sophiah8

We recently bought a home in Ingleburn (Chester Road) after searching all over Sydney. We never expected the area to be so perfect. Our 4 bedroom house was one of the most affordable we could find in Sydney, and yet it is a skipping distance to Woolworths, Coles, banks and everything we really need on a daily basis. There are schools down the road and daycare facilities all over the suburb. It is a very clean suburb, and although it sounds "industrial", the industrial area is only light industry and very well-kept. Houses have beautiful gardens; the bush is just up the road but far enough not to be a fire threat (!); people say hello to us as they walk past the house, but they don't intrude; we feel safe and very relaxed. The community is multicultural, which we like very much, and we can drive within 35 minutes to the inner west of Sydney (e.g. Burwood), which is a lot less than we imagined as we were willing to move out of Sydney if necessary to buy a house. The train station is also just 15 minutes walk away from where we are. There are many restaurants and take-away shops, and it looks like the council is very active in keeping the area green and at the same time developing economically. I don't know how the schools are, but as there are a good number of Asians, I imagine the schools will increase quite quickly in terms of academic achievement (I am not Asian myself, but I'm speaking as an English tutor). We are also watching the house prices continue to go up despite the recession. Needless to say, we are very surprised and relieved to find the area so humbly wonderful!