Aman60
Reviews
""Couldn't wait to leave""
If you're looking to buy a home in a lovely quiet street then you would NOT buy here as too many of the neighbours don't seem to care about others having peace and quiet and totally lack human respect for one another. A lot of night time parties and uncontrollable loud kids and hoons doing burnouts.
Oh yes and you'd better make sure you lock up at night.
Fortunately the new jail is only a stones throw away.
Not great for
- Where do I start?
"Unforgetable Vincentia."
We chose Vincentia as our escape from the "big smoke" . Beautiful beaches with white sands,on a bay 8 times the size of Sydney harbour and close to Booderee National Park.
And why not live with a view across the bay to a lighthouse and an island?
Great for
- Quiet, clean and beautiful.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Tourists
- LGBT+
- Hipsters
- Country Lovers
- Beach Lovers
"Walk to Everything!"
If you want to be close to the things that Sydney offers then Surry Hills ticks all the boxes.
WALK west past Central station to Paddys markets.
WALK north past trendy boutiques to the CBD or the Art Gallery of NSW.
WALK east to Paddington and Centennial Park. You don't need a car if you live in this suburb.
There is a bus on most streets to take you further.
Great for
- Close to everything
- Good cafe culture
- Nightlife
Not great for
- Will always be expensive
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- LGBT+
- Hipsters
- Trendy & Stylish
Absolute shot review and a load of codswallop. I have lived in Surry Hills after moving here from Chelsea in London. Before Surry Hills I lived in Elizabeth( beautiful by transient), and Double Bay (Double Boring!). Surry is the best place I have lived in my 15 years in Australia. Wonderful community spirit, great cafes, bakeries and restaurants. Absolutely love it. Reminds me of hampstead in north London where I also lived.
I agree with Silver Tulip 100%. And I can add to her list of cons. Apart from the drug addicts, drunks, homelessnes, filthy streets, narrow streets, lack of parking and violence you can add broken glass, graffitti, trans/gender/vestite/sexual capital of Australia, expensive real estate eg a couple of years ago a run down workers cottage sold for $960,000 - the land size is 47 square metres (slightly larger than my loungeroom) and the front door opens directly into the road ( yes the road not even the protection of non-existant footpath) With rentals you can pay up to $850 p/w for a tiny smelly damp run down workers cottage. Surry Hills is also infested with large black rats and cocrkroches due to restaurant gargbage lying around for days waiting to be picked up. If dining - select your usually overpriced venue carefully (paying $39 for an ordinary plate of pasta is criminal). I believe Surry Hills also has the largest number of brothells per capita in the world. Friends live in Surry Hills and on my visits over the last 12 months I have witnessed a young girl sprawled on the footpath overdosing in broad daylight, fights, drunkeness, monster rats, truck reversung and damaging one of my friends cctv cameras and drivung off, my brother in laws car having both doors kicked in for no reasin at all by a drug affected lout, vomiting and urinating in the street and more cockroches than Ive had hot dinners. On the up side proximity to city, and other venues is good as stated in other posts and it has some magnificent 2,3 and sometimes four storey terraces however you will need several million dollars to buy one and at least another half a million to restiore or renovate. It is not a nice place to raise children. I would prefer to live in a cheaper safer suburb that offers much miore within a 30minute druve or train ride to Sydney CBD and still enjoy the few goid things that Surry Hills has on offer.