harryl7

I lived on Bronzewing Ave for 16 years and finally managed to get out about a year ago. My Wife loved the place when we bought it and I didn't mind it but just had a gut feeling the 2.5 acre block was going to be problematic with noisy neighbours and my gut was 100% right on the money

I had 7 neighbours all up including ones at the sides. That's far more than you'd have living in a normal house in Palmerston. And all of them are very patriotic about using every last bit of that land, too (which is where the problem comes in)

They all ended up building sheds right at my fenceline and love nothing more than to spend every waking hour grinding metal in them. And that's alot because most people in HS work from home, literally.

It's extremely noisy here these days and 2.5 acres is far too small with so many neighbors. You may as well be living with them it's that loud. Noise travels here and you can hear anyone's conversations if outside. None of our neighbours were friendly and prefer to keep to themselves.(bar one neighbour, we talked semi often, once every few months at the fence line) I had no issues with people preferring to keep to themselves as we were the same but it's extremely awkward spotting your neighbor at the fence and no one acknowledges each other. Just weird

Since locating a 5 acre block further out with only 1 neighbour each side life is peaceful once more! I feel I can breathe again and that oppressed, prisoner in my own home feeling disappeared. Thank God. I think Howard River Park is a horrible place to live nowadays, do yourself a favour and move a little further out, it's far superior in every way

If I had to think up some positives about Howard I'd probably say, it's closish to town, though has not much locally. There are some bush tracks, if you're into that kinda thing. And it's relatively safe from crime, which is also good here in Darwin. Though if you want serenity, run for the hills. Do not even think about coming to Howard Springs. It's full of people who are always home and within eye and earshot from almost anywhere outside, and sometimes inside, which is just not what you move 'rural' for. Did I mention termites galore and the original developer took all the top soil when building? It's all rock and gravel, not much grows. Good luck with fruit, you'll really need it