Need suggestions for buying home (which area) (Wilmington, Newark: rent, buying a home)

[sid369]

We live in Newark, DE right now (renting). My wife works in Wilmington and I got a job in Plymouth Meeting. I don't mind the drive, but to avoid traffic I have to leave really early in the morning and there is no alternate route. Or maybe I don't know which won't have traffic.

We don't have kids yet, we are palnnign to buy a house and we looked at Lagrange comunity and another one by Ryan homes in Bear behind Governors plaza. In terms of commute buying a home in Newark/bear wont make any difference.

We looked at Garnet Valley or Glenn mills hoping that it would be a good middle ground for us but the taxes and home prices are very high.

The only reason we are looking into PA is so that it reduces my commute a little. But we don't know any areas that would fit the bill.

Also, the fact that should we even pay high taxes for a good school district that we will be using in 5-6 years.

Also, any ideas about the bear and lagarnge ryan homes?

[jpbear]

Stay away from the Rt 7 - Rt 40 area. except for the small community behind gov square shopping center all other areas are not really great. its ghetto along the communites lining Rt 7 N of the intersection - espe the rivers end drive / songsmith drive.

Lagrange in glasgow maybe slightly better, but again schools scuk and unless you are budgeting for private school dont buy..

[whereshome]

I would just keep renting for a while. Maybe you could rent in PA and get a feel for that area. There is nothing worse than realizing you bought in the wrong area. I would wait, but that is me.

[sid369]

How is the areas in wilmington near foulk road and close to naamans road. Instead of loking in newark we are thinking now that pronbably a townhouse in wilmington area woudl be good. Also heard brandywine school district is good.

Any suggestions

[Delborn]

I think the Foulk and Naamans are is a good choice what is your price range? Brandywine school district is good but you need to pay attention to feeder patterns.


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[sid369]

I need to expert advise on dealing with builders.

I was wondering if you can negotiate with buiderd like ryan homes. not on the base price but on the upgrades etc.

I read a blogpost but it was in NJ and the owner was able to get $35000 of upgrades for free just by negotiating.

Is getting a good aggreisve realtor a good idea who can negotiate on our behalf.

[Sandee1213]

You can absolutely negotiate new construction. Many builders out there are also giving a lot of great incentives to buy. I actually heard Ryan homes has many incentives. We personally had a house built and did a great job of negotiating. I did have a good realtor, but I don't think I necessarily needed her to get us the deal. She helped a lot while looking for houses though, but when it came time to buy new construction and negotiate we did a lot of that. I am glad she was there though to get the commission, since she helped us so much before we chose new construction.