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Well sydney house prices are hitting me hard and i think its time to get out of here for a few years.

Been looking at housing online in VIC and cant believe how cheap it is in comparison.

Im willing to live outside of Melb a bit and have been looking at Geelong region.

Some suburbs there are dirt cheap like Corio and St Albans Park

What are these areas like?

What is Geelong like in general?

Any other suggestions for areas with housing under or at the 200k mark?

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depends on your lifestyle.. if you are boring or have a family then Geelong is lovely ;)

However if you want to go out clubbing/drinking/partying all the time and catching taxi's home.. you're better off living closer to melb, than Geelong/Corio at least

Unless you like bootscooting.. there's some country clubs in Corio lol.

And Geelong clubs are scary, full of chubby, boob tube wearing barely 18 yr old chicks so they don't count.

How big a house/unit are you looking for?

Yeah Im boring, lol

Actually im pretty much over the clubbing thing these days. Probably could handle going into melb when i do feel like a night out.

Im more concerned with having a big backyard for my dogs than going out these days.

Ok from what you've said geelong sounds like bumpkin land.. full of bogans?

Greeeat

Hmm. I want a 3 bedroom home with fairly large yard and a garage.

I work a fair bit in North Shore/Corio/Geelong and am an ex-sydneysider myself.

Its not bad, but better off in other areas of Geelong. Corio etc aint bad, but for similar money south of Geelong has my eye. And its only a 50min drive (about 80kms) to CBD. As a Richmond NSW guy its a far easier commute to Melb CBD then it was for me to UTS on Broadway.

Melbourne is great. But 4 years after i moved here, housing prices are just as ridiculous these days ;) Time to move to Darwin :thumbsup:

I work a fair bit in North Shore/Corio/Geelong and am an ex-sydneysider myself.

Its not bad, but better off in other areas of Geelong. Corio etc aint bad, but for similar money south of Geelong has my eye. And its only a 50min drive (about 80kms) to CBD. As a Richmond NSW guy its a far easier commute to Melb CBD then it was for me to UTS on Broadway.

Melbourne is great. But 4 years after i moved here, housing prices are just as ridiculous these days ;) Time to move to Darwin :thumbsup:

haha looked at sydney prices lately? now thats ridiculous..

I just checked out south of geelong and prices dont seem to be similar to Corio area. Couldnt find anything under 200k south of geelong, can you suggest any suburbs there with similar prices?

If you have more money to spend you could start looking at Frankston, although I haven't heard good things about the suburb.

I'm not sure if the northern suburbs of Melbourne have similar prices to what your looking for...

definately wouldnt advise out there... any place with St Albans in the name is never a good idea.

check out places if u dont mind living out of the city like Narre Warren, Narre Warren South, Endeavour Hills, Berwick and those regions... you have easy access to the high way and its about a 25m trip to the city and the eastern link is being put up and will be done by next year which will open up those areas to most of the eastside... also most of the places are still minimum 700sqm... and most arent a rip off although even houses around there are getting pretty expensive as everyone starts moving out.

just dont move west... its a shithole... nothing beats the east :)

Thanks for the advice. Its always hard to tell the demographics of areas in other states.. and I will be coming to check prospective places out of course.

I'll have a look at the suburbs mentioned.

Initially I was looking out at the Latrobe Valley way and even Gippsland. Whats it like out there?

I run my own business and wouldnt need to travel to work, so eliminating that problem, any comments on those areas?

that far out... well gippslands nice... buy a fire proof house and clothes tho... :)

latrobe valleys nice too... not sure if u need a fireproof house there. Morwell is probably the only place ive visited out there.

+1 eastern suburbs, just dont venture into knox much coppaz round knox arnt very nice to moddifyed cars, think because the though of some people is there is may more crime in the southern subs (i said though i dont know facts) and the eastern burbs there isnt as much so the copz pick on cars to make there daily budget fines

If travelling for work isnt an issue maybe try the mornington peninsula, dromana, safety beach, rosebud, mornington, there all nice suburbs, no idea on price tho, only part worth looking at around frankston is frankston south, i think thats fairly expensive though (mt eliza and mt martha are also good but left them out since they are the rich areas), you mentioned not being able to find places under 200k, if thats your budget then frankston north is the only suburb you will be able afford, which not only is where i live but is also the worst part of frankston, i think i picked a good street though, apart from the odd domestic every few weeks its pretty quiet in my street.

The suburbs i have mentioned are all in the south eastern suburbs along the edge of the bay, probably other good area's as well but i have lived along here most of my life abd its the area's i know the best.

From my experience the only suburb i would say NOT to live in is narre warren, i had bad neighbours and its an absolute bitch to get in and out in peak hour, there are pretty much 2 roads and in peak hour they are chockers.

mate i would move to the nurthen subburbs esperly mernda has it's growing out that way and you should be able to get a decent size block plus it's only 30min from the city.

just dont move to any way east/sout of doncaster aka easten correrdor. as this is the rough area of melb.

Not sure on what your personal situation i.e. age / etc is - but I'll share my story for what its worth

I was recently seconded to Melbourne for work (recently returned) - lived in South Melbourne for about 6 months, and bought a place in Richmond to spend the remainder. Top areas I'd certainly look at if I were to spend more time back in mexico. If you were after a house or a bit more space I'd perhaps look at Hawthorn and out south/eastwards to suit your budget. Though you'll be kicking yourself not having bought a piece of the place earlier, Melbourne is doing quite well in terms of property growth...

Your priorities should dictate the area you choose IMO. Do you want high growth as you mention getting out of Sydney for a few years so sounds like you might want to try and get back into that market? If you intend on staying in Melbourne, there are a lot of affordable suburbs on the outskirts but most likely won't experience the same growth as inner city.

I wouldnt go to Geelong if you need to commute to Melbourne daily or even a few times a week. I worked there for nearly a year, commuting 3 times a week and don't recommend it. It is only 1 hour to the CBD from there, if you pick the right time of day. If you are coming into Melbourne from Geelong in the mornings, it is horrendous and crawling for several kms.

If you are after the family style home with land and not worried about whether it increases 10K in 2 years or 100K, there are many nice places but 200K isnt a huge budget.

Gippsland can be nice, there are some nice areas and some rougher ones, talk to GTIRR on here who grew up in the area and might be able to offer some advice.

Melbourne is definately the place to be but depends on priorities as to where you want to be :P

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