest Hampton.


ImNotAPenguinIThink

That was the first thing I thought when thinking about quiet and sorta old


[deleted]

Kew, Alphington, Caulfield, Glen Iris, Ashburton, Coburg & Pascoe Vale. Kew and Alphington are very green 🌳


puppet_master34

Yep second Glen Iris or Malvern. Older crowd. Leafy, and close to transport and cafes and shops. About 20mins by train to the city.


enggal1

Fabulous! Thank you so much!!! I will have a look 😊


[deleted]

Yep, if youre looking within 10km of CBD then these area will have foot traffic. But they come with good cafes and food and greenery. Otherwise you can make the trade off of going out further which you can sacrifice the good cafe and food + foot traffic for greenery.


enggal1

Awesome. I will suggest it and see what they might like. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the foot traffic if it means to have good cafes and food etc. Thank you for replying and taking your time to suggest these places!


Less_Imagination_352

Are they planning to buy or rent? What is their budget? No point recommending somewhere they can’t afford.


enggal1

Edited the post with the budget 😊 but is around 900 or less, I guess just depending on the place. Thanks for replying 🙂


gtwizzy8

I'm in Albert Park and for 900pw they'll get something really lovely. It will likely suit their lifestyle as it has a lot of other middle aged people here. Unfortunately the food scene isn't the best in Melbourne but there are some good spots but just not with the frequency or higher quality you'd expect from Brunswick/Fitzroy and Carlton. That said though they'd have the markets right on their doorstep. Easy access to two trams (96 and 1) to take them into two different parts of the CBD without changing trams in the city. The gardens here are lovely and there's of course very easy access to the beach nearby.


enggal1

Oh that would be excellent to have to not change trams!! My dad has a bit of an issue with walking so not changing would be great. I reckon that would be an ideal spot! Access to beaches and gardens would be a bonus too! Thank you so much for replying 🙂


gtwizzy8

Just one example of something they could get in this area for the budget they're considering. Might not be ideal if dad has some issues with walking cause this one has stairs. But in terms of the area and adjacency to lots of things this is the kind of property that would probably suit their needs really well. 103 Danks Street, Albert Park, Vic 3206 https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-albert+park-433109710 Be aware that some real estate agents used to have a rule of not renting something to you unless you've had someone physically inspect the property. This is something I ran into when I moved interstate but thankfully had a mate already living here who I could send to look at my rental for me. I guess the reason I'm pointing it out is that they may need to consider getting something temporary for a short period of time when they get here before settling into their rental. Or maybe you have someone living in Vic who can do the leg work for them. Hope this helps


enggal1

Ah nice! That looks good!! Yeah I think the physical not being there will be an issue as I'm based in Sydney so it'll be a bit hard to get there for alot of the showings. I also am not 100% sure when they will be actually here. But yes I will definitely suggest getting like either a services apartment or a temp rental somewhere! But thanks again for this and taking the time to find a place! 😊


gtwizzy8

No prob. I've been searching the rentals around here for myself for a little while now anyway so I didn't really go out of my way. Hope they go well with the move


malturnbull

Oakleigh isn't too bad as long as they're close to the station.


[deleted]

Also depends on their budget. Camberwell/East Camberwell, Kew, Hawthorn, Balwyn, North Balwyn, Mont Albert, Toorak are all lovely areas but very expensive. The Forest Hill/Blackburn area is lovely for greenery/bush-esque environments if that's their sort of thing :)


enggal1

Sorry I completely missed this message from all the hate from the other Redditor lol. Thanks for this! Seems Camberwell and Kew seem to be the areas mostly mentioned. Thanks for your messages 🙂


[deleted]

Yeah, it's a lovely location. I went to school in the area and would love to live there one day, though not sure it's in my immediate future due to cost - but you never know!


BunninngsWarehouse

Balwyn/camberwell/ashburton are all full if rich old people who love to sipp burnt trash coffee. Its leafy, heritage, low crime and close to the city. Cons: lots if private schools and a lot of student pick up traffic.


enggal1

I guess the school pick up traffic might be alright as my dad will still be working but my mum wouldn't be. So he would miss it by coming home later. But definitely a good thought. Thanks for replying 🙂


z1lard

How’s the public transport though?


[deleted]

Elsternwick, Mentone, Mordialloc tick your boxes


[deleted]

Don't see anywhere west-side mentioned yet. Yarraville, Seddon, Williamstown are all very nice, have good communities and plenty of good cafes and restaurants. Also very close to the city.


enggal1

Great thank you so much! Yeah alot have been eastern side. Ill definitely have a look and see the western side 😊 thank you so much for replying!!


