GWest
Reviews
"Studentville"
Burwood WAS a great suburb approx 10 years ago, before Deakin Uni turned the area into studentville, weekends have become very loud and busy with student parties, week nights alike. Great for the investor as rental returns are great, if you're prepared to rent to students ?
The area has become very unkept and untidy in recent years due to the influx of students, I have lived in Burwood for 25 years & have seen the area change significantly for the worse. This was our main reason for selling up and moving out.
Who lives here?
- Singles
Oh cant forget Burwood health clinic been supporting my family over 25 years I moved away and still come to this clinic..
Gwest: you are 100% spot on. Ive been living in Burwood for nearly 18 years and its progressively gotten worse in congestion on the roads and the enormous influx of students and overseas students thanks to the Deakin money making machine. Now that they have spent many millions upgrading the campus you can expect this to get worse very quickly. Me and my wife are now looking elsewhere for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Studentville is aptly named. Out street is now crowded over with uni rentals at 5 students a house or more! Each kid with their own car and now nowhere for me to even park my own. No thanks. Im leaving in 2 years
I grew up in Burwood next to wattle park and gardens creek. Lots of shopping places close by BOX HILL CHADSTONE KNOX M CITY camberwell chapel street. University is close by can get to the CBD in 20min. I went to saint Bennidicts primary school great school also studied martial arts and Sendai karate in Burwood. Very multicultural and diversely everyone is very friendly. Went to countless house partys invites and gate crashing lol lots of sport clubs and private tuition. Got 5 ways shops and KMART surrey hill drive wattle park golf course ashwood college.. lots of private elite schools around Burwood. So much memories in Burwood lovely for familys retirees singles couples university students. Have MLC AND PLC college very prestigious schools if you can afford the annual fees. Burwood is really amazing honestly take a walk down to wattle park with the kids great facilities close by and a couple trams for picnics and bbqs. There use to be a boys home orana thats closed down same as wattle park high school. Lots of changes and very relaxing to walk at night with a pet or alone. So many occasions I stumbled in the parents house 4am to 6am walking from box hill or the city or whatever house party we could attend. Very safe for familys and great community.