Hephzibah

hi hep,
could you recommend and specific areas for rentals please. i will be moving that way with my 2 young babies and husband in july.
thanks

same here I will be moving at the end of this year with a 12 and 16 year old rental also thanks

Hi, there are many wonderful houses to rent in Point Cook. Anywhere near point cook town center will be good. There are grocery shops (Coles, IGA, Aldi, Vege shops) and other bigger shops like Target, ect. Also look out for Alamanda and Santuary Lakes, these places are near and simply looks beautiful. Both these places offer gym membership and there is a pool to have a dip on hot days. Point cook is a beautiful suburb with quality!

Hi,
Thanks thats a great help, i used to live on Sanctuary Lakes a few years ago and loved it. Will look into Alamanda too.

Hi, I noticed a few people commented about internet and mobile reception being some of the cons for Point Cook. Is the internet connection really very bad to the point of getting disconnected frequently etc etc, or just not as fast as the connection available in other suburbs?

Hi Emilee, I wanted to answer your question as we were really shocked at how bad the internet and mobile reception is. It is really really bad to the point of being disconnected or just being so slow pages time out...and this was with Telstra...apparently one of the "good" providers in Point Cook. We were with 3 when we first moved, we ended up going to the Ombudsman to have the contract cancelled and even a rep from 3/Vodaphone said that it's very common for people to have problems there as the supply can't keep with demand. There are some good things about living in Point Cook, but the biggest negatives are the amount of break in's (especially in Alamanda where the police actually doorknocked telling us to get alarms as they have 2-3 every single day) and the internet. Be prepared to pay a high cost for a very very poor service.

I have had the opposite experience... I moved to Point Cook a few years ago from the Eastern suburbs. I have excellent mobile range with Telstra and I have the new broadband fibre optic internet (which is the fastest in the country). In fact Point Cook has a very low crime rate although it sounds like Alamanda might be a problem spot at the moment.

Point Cook is a lovely suburb!!

Not sure where you are getting your information from Not_a_fan. I have lived in Alamanda for over 12 months and know a lot of people in the area, nobody has ever complained about the crime rate??? there is 24hour security around Alamanda and the parks/playgrounds are grafitti free and very well maintained. The internet is fantastic through fibre optic, only mobile coverage is still an issue.

Where i got my information from? I lived there! On fongeo drive and we had the Police door knock on all the houses to tell us that there are multiple break in's at Alamanda alone. Two of our neighbours were broken into. yes the playgrounds are graffiti free but I didn't live on a park bench.

Ah well better luck whereever you have moved to.

thank you everyone : ) its so hard when you dont know what a place is like beyond how it looks ,slow internet would be a problem with us because we use it a lot .There was a nice looking house in Alamanda on the net but Im not sure about their now I am trying to get a place that is in the school Zone of of pint cook junior and secondry college will that be hard ,you are all so cool helping us who want to move : )

I live in Alamanda and there are still a number of break ins each day! This is information that I have got from our online community. Its got a lovely feel in my opinion and there is a sense of community within our estate however they crime is a concern as are the hoons.

wooden_spoon would you recommend a place in alamanda for a family is the pool and playground ok or run down ,its a shame about the crime I thought there was security I have never seen the estate my self I just thought a community based place would be a way for my kids to make friends

hi , what are people's thoughts on Sanctuary Lakes estate ? internet/ mobile/ security ? move into place on beachview parade soon ?? thanks