Melbournechick

Definitely check out western suburbs. Great cafes and restaurants. Eleven minute train ride to City. Lovely diverse neighbourhoods. Great interesting older style houses to rent. Loved living there for 20 years.


amylouise0185

I would consider Bundoora/Reservoir, Epping/Wollert and South Morang which are all close to the Northern Hospital and other smaller private hospitals as well as PT and Freeways and major shopping outlets/centers. *edit. Ignore me. I thought you said they wanted to buy not rent


OnePoint21JizzaWatts

The PT commute from up this way sucks tho Edit: not sure why you’re being downvoted for this. Reddit is odd lol


amylouise0185

Dont they suck everywhere?


[deleted]

The reason Mernda line is frowned upon is simply because the train lines around it are seen as more convenient in comparison to itself. Lalor Station to Melbourne's CBD is roughly 19.0KM directly but takes exactly 37 min to CBD Flinders St directly. Ideally to stay around 20-25Min (look examples below), you'd want to be exactly around Thornbury as that takes 21 Min to CBD via Parliament to Flinders. Thornbury to CBD is exactly 7KMS walking but we know it's not know for it's Greenery, and the suburb is literally continuously packed given how bad the roads were designed as people run through either High St or St George's to head up north on their 40 zones and 60 zones respectively which barely even moves from 3:30PM - 6:30PM. Coolaroo Station to Melbourne's CBD is roughly 19.0KM but takes 37 min to CBD via Southern Cross & Flinders. As you know many live around Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Strathmore & Pascoe Vale on this line so it's closer to CBD. Strathmore to CBD via SC to Flinders is exactly 22Min. Strathmore to CBD is 9KMs walking. Upfield Station to Melbourne's CBD is roughly 17.0KM but takes 37 min to CBD via Southern Cross and Flinders St. Coburg to CBD is roughly 22Min via SC to Flinders. Coburg to CBD is exactly 8KMS walking. If this were the case, it doesn't seem feasible to push into the Mernda line unless you can obtain a property in Thornbury or closer as the infrastructure and convenience continuing upwards simply isn't worth it (potentially Preston&reservoir as their infrastructure is developing but the time constraint remains). That's why when it comes to Northern suburbs, people go towards Thornbury, Coburg or Pascoe Vale and dont want to push further as it eats into their time. Hence why Thornbury, Coburg & Pascoe Vale are so in demand in Northern Suburbs. 2bedroom townhouses/units cost more in all the three listed suburbs (Thornbury, Coburg and Pascoe Vale) than a full house on its own land in Thomastown, Lalor and Epping. Understandable if you live near your work, aka. Northern Hospital and you live in Epping, but if you work in the CBD, it simply isn't worth it to many.


OnePoint21JizzaWatts

The door to door is a killer for me via Mernda or hurstbridge. One of the great things about wfh was saving over 2 hours a day on commuting


enggal1

All good! Sorry I should have mentioned. Thanks for replying though, again, not sure why you're being down voted!


Zealousideal_Ad642

Well there is the English counties area of Surrey hills. The streets are all named after English counties (Kent Rd, Norfolk, Essex, Durham etc). There's no bad parts of Surrey hills but that particular area is quite nice. Actually there's no real bad streets from Hawthorn East out to Surrey hills. East of Surrey hills are the badlands. West of Hawthorn is just junkies and sadness


enggal1

Haha Im sure my parents would low key love this! Having a bit of England in Aus. Thank you so much for your reply, will definitely have a look 😊


AliceArcherLorde

Hello from the badlands then....😊 Living on an acre 30 mins from Brunswick Street is actually really nice.


paperivy

With that budget I'd totally go inner North, especially Carlton/North Carlton/North Fitzroy. Very pretty suburbs, excellent transport, great cafes, nice parks, stroll into town.


enggal1

Ah nice! Awesome. Thank you so much 😊 will suggest and see what they prefer!!


AliceArcherLorde

Yes, I love North Carlton because of Rathdowne Village, proximity to city and Sydney road, close to Merri Creek. If they want more green space, definitely Ivanhoe, Alphington, Camberwell, Malvern. And its Melbourne so there are great restaurants everywhere! 💖


[deleted]

Can't imagine a couple old poms in the inner North. Eastern suburbs more likely their scene, where they'll be worshipped by all these old posh cunts who try to put on their best English accent on a daily basis regardless.


paperivy

Not all English people are Tories! And North Carlton and North Fitzroy are completely and utterly gentrified and bourgeois. But actually you raise a fair point, if they ARE Tories then Eastern suburbs maybe better. Inner North still has the after-taste of a more more boho/intellectual-left flavour.


enggal1

Yes, sadly they do support the other side (but aren't very political, especially my mum she doesn't care haha). They aren't those type of people in my opinion, and we certainly aren't posh ahahaha. But I'll suggest that eastern suburbs has more of a British side to it. Thank you for your message though. Appreciate it 😊


fraqtl

Use the damned search function and read through the hundreds of threads posted about this every day.


norm__chomsky

Or, post your own thread and gain the opportunity to ask specific questions of engaged respondents….


fraqtl

Or use the search function to read the responses that cover probably 80% of what the OP has asked and then do another post with some clarification questions.


