今天theage介绍我们华人区的最好街道，看看老外眼里怎么样的街算好。还有别忘了留意一下后面的comments，值得一看。
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Best streets - Box Hill 3128
Justine Costigan
July 4, 2011
Comments 29
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Kintore Street, Box Hill Photo: Rodger Cummins
Domain finds the best streets in Box Hill to live.
Stats
Population: 15,354
Median house price: $793,000**
Travel time to CBD: 45 mins car, 25 mins train, 59 mins tram.
Schools: 2 primary, 3 secondary,
1. Thames Street
Running alongside Box Hill Hospital, Thames Street has been rezoned to high density and some residents are benefiting financially from the increased interest from developers. With the Box Hill Institute and Centro Box Hill a short walk away, developers are keen to get in on the action.
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A ready market of students, academic staff, hospital and healthcare workers - plus its location close to a rail line and shopping centre - means living here could be pretty convenient. The inexpensive Asian restaurants, many of them Chinese, remain a big drawcard for locals and Asian food lovers around the city.
Last year, several older properties on large blocks achieved sales around the million-dollar mark. A drive down this leafy street reveals several blocks cleared and ready for development.
Thames Street is still dominated by traditional housing, mostly double-fronted weatherboards and California bungalows, many of them renovated, and the deciduous trees make a pretty canopy for walkers heading to the hospital or shops.
2. Kintore Crescent
Aaron McDonald of Barclay Real Estate says Kintore Crescent is the street most local residents would nominate as one of the suburb's best. A long, curving avenue with large, established deciduous trees, medium to large family homes with a good mix of simple pre-war double-fronted weatherboards as well as more contemporary homes.
Most houses are single storey. Combined with leafy gardens and off-street parking, Kintore Crescent presents a picture of quiet and pretty suburban life. Yet the image is misleading - this street is only a short walk to Box Hill station and the shopping centre.
Perhaps that's what the residents like so much: a location close to facilities and shopping yet far away enough not to be disturbed by noise and traffic. Very tightly held, properties come up for sale only occasionally.
In December last year, an unrenovated three-bedroom California bungalow with original detailing sold for $970,000. You'll pay about the same for a contemporary townhouse. The market for renovated older style homes but would likely sell for around $1.2million plus.
3. Rose Street
A little further away from Box Hill central than Thames Street or Kintore Crescent, Rose Street represents the best of typical Box Hill: a quiet, leafy street with a mix of older and contemporary homes. With homes that are clearly loved and cared for, Rose Street has middle-of-the-road eastern suburbs appeal in spades.
A pretty park with a children's playground, joggers in the street, mums with prams and big yards filled with play equipment mark this out as family territory.
But it also has some architectural charms: wide porches, old trees kitted out with swings and hammocks, cottage gardens and a shady, green environment.
A two-bedroom California bungalow with renovation potential sold in this street for $768,500 in March this year. In April, a California bungalow, beautifully presented, sold for $920,000.
McDonald says the typical entry price for a residence in the area is around $800,000 but a renovated home in a good street will easily climb over $1million with top sales recorded around $1.5million.
* Postcode and population details also include Box Hill South
** 12 months to March 2011 (population and price statistics sourced from APM)
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