Frank Anhalt

We were attracted by the low house prices in Lowood. In the so called "Eagle Rise Estate" you can purchase recently built 4 room, one level houses from 230k, would you believe it?
Well, there is a reason for that. When we went there to meet a real estate agent to take a look at a house, we arrived early. So we thought we chat with lady with a pram who obviously lived ther. We asked: "In hindsight, would you come and live here again?"
she said, "given the affordability, probably yes. We just learned to keep to ourselves. When ther is a fight on the road, don't get involved. Same for the usual domestic violence, drug deals or burn outs. Don't go out, don't get involved. Lots of theft. Dont leave anything outside. Lock your garage from the inside. Get a dog. Watch for needles on the playground. And then, during the day, everything is ok. Even if they tow unregistered or stolen cars, just dont get involved."
Well, good news that! Keep to yourself, get a dog, lock everything up and your'e safe, basically. Since we made the appointment, we met the agent, went into the house which was rented and occupied by six or seven young people, which basically met the criteria to be the people not to get involved with. The house was a smelling mess inside. On the way out we drove past two police cars, straegically parked and at the exit to the estate waited two large tow trucks. In Lowood itself we learned that it once was a lovely community, but the last years nearly every business was broken in to, many more than once. Apparently the Eagle Rise Estate was mainly bought by investors who rented out to bogans. Take a look ate crime rate.
In our opinion, don't buy here. We are taking a good look at Plainland area and Laidley.