Thirtysomething
Reviews
"A lovely street to live in."
Phyllis Crescent has the best neighbours. Everyone acknowledges one another and we have experienced their kind helpfulness first hand.
The street is a cul-de-sac with trees lining the footpaths. The present Google picture is very old, since it was taken there has been a new home built and renovations on other houses. This has to be the best street in Guildford. All the homes and gardens are well cared for. It is peaceful and quiet with a bus stop at the end of the street in Chetwynd Road and it's just a short walk down to the railway station.
Great for
- Tree lined street
- Fantastic neighbours
- Homes and Gardens well cared for.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- LGBT+
- Trendy & Stylish
"A mix of Apartments, Modern and Period Homes"
Guildford Shopping Centre is very inner-Sydney cafe's, coffee and mixed business. If you want big department stores there is Merrylands Stockland Mall close by which is newly expanded to take in all the big retail stores with great parking.
The streets are tree-lined and clean with plenty of keep fit walkers. There is a bike path running through Guildford linking many suburbs. There are apartments new and old around the railway station also good bus routes.
The houses are a mix of large very modern and pretty period homes. Gardens are well kept and some are large which have been sub-divided so that there are now town houses and duplexes here and there. Real estate prices are still very reasonable.
Great for
- Great for families.
- Nice mix of nationalities.
- Close to Parramatta CBD.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- LGBT+
- Students
I think given time and a good council (pity about the amalgamation) Guildford will become something like Wigram St, Harris Park, only Middle Eastern. Can't deny it is amazing food and if they keep things secular it'll be a destination spot like Crown and Elizabeth St in the city.
Nope, the very inner-Sydney feeling isn't there, I'm afraid. It's kinda hard to hang around places where potty-mouthed high-vis labourers slobber all over their greasy lunches while hollering with their workmates and young unemployed single men sit around all day smoking and scowling at passers-by. Not really Newtown or Surry Hills, is it? I prefer the cafes in Parramatta, actually. Still very easy to get to from Guildford... but the cycleway is my preference.
Stockland is a bit of a bunfight. Lots of people buying and shoving their faces full of stuff they don't need and more. Parking? Stockland built it, and EVERYONE came. Forget about parking in Merrylands in 2015.
The residents of Guildford are competing for the world record in tree removal, but that's being won by residents of the North Shore and Eastern Suburbs, apparently. Less residents are tending to their gardens; down dome the trees and out come the flower beds and in go the shoddiest granny flats and those dodgy DIY concrete jobs to fit those extra few cars.
The apartments have come to town in a BIG way and real estate prices have punched through the $1m mark for houses and $600k for units.
Let's not sugar-coat reality.
You know I speak the truth.