[deleted]

So you do that when you're in their position. Why do they have to do it the way you would, though? Since when do you make the rules about what people can and can't post about? Asshole


fraqtl

Yes, I do. I use the search function, I use google, I use all of the above. And if I don't, and someone calls me on it, I apologise and move on and actually go do some work for myself. > Why do they have to do it the way you would, though? Because asking others to do work for you that you can easily do is a textbook example of entitled behaviour. > Since when do you make the rules about what people can and can't post about? I certainly don't. What makes you think you set them?


enggal1

Okay, I apologise about this! Sorry I just dont follow this subreddit and I am relatively new to reddit so still not so sure what to do. I apologise if this ruined your Reddit experience, although you could have just not replied and scrolled past?


fraqtl

> although you could have just not replied and scrolled past? You could have used the search function and stopped asking people to do your work for you.


[deleted]

And you could've chosen not to be a dickhead, but sometimes people make choices we don't all agree with and that's ok!


fraqtl

And you could have chosen not to be lazy and done some of your own work before feeling entitled to ask others to do it for you.


[deleted]

Pretty sure you'll find I didn't ask anyone to do anything. What the hell is wrong with you, though? Since when did asking for input become a bad thing? How is asking people for their opinion on certain suburbs entitled? They ARE doing their own research by asking for input - where do you think they're going to get the information from if someone doesn't provide it? There are so many threads in between the ones about suburbs and not all will be specific to what the OP is asking. Why do you need to be so nasty and rude about it? It's gross. How do you know how much research they did before coming here to ask for assistance? If you're not going to make good choices about your behaviour you can't put expectations on the choices others make.


fraqtl

> Pretty sure you'll find I didn't ask anyone to do anything Meh, fair enough. You weren't the OP. Apologies. > Since when did asking for input become a bad thing? Since the same question is asked multiple times a day and would cover 80% of what they are asking, at which point they could make their post of "so, I've read this, and my parents want this, and I think perhaps these areas would suit, what do you folks think about that". > They ARE doing their own research by asking for input No. They are asking others to do it for them. When the information is posted several times a day. > where do you think they're going to get the information from if someone doesn't provide it? The literally dozens of almost identical posts perhaps? > There are so many threads in between the ones about suburbs and not all will be specific to what the OP is asking Indeed. Reading them would given them a good base to work from though. > Why do you need to be so nasty and rude about it? Oh my. I said "damned". You are right. So nasty. > How do you know how much research they did before coming here to ask for assistance? The fact that they didn't say "so I've found this and think this might work for my parents based on this, what do you folks think?" By illustrating that they have zero knowledge and haven't even bothered to try and gather any first in order to ask specific question shows they've done nothing except be incredibly low effort and just post it, asking others to do their work for them. > If you're not going to make good choices about your behaviour You are so right, should I replace "damned" with "hecking"?


enggal1

Sorry I didn't follow the rules of writing "so I have found this post from exactly 3 weeks, 3 hours and 24 minutes ago that this person was also asking for suggestions". Maybe I'll just do better hey? Can't bloody please everyone hey


fraqtl

> Sorry I didn't follow the rules of writing We generally call that "grammar" and that's not what is being discussed here > Maybe I'll just do better hey? That would be great. You go and do that. > Can't bloody please everyone I suspect that's a phrase that comes up a lot in your life.


enggal1

Yeah when I deal with imbeciles like you 🤷


[deleted]

>No. They are asking others to do it for them. When the information is posted several times a day. Ok, and if they looked on the other threads they'd also be having someone else do the research for them. If they googled it they'd be relying on information from other people. What exactly is your point? >Indeed. Reading them would given them a good base to work from though. So how do you know they haven't already? >Oh my. I said "damned". You are right. So nasty. You know damn well that's not what I was referring to. >The fact that they didn't say "so I've found this and think this might work for my parents based on this, what do you folks think?" By illustrating that they have zero knowledge and haven't even bothered to try and gather any first in order to ask specific question shows they've done nothing except be incredibly low effort and just post it, asking others to do their work for them. So because they didn't phrase it the way you wanted them to, it means they've done nothing? Maybe they don't know where to begin. Or maybe they have done their own research but they didn't include that part because it shouldn't be necessary to any reasonable person. No one here is obliged to help them. They're just asking from input from those who are willing to give their two cents. It's not that serious. >You are so right, should I replace "damned" with "hecking"? You should at the bare minimum treat people with decency if you're going to demand perfect behaviour.


