Thread: Housing in Western Sydney

Originally Posted by ugu80

Become a cyclist at TSG or Surry Hills and get a FJR1300 to commute with. Live wherever you like.

Motorcycle Highway patrol is not something I am interested in getting into, i'll stick to cars.

As I said, im not fussed where I work, i can travel. Just looking for input on areas to avoid and ones which are more desirable.

It was more the missus who requested that if we do move to the big smoke that we live in Western Sydney or the lower blue mountains, hence why I asked about the area. If we live in this area there is a wide range of stations I am able to commute to and work in, and a wide area that she is able to find work in, probation parole or DOCS. But she has at least 2 years left in her degree which coincides with my tenure being completed and allowing me to consider moving, all things considering, as MickS brought up.

Are there now upmarket areas in Western Sydney? The place must have changed a bit since I lived there. I always thought the up market areas of Sydney were North Shore Line, Northern Beaches, and Eastern Suburbs. Past Burwood, well "Thar be Westies".

Originally Posted by ugu80

Hi Rover Ron

TSG at Eastern Creek, Surry Hills just regular local HWP but have bikes due to City traffic. Wheels OK?

I'd like the bikes. Could I pull over the ******* who drive without consideration for others (not necessarily speeding), e.g., hogging the RH lane (fine exceeds $110 ), etc.

The wheels look good on the IIA, thanks very much. I still owe you a nice bottle of red.

Matt, when I said Sth Penrith is not better than Penrith, I meant that it ain't neceesarily so. There are some nice spots in old Penrith (and in Sth Penrith). But Penrith houses are more likely to be older than Sth Penrith. I prefer Penrith.

A friend who has just moved to Emu Plains made the comment today that Emu Plains is a hidden jewel. People just don't know about it.

I think the ideal would be to buy a block (yes, there still are some around)and put a new house on it.

Any house around here is likely to be 30-40 years old.

Once you move west of Penrith, travel time increases markedly. Train speed limits in the Mountains are quite low. Springwood is, by train, 30 mins from Penrith but by car it's only 15 minutes..

Originally Posted by p38arover

Matt, when I said Sth Penrith is not better than Penrith, I meant that it ain't neceesarily so. There are some nice spots in old Penrith (and in Sth Penrith). But Penrith houses are more likely to be older than Sth Penrith. I prefer Penrith.

A friend who has just moved to Emu Plains made the comment today that Emu Plains is a hidden jewel. People just don't know about it.

I think the ideal would be to buy a block (yes, there still are some around)and put a new house on it.

Any house around here is likely to be 30-40 years old.

Once you move west of Penrith, travel time increases markedly. Train speed limits in the Mountains are quite low. Springwood is, by train, 30 mins from Penrith but by car it's only 15 minutes..

Thanks Ron, yeah, i got what you meant. Its like anywhere, there are good areas and bad areas.

Matt

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Are there now upmarket areas in Western Sydney? The place must have changed a bit since I lived there. I always thought the up market areas of Sydney were North Shore Line, Northern Beaches, and Eastern Suburbs. Past Burwood, well "Thar be Westies".

I believe I said "more up market", as opposed to housing commission estates.

If I had the money to live in a house on the north shore, eastern suburbs etc i wouldnt be asking this question.

Originally Posted by Ace

I believe I said "more up market", as opposed to housing commission estates.

If I had the money to live in a house on the north shore, eastern suburbs etc i wouldnt be asking this question.

Actually, you might. Every time I go to these supposedly up market areas, I am dismayed by lack of street parking, the continual traffic, distance to shopping centres, public transport, etc.

Give me the outer west.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Actually, you might. Every time I go to these supposedly up market areas, I am dismayed by lack of street parking, the continual traffic, distance to shopping centres, public transport, etc.

Give me the outer west.

Im the same, the so called "Up market" areas closer to the coast are just to built up and to busy for me. I'd rather the western suburbs any day, which is largely why we are looking to live in that area. Whilst its still the city to me, and it comes with the headaches that living in the more densely populated areas generate I quite like the western suburbs of sydney, and areas like Mt Druitt aside i wouldnt mind living there that much.

As MickS said there are many factors which will affect the move, and how long it will take for me to get a spot in highway somewhere in the area is unknown but i'll be heading that way eventually. As a result would like to know the realestate market inside and out before I make the move, which I why i have asked the question so early. I'll spend the next couple of years watching house prices and what areas are going up and what areas are going down etc. We dont plan on staying there for ever, as I said 3-5 years, but I would like to have a house that has generated some equity in the time we are there.

Originally Posted by Ace

I believe I said "more up market", as opposed to housing commission estates.

If I had the money to live in a house on the north shore, eastern suburbs etc i wouldnt be asking this question.

I used to live at Villawood. Everything is up market to me.

Thanks Rover Ron, glad I could help you. You and your lovely wife enjoy the vino, I'm afraid it all tends to taste like vinegar to me.