living in pakenham/victoria

[shazpaul35]

hi can anyone help we are thinking of moving to melbourne we have been on a realeaste site and notice you can get a lot for our money of £330k in area of pakenham can any one tell me about the area please ie is it near a beach and are the schools good we have 3 sons 10,12,14 can you please help me thanks. shaz

[tracy hunt]

You might like to try this website, www.travelvictoria.com.au. I think it's .com.au on the end - if not just do a google search on travel victoria. You can type in the area you are interested in and you'll be amazed at the information you'll find out and pictures you'll see.
I don't know anything about the area you mentioned, we're looking at Mornington area, Melbourne..........but just wondering if it is cheap there I would think there is a reason for that.
Hope you find out lots of good info.
Tracyxx

[THE JONEZYS]

Pakenham is quite a rural, country area and is about an hour from the nearest beach.
We did look at this area when we first arrived but it's too far inland for us. There are a lot of new housing developements going on but it seemed a long way from everything else although I think there is a train line into the city.
We settled in Mornington in the end and love it.
Lesley

[Nelson]

The Joneseys are right.. Pakenham is way out there in the middle of nowhere. This may suit some people and housing is certainly more affordable. A train to the city would take at least an hour and 15 and it is a growth area with many of the popular builders creating new neighbourhoods.