NSW Sydney West - Riverstone, Marsden Park

I have commuted to city from two different stations in the west and one in the south west. QH is not any different.

Rouse Hill is nicer and more gentrified but priced accordingly. If you can afford buy in RH by all means but not because metro is better unless you work in chatswood or macquarie park

 

Dust will settle in 6 months and then there will be at least 2-3 years of nothingness. So wait and see where the bottom sits and then look at entering the market.

Jumping in now wouldn't be the smartest move.

 

I live in the north side of Quakers Hill and, catch the train to city every day. If I catch the train from Quakers Hill station it takes me approximately 50-60 minutes on the train. You could change at seven hills for a express train which will cut down your travel time.
If you drive to Blacktown and catch a express you may be able to get to City in approximately 30 mins. Although driving to Blacktown and back can be challenging during peak hours.

 

then you should not be looking at areas which will hopefully 'gentrify' in 15 years time. it could be good investment but you need to gentrification right now.

Your options are townhouse in Baulkham Hills / Westmead for the best school or a house in Quakers Hill and a very good school with options of even better private ones.

 

such a nice area... I scold myself everyday for not knowing it before

 

Agree and currently they are mostly taken by owner occupiers and the vendors are realistic with the prices for that kind of bloc(500 Sam's) and houses.

Maybe look at this one. Fully renovated house in a top notch location

1 Afton Place Quakers Hill NSW 2763 - House for Sale #128892718 - realestate.com.au

 

Yes and there is a push to get more parking. Also you have trains to city every 10 mins in peak hours and 48 mins to Central.

You can change at seven hills on the opp platform and take the train to save 7-10 mins. So 40 mins you will be in central

 

Quakers hill has 4 good schools and are well established

 

i think Punchbowl and Lakemba would fall into the criteria but they are said to have similar issues as Blacktown.

 

any comments on seven hill , i think it has got express trains to CBD. A smaller house with 556m2 land is under 700k
16 Bernice Street Seven Hills NSW 2147 - House for Sale #129016298 - realestate.com.au

 

Seven Hills is fine, you are near Blacktown, good trains. Easy M2 access.
Only train problem is it's the station where the train fares changes. All in all though, I think relatively speaking, you get good value buying in Seven Hills relative to lots of other suburbs.

 

I would say to list down things which should tick for you. Some suburbs might have a station with express trains but other things you might require like shops, schools, parks etc might not be there. So just express trains to city might tick one of your boxes but look for suburbs which tick all the boxes which you require. Hope that helps!

 

thanks that does make sense , but i am currently doing the initial screening and then probably look into more criteria

 

Government schools (primary and secondary) are pretty bad in that area.

 

Thanks neK .

 

I live in Quakers Hill and drive to the city from time to time via M7/M2. In my opinion, it took me 1hr during peak hour from the city to drive to Hurstville but it only took me 30mins to drive from city back to Quakers. However if you compare their distance to the city it seems like a no brainer Hurstville should be a lot better when in reality not.

I would suggest you actually try to go to the suburbs you're keen in the morning and in the afternoon to sus out the traffic and the demographics. Which ever suburbs gives you a home comfort go for it.

 

Do you own a helicopter?

 

LOL its a lot quicker than you thought when you travel all the way through M2/M7 despite the distance.

 

I hear you put in a deposit on helicopter....... ...hear that was based on all profits from the Brissie development.

 

Excuse me where do you park your helicopter...