maceyf

I used to live here. I hated it. Streets are narrow and you can never get car parking space if you live near the junction, which I do. Only uber wealthy snobs live here despite the fact that it not poor access - it's jammed all the way here through Victoria Street, Hoddle Street, Johnston Street, bad public transport, only trams which takes an hour in peak hour to get to the CBD plus the schools, they are all expensive private schools that teach your kids how be snobbier than other kids from neighbouring suburbs. Also, it's next to Richmond - North Richmond, hub of crime and drugs and drug dealers. No wonder rich parents with rich kids love to live here. I seriously cannot ask parents, even if you can afford it, to stay away from Kew. And please, the shopping strip at Kew Junction is a joke. And don't tell me you shop at Leo's, an overpriced and overhyped junkyard of 'fresh' 'organic' and 'deli' styled food. I don't care which celebrity or bishop or notable priest or judge lives here, this suburb is over-rated and a joke. If you have real money and real brains, move to other areas, more liveable such as Canterbury, Toorak, Malvern, Armadale, Malvern East and Brighton East. Humbug!

Love this burb. Moved here with the Mrs a year ago. Just keeps getting better. It's leafy, green, quiet and relaxing to live here. Lots of hidden reserves and urban forests. Caters to the needs of young to developing families and also retirees. To get into a typical 5 star aged care facility here will easily cost you $1m. This is one suburb to back on as the council is planning to build a mini sports complex to provide more services to residents with kids. Way to go! Ah, it's also minutes drive to Chadstone. How cool is that and also gives you access to all the major arterials such as Burke, Tooronga, Warrigal, M1 and Princes Highway of course, apart from Malvern Road and High Street. I disagree with the median price of $1.68m, most of the renovated 'houses' here on half a block i.e. 350m2 is already asking $1.85m to $2.5m, depending on which side of Malvern East you are getting into. An un-renovated 700m2 block will cost you $1.3m to $2.0m. Add another $1.2m to build a quality duplex there, you really want to sell at the $1.8m mark to make a quid. Just do the math and you'll know what I'm saying. And right you are, no one wants to build a cheap house in Malvern East. Everything is quality (based on what I've seen so far). One of my neighbours are building a brand new freestanding house. It will have 4 beds and 3 baths and so forth. Will probably sell for $2.3m.