Wjndale is a no go area for most Novocastrions.You got Eleebana right the first time ( my son lives there) .One of the top places to live,it’s near Australia’s biggest salt water lake.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Lynette

Place 1 is ex Housing Commission. It's the poorest suburb in Newcastle.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

You couldn’t find a much better place to live with its beaches ,harbour,lake, arts and Wineries.

Thought l would say in Newie if you take a wrong turn it will only take a few minutes to get back on track unlike Sydney were you are screwed if you take a wrong turn

Checkout some beach side suburbs, some Merewether homes now fetching $5M-$10M 😲

Thank you so much. Please please do more home and suburb videos. Are there any properties in a complex with a shared swimmingpool.

Windale is a low-rent area, Adamstown Heights is relatively upmarket, Eleebana (and yes you got it right the first time) is mostly upmarket, Bero used to be a dive but has been changing over the last few years and Fern Bay is a very overpriced wannabe area, With Sydney house prices being so ridiculous people have been migrating to Newcastle and the Hunter Region driving up prices (sell your crappy dump for a few million and move up here and buy a much nicer place for heaps less and you have money in the bank)There is a pretty good train service between the 2 cities and an expressway or you can fly from Newcastle Airport

@jenniferharrison8915

4 ай бұрын

My sister moved to Newcastle, before the rush, now she won't come back to Sydney unless it's a family emergency! 😌 It just keeps getting better shops & people! 👍

Thanks Ross, I was pleasantly surprised that Newcastle is still so affordable! There are a few smaller towns between Newcastle and Sydney, with water nearby, if you like a quieter lifestyle - Gosford, Woy Woy, Terrigal! 🤔

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Good to know!

I live in Thornton, one suburb over from Beresfield, and the commute into Newcastle is mostly pretty good. With good traffic, 20 minutes into the CBD, not to mention the regular suburban train services, which Beresfield has a stop on. Hopefully once the M1 extension is completed the morning/arvo commute should improve vastly.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

There's an express train between Newcastle and Sydney and it's a really nice trip with water and bush to look at.

@ericnoack1324

4 ай бұрын

trains run every 30 mintues to Sydney and the XPT runs once down and once back in the morning and afternoon to Grafton via Maitland

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

@andrewblack5359

2 ай бұрын

Full of crackheads lol

A suggestion - have a look at Wollongong and it's suburbs - it has a gorgeous coastline, big university and is an hour and a half train ride from Central station, Sydney

@jenniferharrison8915

4 ай бұрын

It is beautiful, but I hear Wollongong is now so popular it's getting overcrowded and too expensive, shame!

Soon as you get water views prices jumps up too.

Hi, can you do videos for Perth please

I’d love you to do a video on houses in the Central coast 😊

@infin8ee

4 ай бұрын

I cry every day at the prices here😢

Windale is actually in the town of Lake Macquarie, originally built as a planed affordable suburb, it has a high number of housing commission families as residents and is actually known for social problems. Public transport back to Newcastle is by bus and takes a long time. There is no direct transport link to Sydney, it's a car trip or a long bus trip to connect with the train. No wonder it seems affordable. I live in one of the outer suburbs of Newcastle itself and a brick bungalow with Asbestos issues next door, sold for 1.2 million dollars a month ago.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info Jayne

@kayzinoz

Ай бұрын

Boolaroo is the best it’s on the rail line and next to Bunnings and has Costco near by and it has its own village shopping area. It’s on a shared pedestrian/bike path that snakes around the lake and reasonably close to the M1. It is known as Lake Macquarie and is considered a lakeside suburb.

Looks like we might be moving to Albury in May from South Africa a bit far from the beach.

@sandraw8219

4 ай бұрын

I live in Albury and you’re right it’s nowhere near any ocean but it does have a lot going for it, particularly if you have children.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Hope it goes well for you

@umarshk

Ай бұрын

@@sandraw8219 Can I have your email pls, I need to inquire regarding Albury and what it has to offer? I am also planning to move with my children.

Windale is houso. Or these days, some ex-houso, some still houso. Classic fibro houses mostly.

These are so cheap in comparison to Sydney just down the road!!

