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Clinnick Street

"Very friendly neighbours"

I have recently moved to the street and the neighbours are super friendly. Last weekend a neighbour asked to borrow my wheelbarrow and returned it the following day loaded with a six pack of beer, just the sort of thing that makes you feel welcome! We have another neighbour that has kids the same age as us, and they have been really friendly also. I have only been here 2 months and have already meet 5 people from the street, it has a great community appeal. Its great the council has planted trees on the street, it will give it a better look when they grow fully in the next 5 years or so. Its great to be 10 mins from a one one station and so close to the shops and especially edwardes lake park which has been totally revamped. I timed my run into the city last Saturday morning and it only took 21 mins to get to bourke street (St Georges Rd, Arthurton Road, Nicholson Street).,
Also great to be close to the train station with the council's plans to revamp it, check the plans out here- http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/files/Reservoir_MAC_Structure_Plan_2012.pdf
Oh and last of all, so great to have our property backing on to Wrights reserve, great for the kids to run around in and the neighbours tell me they don't get any trouble from it.

Great for

  • Friendly neighbours
  • Close to shops, parks, train station
  • Council's plans to completely redevelop train station

Not great for

  • I will have to wait for the trees to grow

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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Reservoir

"Great up and coming family suburb"

I have recently purchased in Reservoir with my wife and 2 young kids after renting in the area for the past 2 years. I live close to Edwardes Lake and Reservoir Village and love the little pocket we have bought in. The neighbours have been super friendly since we moved in. There are two great Primary Schools for the kids in Reservoir West Primary and Reservoir Primary School. Our friends have their kids at Reservoir West Primary and they rave about it. We love taking the kids to Edwardes Lake and our eldest has just started at the lakeview tennis club which she is loving, A lot of people are renovating or improving old houses which is good to see. The council have been very active as well, they have planted trees on our street and have been doing upgrades of Edwardes Lake playground and gym equipment and also of the local library. They have a great structure plan for the future which will totally revamp the shops and sort out the spaghetti intersection. With the state government very keen to grade level railway crossings, this plan will likely go ahead in the near future, view the plan at this address- http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/files/Reservoir_MAC_Structure_Plan_2012.pdf
It is great to be close to a zone 1 train station too, makes it easy for me to get to work. Only takes 20 min to drive from our house to Bourke Street too, so we love the central location.
There are some great cafes and more opening up all the time. The negative would have to be the lack of quality restaurants and good nightlife. This is some what negated by being close to brunswick, also I hear there is a new wine bar in Preston which is good, but I am yet to try it.
Overall, I think this is a great area for families and we are very happy with our purchase.

Great for

  • Good council
  • Great Community feel
  • Friendly neighbours
  • Good public transport (still Zone 1)
  • Affordable property only 13km from the city
  • Affordable
  • Edwardes Lake Park

Not great for

  • No Nightlife
  • Spaghetti intersection
  • Reputation

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
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