me242

Having purchased our property in San Remo at the start of 2009, everyone we spoke to asked why we we would want to live here, you see the worst problem when buying a property is other people's perceptions, none of those people had ever lived in this area yet felt it was their opinion which mattered most.

Fast forward to present and I can honestly say that we have not looked back once, nor questioned our decision to live here, we have great access to anywhere on the coast, Newcastle and Sydney via the F3.

The facilities are great, we have a high school, primary school and a new shopping centre (Coles) all within walking distance and it's only a short drive to several major shopping centre's.

We have found the area compares quite favourably with the better perceived area's from where we have lived previously, our neighbour's are friendly and helpful and people are generally friendly at the new shopping centre.

Pros:
Fantastic location
Well serviced facilities
Very affordable
Family friendly
Suburb borders Lake Budgewoi
Short drive to anywhere

Cons:
Traffic - almost everybody speeds around here
Traffic - Pacific Highway, Charmhaven can become a slow crawl from time to time
Some people's perception of the area
Open drains, slow progress on kerb and guttering