Brisbane where to live

[cartm58]

Might be moving to Brisbane for work before end of this year

Thinking of places to live with good access to Hale Street Bridge project say 30 min commute

Looking at doing a rental, preferrable an apartment or townhouse so no gardening invovled

No kids

Probably require a 3 bedroom place - 2 car garage or car parking spaces - got lot of crap haven't

Any suggestions welcomed

[PhilipA]

Having grown up in Brisbane many years ago, my advice is stick to the east of the city.
The areas around Mt Coottha and west can get Bluddy hot in summer, and the sea breeze does not make it.
I am assuming that you do not want to run aircon all summer.
I would suggest East Brisbane ( where I grew up) , Hamilton if you can afford it, Norman Park, Coorparoo.
There is a ferry to the city from East Brisbane and Hamilton.
Regards Philip A

[roverfj1200]

Thinking of places to live with good access to Hale Street Bridge project say 30 min commute

Any suggestions welcomed

30min one day 3 hours the next:eek:

once things go wrong on one Brisbane road the whole town goes to S#@T..

What time of day would you be travelling. Before 6:30 most roads are good but after that its pot luck.

I think the northside would be your best say kedron area.
Or geebung that would be down sandgate road onto ICB.
Strathpine may be cheeper to rent in and you can run in on old gympie road. if its slow cross to sandgate road.
From the west Everton park area is nice so is ferny hills.

Closer to town and your rent will be higher..

PM if you would like to ring and chat about it.;)

to much to type.....:D:D:D

[100I]

I'd also suggest Coorparoo, Morningside, Norman Pk, still reasonably priced and everything is handy.
Get the right place and you could hop the Rivercat and leave the car at home;).

[Bigbjorn]

New Farm, Milton, Auchenflower, Toowong, for proximity to the Hale St. Bridge. Are you driving to work or using public transport? If the latter, check the suburbs along the train lines, say out to Indooroopilly, Newmarket, Toombul, on the Northside, or Morningside, Yeerongpilly on the Southside. Anywhere further out is too far out for my liking, and I do not like the buses, too infrequent, and timetables are a wild estimate at best.

[OLR-067]

If you like beach's and fishing either Cleveland or Redcliffe...close to the ferries to Moreton and Straddie and 30 imns or so to town..there's trains at Clevo straight to Roma St..or train at Sandgate...and maybe in another 100 years train to redcliffe....:p...gotta love politicians and there promises..even further upon sunny coast and train from Caboolture to Roma st...

cheers
paul

[roverfj1200]

Sounds to me that anywhere in Brisbane is Good.....:D

Thats why I'm here,;)

[twitchy]

Jesus, Hamilton, Auchenflower, Towong. Unless your name is Packer or similar they will suck your cash out of your pocket while you look at the housing.

[WhiteD3]

Depend which side of the bridge you need to get to.

Because of the traffic, you really want the southside if your working on the West End end or north/west suburbs if your on the Hales St side.

Myself, at Kuraby which is basically the intersection of the Gateway and M1. So we're 30 min from the city, airport and 45 to Palm Beach on the coast.

[mojo]

For the southside, I'd give another vote for the Coorparoo/Norman Park/Morningside area. Lots of units around. Depends what price you want to pay though - all those suburbs are pretty close to the city, rent will probably be a bit cheaper if you move a couple of suburbs further out ...

Cheers

Sean