San Remo, NSW 2262

It's a hidden gem, just 5 min drive to the sea. Conveniently located close to motorway; connections to Sydney and Newcastle without the cues like in Gorokan or Gosport. Nice lakeside walks and still affordable.

Sydney hasn’t discovered our gem on the water. It’s still affordable and has all I need.

We stayed for a week on the lake, it was so lovely. We kayaked on the river, kids went to the big bike park, we played in the huge oval near another park, fished and then ate fish and chips at another park! The big boat ramp was really lovely and the lake walk was beautiful. We will be back.

We moved from Bateau Bay and have been renovating here for the past 2 years. We love it and have never had any issues. Our kids ride the track most arvos and we take the boat out almost every weekend except for during winter.

San Remo has had a full makeover in the last 15years. There are majority home owners and families that live here now. People are renovating everywhere. The walking track is fantastic and connects all the way to the Entrance now. It’s 10mins from three private schools, 5mins to Bunnings or Kmart/shops. The lake is gorgeous and the people are friendly. There are one or two streets in the whole suburb that have some issues but slowly these are becoming home owners as well. Great place to live.

Beautiful walk along the water, lovely parks, the people are very friendly that live here. We regularly use the jetty and the local oval.

We bought in San Remo "Heights" and moved here from South Western Sydney about 20 yrs ago, In that time house prices have been on a steady climb.
Never had a problem, big blocks with stunning lake views and a sea breeze, can also see the Lighthouse and a small patch of ocean on the horizon, very green, and lots of families.
Has an unfounded bad reputation, mainly from people that have never lived here, Guess that's good for investors though
A few have had problems here, but i think they're the one's that can't mind their P's and Q's...
Id never move anywhere else. I think in the future it will be very exclusive as people knock down old houses and build new ones to take in the views,

Cons, a few feral bogans here and there, but i always say "by the time they climb the hill they're to buggered to cause any trouble...

Its not that bad as in gangs and murders like other places in sydney but there are the drugs and ice heads being ice heads and kids doing burnouts all night and speeding up and down every street and fights just teens with nothing to do . The high school is not somewhere u would want your kid . Graffiti on every wall in the suburb

I have been in San Remo for 15 years - and recently moved. There is some terrible streets which cars roar through all night, graffiti almost everywhere, and rude, unfriendly neighbours in my experience.
The local primary and high school are terrible, you cannot go anywhere else as you are out of zone, rude teachers and disrespectful children. Local lake is filled with people drinking and smoking each afternoon/night and too many opportunities for people to speed and do burn outs. Overall hate the suburb. There is not many Rentals and pricing is very high.

When I told my family living in Sydney's West that I was selling my house in the Blue Mountains to move into my investment property in San Remo, I was faced with a total lack of understanding. "Why on earth do you want to move THERE?" and "But you don't have a job to go to. What are you going to do?", were a couple of the questions I faced. I just knew after visiting the area a few times that I'd found a spot on earth that made me feel good, and that was that.

Pros:
The neighbours (mostly retired) treated us like friends from the very first day that we were here.
A beautiful waterfront park just a short walk from everywhere offering the possibility to walk or ride a bike to the coast and the beaches.
It's impressive the way the residents look after the public areas, keeping them clean and tidy and making the complete area look like one big park.
"Around the corner" is just about everything you could possibly need/want: shopping possibilities, health services, recreational facilities in all sizes and variations.

Cons:
Some members of the younger generation are a little wild, spraying graffiti and keeping one awake late at night riding loud motorbikes and doing burnouts..... but where is it not like that these days?