bevk2

As a working professional with a large family,I lived in Pakenham for 7 years, Berwick for 4 and now in turganina for 2. I would have to say hands down Turganina is the best place I've lived in Melbourne. 

Turganina has the lowest crime rate amongst the 3 of those suburbs, and in my own opinion is by far the nicest place to live. There is a fantastic community spirit, it has an amazing location with trains close by (unlike most of Pakenham and all of Berwick) and if you are lucky enough to live need Gardiners Creek trail, its like living in the bush but only 14kms from the city. In Pakenham/ Berwick, the 'community' is very snobbish and tends to live behind their iron gates. The first month we moved to Turganina, we were invited to a street party, a Christmas street bbq and a NYE party. There was nothing like this in Pakenham or Berwick despite living there for many more years. 

Turganina is often an unheard of suburb despite being close to the city. With the very expensive suburbs of Glen Waverley / Mount Waverley on one side, and Glen Iris / East Malvern / Ashburton on the other, I simply can't think of a better 'value' suburb. Yes, house prices have risen a lot recently because of this, but you can still buy a 800sqm block for around $1.4m. This is unheard of in those other suburbs I mention. 

This is a very green, family friendly, safe suburb to live in. Turganina High has also recently had major $5m spending upgrades and a new Principal who previously transformed Sunbury College. Many parents now opt to send their kids to the local high school instead of private schools. 

Its clear quite a few people are 'waking up' to this small pocket of a suburb, based simply on the number of new houses being built on the generous blocks. Hopefully not too many people get clued into what a great hidden suburb this is, to keep it the way it is.