Originally Posted by Strubaru

check out 'heathridge' mate, i live there, takes me about 20min to get into perth city if i miss peak hour, about 5min drive to the beach (mulaloo) 5min drive to ocean reef boat marina, 5 min drive to joondalup centre (hospital too) 10min drive to osbourne park which is quite a large industrial area i'd imgine would have wood-working shopd, its got really good access in all directions with marmion avenue and the mitchell freeway access being really close

its a bit of an older suburb with generally 15-20 year old 3X1 & 4X2 houses, lots of houses for sale in the area have had new bathrooms, kitchens renovated etc

$330 average house price for a 3bed 1 bathroom duplex (like your semi-detached houses) $400k average house price for a 3 bed 1 bath, $450-$500 for 4 bedroom 2 bathroom larger home

there is a new part in the south west corner of the suburb called 'oceanside gardens' its only about 5 years old, lots of really nice new houses in there but you'll pay premium prices for them (around 600k) this new area i feel has boosted the prices of the older homes and given owners more incentive to renovate thier older homes, increasing the overall feel of the suburb (more-so than say neighbouring suburb craigie, 2 storey additions are quite common with ocean views also being sometimes attainable as heathridge is built on a large hill (sand-dune hahaha)


i'm from england also (manchester) and i like the seabreeze we get here in heathridge in the afternoon, (all suburbs in the western coastal strip get this, eastern suburbs don't really) its quite a relief after having a 38 degree day and the breeze starts blowing at 3pm & cools everything off hahaha

good luck with your search mate, hope this has helped

edit: oh yeah forgot to mention, the perth city council has moved most of the homeswest (council houses) out to: clarkson, merriwa & butler, my brother & sister in law live in knightsbridge drive opposite a really nice park in brighton (butler) and they are having loads of problems with kids vandalising stuff, graffiti, break-ins etc from the trailer park white-trash homewest have moved in there around them, i'd personally give all these suburbs a miss