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Where else can you buy your own Australian dream:

5 minutes drive or a short bike ride to the beach (and all of Altona's hip eateries and family friendly parklands)
25km from the city (accessible by close freeway entrances and a zone 1 express train)
Near beautiful wetlands and parklands where you can safely ride your bike with your family all the way through to Altona Beach
In a gentrifying area that is increasingly attracting young professionals and families who want a safe, happy neighbourhood with great schools
And all for under 700k for a decent block of land and solid 3 bedroom home with play-space for the kids.

We have lived in the area for over 10 years now and every time we hang out at Altona or go for a bike ride along the Altona Bay wetlands or walk to the nearby train station, I am blown away that the area is still so affordable.

Altona Meadows is still as affordable as it is, due to the heavy development in surrounding areas. Only in recent years, buyers (and renters) are realising that the sparkling new kitchen benchtops in their McMansions (or mini McMansions) don't compensate for a daily drive down Point Cook Road (can take over an hour weekdays and weekends) or overcrowded schools. And as this plays out, Altona Meadows house sale and rental prices are gradually going up, with still significant room for capital growth.

In Altona Meadows

Queen of Peace (affordable private Catholic school) and Altona Green (which has its own pizza oven, chickens and a huge, magical play area for a relatively small collection of kids) offer amazing primary school options.

Central Square has recently been modernised and is a great place with bulk-billing doctors, places to eat out, a wonderful fruit and veg shop, Coles, Aldi, Big W and a lovely modern library.

While much of Australia is in a downturn, Altona Meadows still offers great growth potential. 5 minutes to the beach, close to the CBD and easily under the million (for now). The price growth has been capped somewhat by nearby developments but as the infrastructure deficits of Point Cook and surrounds become blatant, first home buyers who are priced out of Williamstown and smart enough to see the capital growth possibilities are heading this way...

Good luck to the sneaky reviewer trying to curb price growth so they can buy into the neighbourhood, but I wanted to share the love because we are so happy here. :-)