Long time reader, first time poster.
We are in the process of moving to Canberra or Queanbeyan, probably by around Christmas. And I am hoping we can get some sound advice regarding a couple of issues. In particular schools and property.
I have done a fair bit of research on both these forums and also the excellent allhomes website (that is an amazing resource, and I am sure if it went national would bury the competitors).
We have renovated two houses, and plan on keeping the one we are in as an IP, and then either buy one in Canberra to renovate or buy land and build a new one.
I am very adverse to living in the 'burbs as such. And we are therefore looking at two primary areas. Either a house around Narrabundah, Griffith etc which we can gut and renew with a budget of around $400,000 or a rural block outside of Queanbeyan where we can build a new house around $200,000
We don't want to buy in a new estate and we don't want to buy a house where someone else has already done the work. Are we dreaming? Are there other areas we could be looking at?
We are also looking for schools for our girls. Two of them currently attend a very 'homey' Catholic primary school which has been fantastic. By next year though two will be in high school and one in primary. Are there smaller schools around Canberra, public or private doesn't matter, with good reputations? We don't want our kids to end of some huge school where everyone is just trying to get by. Are there schools we should avoid?
Thanks in advance and I appreciate it's all a matter of personal opinion, we are just hoping for a bit more information to digest
Cheers
We are in the process of moving to Canberra or Queanbeyan, probably by around Christmas. And I am hoping we can get some sound advice regarding a couple of issues. In particular schools and property.
I have done a fair bit of research on both these forums and also the excellent allhomes website (that is an amazing resource, and I am sure if it went national would bury the competitors).
We have renovated two houses, and plan on keeping the one we are in as an IP, and then either buy one in Canberra to renovate or buy land and build a new one.
I am very adverse to living in the 'burbs as such. And we are therefore looking at two primary areas. Either a house around Narrabundah, Griffith etc which we can gut and renew with a budget of around $400,000 or a rural block outside of Queanbeyan where we can build a new house around $200,000
We don't want to buy in a new estate and we don't want to buy a house where someone else has already done the work. Are we dreaming? Are there other areas we could be looking at?
We are also looking for schools for our girls. Two of them currently attend a very 'homey' Catholic primary school which has been fantastic. By next year though two will be in high school and one in primary. Are there smaller schools around Canberra, public or private doesn't matter, with good reputations? We don't want our kids to end of some huge school where everyone is just trying to get by. Are there schools we should avoid?
Thanks in advance and I appreciate it's all a matter of personal opinion, we are just hoping for a bit more information to digest
Cheers