ednam

I've rented in Manor Lakes for the past 3 years and am currently building a house in the Botanica stage, and I must say that this place is great! I am fortunate to build a house on NBN-ready land so that's a plus. The neighbourhood is also very suburban - young families and a quiet and pleasant atmosphere. Price-wise the area is quite cheap, land sells from $130,000 and you can easily rent 3-bd houses from $280 weekly.

The bad things are that 1. it feels far away from other things - while this is great for people who want peace and quiet, it can feel too quiet, and 2. lack of public transport. There are a couple buses which go between here and Werribee station, and the regional train station is being built, but it's not sufficient (train station expected to be operational in 2016!!).

Food-wise it can hold up on its own; pizza shop, McDonalds, Fish'n'chip shop, charcoal chicken, and Cody's Cafe which sells the world's hottest burger. There is however no nightlife, though this is a larger Wyndham problem. The Coles is very useful but it would be great to see KMart / Target in the future retail expansion.

Future-wise things look good for this suburb; it's just a question of when the train station and new shops will be around.