A detailed analysis of education levels in the south-eastern suburbs, including Frankston and Dandenong. http://monash.edu/sustainability-institute/assets/documents/chisholminstituteoftafereport.pdf
While Greater Dandenong is more disadvantaged than Frankston, page 21 shows that education...
Seaford is a funny beast - it's a large suburb with many different pockets.
The best location is around Seaford Station or Nepean Hwy.
The worst location is between Kananook Station and Frankston - Dandenong Rd where it's similarly located to Frankston North but with better housing...
Population growth in a country town or a whole metropolitan region may be good if your property is in a favourable location within it where it assumes increasing scarcity value. It might also be good for commercial property because of rising catchment populations.
But low growth in a...
The Orwil/Spray block location is terrible. It's beyond walking distance of trains. It's not really a practical walk to the the beach. There's no high schools of note in the area.
Its local shopping strip (a couple of shops on Fairway) is uninspiring. It's a long, unattractive (and in some...
They've got a big job ahead of them given the 'interesting' retail mix, eg:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-38.1459126,145.124705,3a,75y,51.22h,89.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swAuZBi2nIzu6bR2xOoXhXQ!2e0?hl=en
Three for sale on the one building...
You're not being fair to Berwick. There's Old Berwick and new Berwick. Berwick has express trains all day, whereas Frankston only has them during the peak periods. As for the aesthetics, compare the following streetscapes (both near the station).
Here's the walk to Berwick Station...
I suspect Seaford (the Adelaide one) is cheaper given the proximity to the water. Eg
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-seaford-118243443
is walking distance to the beach and on the beach side of the main road.
(Frankston North is neither Frankston nor a genuine seaside suburb)
It's not that the station is lowly used that's the issue, it's more the reason why.
Whereas Frankston has trains to the city every 10 min 7 days/week, stations on the Stony Point line only have trains every 1 - 2 hours, and there's a need to change at Frankston.
This level of service...
Rents for 3br houses (from re.com)
Frankston North - start from $250 pw
Hastings - start from $250 pw
Cranbourne - start from $260 pw
Really doesn't seem to be a lot of difference in rent between these places.
And a $20 pw difference in rent won't be enough to force a move...