John

We moved to Geelong West in 2014 to start our family and could not be happier. After living our early 20s in apartments in Essendon & Port Melbourne and being priced out of buying a house anywhere close to the city it became a choice of moving to suburbia like Point Cook or moving to a cosmopolitan city like Geelong West and still being able to enjoy the things we love like being able to walk to supermarket, cafes, pubs that are on offer in Pakington St. We bought a beautiful fully renovated Victorian house and I work in Laverton and the commute is tolerable.

Other positives are the schools in the area are excellent, low crime and have always felt safe. excellent neighbours, nice dog parks, short distance to the barwon river trail which i enjoy running around, easy links to the freeways and can be in Torquay within 15 minutes.

Capital growth is very strong, in 2014 we bought for just under $500k and property would now be worth close to $900k.