Hi,
We have family (lots of family!) in Mornington Peninsula area, and although we love them all to bits, we would like to move somewhere where we can build our own lives and not have the door knocking constantly. Although the family support at the beginning of moving will be great, we feel we would like to be far enough away that we have to make our own friends etc and not be reliant on 'their' friends becoming 'our' friends etc. (hope that makes sense!) Basically we want to be close, but far enough away also.
We are completely open to suggestions, anywhere that is a 30-60min train journey with a train station close by...the closer the better really.
Ideally I would like some amenties close by, I would be looking for a part-time job and my daughter will need a primary school. We are restricted by our desire to only rent for $300-350 p/w and from my research on the web, this limits us to areas on the outskirts. We are not fussed on units/houses/apartments as we may decide to try another area after 6 months, once we have settled and got our bearings a bit.
The main reason we were looking at the Western suburbs is the expat community that is over that way. I dont envisage us needing the support that greatly, but it would be nice to know that it was around if the time came when it was required.
Anyways, after all that, any suggestions you have will definitely be looked into!
Thanks for getting back to me,
Em x