jeandt

Over the last few months we’ve been looking thoroughly into the area and surrounds to rent and then possibly buy.

We went to a number of inspections, spent weekends in the region, seeking around the $600 pw mark, we were surprised at how low the quality of the housing stock was. The average $600 looked and felt like a $350 home.

Additionally the other people viewing the properties with appeared to have a disability in some shape or form, there were no regular looking people if there is such a thing:) My best guess is that the majority of people in the region were non-working people, which possibly explained why the landlords seemed to not care AT ALL what state the properties were in.

There appears to be a non existent middle class on the central coast which is not a good environment to raise kids, there are wealth pockets for sure with inflated prices few can afford.

If you’re retired, on-benefits or wealthy the coast seems a good option, otherwise probably a waste of time imo.