Jaki Rose

I moved to Pimpama in 2016 and left in 2018. I feel like Pimpama has a real strong community and lots of friendly people in the neighbourhood. I made friends with all my neighbours, and whenever my dog ever got out from the yard, whoever found him was always a caring stranger that went of of their way to make sure he got home safe.

There is also a Pimpama neighbours Facebook group which I think is great for connecting a small community. I think a lot of people are renting in Pimpama, as for the quality of rental properties I think a lot of others can agree that these houses were built cheap, as quick as possible and not much quality or care put into it as there was always something wrong or not done right.

Some negatives I do have to say, was that the roads and traffic definitely are a deal breaker. School and work traffic in the mornings and afternoons, everyone is just as over it and there have been many car accidents. With there really only being two ways out of Pimpama, it can get frustrating if you need to get to the highway, and then have even more traffic whenever there is a delay or accident on the M1.

I have heard of a lot of breaks ins, thefts, stolen vehicles, troubled teenagers, domestic violence etc (which happens no matter where you go). But nothing seriously bad had ever happened to me personally, other than some fishing rods go missing from the front of my house.

There wasn't that much to do in Pimpama for entertainment, but at least Woolworths, a nail salon and good coffee was within walking distance.

Overall I did enjoy living there but could only ever live there temporarily. I wouldn’t want to buy a house and live there permanently.