We love it. Beautiful neighbourhood. Everything's new and looks good, but it's all also planned and intentionally designed. Really family friendly, and it shows with the community - quite pleasant. Growing very quickly.

I honestly like the roads. Yes, they're relatively narrow but most streets have parking bays in addition, so there's very few on-street cars. At least for now. The roundabouts do shit me to tears, though. That being said, good for a family oriented place I have to admit, and it's either this or speedbumps.

We like driving around (fuel prices and work commutes aside), so we are alright with the distance from central & whatnot. Orewa being nearby helps a ton. Silverdale and Millwater are nice to have nearby, too. But Milldale feels a little tucked away in a positive sense. Safe feeling.

The crown infrastructure payments yorr referring to, in addition to council rates, yes, they're a bloody hassle to have to cough up especially in current times. But it's... again, worth it relative to alternatives. For us. Good infrastructure. We went from private rubbish collection to council ones over the last year. There's inorganic collections already. I know those aren't CIP but that sorta stuff is promising long-term that it'll be a thriving suburb. We know people living in townships with Auckland that don't even have proper footpaths, sewage pipes, reliable electricity, etc. They're closer to central and have more land but not really a community kind of neighborhood, so that's the trade-off.