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"Proceed with caution."
In summer Mt Riverview is hot. Really hot. Expect temperatures to be 5 - 10 degrees warmer than Sydney CBD on some days. Have fans and industrial strength air conditioning. Don't expect an afternoon breeze or for it to cool off much at night either. It is too far west. It is a major fire threat, especially Grand View Drive and surrounding streets. People evacuated on Christmas Day 2001 and October 2013. Winter is cold, but not really freezing. If you are on the escarpment facing east, expect to be in the shadows fairly early in the afternoon. Rainfall is slightly over half of Sydney's annual level so if you like gardening, expect to water. A lot. Expect to clean up lots of leaves as there are many trees. Prepare for blocked pipes due to tree roots. Public transport travel time is 2 hours door to door for Sydney CBD each way. You may not get a seat on the train. Expect the M4 to have an issue often and it is busy. Penrith is busy to get in and out of in peak times. The suburb looks very pretty and many homes were built in the 70's and 80's and many are large with big blocks. Expect huge snakes. The local shop is well stocked, but rarely has what you want. The local chinese is very, very good. Out neighbours were either very intrusive, rude and unfriendly or nice. There is usually plenty of housing stock for sale, which says people don't want to stay. Houses are cheap for a reason. It is 70 kms from Sydney and houses don't appreciate as much as Sydney so if you buy into it, you may not get back to Sydney suburbs. Contrary to popular belief, most homes do not have unobstructed views to Sydney, but may from their garden or the street.
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
Poor adelee who is actually an ignorant person. Check weather records. To assist your low IQ, check January 1 2006, or January 18 2013, or January 4 2020 to name a few. Fact. Mt Riverview is WEST of the western suburbs. So it doesn't get a SEA breeze. Fact. Ask the folks in Grand View Drive and surrounding streets about watching smoke from Yellow Rock as houses went up there on October 17, 2013 and then have the cops bang on your door telling you to get out. Fact. Or having Christmas in 2001 as the mercury went way over 40 as trees burned on the Lapstone Hill which was then closed. Fact. The sun sets in the WEST. Fact. Learn some geography. Annual precipitation in nearby Penrith is 600 mm. In Blaxland it's 800mm. Observatory Hill gets 1200mm. Fact. Look at it from google earth. Many trees. Fact. Drive to Blaxland or Glenbrook, wait for the train, get to Central, wait for another, get to Martin Place, Wynyard or Circular Quay then walk to your office. 2 hours. Fact. In the past the M4 has had road works EVERY NIGHT except Friday and Saturday from 8 pm. Fact. We have also sat on the M4 at midnight for roadworks. Fact. Penrith and surrounding "arteries" are busy in peak times. Fact. Any idiot with basic knowledge of construction can see when many homes were built. We think the suburb looks attractive and that the local Chinese was great. Sorry if you don't. We had snakes in our electricity box, on the front porch and our neighbour had them next to their pool. Fact. Many neighbours have since sold. Fact. One can still buy a very nice home for well under a million. Try doing that in many Sydney suburbs. Fact. Check the capital growth for Mount Riverview against many other Sydney suburbs. The difference in house prices is getting wider and wider. Check the distance by road from Sydney CBD. Most of all, educate yourself, learn facts and history which even you can't change and don't assume you know the experiences of others.
Fact. Mount Riverview is a friendly community that doesnt care if you didnt do your research in what you wanted in an area before moving to it.
Jonesie it's unfortunate that you are so offended. Thanks for adopting our writing format. Very affirming, complementary and quite frankly, flattering of you. Thank you! It's also great that you agree with us! It's hilarious that you feel you know the sentiment of the entire community. My family and I had a good laugh over that one. Just brilliant! Again, thank you for your feedback. Hope to hear from you again soon!!!
Lots of wildlife, isolated and hot, dry summers. Do 40km/h in 50 zones and come to a complete stop at stop signs no matter how dumb it may seem. The place is run like a nanny state with a focus on revenue, not safety. Hooning along Rusden Rd is apparently permitted, however. The roundabout where Wilson Way meets Old Bathurst Rd is hilarious...some don't know how to indicate and everyone has right of way, apparently. Very quiet...you just might hear people snoring from the street if you go for a walk a night. LOL.
"Like a country town."
Botany is only about 9 kms from Sydney CBD but can take an hour door to door by public transport in peak times as there is no train station and all road routes are busy. By car out of peak 15 - 20 minutes. Plane noise is an issue some days but not as bad as Leichhardt or Tempe. Shops have most things you'll need but no Butcher!!! Pollution is bad with jet fuel smell evident some days. When you dust it is black. NOT full of industry as you may assume and most streets are very quiet. Some lovely old homes. Very good value for money compared to Coogee and easier to live in as it is quieter, has less traffic and is flat. Recommended, but not brilliant.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
When we sold through Jim Aitken in Glenbrook, a staff member from their office told us they would bring around "the team". Expecting 3 or 4 people, 26 showed up. When a neighbour was selling, I told her the story and she used another agent. Clever woman really.