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"Blakescrossing - the place to be (if you want your house broken into)"
I would not recommend living in Blakescrossing. There is a high amount of break-ins and vandalism. I signed a lease on my property for 12 months and in that time our cat was killed in our front yard by a stray dog, our next door neighbour's skip was set on fire twice while their house was being built, our other neighbour's house was spray painted in graffiti and the water pipes were busted and flooded our carport. We have had 2 attempted break- ins while in the house with my 18month old child. And just last week the neighbour’s house over our back fence was broken into, robbed and trashed! I have not re-signed my lease for obvious reasons. Other than that the estate is also still being developed so is rather dirty. While on the flip side the local vet and shopping is great. While there isn’t a lot of shopping; the chicken shop, woollies and the discount chemist are great - always clean and great staff. One thing people are also not made aware of is that 30% of the estate is made up of house trust homes we have 4 on our street, it is always noisy, always with kids roaming around the street at all hours and the teens like to hang out at the Hayfield park. Through summer they were there most nights drinking and carrying on. The closest public transport is on craigmore road, which is quite good, but I don't feel safe walking through the area in the evening. ITS JUST NOT A NICE PLACE TO BE
Great for
- Shopping
Not great for
- House break-ins
- Vandalism
- Problem school kids
Yes you are right in saying that there (15% affordable housing which you have to buy to live in) but also 10% of the Estate is Commission homes owned by housing trust if you would like conformation on this feel free to contact delfin, they are happy to explain that this is the case not only in blakes crossing but all new estates being built in the northern suburbs and SA. Like all the other new estates it also has NRAS home which are for low income earners. All I can say is you are very lucky to have not experienced these problem because it was the most uncomfortable year of my life!
im reply to colourful88
Your pretty sure your car got broken into! You don’t know? You sound like the idiot to me. I have lived West Lakes, Grange, Blackwood and Clarendon Areas never have I experienced this much destruction in 12months!
Im not saying I have a problem with Blakeview as a suburb Im saying I wouldn’t recommend living in ‘Blakescrossing ‘ the housing estate! I now live in Craigmore and have not had one problem in the 3months I have lived here, giving me 15months also living in this area! I haven’t clamed to know more than you do ‘about your area’ I’m just simply commenting about my experiences!
Happymumofone, can I just ask you, which part of Blakeview do you live? Because it seems to me that you have never seen graffiti or break-in's in the area. And it's pretty clear why it's ranked 202th best place in Adelaide.
Hi AnnaT2 im in the woodhaven part of Blakes crossing. Ive lived here now nearly 4 years and in my part of Blakes crossing i have found to be quiet. I think its not so in the Hayfield part of Blakes crossing there are alot more houses there and Hayfield was an entry level part of blakes crossing
Since you live in the "Woodhaven part" of Blakes Crossing, which is literally a street, the rest of Blakeview is exactly the same as your "Woodhaven" location? I'm just curious, and confused?
I have lived in Blakes Crossing for nearly 12 months and love it.No break ins or vandalism near me.Also there is no housing trust in Blakes Crossing only 15% affordable housing which you have to buy to live in.(all of the people i have met living in affordable housing are young quiet working couples just starting out in their first home)