Thread: Housing in Western Sydney

Hi Ace. Does it have to be Western sydney - can it be Northern or Southern Sydney area?
Does it have to be a free standing house rather than, say, a townhouse?
Cheers

Originally Posted by wouldbeowner

Hi Ace. Does it have to be Western sydney - can it be Northern or Southern Sydney area?
Does it have to be a free standing house rather than, say, a townhouse?
Cheers

Hi mate, would prefer western sydney but open to suggestions. I think Stacey is keen on western Sydney as her dad lives in the mountains and its an easy run up the M4 from western sydney. I am chasing a spot in Highway Patrol once my 3 year tenure is up, clocked up my first 12 months in september last year so heading towards the half way mark. I dont mind a half hour odd train ride to work, police get a free rail, ferry and bus transport card to get more eyes and ears on the trains as free security so im not fussed about travel.

It also has to be a house, we have dogs and we need the space. We are in a 2 bedroom unit at the moment and whilst it has decent sized yards (for a unit) I dont want a town house or villa or the like. Needs to be at least 3 bedrooms and have 2 car spaces at the minimum.

Im starting to see that we will need to save some more and make the budget 400-500k if we are going to get a decent house in the better areas. We are hoping to have about 30-50 grand equity in this place when it comes time to sell so we will have between a 5-10% deposit in that alone plus what we sell.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Matt, Emu Plains is the place to be in Penrith. Close to shopping centre and railway station (Mountain trains), the M4 (and me! )

Forget Glenmore Park. Bloody awful street arrangement, streets too narrow to park - nowhere for visitors to park except on the grass verge (ready to be booked). Try driving in or out during peak hours, or on Saturday or Sunday. There are only two access points to Glenmore Park and, as a result, it's awful. Or worse! I know you won't believe me so I suggest you see for yourself.

Forget some areas of Cranebrook - read the local papers to see why (and talk to bus drivers about why some won't drive through there). It's not within walking distance of a railway station, either.

Kingswood? Some areas are of lower socio-economic standing, some have problems with persons of Pacific Island appearance..... I wouldn't buy there.

Glenbrook is overpriced and has bugger all going for it. People advertise the village atmosphere (which is non-existent) to boost the price they ask for houses.

I know a bit about Glenmore Park, one of the guys on my team at work just moved up from St Mary's and lived in Glenmore park, the road situation is one thing he did tell me alot about, he said the same as you Ron. Nice area bit crap access.

There seems to be alot of choice in the Claremont Meadows, Werrington, Werrington Downs area for the 400-500k mark. One thing I dont want is a pool, not something I want to have to keep up the cleaning etc to, but i fear I might get out voted on that one, I have two water rats as family members Im not much of a swimming fan. But if a pool and a good garage/workshop can fit on a block and have room for the dogs then i'll be happy with that.

PS, I would be happy to live near you Ron, when we stopped in at your place that day Stacey commented on how nice the area was.

So whats the go with South Penrith then ron? Not a good area? The houses that are listed appear to be nice well renovated homes.

Stay away from the boundary of blacktown west to penrith, south till past the M4 and north theres not much past the farming areas. East of B'town seven hills/kings langley, lalor (trailer) park (where I am) is in your price range and block size. Like anything, has it's places to avoid but is: right next to M4, M2 & M7. Close to major rail, close to btown and westmead hospitals (incl childrens) and it's about an hour or so to anywhere (mountains, beach, w'gong, gosford)

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Stay away from the boundary of blacktown west to penrith, south till past the M4 and north theres not much past the farming areas. East of B'town seven hills/kings langley, lalor (trailer) park (where I am) is in your price range and block size. Like anything, has it's places to avoid but is: right next to M4, M2 & M7. Close to major rail, close to btown and westmead hospitals (incl childrens) and it's about an hour or so to anywhere (mountains, beach, w'gong, gosford)

Do you mean stay away from the area between Blacktown West and Penrith?

I first lived in Penrith in 1958 (I was aged 9). It was a big country town then and at the time there was not one set of traffic lights in the whole town. I went to high school in Emu Plains (I was in the senior year every year as it was a brand new school). Emu was all orchards and dairy farms at the time. It was a great place to grow up. My old mum stayed in Penrith until her death 2 years ago. I spent time as a school teacher both in Mt Druitt (at Shalvey) and in Penrith. All in all, I feel I know the outer western suburbs of Greater Sydney very well. My advice is keep out, it is bloody awful. Look at the lower Blue Mountains (Springwood down). Travel time to Penrith is not bad, and the living environment so much better.

Cheers
KarlB

So when you catch your new neighbour down the local with your blueray player on the table and a tourniquet around his arm, can you do anything or would it be classified as a conflict of interest?

Casula's quite nice & there might be a suitable house for sale soon.

Nearly 800m sq block, double drive through garage, room for at least 2 more cars undercover out the back. 3br brick veneer, ducted A/C, big lounge room & kitchen. Nice, low maintenance native garden too .

5min walk to the shopping centre & 10min to the railway station.
1 min drive to the M5/M7 junction, 20min to the airport, 30min to the centre of Sydney on a good run.