Quote from: Cindy on January 10, 2014, 06:20:09 AM
Cruel 
Coldest night I've ever had was Ballarat in a tent!
I agree Tassie is great to visit but not sure about living there.
Again the traffic in Melbourne and in Sydney put me off as a place to live - and the property prices.
Just a question, apartment living seems big in Melbourne and Sydney? On the drive in from the airport there are 'fields' of apartment blocks, is this becoming common as a way to have a property? Do people self own or rent?
Funny you say that, my best friend lived in Canada for 2 years with a guy, she came back for a wedding that was in Ballarat, to this day she says Ballarat is the coldest place on earth.
The traffic in Melbourne is bad, if you don't know what you're doing. The north to the north west is great and easy, everything else is bad. The trick is know your back streets. Don't go the the south east, east or true west (Geelong) unless you have to, and leave early.
I had about $300k put aside for me, my dad died in a work place death about 3 months before I was born, him & mum had broken up a the time. I bought a place when the Docklands were being built & rented it out for 5 years while living at home. After mum got sick of me (love that woman to death) I moved into the apartment for a few years, I loved it, so close to the city, I used my car once a week.
After a few years I wanted pets, so sold the apartment for twice what I paid and bought a 3 bedroom house near the airport.
When I first came out, mum was offered a job in Melbourne, so she sold up and bought in Fitzroy north, she had her house valued a few months ago, a 2 bedroom, tiny backyard, street parking, falling apart, valued at $1.8 million, she paid $400k. I guess location, location, location!
Thats what I don't understand, the smaller the place, the smaller the backyard, the worst off its walls, the more you get for it here. Her house is about 10 minutes walk to the CBD, that was great when I was going out 6 nights a week, the area is very safe and she has more pubs in within 3km than any other part of the world.
