Dazz did you ever live in this place?
Yes - nearly two years. A HUGE step up from where we were living previously. We rented it out for 3 years to a nice ex-pat Shell couple, so we took the sting out of the mortgage before we moved in.
Didn't like it that much as the block was only 15m wide, as we had just come from a 27m wide block. Talk about feel hemmed in. You could hear the neighbours fighting clear as a bell. Forget land size, the width of the block is so much more important than the depth of the block.
We found they were much snootier than what we were used to, which drove the wife nuts, but as I went to work each day, it didn't bother me at all.
I would describe Neddies as a "wannabe" suburb. They constantly compare wealth and income with neighbours, and if they can afford it, ever so slowly start creeping south toward the river. There was the always asked question at parties, which tried to pidgeon hole you into the following box, in ascending order ;
Nedlands - north of Stirling Highway..........1.4 to 1.8
Nedlands - south of Stirling Highway..........1.8 to 2.1
Dalkeith - north of Waratah Ave...............2.3 to 2.9
Dalkeith - south of Waratah Ave..............2.3 to 3.6
Dalkeith - river views.............................2.8 to 5.0
Dalkeith - river front..............................6.0 to 20.0
We always loudly proclaimed we were members of the first group, and watched to see who turned their noses up at us. We actually found members of the second group to be the worst - the aspiring wannabes. Surprisingly, the ones up in the upper groups never had anything to prove, and so were - in the main, generally cordial.
is it weird being so close to the cemetery? I dont mind this area but the cemetery just really puts me off
Our house was 2 streets back and had nothing to do with the cemetery....it certainly doesn't get noticed at all. It is nice to take your dog for a walk in there though, very peaceful and calming to get away from all of the cars.
It is close to the Royal Show, you can walk from there. Trains were quite inaccessible, with Loch St being the closest station. Typical household were a middle manager type husband, with a stay at home mother with young kids. Big mortgage, big car, big debt, big hair and not going anywhere.
Ours now rents for $ 820 p.w., (it flatlined at $ 500 p.w. for 8 years before the big rent jumps in '07) which will service a loan of about 600K. With house prices starting at about 1.4m, she's a huge negative cash hole.
If anyone wants to give me 1.5m unconditional cash for our 4x2, I'll probably rip your arm off in the rush to take it from you. hahahaha
