Why this Port Melbourne pair will never leave their dream area – realestate.com.au

Jessie Grant from Port Melbourne and Steve Fitzgerald love their suburb, they are planning to stay there for life.

And it is no surprise that they consider the city center of Melbourne as one of the best in the city, after a report has revealed that it is one of the best lifestyle areas in Victoria.

Research commissioned by MCG Quantity Surveyors using data from real estate analysis company Suburbtrends analyzed the best lifestyle spots of the state with the best growth potential in the long term and lifestyle offers, based on factors such as access to facilities, schools, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, beaches, and beaches, beaches, and beaches, beaches, and beaches, beaches and beaches, beaches, and beaches, beaches, and beaches, beach and beaches, beach and beaches, beaches, and beaches, beach and beaches, beach and beaches, beach and beaches, beaches and space.

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While areas such as Armstrong Creek, Barwon Heads and Newtown in Greater Geelong and Winchelsea on the Surf Coast are at the top of the list, many suburbs of Melbourne were also included in the best lifestyle areas.

Cheltenham, Highett, Mentone, Newport, Beaumaris and Williamstown were all mentioned alongside Port Melbourne.

More than 25 years ago, Mrs. Grant and Mr. Fitzgerald fell in love with the suburb of the beach while visiting Mr. Fitzgerald’s mother who lived in Zuidmelbourne.

“We walked in ‘Port’ every day and we just decided that this is where we want to be,” said Mrs. Grant.

People swim in Port Melbourne Beach. Property to the beach was an important measure in the best lifestyle areas of MCG, but of surveyors. Photo: Jason Edwards

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390 Graham ST, Port Melbourne, is a house sale with two bedrooms for sale with a price tag of $ 1.1 million $ 1.2 million. The median house price of the suburb is $ 1.55 million, according to Proptrack.

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They have been in Port Melbourne since 2010 and buy a house for the first time and later a mansion with three bedrooms.

Since then they have welcomed sons Oscar, Alby and Cormac, now 14, 12 and nine respectively in the world.

Their growing family, including Rescue Dog Jazzy, meant that they needed more space.

“We searched for about two or three years in houses with four bedrooms in Port Melbourne and we just couldn’t stretch the budget,” said Mrs. Grant.

They finally decided to renovate their “Skinny Little Townhouse to stay in the area” with the close -knit community, the beach and the parks to enter Jazzy.

There are also numerous sports facilities for their sons participating in football, basketball, cricket, baseball and boxing.

Jessie Grant and Steve Fitzgerald with sons Oscar, Cormac and Alby – who play football, basketball, cricket and baseball – and their dog Jazzy. Photo: Jake Nowakowski.

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Beach visitors stay cool in Port Melbourne. Image: Newswire/Luis Enrique Ascuia.

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When some friends were to sell their house with four bedrooms in Port Melbourne, the couple grabbed the chance to secure it.

“You know, we can get a much larger house for much less money in the Burbs,

But we just love living in Port Melbourne, “said Mrs. Grant.

“We love everything and we just couldn’t see ourselves leave.”

In the future, after their boys have grow up and moved, she and Mr. Fitzgerald are ready to join a group of their friends who are planning to buy apartments in the same Port Melbourne building.

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White Fox Associate Director Cheyne Fox said that the parks, schools, shops, restaurants, friendly community and proximity to Port Melbourne in Melbourne’s CBD meant that many locals in the suburb had watched an upize or reduction.

The “somewhat softer” market now allowed buyers to buy houses in the suburb that they might not have affected three to four years ago, Mrs Fox added.

“So while there was something at $ 3 million or just over a few years ago, it now dives to $ 2.6 million, $ 2.7 million and it makes it more feasible for those people,” she said.

“And I see some smart buyers who are aware of it and cut some really good property at very reasonable prices, given what they were a few years ago.”

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