point cook

[weelee]

Hi all,
well after loads of time waiting we decided to start looking for locations for us to build our house we have looked at point cook can anyone share any info on the place, either visited or inside info would be gratefully .

thanks Gordon

ps into our third week of limbo waiting for victoria sponsorship hopefully we will hear soon,

pps stocking up on whiskey to get ready to ship over

everyone invited to our house warming party when the house is complete

getting into the swing of things BYOP

[Halo]

Its the West
Its soil is crap
Not very green
It has no real community
Still quite a bit of burglary (higher crime rates)
Crap transport
Cashed up Bogans
To many South African
Good road into the city
Good sized houses
Decent shopping center (if you like Malls)
Good investment in the long run

[scottishcelts]

Originally Posted by Halo

Its the West
Its soil is crap
Not very green
It has no real community
Still quite a bit of burglary (higher crime rates)
Crap transport
Cashed up Bogans
To many South African
Good road into the city
Good sized houses
Decent shopping center (if you like Malls)
Good investment in the long run

See you are your usual master of hope, positivity and optimism then Halo

Still, you always manage to make me laugh, can't be a bad thing

[Halo]

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

See you are your usual master of hope, positivity and optimism then Halo

Still, you always manage to make me laugh, can't be a bad thing

Am I wrong? at all?

Remember................ Its the place where folk from Werribee aspire to live (say no more)

[scottishcelts]

Originally Posted by Halo

Am I wrong? at all?

Remember................ Its the place where folk from Werribee aspire to live (say no more)

[112inky]

Hi, point cook seems like a wonderful place to settle in...A new point cook town centre
has been contructed and working nicely...it is a commercial centre with largest amount of shops inbuilt...

[Halo]

Originally Posted by 112inky

Hi, point cook seems like a wonderful place to settle in...A new point cook town centre
has been contructed and working nicely...it is a commercial centre with largest amount of shops inbuilt...

Seems is the operative word....
Answer this question then:
Why is it 30-40% cheaper than an equivalent house (size, distance from the city etc) in the South/Eastern suburbs?

[Mingo]

Because only gullible fools buy houses in the eastern suburbs

I personally can't stand the eastern suburbs. It feels cluttered, and doesn't really have anything going for it unless you like spending way too much on a house. I grew up in the west, and amazingly was never shot at and I was never forced to give up my wallet at knifepoint. I can't imagine living anywhere else in Melbourne.

The arrogant attitude of people from the east doesn't help...

[Halo]

Originally Posted by Mingo

Because only gullible fools buy houses in the eastern suburbs

I personally can't stand the eastern suburbs. It feels cluttered, and doesn't really have anything going for it unless you like spending way too much on a house. I grew up in the west, and amazingly was never shot at and I was never forced to give up my wallet at knifepoint. I can't imagine living anywhere else in Melbourne.

The arrogant attitude of people from the east doesn't help...

Yup, we like those high streets with coffee shops and cafe's lined with those big green leafy things called trees. We like reliable transport, low crime rates the the close proximity to all types of entertainment. Yes, we are fools

[Mingo]

You probably have me on the cafe's part, but all the other stuff really never bothered me. As I said, I had no issues with crime and don't know anyone that did. I used the public transport system for years during school and while there is room for improvement (it NEEDS to run later into the night), it always got me from A to B.

I think in Point Cook's case, you don't have walking distance access to a train station but Werribee is quite close. Personally, I'm not willing to pay $200,000 more on what would probably be a smaller house for better access to some trams But that's just me.

Anyway, I don't wanna turn this into an east vs west debate. In response to weelee, obviously Point Cook doesn't meet the lofty standards of people from Toorak, but I really think it is definitely worthy of investigation And don't buy into the whole crime rate thing, it's not like you'll ever see any examples of it. It's certainly not South Africa.