Bulleen, VIC 3105

It’s just a great suburb in general! It was a privilege for me to live here for 2 years before I had to move to the West because of the rent prices…The streets always are cleaned and there are no crime problems (many residents are settled seniors).

My hubby of 30 years and I purchased an Italian style home here 2 years ago and so far, I love it way more than Doncaster! I have recently felt like Manningham has increased in crime due to menace youth disrupting innocent people. But, in bulleen I sense this is not the same, because bulleen is filled with friendly seniors who only care about their garden haha, and new families also bring a lot of money here. I feel bulleen will skyrocket in property prices once the northeast highway is built.

I have lived in Bulleen for 12 years and it has been always great, safe, welcoming but it is starting to get busy because a lot of wealthy families build their homes here, in my street alone there are at least 4 construction sites.

We are a family of 4 living on Manningham road in Bullen and although I hate to give a 1 star review our experience of this suburb has been really bad. We previously lived in Northcote for 2 years, then spent 2 years living in Kew East, and 5 years living in Balwyn before moving to Bulleen in 2019. Our experience of Bulleen compared to these other suburbs is not good to say the least. Just a few examples, where we live on Manningham road there are small gangs on teenagers roaming about who have repeatedly graffitied ('tagged') our front fence. We then have to paint over it, but the graffiti then appears again within a week. Around 10pm-1am you often get cars speeding down Manningham road honking horns and shouting. When I go jogging at the weekend about 1 in 4 times I get shouted at out of the car window from some hoon coming down the main road (even though I am just going about my business). I catch the bus to/from work from Heidelberg station, the school kids on the bus are *horrible* discussing buying drugs and other things which I will not post here. I used to catch the bus with the school kids in Balwyn every day for 5 years of about the same age and though they were not angels there was nothing like this. In addition, we take pride in our house, but rubbish is continually thrown in our front garden and on our nature strip, I am out picking it up every weekend. Finally, the estate agents in this area are absolute sharks; we bought our house from Barry Plant Manningham (Mark Di Giulio) and they fabricated information both on the advert and in person at the auction. They then refused to talk to us about their error (which has reduced the price of the property significantly) and have forced us into expensive legal action against them. Whilst other areas of Bulleen may be much nicer than Manningham road; I believe (from what I have seen) that Thompson's road may be similar. If you do read this review and are set on moving to Bulleen, stay well clear of the two main roads, the crime statistics don't necessarily show all of the low-level criminal activity, but these are really not nice places to live (not to mention there is development happening everywhere). Moving to Bulleen has been the worst descision ever, luckily we have just managed to sell (for a loss) and get out of this suburb...

Bulleen is a quiet, safe and convenient suburb bordered by the serene Yarra River. It has lovely parklands and reserves as well as restaurants and offers a great deal of entertainment. The Heide Museum of Modern Art is a sculpture Park that attracts tourists from all over the country. It is well respected for its display of contemporary exhibitions and gallery spaces adorned by Australia's most well-known and highly esteemed artists. Other popular parks and reserves are Bulleen Park, Banksia Park and Sheahans Park, which are perfect for cyclists, walkers, joggers or anyone seeking a breath of fresh air. It is also perfect for picnicking as they offer barbeques, picnic tables and shelters. Apart from being surrounded by good government schools, it is within the catchment area of some of the popular private schools in Kew, such as Trinity Grammar and Sacred Heart. With great neighoubring suburbs like Doncaster, Templestowe Lower and North Balwyn, you will find a variety of medical centres and the Austin hospital only minutes’ drive. This along with being only 12km from Melbourne's CBD, makes Bulleen centrally located and a great choice to live in.

For a standard 2-bedroom unit, you can expect to pay approx. $400 per week in rent.
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Anna Molinaro, Property Manager OBrien Real Estate Blackburn

As the saying goes 'location location' goes this is the one suburb you want to live in. Close to shopping centres, schools, parks, 15 minutes to the Melbourne CBD, 7 minutes to the Austin and Mercy Hospitals and Warringal private hospital.

Pretty safe, houses have big backyards, not much around; go to Doncaster, or further North for shopping centres/bars/restaurants.

Public transport into cbd consists of making your way to a bus stop to get to Heidelberg station.

Manningham road can get very hectic and quite a bit of hoon driving throughout weekend nights

A hidden gem in the heart of Melbourne, this is a really affordable suburb so close to the city with great access to the east, south and soon to be north! I would highly recommend this suburb as one to watch!

I have lived in Bulleen for 35 years and have never been disappointed, when I first bought a fairly large property here, I bought very cheap. However, now that property is worth well over 5 million. Even if you are new to this suburb it is great investment, the annual growth rate is 5-10 percent pretty sure. I have never seen any Crime in this suburb and doubt I ever will. Right now, the big powerful developers are investing millions in Bulleen so I suggest to buy here before price doubles or triples. Bulleen will become the new Balwyn.

Way better than surrounding suburbs like Doncaster, Templestowe. Is family friendly. Because of how good the suburb is the prices are a bit on the expensive side for middle class families