QU re Belle Meade from a potential transplant

[mattec]

You may also want to consider areas just outside of Belle Meade, like Hillwood, Green Hills, or my personal favorite Whitland/Woodlawn. There would be less restrictions if you wanted to add to your property, such as a pool.

[Margs Anyone]

Originally Posted by septimus

pools are hard to come by lately. Just know that if you want to add a pool to any house in Belle Meade it is a crazy process as it can't be outside the allowed building envelope and all new pools must go through zoning appeals board. If the house is less than .5 acres it will be hard to build a pool, basically you will need at least 3/4 of an acre to build a pool.

Thanks. And thanks to "mattec" above as well.

We're not looking to add a pool - but hoping for a house with a pool already there (at least i am - DH doesn't care). But it's not a deal breaker.

Thanks for also suggesting other neighbourhoods to consider.

[septimus]

The other areas recommended are great areas too. One nice thing about being inside Belle Meade proper is taxes (at least for now) are actually lower than if you are in the Nashville Urban District (which green hills, whitland areas are) and Belle Meade has its own police department and your property tax bill includes your trash pickup at the back of your house so you don't have to carry your bins to the street.