What Are Good And Bad Suburbs In Perth!?

[Char]

hey people,

currently looking at buying house, anyone got opinions on good/bad suburbs in Perth!!?? sort of looking at Lockridge or Ellenbrook but still just anywhere atm

Edited October 6, 2011 by Char

[Blizzerd]

Oh shit.. ellenbrook, i hear theres a few dodgy people around there!!

Depends on what your willing too spend mate, are you already north or south?

[mikeyR33-T]

mate, if you can:

stay away from mirrabooka, girrawheen, nangebub, in the north, stay away from forestville/field in the east, south = stay away from armadale and canningvale, but the west is good, if you got the cash; go to applecross, or como or around garden city shopping centre is nice it all comes down to price range (perth is like the dearest place to buy full stop)

[Johny Bravo]

Yeah avoid places along the train lines, they tend to be bad from memory. Well pretty much anywhere on the armadale line!

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Price will be inversley proportional to how dodgy an area it, more dodgy = cheaper

[260tech]

Forget Lockridge.........cheap for a good reason as explained above. I had a house in Beldon for a few years, that place was OK, dunno about now though. Clowns all over the place these days. Good luck with the house hunting anyway.

Cheers GW

[Stinky Rooster]

Fkn LOL @ telling someone considering Lockeridge, that armadale is dodgy

I have been living on the armadale line, on and off, for over 20 years, and have never had a problem. Never been bailed up on the train stations, never even had a reason to call the cops for anything.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I have been living on the armadale line, on and off, for over 20 years, and have never had a problem. Never been bailed up on the train stations, never even had a reason to call the cops for anything.

That's cause you're the one doing all the break and enters

[Char]

cheers for the info, yeah its hard to decide, it seems only now i realise how little i know about suburbs.

my price range is only round 300-400k, so nothing too spectacular

its funny coz when i ask my mates etc it seems everyone has something bad to say about everywhere!

[Stinky Rooster]

That's cause you're the one doing all the break and enters

well, there IS that.......

But yeah, every suburb has its own issues. Best tip I can give, is that if you find a place you like the look of, go back a few times, at different times of the day and night, and on different days of the week (such as pension day, about 7pm) You will soon see any warning signs.

[GWP021]

Price will be inversley proportional to how dodgy an area it, more dodgy = cheaper

not always true we have afew areas down here full of CUBs = costs a fortune but feels like living in rockingham

[JonnoHR31]

come live in balga! give it 3 months and you'll hate anything and everything to do with africa...

[Blizzerd]

theres always huntingdale or souther river

[dirtyRS4]

depends OP on proximity and if your gonna buy or build??

that budget doesnt stretch far..

[Mayuri Krab]

Dalkeith is considered to be the best "Rich" man subrub amongest the Chinese family friends I know...

But take it with a grain of salt as it is they are the same people that think a BMW 318i/Merc C180 is the same as a 7 series or S-class...

My parents bought a block of land in a subrub called Jindalee (way up north, freeway ends before reaching there) & it looks pretty decent with all new houses & I've being driving there a couple of times at night/evening & didn't see any little shitheads runing around like I see in my current subrub.

Edited October 8, 2011 by Mayuri Krab

[Char]

Dalkeith is considered to be the best "Rich" man subrub amongest the Chinese family friends I know...

note to self:

Territory Borders:

Dalkeith = Chinese

Beechborro = Vietnamese

Beckenham = Lebonese

ese is the word

so far no one has said anything bad about Ellenbrook which is good as thats probably what im leaning towards atm

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Bad thing about Ellenbrook is that I live there

[JZP]

I went over to the ellenbrook shopping centre opening (had some business there). I thought it was a really nice suburb, till I went back the next day to find a stolen/dumped car in the main carpark with light pole toppled over. I didn't believe the locals till I saw it for myself.

But I'm from the east, what would I know!

But as the other guys say - budget dictates location. Building is usually cheaper than buying established, but it takes time. Maybe the 'predicted' GFC will shake things up...

[Char]

Bad thing about Ellenbrook is that I live there

nice, I should probably go ahead and apologise now for waking you up everytime I start my car

[Dingus]

Yeah, I'd stay away from Lockridge or Balga/Westminster. Most suburbs have their good and bad, just need to try to pick the area of each suburb. I've heard lots of bad problems about Armadale, but lived there for 6 months and didn't have a single problem, only moved because I was working in Joondalup. Caught the train to and from work for about half of that time while I didn't have a license and didn't have a single problem. Have heard dodgy things about Bassendean too, but at least the street I live on is quiet, except for the occasional douchebag deciding they need to floor it out of the slow point outside my house.