SallyL2

Very busy street so lots of cars running by making the street particularly noisy and your house dusty if you like to leave windows open. Always construction going on so you will always hear this-not nice if you score a sleep in. Unfriendly neighbours, just horrible. Potholes all over the street. An ironic pub named "The Welcome Hotel". Internet wifi is just terrible. Parking is average because most places don't have garages so residents park on the street making it particularly hard to find a park. Cost of living..not worth it! Completely and utterly not worth it..I find it surprising there is a positive review..and looking at the average stay of our house (1.5 years) I don't think i'd be the only one!

I also disagree with the comments on here that this is a friendly neighbourhood. It may be only family friendly, which i am afraid only leaves a xenophobic attitude towards the rest of us. My partner and are moving after having lived here the past two years and to put it into perspective, our 'local' cafe still don't remember us, that's with tipping! Perhaps we'd have to have a child hanging off our arm or have lived in the neighbourhood for over twenty years to be taken more seriously, but the 'local' mentality is very evident here. Oh i also forgot to mention the 'local' residents are extremely nosey of new tenants, and not in the "hi! welcome to the neighbourhood way" more like "how can we get rid of you way". Singles/ young couples, professionals, stay away!
Further, there doesn't seem to be any real benefits to living in Rozelle, apart from public transport being amazing and one massive amazing dog park, everything else is put to shame. The food is overrated! Not only is the food over priced and just bad..watch out for food poisoning! Don't order anything like fish otherwise don't say you weren't warned! The nightlife is borderline (a very strange masculine atmosphere-and oddly a bit rough dare i say bogan?). The overall vibe is just weird, market day (weekend markets) seems like a good idea but never is. Not including the string of pubs on Victoria road before darling st, Local pub vibe is unfriendly (bartenders just seemed to be bored but also rude). It's still quite noisy, the roads are full of pot holes, the houses are old but you're expected to pay Surry Hills like fees, just expensive. If you've recently popped out a kid this seems like your gig..have fun with that. If you're currently enjoying the existence of not having a child, don't live here.