conor222 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Living in the hills with 3 under 5s moved in jan and loving every minute happy to chat/oadvicesadvices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is this Surry Hills? Any info on good family orientated places welcome from me - as we are moving out there next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is this Surry Hills? Any info on good family orientated places welcome from me - as we are moving out there next year I think they mean the Hills District. Yes it is suburbia and families like it, cheaper than some of the places you were thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hi yes I do mean the hills great for families Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Any advice/opinions you can offer would be great! We're hopefully just a year behind you (hoping to be out by Jan 15) and our children are 11,6 & 5. We're coming out in March to do a reccie of the areas we're interested in. My husbands going to be based in the CBD for work so we're trying to decide between North Shore (in particular, Chatswood & Crows Nest) where we'll get less space but a shorter commute & lots going on or, the Hills district (in particular, Kellyville & Castle Hill) where we'll get much more house for our money and a bit more of suburbia but a bigger commute! The Hills seem beautiful and internal space is important to us, as is, a lovely community with lots going on for families. It's such a hard decision. Nice to hear your loving it. I'd love to hear how you've found the transition & how the children have settled etc....just any advice really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 We didn't even reccie we just moved! Happy to ! We moved to Adelaide first (state sponsorship) for a few weeks while we waited for our stuff and then hubby found a house in the hills while we were in Adelaide and then we just told the movers! Kids have been fine. Chat wood is nice but pretty built up. Hills is all brand new houses and parks etc Let me know any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Great, thanks Conor222. Which area of the Hills are you based in? Do you often travel into Sydney itself and if so, how long does it take (I wasn't too sure exactly how far out it is). I'd be really interested to know if there's much going on for the children (clubs etc), how far the nearest beaches would be, and also if there are good restaurants, cafés etc locally or again, do you have to travel further towards Sydney? We love being at home and having friends over, but we also love to eat out a lot, both with the children and as a couple. Personal opinion I know, but do you feel your missing anything being further out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 No nothing. I travel to the city every day it's a 40 min bus trip. Rouse hill castle hill west pennant Winston hills Bella vista and Stanhope and Kellyville all have gorgeous restaurants. We will eventually move to the beaches just because we like the beach but where we are is a brilliant place to land to then decide. We have done a year and are in no rush to leave the area we love it. Schools are great it's 40 mins to beach we have a HUGE house it's on a 600m block and bigger than any 6 bed in the uk. It's cheap rent (much cheaper than chats wood or anywhere up the beaches rent is a lot there). Happy to meet when you do your reccie. We are a family of 7 now.. I have 16, 6,4,2 and a live in nanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Oh sorry I'm in Stanhope gardens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 40 minutes isn't too bad and the idea of having plenty of space is really enticing! I'd love to be able to bike to the beach or be closer to the city but I don't think we'll be able to compromise too much on the type of house we want, so the Hills may well offer what we're looking for. We like being busy and I'll be at home initially (although would like to return to work or set up something for myself at some point) so it would be good to be in an area where there is lots going on. Which area is the main hub of the Hills (is it Rouse Hill?)? I'd also be interested to know if there are any riding stables nearby as the children are massively into horses and not looking forward to leaving them behind! Would be great to meet up so I'll definitely be in touch prior to coming out for a reccie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Yes I think there's horse riding it very green in kenthurst and Annangrove there's sure to be riding there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Rouse has lots of shops but castle hill is much bigger (quite a big town) rouse has all I ever need pretty much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 40mins is the same as my friends in the inner west and chatswood too. I don't know anyone that's nearer than 40 as even people that live inner city still need to walk to the office which takes the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 So is Castle Hill the main area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yes castle hill is the main town it's pretty big.. Where do you live in uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yeah, we figured out it seems to be the central hub and I spent a lot of last night researching the area & schools. Hubby was on the phone to house builders!...we don't even have a visa yet lol! We're based in Sutton, a village 5 miles out of Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ha ha you need to wait a bit of time for the house ha ha We came from Bicester.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 I wouldn't stay in castle hill though it's not great to live there... It's only 5 mins drive from where we live and where we are much nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Horses everywhere, it's a multi billion dollar business for Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Oh god, I went to school in Bicester lol! What a small world! Are you from Bicester (did I go to school with you lol!) ? Eeeek.... Where would you recommend in the Hills then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Great news on the horse front! I thought there would be but just couldn't find anything for anywhere in the hills district. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 No but lived there for 6 years. I'm in Stanhope gardens it's lovely here as is kellyville And kellyville ridge and the ponds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Sydney equestrian center at Dural is about 20 mins away fr Stanhope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystaltips Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Kellyville is where we'd been looking, it seems a really nice area and some fab houses/land. I can't wait to come out and see for myself, will also be checking out the equestrian centre! Have a feeling we'll have a pretty busy week! Thanks for all the pointers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor222 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 No worries anything else let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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