Moving from Atlanta to Mobile area with company (Daphne, Saraland: apartment, rentals)

[msdivine]

I am relocating to the Mobile area from Atlanta Ga. My company Ryla, Inc. is opening a new office in Saraland. My husband and I need to find housing by the end of June. We are looking to rent for at least 6 months until we find an area we want to buy in. Any suggestions on where to look? We've heard there is not much in Saraland... Any suggestions?

[PortCity]

Ther may not be any options in Saraland, but I think your best options would be an area on Dauphin street near I-65 in Mobile. I can help you much better if you are able to tell me the price range you are looking for. Ther is an apartment shortage in the Mobile area but they are constantly building new complexis to support the demand.

[Mr crabb]

Originally Posted by PortCity

Ther may not be any options in Saraland, but I think your best options would be an area on Dauphin street near I-65 in Mobile. I can help you much better if you are able to tell me the price range you are looking for. Ther is an apartment shortage in the Mobile area but they are constantly building new complexis to support the demand.

Tremendous high crime area at Dauphin and I-65.
Walmart parking lot is prime for car jackings.
Saraland is progressing. They have broken away from the defunct county public schools creating their own school system.
All price levels can be found along celest road.
If I did not live in Daphne I would move to this area .
I'd stay out of Mobile city limits unless you are single and party frequently.

[downtowndoll]

Originally Posted by msdivine

I am relocating to the Mobile area from Atlanta Ga. My company Ryla, Inc. is opening a new office in Saraland. My husband and I need to find housing by the end of June. We are looking to rent for at least 6 months until we find an area we want to buy in. Any suggestions on where to look? We've heard there is not much in Saraland... Any suggestions?

Sometimes, I can't believe some of these posters and the incorrect advice! You will not need to live in Saraland to work there because it is very close to I-65/and thus I-10. You could live in Midtown Mobile or Spring Hill area if schools are not a big deal. But Saraland just broke off and started their own school system. This will be a good thing in the big picture. HOWEVER, the people I know are not packing up and moving over there at all. If they move, it's to a bigger house in Spring Hill or Midtown. Some will go to Eastern Shore but they are typically people who don't need to network. Mobile is still the center.

It really depends on what you are looking for.... do you want to get to know people? If you just want to drive home every day from work and not be a part of the Mobile community, then suburbs for you. You could live in Spanish Fort or Daphne(both Eastern Shore) and still easily get to Saraland. West Mobile will be way out of the way for a job in Saraland, for most part. You might as well live on Eastern Shore.

Will you or your husband need to network as part of the job? Then you need to live in Midtown or Spring Hill(Mobile's version of Buckhead). My husband needed to network for work and we made a BIG mistake when we moved past Snow Road in West Mobile for 8 years. Those were the "Lost" years, truly. We were pretty young then and didn't think about all that type of stuff. Now we live in Midtown.

Midtown Mobile is not a place "just for singles or partying". My block has a total of 17 kids between 11 houses!!!
Midtown is really the absolutely best place to be location-wise if you want to be in the midst of the restaurants of downtown yet close to the shopping of the Eastern Shore Center. Also, a lot of the important people of Mobile live in certain neighborhoods in Midtown or Spring Hill. Again, it depends on what you need.

If you are being transferred by Ryla, then you are probably pretty high up there, I imagine...just some food for thought. If you wanted to be involved in stuff, you could be. Mobile is more welcoming and diverse than people think.
Probably because a good bit of advice is coming from people who live in the suburbs and, frankly, are not involved in Mobile life.

[PortCity]

^^^ lol, DTD you know according to some people Mobile is a 3rd world country.

[southernnaturelover]

Check with some of the realtors in Saraland to see if they have some rentals first. No sense in commuting on the interstate everyday when you don't have to.

[7spider]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

Check with some of the realtors in Saraland to see if they have some rentals first. No sense in commuting on the interstate everyday when you don't have to.

I agree you might as well stay close to your job if you're going to rent first, this way you learn the area and see what area floats your boat.

[downtowndoll]

Originally Posted by PortCity

^^^ lol, DTD you know according to some people Mobile is a 3rd world country.

I know and it really drives me nuts, because it's not true!