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Of course, the word "affordable" is totally relative.
I'm currently trapped in the Southwest - I moved here ten years ago to be with my future husband. Long and short - all was well until we realized that our now 3 year old is on the Autism spectrum. He's high functioning enough where he doesn't need therapy for every aspect of his life, but his social skills are crappy enough that he doesn't fit in well in regular care settings here. Services are sparse and you have to be part of the special needs mommy club to learn anything about them. SO we're moving to super-high tax land (not meant as a knock) so we can have access to better schools, more services and people who know better than to discriminate.
Right now we feel like we can reasonable afford to live upstate and that's been our focus. It looks like there are quite a few towns with good schools and access to the services we might need for our son that have homes in our price range. We'll be really lucky to get 140K for the house we're in which will give us a modest down payment to work with.
Several of my family members however seem to be completely obsessed with getting us back to LI. I don't think we can afford it, they insist we can.
SO: is there anyplace left on LI where you can get a decent home (i.e. not a cottage) for under 200K in a good school district? And please, go easy on me... I'm not the one who's being unrealistic - I would love to move closer to everyone but I don't think we can make it on LI. I think my family wants us home so bad that they just can't see it's not possible.
Thanks very much for any assistance people can offer.
It's crazy but I remember reading Newday back in 1999-2001 and the Median price in Suffolk was under 150K.
There is a small but vocal contingent here that believes if you wait, prices will return to this level.
I am not one of these people so your choices are limited. Maybe you can rent?
I know the Babylon School District is great with autistic/special needs children. I'm sure you can find something, but it's going to take a lot of research.
Sorry, I did a search for Babylon School District, but the link didn't copy what I pulled up. I found a house on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon, but I think the SD is Babylon, for 169K. However, taxes are $7600 a year....
Of course, the word "affordable" is totally relative.
I'm currently trapped in the Southwest - I moved here ten years ago to be with my future husband. Long and short - all was well until we realized that our now 3 year old is on the Autism spectrum. He's high functioning enough where he doesn't need therapy for every aspect of his life, but his social skills are crappy enough that he doesn't fit in well in regular care settings here. Services are sparse and you have to be part of the special needs mommy club to learn anything about them. SO we're moving to super-high tax land (not meant as a knock) so we can have access to better schools, more services and people who know better than to discriminate.
Right now we feel like we can reasonable afford to live upstate and that's been our focus. It looks like there are quite a few towns with good schools and access to the services we might need for our son that have homes in our price range. We'll be really lucky to get 140K for the house we're in which will give us a modest down payment to work with.
Several of my family members however seem to be completely obsessed with getting us back to LI. I don't think we can afford it, they insist we can.
SO: is there anyplace left on LI where you can get a decent home (i.e. not a cottage) for under 200K in a good school district? And please, go easy on me... I'm not the one who's being unrealistic - I would love to move closer to everyone but I don't think we can make it on LI. I think my family wants us home so bad that they just can't see it's not possible.
Thanks very much for any assistance people can offer.
NO! I hate to tell you this but go find some other place to live. You probably couldn't even find a place in Mastic-Shirley at that price. Try the Southern Tier, Vestal has a decent school district and you might find a house in that price range. Good luck but not on Long Island.
Sorry, I did a search for Babylon School District, but the link didn't copy what I pulled up. I found a house on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon, but I think the SD is Babylon, for 169K. However, taxes are $7600 a year....
It's crazy but I remember reading Newday back in 1999-2001 and the Median price in Suffolk was under 150K.
There is a small but vocal contingent here that believes if you wait, prices will return to this level.
I am not one of these people so your choices are limited. Maybe you can rent?
There are? I'm in the process of buying and have done significant research, including on this site, and haven't found anything that says prices will fall to 1999 prices.
I did see plenty of posts by you over the last year indicating prices will go up... And they have not.
SO: is there anyplace left on LI where you can get a decent home (i.e. not a cottage) for under 200K in a good school district?
No.
Whatever you make on the sale of your home would be much better spent elsewhere. If your relatives want you move back they should offer to put you up for a few years while you save money for a house, otherwise they should stop tormenting you with their own unrealistic expectations that would make your already complicated life harder.
It's crazy but I remember reading Newday back in 1999-2001 and the Median price in Suffolk was under 150K.
There is a small but vocal contingent here that believes if you wait, prices will return to this level.
I am not one of these people so your choices are limited. Maybe you can rent?
Yup - I know exactly what you're talking about. I would be really shocked if prices dropped that low again. I don't like the idea of renting. My husband is real old school and that would almost be like chopping off his manhood. He was already feeling pretty bad that he couldn't afford to move us there. When I realized that upstate was an option he was much happier.
LisaMarie1984 - thank you so much. That was awesome of you. Taxes were the second part of our equation and we were trying to keep them under 6K.
And to anyone else who said no - thank you for being honest and I'm not at all upset or insulted by it. You're just confirming what I was about 99% certain of. I really wish we could come home, but I'm not willing to bankrupt us to do it.
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