Winston

Having previously lived in Prahan, Collingwood, Fitzroy and East Melbourne when we were looking to buy a house approx two years ago Flemington was not initially at the top of the list. However, having lived here for the last two years we have discovered that Flemington has a number of the benefits of each of these locations (specifically – it is close to town, well serviced by public transport, close to shops and supermarket), but also we have the added bonus of living in a double fronted house on a tree lined street with back yard! It does have some of the cons of other inner city suburbs (high rise towers) albeit that there was a much more noticeable presence of "undesirables" in Collingwood... Over the last two years we have certainly never witnessed any of the issues referred to by other reviewers. We regularly walk through the area (including Kensington) at night and feel entirely safe. One thing we have witnessed has been the progressive "professionalization" of this suburb. A number of houses in our street have been renovated (or are in the process of) and there are also number of new restaurants on Pin Oak and Race Course Rd. With further passage of time I expect Flemington and Kensington to continue attract more young professionals and families and take on the popularity of a number of other inner city suburbs.