VictoriaG

We moved from Toowong, reluctantly, when we bought here in late 2011. I am so glad we did. It is a great suburb for families, very safe, 3 primary schools to choose from just in the suburb and two excellent high schools in it or nearby (Indooroopilly State being the second). People are actually friendly, not in your face, but friendly. Much more so that in the more student/young professionals domain of Toowong. The buses are great, regular and able to connect you to everywhere via the Indooroopilly bus station. There is a bus that goes straight to UQ (University of Qld) too. There are an abundance of shops, farmers markets etc for groceries (including the 3 major supermarkets) and it is a short drive to either Indooroopilly or Mount Ommaney for everything else. The new tunnel at the end of the western freeway will hopefully alleviate some of the morning crawl in traffic. On that note, however, if you are a bit creative in your route it's really not so bad. Just saying.... Yes the houses are older but that makes them sought after because they are mostly weatherboard, not heritage listed, on bigger blocks and a blank canvas OR someone has already turned them into something great. You would have to look hard to find two houses the same in this place. Yes there was flooding in 2011 but it was minimal compared to many suburbs and only affected those who were low and near the river, or unlucky as most of Kenmore is hilly.