familyman
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"Funny Joele"
To Joele, I live in Viewbank and have cable internet. Rosanna Village, Burgundy Street, Warringal Shopping Centre and Rosanna and Heidelberg train stations are only 3-5 minutes drive away. The proposed freeway if it goes ahead will not impact on the suburbs wonderful parklands as it will be built as a tunnel under the existing creek and banyule flats area. It will send house prices skyrocketing when the drive to/from the city is further reduced. The subsequent express bus service along this route will get to the city quicker than the current train does.
Great for
- Tree line
- Safe
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Country Lovers
- Trendy & Stylish
"'Happy in Viewy'"
For a suburb that is only 12 -14 km from the city, Viewbank (previously Rosanna East) is a wonderful place to live. It has well sized homes and blocks with wide, winding, undulating, leafy streetscapes. It has very little medium/high density dwellings and hence very few renting residents. Property turnover is lower than the average suburb which suggests resident satifaction. The residents are pedominantly professional families and retired couples who originally built here. It has a definite community feel, is safe, traffic free and quiet.
Viewbank is no more than 10 minutes drive from the following.
The Ring Road, the Eastern Freeway, Austin Hospital, Warringal Private Hospital, Heidelberg and Rosanna train stations, the highly regarded (and zoned) Viewbank College, Marcellin College, Our Lady Of Mercy College, Loyola College, Parade College, Ivanhoe Boys and Girls Grammar Schools, La Trobe University, Northland Shopping Centre, Greensborough Plaza, (Doncaster Shopping Town 15 mins), Warringal Plaza, Burgundy St and Rosanna Village shops, the Yarra River, Main Yarra Trail, Banyule and Yarra Flats, the soon to be built state of the art Greensborough Aquatic Centre and numerous other facilities.
Ask and of the residents and they'll tell you that 'Viewy' is the best kept secret in Melbourne.
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
As mentioned below some parts of viewbank have cable some have not, and due to the poor telephony in Viewbank being on average 5km away from the Heidelberg exchange ADSL2+ is not really a reliable option. For some even if they can get Telstra cable that may be important and worth knowing.
I agree the proposed freeway will be great if it goes in, it will boost our prices up as long as you are not near the planned exhaust towers (gladly I am well away). There is no gaurantee it will be below ground as the libs are doing another viability study on that, but either way if you are not right near it, it will be a great boost for the area.
3-5 minute walk or drive to those locations? they are certainly far from 3-5mins walk for a lot of viewbank, I drive as does my partner so I care little for the PT options but some might and it is a compromise that I think people should investigate depending on their needs..
The lack of restaurants and cafes and general businesses means I would hardly call it trendy, I am glad you think there are ZERO cons for the suburb but rather than having a group back patting session I think it is useful to honestly discuss the fact that all area have pros and cons..