dragonmoon
Reviews
"Not bad apart from the Housing Commission and other Ratbags"
Redcliffe or Deadcliffe as I grew up knowing it, has always been a bit of a hole and a place to die. Not much for families or kids to do and full of retirement places.
"Brilliant Place to Live"
Lived in Yentoo Drive for a Year, everyone is extremly friendly and neighbourly. We had a mini cylcone in Wagga when I lived there in 2000 and all the neighbours helped each other.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
"A Hole - Glad to be out of there."
Lived in Sturt Drive, Rebank Plains for 4 years, full of housing comission and the tenants that come with it. We rented our home out for a further 5 years and had one rotten tenant after the next. Our house was vandalised every time a tenant was moving out, had to evict two of them, and our house was almost burned down twice by another, and we were not the only ones - rule of thumb, NEVER buy a rental property in that area. Also the Real Estate Agents are hopeless at managing the properties.
I have owned properties on the west and south side of Brisbane and still do. I must agree that I have found some tenants to be down right dreadful. I had one property in Wood ridge where everyone told me not to buy, tried to rent it myself and was ripped off three weeks rent and had the house vandalized.
After that experience I made sure to get building and landlords insurance. This ensures that I do not have losses on rent and from damages, they even cover loss of rent its great for this specific kind of investment.
Due to the low cost of purchasing in the area I know that their will be significant growth due to the fact a higher level of demand for houses priced at $300,000 than those priced at the higher end of the market for example 400-500K.
My older brother has a rental property in Yeronga (inner Brisbane suburb, very expensive purchase price) and experienced the same issues described above - i.e. one dodgy tenant after another. They even had to evict the last one. My point is that bad tenants are potentially everywhere - so just make sure that you have landlord insurance as described above to protect yourself, regardless of the suburb.
"Rookes Road Rocks!"
Like a leafy green boulevarde, lovely and quiet. Very private and safe.
Occassionally there is traffic and parties on the weekend, but most are finished by 12.00. We also get aircraft noise from the RAAF but this is also only occassionally and generally during the day when most people are at work. Usually it will be 3 weeks out of 6 months, so really not bad. After living in Medowie and receiving both RAAF and Newcastle airport noise everyday, I am glad of the peace and quiet.
Just a beautiful place to live.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
I have owned properties on the west and south side of Brisbane and still do. I must agree that I have found some tenants to be down right dreadful. I had one property in Wood ridge where everyone told me not to buy, tried to rent it myself and was ripped off three weeks rent and had the house vandalized.
After that experience I made sure to get building and landlords insurance. This ensures that I do not have losses on rent and from damages, they even cover loss of rent its great for this specific kind of investment.
Due to the low cost of purchasing in the area I know that their will be significant growth due to the fact a higher level of demand for houses priced at $300,000 than those priced at the higher end of the market for example 400-500K.