Good places to live?

MrBurns · 15 October 2009

Sent an email to an agent in London yesterday about a property and he phoned me - I'd given the wrong email address.

Now that's service.

He said they expected the market to stay low for the next 18 months and it was about 20% off it's high now, so might be a good time to get in.

Big decision.

Tink · 15 October 2009

Yeah it is a big decision Mr Burns, its not a quick flight home

I suppose its all the things you have to think about if you are thinking of moving there permanently.

MrBurns · 15 October 2009

Tink said:
Yeah it is a big decision Mr Burns, its not a quick flight home

I suppose its all the things you have to think about if you are thinking of moving there permanently.

Yeah you have to leave family etc etc the hidden ties that hold you back, the theory is great but......................

Then again you only live once........as far as I know,

Shrewd Crude · 16 October 2009

NEW ZEALAND IS A great place to live...
could be described as the best place to live in the World...
thank you...

.^sc

overit · 16 October 2009

I have been doing some snooping for spots around the whitsundays!

Rainforest, beach, islands, reef! Thats what life is all about. WHITSUNDAY IMAGES!

Airlie Beach!

doctorj · 16 October 2009

MrBurns said:
Sent an email to an agent in London yesterday about a property and he phoned me - I'd given the wrong email address.

Now that's service.

He said they expected the market to stay low for the next 18 months and it was about 20% off it's high now, so might be a good time to get in.

Big decision.

If you believe the press here, prices for all but the very top end of town have put in a bottom and have actually increased the past couple of months. Don't be too keen on estate agents - here they'd be rated somewhere below serial killers on the hierarchy of people to trust.

MrBurns · 16 October 2009

doctorj said:
If you believe the press here, prices for all but the very top end of town have put in a bottom and have actually increased the past couple of months. Don't be too keen on estate agents - here they'd be rated somewhere below serial killers on the hierarchy of people to trust.

Thanks doc , I was a real estate agent for 20 years here in OZ, you dont make international calls unless you need the business

doctorj · 16 October 2009

MrBurns said:
Thanks doc , I was a real estate agent for 20 years here in OZ, you dont make international calls unless you need the business

Too true.

I suspect the problem in property is similar to that in M&A. Sellers think the market has recovered somewhat and still have a good memory of what they could have got at the peak. Buyers think the world ended and they're the seller's only option and expect to buy for close to zero.

The result is lots of talk and very few transactions.

nioka · 16 October 2009

johenmo said:
Mr Burns. Try this
100 best places tolive in Austrlia
http://www.australiantraveller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362

1 Yamba NSW

The thread "good place to live" and the above article are not necessarily compatable. The best place to live may not be the best place for a holiday.

For example I have lived near Yamba for a few years now and have enjoyed MOST of its benefits. It has a couple of drawbacks. The first is the increasing number of visitors, good for commerce bad for being able to enjoy a lot of the benefits. Crowded car parks at the best fishing spots which in turn means best spots for fishing lost. High rates to cover the needs of tourists that make little contribution. Busy roads, more vandals, more noise, crowded surf etc.

Then there is the lack of services. A second rate hospital requiring long trips for medical treatment. Quite a few times in the last couple of years I have been freighted to other hospitals in an emergency. Once to Brisbane 300Km by helicopter and another time by private car. Twice to the Gold Coast by ambulance,200km, three times by private car. Twice by ambulance to Lismore, 100km, and once to Grafton by ambulance, 50km. Some of these trips had to be made from the local hospital and back for services that were not available locally. Even my GP for a few years has moved away for family reasons.

So a good place to live may not be the same for everyone. We have sold up here and are moving to Ballina not because it is the best place I know but because it is the best place that I know will serve my needs.

Julia · 16 October 2009

Shrewd Crude said:
NEW ZEALAND IS A great place to live...
could be described as the best place to live in the World...
thank you...

.^sc

Except for the weather, which is abysmal.

Mr Burns, Hervey Bay is pretty nice. Great climate. Rarely gets over 32 in summer, good sea breeze and average winter daytime temp 23.

Nioka, you make a really good point about medical facilities. The regional hospitals get the dregs of the doctors who can't get a job in a teaching hospital.

The other downside of a regional city (to balance the lack of traffic congestion and community feel) is lack of cultural facilities, e.g. no symphony orchestra, and only very, very occasional visiting ballet etc.

I guess anywhere we choose to live involves some level of compromise.

BradK · 17 October 2009

Dubai.

Great place to live to pillage the country for a tax free income for a little while.

Brad

GumbyLearner · 17 October 2009

So_Cynical said:
Pambula = poor mans Merimbula

Merimbula = saturation

I want to fish mother****er.

stl_08 · 18 October 2009

WOLLONGONG easily the best city in australia if not the world

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