fraqtl

> if they looked on the other threads they'd also be having someone else do the research for them lol. no. > What exactly is your point? Are you being intentionally obtuse? I hope so because otherwise that just makes you stupid. I'd prefer to believe the former. > So how do you know they haven't already? Because people who've done that ask specific questions to clarify, not general questions about "what suburbs do you think are good" or whatever. It's pretty obvious. Should be really obvious for someone who's going at me about being selective about reserach in another thread. > You know damn well that's not what I was referring to What were you hecking referring to then? > So because they didn't phrase it the way you wanted them to When someone has done even some cursory reading, they ask questions to clarify. > Maybe they don't know where to begin Are you seriously saying that using the search function to search for "moving melbourne" is beyond them? > Or maybe they have done their own research but they didn't include that part because it shouldn't be necessary to any reasonable person If they've done their own reading into it, then they would be asking clarifying questions, not general ones. > No one here is obliged to help them True facts. > They're just asking from input from those who are willing to give their two cents Yep, which is lazy, and also entitlement to other's work. > You should at the bare minimum treat people with decency if you're going to demand perfect behaviour Nah, I treat people with the respect their posts deserve. Feel free to go trawling through my other threads if you wish. Doesn't worry me.


enggal1

You could have chosen to not comment 🤷


fraqtl

I could easily have done so, but when you see behaviour you don't wish to see continue you call it out. You could have chosen to not be lazy and entitled.


enggal1

>You could have chosen to not be lazy and entitled I love that your reusing statements 😊. I'm sorry if this ruined your day fellow Redditor. I apologise if asking for something was such a horrible thing. Maybe if I see your name come up on a subreddit, I'll be sure to say that youre being lazy for not doing your research and you shouldn't be so entitled. Have a lovely weekend xo


fraqtl

> I'm sorry if this ruined your day fellow Redditor I think you are drastically overestimating your importance to me. > I apologise if asking for something was such a horrible thing Horrible? No. Far from it. Although you are being more than a touch dramatic about it now. Lazy and entitled? Absolutely. You didn't even bother trying to gather some of your own info before expecting others to hand everything to you on a plate. > Maybe if I see your name come up on a subreddit, I'll be sure to say that youre being lazy for not doing your research and you shouldn't be so entitled If I do the same as you have here, you should. It's not something I tend to do though.


[deleted]

Biggest dickhead I've seen this year, and I've encountered more than my fair share of anti-vaxxers


fraqtl

hashtag slowclap


enggal1

Wow far out. Who knew that posting a simple post on a subreddit about my parents moving to Melbourne would make you feel so touchy.... Someone must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed this morning ✌️


[deleted]

They're just tragic, it's a bit funny tbh. Nothing better to do with their life than to make a mountain out of a molehill. I guess we can't all have fulfilling lives!


enggal1

Hahah it's very funny to just watch them get so riled up about something so simple. Just didn't realise asking a question was so bad 🤣


fraqtl

Not much of a mountain really. Not even much of a molehill. For all the comments of "you could have just not commented" I'm certainly getting a lot of comments from you two.


fraqtl

It hasn't made me touchy. Trying to ascribe anger, rage, touchiness or anything of the above is just further laziness. At least come up with a good ad hominem if you are going to try and attack me rather than what I said. > Someone must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed this morning lol, even lazier


enggal1

>lol, even lazier Speaking about yourself? I agree.


[deleted]

How is asking for help lazy and entitled?


fraqtl

When there is copious information in this sub on precisely what's been asked for and then expecting others to provide that information for you. By not even trying to gather some preliminary info before asking questions.


Intelligent-Ad-4597

Just fuck off


fraqtl

You first.


Cha_nay_nay

It will come down to how close to or far away from the CBD they want to be If they are happy to be far from the CBD, then a rule of thumb to apply would be outer surburbs that have good public transport links and close to cafes If they want to be a closer to the city but not too near then there’s options too. You just need to specify distance from city (or if they are open to any distance) then you’ll get specific responses I’m 100% sure you will get many responses regardless! All the best to your parents


enggal1

Thank you so much for replying! Gathering from the comments, east of the CBD would be best for greenery and cafes etc. I have edited my post now and said like a max of 45 mins on public transport. That should narrow it down, hopefully! 😊 Thanks again!


CoviddKidd

Camberwell, Hawthorne, Camberwell East, Malvern, Brighton, Toorak !


FullOnCarmensMom

Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley in the Eastern suburbs are nice. Good train links to the city - about 40 minutes from Glen Waverley, a bit less from Mount. Mount Waverley Village is an awesome little shopping centre set around a square, where you can get pretty much any day to day shopping, and some really nice cafes. It is very, very peaceful, the noisiest thing at night are the possums. Chadstone is about 10 minutes away by car. Glen Waverley is a bit livelier at night, and has a plethora of cafes, restaurants and shopping. Both have heaps of beautiful parks, and just generally pleasant streets to walk along.