basicallydave
Reviews
"Get in while you can..."
I had never heard of Edithvale until end of 2008...I now live in Northcliffe Road. We are 400 metres from the beach, 3 minutes walk to the park and 5 mintes walk to the Wetlands. For couples looking to buy the houses are reasonably priced - although the median is now $580, 000...in part this is due to the $1mill+ houses on the beachfront. There are great opportunities to buy for less then $500k.
For families you couldn't ask for more green space or beach in such a quiet, safe locale.
A daily commute to town can be a bind (45 mins on train) but once you are home it is a great feeling.
Nightlife is pretty quiet - it is no St Kilda, but then that is not the point - there is a 4k drive or cab to Mordialloc or a quick trip to Chelsea Heights or indeed the bar opposite Chelsea Station.
For shopping a brand new Woolies is now 1 minute away and Southland a 10 - 15 minute drive one way and Frankston 10 - 15 mins the other way.
The area, with all the new housing, seems to be coming up. If you like the beach, open space and a quiet locale then Edithvale could well be a place of interest
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
I am new to Edithvale, but have come to the beach here before and always loved the white sand and clear water. Unfortunately, I was never aware that on hot days the beach is packed and there are a lot of hoons driving around the streets, and being drunk or loud on the beach. While I live only 5 minutes from the beach, I don't want to go there unless I am prepared to put up with being close to these people and seeing them leave bottles and rubbish on the beach. My street is used for "rat running" by people coming down from Springvale road to avoid queuing to cross the railway line. Frequently cars burn around the side streets. It's fine on cooler days, but then, what's the point of living at the beach if you can't just walk down there? I either go to a quieter area between Chelsea and Edithvale, or Mentone. Mordialloc is only marginally better, a bigger beach but such a mixed bag of people on the streets, from hard tatooed bearded guys, down and outs to trendies and families. Personally I'd rather be on a street where I feel more certain of the sort of people I will see around the next corner.
As a single person, there's nothing to do in Edithvale, and the few nearby places with entertainment and small crowds quickly turn up the same faces after a few visits. If it wasn't for the quiet and peaceful house I am in, I'd leave, with the beach being a poor drawcard against the other aspects of the area. Frequently when visiting the shops in Chelse I see people either drunk or on drugs, am asked by dishevelled people for money and at the Edithvale supermarket I have seen elderly men in singlets drinking wine in a brown paper bag while sitting on the footpath. It's more what I would expect in Collingwood or Frankston and I wasn't aware that quiet serene Edithvale was only streets away from these lower socio-economic problems.