Discover an easier lifestyle

More and more people – and families – are moving from CBD and inner-city addresses to new greenfields communities such as Armstrong and Coridale.

Why? For many people, it’s about kids. They want room to move, playgrounds, access to schools, shops, services … a more family-friendly lifestyle than tight inner-city apartments offer.
They know greenfields sites are cheaper. That they’re friendlier than impersonal inner-city living. And that they’re also well-resourced and more spacious.
The suburbs in fact offer strong communities where people know one another. Where they socialise easily. Where kids can play outside and make friends.
Greenfields communities are all about lifestyle. And the advantages are numerous.
It’s easier to get around in new greenfields suburbs than it is in metropolitan suburbs. School runs, kinder runs, shopping trips, catching up with friends – fewer traffic jams make all of these quicker.
You have more living space in greenfields homes than cramped city apartments. And more outdoor space. You also have fresh air, playgrounds, parks and reserves, creeks and wetlands.
Greenfield communities host nearby shopping centres, cafes, medical services and schools, childcare … the list goes on.
Social researcher Hugh Mackay says people like the suburbs because they’re ‘affordable, convenient and pleasant’. He’s backed by recent research showing the number of professionals, managers and administrators heading for greenfields on the rise. As well as everyone else.
Homebuyers are getting smarter. They realise the importance of being part of a real community of people. A community of neighbours and friends, playmates and schoolmates and, increasingly, relatives too.
Oliver Hume researcher George Bougias explains: “Young people are increasingly abandoning expensive coastal cities – where apartments are the main housing option for new property market entrants – in favour of more affordable locations where they can purchase single-family homes.
“The reason is simple. Although many younger people want to live and work in wealthy coastal capital cities, they often have little choice but to become permanent renters, usually in smaller apartments.
“They are keenly aware that home ownership is critical to long-term financial security and family formation.”
And many of them really want their own traditional detached home.
So weigh up the difference between a new suburban home versus city living.