monts93

I've lived here since 2001 and I'm onto my 3rd house in the Heath! Firstly I lived in stage 1 with my family in the Portsea design. As teenagers we all loved that our rooms were huge and we had our own space from our parents. In 2006 my then boyfriend and I bought a Terrace house off the plan in the final stage as our first home. Compared to what we could get for the same price in Cheltenham, Mentone, East Bentleigh or Moorabbin we couldn't believe what value we got for our money. All of our friends were buying their first houses in these suburbs and they were tiny and needed totally renovating. Here we were with this beautifully designed, sleek, modern home in a street where all of the houses looked just as fantastic. When we got married and wanted to start a family almost 3 years ago, we sold our terrace and started looking around the area again. For our money we looked at houses back in the same suburbs as last time and all we could afford was a pushover or something that needed totally renovating. Having come from two previously brand new houses in the Heath you can imagine that I was miserable at the thought!! I cried leaving one open for inspection in Bentleigh East thinking, there is NO WAY I'm living in this dump and bringing babies home to it! When we found our beautiful 4 bedroom home overlooking the park with its beautiful garden and perfect floor plan it didn't take long for us to realise that the Heath was where we wanted to be and to raise our own children. We now have an 18 month old daughter and another baby on the way and along with our 7 year old Maltese Poodle we absolutely love living here. There's hardly any traffic, so many parks with play equipment, walking tracks, beautiful open spaces and generally a feeling of community. We have made life long friends with neighbours and love to watch our kids grow up together. We are close to Southland, DFO and less than 10 minutes to either Mentone or Mordialloc where we love to head to on the weekend for brunch or late lunch. The Monash Fwy is also close by and that also means Chadstone Shopping centre isn't far either! For what we have paid for our home I still can't quite believe how good the location is. For families considering moving to the Heath I would say don't question it! Having a beautiful, low maintenance home in a safe and quiet suburb that is close to everything is a no brainer. I can’t rate this suburb highly enough!