nicholas-j

I’ve lived in enough places to be able to perform a decent and experienced comparison to Mount Pleasant from personal experience. My opinion is as follows:

While the area boasts some natural scenery, it is not at all what I would consider a prime location. For prime locations, look to higher value apartments and land value totalling over $1.8 million (sometimes house excluded) at Thirroul, Austinmer, Cliff Rd in Wollongong and seaside sections of Bulli.

The mountains and dense vegetation generally shadow homes enough to create mildew and mould production through the walls and wall cavity spaces. Don’t say “this doesn’t happen” because Mt. Pleasant provides the exact conditions for mould propagation: humidity, dampness and deprivation from sunlight.

For the elderly, there are no immediately close shopping centres or stores unlike Fairy Meadow, Balgownie, Wollongong, Thirroul and Wonoona - to name a few - where they must therefore rely on two or so hourly busses for public transport to carry an abysmal amount of groceries.

Lastly, the homes as you may notice have odd driveways which dip or conversely are situated on a private hill. Building on such topography requires experience and unnecessary costs which can be better spent on the materials if built elsewhere.

If your car has a good handbrake and you enjoy properties which are not level for the most part - you may revel in this suburb.