Blaxland, NSW 2774

Housing commission area? Are you serious? This is a sweet building with a few apartments! There is no housing commission estate in Blaxland. We are homes nestled in the bush often w stunning views and wildlife galore. Spacious surrounds and clean air. A hop skip and jump to CBD.

A beautiful place to live!!!

We are looking to buy a 3-bedroom house in Blaxland to settle. This will be our first home. Any suggestions on which side of Blaxland to pick? Glenbrook-side or Mount Riverview-side? Any streets to avoid? Many thanks

Mayallbeings, nearly all parts of Blaxland have their good points. The Blaxland postcode is divided into Blaxland, East Blaxland then out to Mount Riverview. Blaxland East Public School has a good reputation and is the largest in the area.(about 400+students) People often try to live in the catchment area of this school for their kids but to be honest all schools in the area are good. Blaxland East has a good community feel and is safe and quiet. It has a modest sized shopping centre with butcher, convenience store, petrol, chemist bottle shop, coffee, bread, flowers, hairdresser etc. Mount Riverview is the same postcode and is probably a little quieter but once again has a great community feel. A small friendly school services this part of town and they have a Chinese Restaurant and a good convenience store. There are a couple of churches in the area which draw large gatherings if you are into that too. I like living next to bushland and there are lots of houses with this option but there are plenty of houses with flat blocks and fenced yards also. The main shops in Blaxland are on the Highway with IGA supermarket, post office and a variety of stores. Directly behind these shops are some government housing units but either side of these there are some very nice properties. Glenbrook is ahead of Blaxland for village feel and cost but Blaxland follows close behind in popularity so you could hardly make a mistake buying anywhere in the town on either side of the rail and highway. Don't forget that Warrimoo is a similar lovely area with slightly more affordable homes. Good luck with your house hunting and don't panic, nice houses come up from time to time, just be ready to act when you see the right one.

Francisd, thank you very much for that insightful comment, I greatly appreciate it. We have started looking at Mount Riverview as well, which looks like a lovely, quiet suburb. Thank you again!

Good luck and Mount Riv is lovely!

I heard there are public housing commission properties in East Blaxland.
Not sure which streets they are in, avoid East Blaxland.

Just a small strip along the top of Old Bathurst Rd. Not troublesome as long as I've notice over the past 45 years.

Any issues with the gov units on Hope st? Thinking of moving near by. Is it safe at night walking round the town and from station? Thanks

hl0111 Government housing might attract people with "issues" but equally they can be very normal, nice people who have not had the same start to life as the rest of us. Or maybe they are people with disabilities. At the end of the day they are just people. I haven't heard of any particular danger walking around Blaxland in normal evening hours. I probably wouldn't be walking alone very late in the evening in any town. I don't think there would be much of a problem walking home from the station but you must always take care and be alert of your surroundings. It's not a ghetto and there's actually plans to gentrify the area from the station down through to Hope Street which should make it even nicer than it is now.

Thank you. I completely agree, and I didnt mean issues to sound like that. Sounds great.

Equally, I didn't mean to sound preachy. It's actually a fair enough question but I didn't want to address the topic without being sensitive and open-minded about the people who live there. All good!