Naomi K

Absolutely horrible suburb to live in, and getting worse! Greedy Developers are building new developments left, right and centre so the suburb feels extremely congested. Original residents of Wentworth Point were promised green spaces in 2014 around the suburb to balance the Apartment to Lifestyle ratio, it's 2019 and this is yet to be delivered. Outside of Marina Square, a cold concrete block occupies where there was meant to be a beautiful rooftop park connecting to the shopping centre (Never happened and remains closed off), the Foreshore park next to the School still remains untouched and gated off. Developers have even gone as far as to say that "Blaxland park is just around the corner" while they demolish trees and wildlife to build yet ANOTHER apartment building in the said forest area. Every single resident I have encountered here is fed up with the saturation of development.
The apartments have high turnovers because nobody wants to stay here for more than 12 months. There is only 1 way in and out for vehicles to the area which always leads to regular traffic and accidents... There is a free community bus, but that's always full because people don't want to pay $2.40 just to go across the bridge. The closest Train station is Rhodes station, it takes 25 mins to get from the city if you are lucky to get the express train. The station services, Rhodes, Brays Bay/Concord, Liberty grove & Wentworth point. So it is ALWAYS full especially during peak hour, if you are ok being claustrophobic and packed on the train like a sardine then that's fine, you will love it. Another option is the Ferry, if you have deep enough pockets and get onto the morning express service you're cheering, it's probably the most comfortable and reliable mode of travel, but again expensive and can take a bit longer if you don't get onto the express service as it stops at every station.
Another major con, is It is ALWAYS noisy, whether it's young kids hooning around at all hours of the night or parties, but the BIGGEST problem is if you choose to live on the Southwestern side of Wentworth point (like me who lives in the Taiga building) you will be a victim of the 24/7 OPERATING DISTRIBUTION CENTRE SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF WENTWORTH POINT. All hours of the night, and I mean EVERY SINGLE HOUR, you will be awakened by Trucks coming in and out of the D/C with piercing reverse alarms, loud refrigerator systems, trucks dumping palettes on and off trucks, trucks revving their engines and other loud and disturbing activities like Truck drivers screaming and swearing at each other. (Trust me it happens almost every night) and I'm on the 24TH FLOOR. It got so bad that I had to move my bed to my 2nd bedroom, and then to the nook area that has no windows just to escape the noises. After contacting the Property Manager and Owner of the D/C centre, they had said "Sorry nothing we can do we have been here since the 80's" The Development team claim to residents that they conducted acoustic sound travel tests, and that the building was up to code. Welp, their machines must have been broken because you can hear even through the double glazed windows. I feel so bad for the people living below me if this is what I am going through on the 24th Floor.

The only pro I would say about WWP is that it is reasonably safe, close-ish to the city, super close to Parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park (So great for concerts and Sports games) The Marina Square is a great convenient shopping centre too.

If you are looking to move into the suburb, research as much as you can! And my advice would be to move to the Northwestern side towards the Ferry terminal as you won't encounter as much noise during the night. Don't get sucked into the cheaper rents on the Southwestern side because it's cheaper for a reason, and that reason is that you will not have a decent and peaceful nights sleep again