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Horsham

"Great place to raise a family but expensive rentals"

Having owed and rented in Horsham many years ago.. I was amazed at the price of renting in Horsham. If you are like me, I enjoy some of the basic creature comforts such as a dishwasher, built in robes and the essential Aircon for such a hot place in Summer.. For these features you won't get much change out of $250 a week at a starting price. This will see you in an older 3 bedroom home with the appliances just as old.. Normally the bathroom and kitchen are in original condition.. For anything circa 90's + start looking around the $300 a week,.,, Yup that’s right we are talking about Horsham, 3 and bit hours from Melbourne. These are the prices I've come to expect in outer suburbs of Melbourne.. Now this would be all fine if the wages were comparative to city wages.. They are not.. So before making a sea change to the country, ensure you know what your salary is going to be before locking yourself into an expensive rental.. Also remember that the public transport systems are very basic, so it normally means more driving, which equals more fuel costs.. Country living isn’t as cheap and simple as it is made out to be.
Someone is making a lot of money in Horsham and it is defiantly not people renting.

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
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rogerleitch

Easy solution: don't rent - you could purchase a decent 3 bedroom property on 1000 square metre block in Horsham for around $200,000 (equivalent in outer suburbs you'd be looking at $300,000 plus). Public transport is average but not an issue if you're not lazy - I walk to work, but even if you drive, you're not going to be driving more than 10 minutes - compare that to the commutes from the outer suburbs to the jobs with "city wages"!!

patsyk

You sound like a real a-hole RogerLeitch.
I was looking at buying in Horsham, but if it's filled with people like you then that's the last place I'll buy.
Sitting on your high horse looking down at others. So people who can't walk to work, or don't walk to work, are lazy are they?
What a poor attitude you have.
And houses in Melbourne to buy are well above the $300,000.00 mark anywhere in Metro area including surrounding suburbs.

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