robtjwilliams

We lived with friends in this street for a while. The house was beautiful and well designed, but there were many flaws in the area. Lack of parking, airport noise, very small block, noisy neighbours. House was well designed with lots of storage and internal garage, but also seemed to be poorly built (lots of gaps, cracks, shower base had already rotted out).

We considered buying in the area at one stage, but was put off by many issues, see our suburb review for our research about the area.

We stayed with friends in this estate for a while. The house was well laid out and has lots of storage which is good. We did also have problems finding a place to park our car.

I even considered buying in the Heath for a moment in time. Was stunned by the superficial beauty of the estate. However was put off quickly by a large number of factors mostly covered by previous feedback. Small jigsaw blocks, poor quality build, lack of parking, lots of noise from neighbours and the airport, etc..etc.. It is safe to assume that prices will fall dramatically in the future as the properties start to show some age.

But I also found another factor not covered by other comments - I spoke to a few locals and they told me that at the end of Ball Road was the Brighton Municipal Tip (i.e. regular garbage). It was covered recently, but is still highly toxic (releasing fumes and toxins to groundwater, etc.). You can still see the signs for it at the end of the street (the land now occupied by horses). It was going to be converted to playing fields for a school, but considered too toxic.

After doing further research, I found the site next to it (the network of quarries off Heatherton Road), is scheduled to be the next tip site (owned by Transfield now it seems). It has already conducted the EPA testing/monitoring for the site to go ahead as regular municipal landfill (it was planned and approved back in the 90's). I would not want to live anywhere near the smell/seagulls associated with tip sites.

Another interesting fact - The Heath estate was built on the site of the former Heatherton Mental Asylum. There were a significant number of deaths/suicides on site. So look out for the ghosts of tortured souls wandering the streets at night :)... Something to tell the kids at Halloween :-P

There seems to be a lot of strange recent positive feedback in a short period of time. Looks like it was put there by real estate agents or sellers? Suggest that you read all the comments and make your own decision.

I moved to Aspendale Gardens, and found it to be a great safe family atmosphere.

The endless network of parks is amazing and gives you a true feel of serenity.

We used to live in Cheltenham - which was also a great suburb. While it was far better located, and had better facilities, we found it much cheaper to buy in aspendale gardens instead. We also had a little bit of airport noise near Benkel avenue (right near the airport).

We love being able to live in a big spacious house, and being a relatively short train ride from the city (and I can get parking at the station), and being so close to great beaches.

Feels like we are on holiday every day...

Nice central street undergoing major urban renewal, runs through the middle of the best part of Cheltenham (in my opinion).

Lots of new houses, townhouses. Bernard Street shops nearby (which are lively and offer some great food), especially the Thai and French bakery.

There can be a bit of traffic on Cavanagh Street itself, so try to buy one of the streets that run off it.