Even though my purchase has already settled, I've decided to keep this thread going for anyone who would like to post any relevant info on the area.
The Kalamunda Shire has announced that planning for a new Urban Centre developed around the proposed terminus of the Forrestfield Airport Link has...
Thanks for the relevant info, always welcomed. IMO, the airport link project is not just to cater for the FIFO market as the article suggests, it's just a basic progression of Perth's development - A train link to the airport and south-eastern suburbs.
Building and pest report
Have got my building and pest report back. Nothing major but seems there is a lot of recommendations of re-sealing in the bathroom and the kitchen which is something I definitely want to get done straight away as I don't want to deal with any future major plumbing...
Have you considered the Inglewood, Mount Lawley, Bedford, Dianella area? I'm quite biased as I hope to buy my PPOR in that area one day but it seems to fit the criteria you've set...
-Dianella and Galleria shopping centres local
-Quite safe from what I know as long as you don't buy next an...
Something that always needs to be rememebered... You can talk about the overall pictures of Melbourne and Perth but there are always suburbs and areas that aren't following the pattern for whatever reason which I've seen first hand with a suburb like Forrestfield.
By what you've said, the reason you're attracted to Perth is that you can buy a property with a large land size for future to development but then you've said you're looking at buying a unit so please clarify that?
As r377 said, you could buy 2 properties with $890k
Building and pest to being done this week... I ended up using
www.tbiwa.com.au because I had already seen one of their reports which had pointed out a lot of flaws on a property. Quoted $440 for both.