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Quiet street, nice little park, lovely neighbourhood, great for kids to grow up and venture out safely. Handy for shops.

In response to the negative feedback left by some people, please consider:

Jgibson3202:
You seem bitter and intent on spoiling it for residents! I appreciate that estate living is not for everyone and there is a fair amount of scepticism in regards to living here but…

The prohibition on the use of blinds was only a temporary thing to allow Mirvac (the builder) control on the appearance of the estate until all the houses were sold - no longer in place and probably not enforceable at the time anyhow.

You may have been duped by your builder. I am aligned to the building trade myself and it sounds to me like the wall footing must have rolled to cause a wall collapse like that. It would take a fair amount of subsidence / excavation to allow a wall to collapse. As part of Mirvac’s QA procedures all footings and frames are inspected at appropriate stages of the build. These houses were, on the whole, well built by a quality volume builder and the style of build (brick facade and blue board render) is no different from the majority of modern houses. A building inspection should always be undertaken by a competent person prior to buying!

You fear that the values will fall dramatically – you seem intent (now that you have sold) on facilitating this… so you can justify your decision?

Sammyj:
A less bitter and more rounded account of your experience of living here. However I expect most of the issues would be encountered in houses of neighbouring suburbs. All houses, particularly modern double storey houses, creak and move a bit and don't forget we have been through a broken drought. ADSL internet is available in estate. Access to ADSL 2 may have been limited originally and allocation exhausted and apparently will be upgraded.


Our experience of the Heath (8yrs this month) has been great.

No issues with the house, barely notice the planes at all though it may be that some air space above the estate is busier than others in this regard, very very peaceful in the evening and throughout the night, great neighbours, well located, and safe for the kids. Although this style of living may be higher density than that of housing located on other traditional blocks, the now common practice of sub-division and the building of newer double storey houses on these traditional blocks is changing this i.e., you never know what may pop up next door. At least, with houses on the Heath, the design of the neighbour’s houses are set which assures the privacy of your back garden is maximised through lack of abutting / overlooking windows.

However, pick your block carefully as some better located / orientated and bigger than others. To finish …you cannot get a better house / neighbourhood for the money anywhere else in this area of Melbourne.