Hello everyone,
I've always found the information here useful and was hoping for some assistance and advice in regards to our situation.
We have about $500K max budget to buy a house in Melbourne's west. We have been looking around West Footscray, Maidstone, Keilor East, Glenroy, the reason being that we are from here and all our friends and family are here so we'd like to remain close.
From an investment perspective we already have a property in Footscray and love the area but our budget isn't looking like it will buy much nowadays.
The other problem is schooling - we have a toddler and another baby on the way and would like somewhere with access to good education facilities (hence looking at the Keilor East area.)
It needs to be a detached dwelling with a decent sized yard, 3 bedrooms and decent living area - it may just not be a great time now before Christmas as we aren't having much luck in finding the one.
The other thing to note is whilst this will become our PPOR and we aim to keep it for some time, I'd still like it to be in an area that will see growth.
Where would you buy in our situation?
Thanks in advance!
I've always found the information here useful and was hoping for some assistance and advice in regards to our situation.
We have about $500K max budget to buy a house in Melbourne's west. We have been looking around West Footscray, Maidstone, Keilor East, Glenroy, the reason being that we are from here and all our friends and family are here so we'd like to remain close.
From an investment perspective we already have a property in Footscray and love the area but our budget isn't looking like it will buy much nowadays.
The other problem is schooling - we have a toddler and another baby on the way and would like somewhere with access to good education facilities (hence looking at the Keilor East area.)
It needs to be a detached dwelling with a decent sized yard, 3 bedrooms and decent living area - it may just not be a great time now before Christmas as we aren't having much luck in finding the one.
The other thing to note is whilst this will become our PPOR and we aim to keep it for some time, I'd still like it to be in an area that will see growth.
Where would you buy in our situation?
Thanks in advance!