Maribyrnong

Hi,

Not sure about apartments – you should visit their display or if unable then give Mirvac a quick call or visit their project website. I visited the estate earlier this year and the mix of architectural styles wasn't to my entire liking. You can tell that some designs won't date gracefully. It's probably booming but so is the rest of inner Melbourne and the west.  All the ugly ducklings in the west up to Maidstone is now pretty solid, and a friend of mind says he's seeing buyers coming from the east of Melbourne because they've been priced out there. And the Docklands office factor will certainly add to the buyers seeking the inner west.

Lol you mention research-you obviously have done none!!! Have you ever even been there? As we all know as soon as you step a centimetre over the western border all of a sudden noise and pollution are amplified lol

Seriously what 'research' have you got showing aircraft noise at Edgewater? I am actually an ex commercial pilot and Edegwater isnt even under a approach path for Tulla, thus an overhead aircraft are just as close to there as they are to say…Toorak, plus at that distance they are normally around 5,000 feet-hardley a noise problem…ahh you do actually realise where Edgewater is do you? Soo funny…..

i agree with you blogs about peoples perception on the west being quite way off the truth.  I love the one where 'Altona' smells like a refinery!  Well i've been there for over 3yrs now and although i'm not near the refinery i'm a few blocks from the beach and i have never smelt it ever!!!!!  we get the bay breezes and it blows the smell to altona North.  Sorry a bit off topic but i too get sick of peoples unfounded opinions on the west! oh and lets not forget the sun in our eyes to and from the city, lol.

sorry just really had to vent that… back to your original topic.

Nice try sport, but I don't live in the east.

They have only lived there 6 months and their house has been broken into twice.  Does it mean anything?  I dunno.  That why I suggested to DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST about the area, but you seem to take it a bit personally.

Has anyone got a link for more recent stats like this (the above ones are from 2003/04)? I'm not disputing the west is no more worse than some eastern suburbs argument, I just want these kinds of stats. I remember there was one car insurance site where you could extract some of these stats by changing the suburb you were housing a car in but it took too much filing out!

I live in the north and there are some suburbs here that have pretty bad crime rates. Looking at the above list it seems to be a mix of dodgy outer suburbs (in all directions), a couple extremely wealthly and supposedly 'affluent' ones (that are targeted for obvious reasons) along with a lot of urban suburbs on the fringes of the city in all directions (many of whom used to be classified as rough areas but have gone up heaps in value largely due to their proximity to the CBD).

Anyway, if you’ve got 700k to spend I’d be heading to Williamstown or even some parts of Newport to have a look at what you can get. Much nicer than Marybrnong.

lol 'theheath' well i have a cold at the moment so can't smell much, but the council spend i think (don't quote me) around $40k per year cleaning it up every morning with a tractor so i honestly don't smell it.

I'd rather that than the attractive high rise commission flats in williamstown (they make for a lovely view).  oh and lets not forget williamstown officially has one of the most dirtiest beaches in the bay. 

I think Maribrynong is undervalued for it's proximity to everything, i think it has a long way to go to make it really appealing to live their though (with a young family i mean).  good investment for the future – i say yes.

and yep the angler taven has very nice food, very nice asset for the area and love the parks for the kids.

Blogs, did I read right, you think Edgewater is nicer than Williamstown?

And to answer your question I was only as recently as two weeks ago working in the edgeater estate. A palm tree and some ashphalt next to a dirty brown river doesn’t make a place a great place to live. It makes it less shitty than it could otherwise be, but that doesn’t mean it’s good. Anyway, I’m sure it’ll make you some good money regardless so invest away.

It wasn't the results of your "research", or even that you had bothered to do any.  I just don't care enough to argue with you.  You win, you're the big swinging d*ck.