Please do this for Queensland. I’m hoping to move near Brisbane or the Gold Coast

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

We have one for Brisbane North side

If you were moving to the UK & were familiar with job opportunities, lifestyles and facilities in the South how useful would house prices in Bolton or Middlesborough or Lincolnshire be? Having lived in Newcastle NSW it is a great area BUT commuting to Sydney is 2 hours each way in many cases and local job opportunities are more limited especially if both partners are looking. Once there - expensive to move out/back. Great to retire to or if you can manage on one public service salary as teacher or nurse etc as partner would have less choice. Local knowledge is essential.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips

@RJS4287

4 ай бұрын

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Bundaberg, you can still get houses under 400k. They need TLC but hey , extremely affordable

@jenniferharrison8915

4 ай бұрын

That area is classified as dangerous and unfriendly!

@roberto_8162

4 ай бұрын

@@jenniferharrison8915 been there a few times, didn't feel under threat at any time. Liked so much , bought a house

@infin8ee

4 ай бұрын

But it's hot. My niece bought in Townsville and lasted 3yrs 😂

@roberto_8162

4 ай бұрын

@@infin8ee I'm in Sydney now , Sydney is hotter , never gets to 40 there , so hot day is 35. As for the humidity, very similar to Sydney

I think commuting Newie to Sydney would be hard. 2 hours each way.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, you're right

@kangablue4502

Ай бұрын

Keep going! It’s just under 3hrs each way by rail from Cardiff to Central, and not much faster on the express run. The freeway is about 1hr 20mins end to end, but then you have to get through Sydney traffic and that can add significant travel time. Even the Newcastle end is bad for traffic now with all the blow-ins. The more people who come here to live and commute, the more people are on the roads, and the longer it takes. I commuted every day between Newcastle and Sydney for 10 years. It’s a hard slog added on to an already long work day.

Maitland is a good spot. And noticeably cheaper than "Newcastle".

Geez. Windale is not a place you would want to live. It is high crime and poor amenity.

Noocastle?

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

I'm working on the accent

Just to put this perspective for you , Windale is one of the lower level suburbs , and Eleebana is one of the top . You could be looking at Chisholm and East Maitland which is about 30 minutes to Newcastle about the same distance as Eleebana which is 22 minutes depending on which suburb of Newcastle you are going to. ,but Chisholm stand at the end of the main freeway to Sydney . Now in this area you have no need to go to Newcastle for anything except to go to the beach .The area houses around 100,000 people ,the Lower Hunter area which Newcastle and Lake Macquarie are part of, out to the vineyards at Cessnock house about 500,000 people. East Maitland has a brand new Hospital and a large Stockland shopping centre at Green Hills along with the main Shopping centre in Maitland and another 3 at Rutherford . You will pay between $900,000 to $1.3million in Chisolm all brand new houses no older than around 6 years. It's about 10 minutes to the start of the freeway to Sydney. East Mailtand is about 5 minutes away and sits about 5 minutes from the hospital and a few minutes to the Green Hills shopping Centre and close to the Maitland City centre . East Maitland has a more varied price range and includes the suburb of Tenambit . Some of the mansions will cost 2 to 4 million around Victoria street and Rathluba Lagoon ,and the lower end about $640,000 . Average would be $800,000 to $1.2m .

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for all this great knowledge

If you think Newcastle is cheap, try buying a one bedroom apartment in town for $600k. Not cheap.

Windale is often considered a place for bogans not me

I moved from Sydney to the Central Coast. Much more affordable and better quality of life.

@ThatJohnstonLife

Ай бұрын

Glad you're enjoying it

In other news, the residents of Windale are helping police with their enquiries.

@ThatJohnstonLife

2 ай бұрын

😂🤣

Half the issue People are selling their multi million dollar Sydney houses and coming to Newcastle and wrecking the market Also Windale is houseos lol

Moving to Australia was the hardest thing you've ever done? Try pulling the engine out of a V-12 Daimler Sovereign. I've done it and it almost put me in a mental asylum. Seriously, I moved from western Sydney to Medowie ( north of Newcastle and just north of Fern Bay) around eight years ago and have no wish to go back. I tell people all the time you don't need to live in Sydney. My daughter has just bought a house in Bathurst and also has no wish to return to Sydney.

@ThatJohnstonLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip never to remove an engine

Windale 💀💀

Stay away from Windale

You must be Teacher mate with all your spare time to make this shit.

Go Away, Newcastle is full 😂😂

SSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Too many blow-ins already. Don’t encourage any more!