Accommodation in Melbourne

Property prices in Melbourne compare favourably to other Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth and expatriates have many options when it comes to location and accommodation. Real estate agents are available to navigate through the choices of apartments, townhouses, renovated Edwardian or Victorian properties and the usual parameters of price and preference will be the deciding factors.

 

The explosion of new housing developments in the inner city and dockland areas have become popular with expatriates looking for the buzz of urban living. These include the suburbs of South Melbourne, South Yarra, Carlton and Fitzroy, Port Melbourne and St Kilda. But these properties are heavier on the wallet, and for most expatriates the ideal home is still a suburban dwelling on the outskirts of the city with at least three bedrooms and a good size garden.

Then there are suburbs such as Kensington and Yarraville, which have traditionally been ranked as the working class areas, but are affordable and close to the city whilst on the opposite end of the spectrum are the exclusive residential areas of Brighton, Hampton and Sandringham. Prices can range from AUS$700 000 for property in the fashionable inner-eastern precincts of Melbourne or AUS$ 2,000,000 in Toorak and AUS$300,000 in the inner western suburbs.