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Hey! I'm a relatively recent college grad who is looking to buy a house downtown. I rented an apartment in Shandon for a couple of years and absolutely fell in love with the neighborhood. Recently I found an adorable house on the edge of Shandon. It's a cute older home built in 1940 that's close to grad school and my job and is only in my price range due to this extreme buyers' market.
The problem is that it's a few blocks away from MLK park. My real question is, how safe of an area is Cypress St? I've heard a lot of mixed reviews. Some people say it's not bad and others say stay far away. I currently live by Dutch Square Mall, which some consider to be a very crime-ridden and sketchy area, but I've never had any problems. While I lived in Shandon on South Edisto I had my car window shot out with a BB gun and my side view mirror knocked off, both minor incidents in my book.
I know people who live in Shandon and they have never had any problems. However, I have never lived there so I can't give you any personal references. Where you're speaking of sounds more like Olde Shandon than Sandon as we think of it. Hopefully someone here will be able to help you more.
Elle, Cypress Street is in Old Shandon and is certainly not quite as desirable as Shandon proper, but it is certainly less expensive. Whenever I want to know how a particular block or neighborhood is, I drive through late on a Saturday night. You may also want to check with the CPD.
The closer you get to Cherry St the worse it gets, and the closer you get to the home plate of the MLK softball field the worse it gets. I have had plenty of friends that have lived Meadow, Lee, and Preston and had minimal problems. Still, common sense comes into play. I lived on College St on the other side of MLK, and the only problem I really had was my car getting broken into. But, I also had that happen at my house on Wheat St in Shandon. I believe the State paper online has a crime map, and I know you can get one for a mile radius of an address at the police department - that would give you an idea of the kinds of crime going on.
Thanks for your advice! I think I'm going to pass on the house. Besides, for the condition that the house is in the asking price is way too high.
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