Safe Apartment Between Beltway & Loop (Houston, Sugar Land: apartment complex, rent, crime)

[newtohtown]

Hello everyone,

I am a 22 year old female who just moved to Houston to teach. I am currently living with my aunt in SE Houston but I have finally found a job in the Alief school district.

I am looking for a safe apartment to live in between the Beltway & the Loop. Yes yes, I know 22-year olds like bars and dating and the loop. I have a boyfriend, and I already have two social networks here, so I would prefer to live outside the loop where it is cheaper and my commute to work is stress free. I am 100% confident that I will not die of boredom.

I am hoping for a more personal perspective and recommendations on finding an apartment complex. I have already spent numerous hours using the HPD website, a zip code map, Google Maps, you name it to narrow down the area. The problem is that apartment ratings are unreliable and I also don't want to accidentally end up in one of the ghetto pockets in the nice areas. How is that little space around Bunker Hill Village, for instance?

So this week, I will be driving around trying to find something. Can someone recommend some areas that are a reasonable commute (15 min before traffic) to Alief ISD without actually...you know, being there.

I would love to have rent <700. The only bell I need is a W/D in unit.

I am currently scoping out AMLI Eldridge Pkwy and Camden Holly Springs?


Thanks in advance!

[chad.roper]

I do not know of any place between 610 and beltway 8 that is safe. Maybe a few years ago but there has been a huge increase in gang activity in the past 2 years and even in the last few months. Your better off being outside beltway 8

[newtohtown]

Originally Posted by chad.roper

I do not know of any place between 610 and beltway 8 that is safe. Maybe a few years ago but there has been a huge increase in gang activity in the past 2 years and even in the last few months. Your better off being outside beltway 8

That's disappointing. While I don't want to live inside the loop, I did want my apartment to be within a reasonable distance from friends that I have on the NW side of the loop. I am now looking at some apartments on Eldridge Parkway and hopw that is pretty safe.

[txstate]

The apartments on Westheimer between the beltway and highway 6 are nice and have secruity and HPD on patrol.

[westhou]

You can find safe apartments between the beltway and 610 on Westheimer but you are going to have to increase your budget to at least $900. There are some great new apartment buildings on Voss between Westheimer and San Felipe. There are also some nice apartments just past Voss called Old farm. The Marquis is also a nice complex on Westheimer and there is another complex just across the street from the Marquis that are really nice too.

[rbchamps2]

Were in Alief are you going to teach? I live in Sugar Land and I can throw a rock to Alief from my back porch, never have had any safety concerns.

[TVC15]

A friend of mine lived at a place called Creekstone Apts. They are very well kept and in an excellent location IMHO to live in Houston. She lived there for several years but just moved out (she bought a house). She liked it because it was a very safe place for her and she never heard of crime occuring there. It is very quite and lots trees in a great location. Good luck!

Creekstone Houston Apartments - Apartments in Houston, TX – Greystar Management

[newtohtown]

Thank you everyone.

I'm not willing to pay $900 because I'm trying to save money and I'm on a teacher salary. Sugar Land is a bit expensive for what I'm looking for, isn't it? I could still look but it seems pricey and also potentially trafficy. Creekstone looks nice, but still pricey. I really don't want to spend more than $700. =/

[RampageInAZ]

Originally Posted by txstate

The apartments on Westheimer between the beltway and highway 6 are nice and have secruity and HPD on patrol.

Really? I was under the impression that pretty much anywhere on Westy was going to be very sketchy at best. Weren't a lot of the Katrina evacuees sent to the Beltway/Westheimer area?

[RampageInAZ]

Originally Posted by newtohtown

Thank you everyone.

I'm not willing to pay $900 because I'm trying to save money and I'm on a teacher salary. Sugar Land is a bit expensive for what I'm looking for, isn't it? I could still look but it seems pricey and also potentially trafficy. Creekstone looks nice, but still pricey. I really don't want to spend more than $700. =/

You are going to have problems with traffic wherever you live in Houston, there isn't really a way around it. Some areas are a bit worse then ever, but I wouldn't expect a trouble free cruise anytime except the middle of the night.