Moving to Nashville, TN (Cleveland, Brentwood: foreclosures, crime, houses)

[manishaj]

I am moving to Nashville and have been looking at some houses in South of Nashville. I have read lot on the forum about staying away from Antioch area. We have looked at some homes on Barnes Bend Rd which is of Nolensville Pike. Is this area in Antioch city limits and is it safe to buy house there. We have two little kids 6 and 3 who will be going to Shaye Elementry school which is considered Overton area.

Any help will be very helpful

[manishaj]

Can you please provide me the information of the agent.

Thank you

[scottv]

I will send you my agent's info...she lives near the area you're looking at and should be able to answer your questions. Good luck with your move!

[erstworld]

I am also a recent college grad. and have a job in Lebanon. Should I live in Lebanon or in Nashville and commute? I am not ready for a quiet, small town, if that is what Lebanon is. If Nashville is suggested, are there nice places to live on the east side?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[skyblueNashville]

We live in the Overton zone too. Our daughter has just finished four years at Oliver Middle School (next door to Shayne Elementary). We like this area of Nashville very much. All that being said, we did notice recently that there are some houses down in Nolensville (Williamson County) with nice yards for prices comparable to houses in this area. I'm told by some who live in Nolensville that the reduction in prices is due to foreclosures. So, if you're interested in being in Williamson County, you might want to check. (realtracs is a good one for checking) The ones we've looked at have been on and around Stonebrooke Blvd.

Good luck on your search!

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by manishaj

I am moving to Nashville and have been looking at some houses in South of Nashville. I have read lot on the forum about staying away from Antioch area. We have looked at some homes on Barnes Bend Rd which is of Nolensville Pike. Is this area in Antioch city limits and is it safe to buy house there. We have two little kids 6 and 3 who will be going to Shaye Elementry school which is considered Overton area.

Any help will be very helpful

The area you are talking about is safe, but be aware it has an antioch Zipcode. I'm telling you this only for future resale value. I have no Idea of the price of houses there, but if I did I would suggest other areas.
The schools in that area are the same as I have in mine, but I'm less than a half mile from the Williamson County border, but have a Nashville Zip. You might want to try Nolensville, which is Williamson county schools.

Diane G

[CeeBee123]

Originally Posted by manishaj

I am moving to Nashville and have been looking at some houses in South of Nashville. I have read lot on the forum about staying away from Antioch area. We have looked at some homes on Barnes Bend Rd which is of Nolensville Pike. Is this area in Antioch city limits and is it safe to buy house there. We have two little kids 6 and 3 who will be going to Shaye Elementry school which is considered Overton area.

Any help will be very helpful

Barnes Rd is full of great people and nice subsdivisions. I have met and know many people in that area. Yes, its Antioch but only by the zip code. I have heard it called Brentioch. I have heard pretty good things about the schools zoned in that area from others as well. All those people with kids moving in there aren't doing it because they have to... homes START in the 220's there like Delvin Downs, for one.

Nolensville is nice too as others have said - but Barnes Rd is very convenient yet a country settings with Mill Creek and the farmland.

[denawilliams]

The people I know that live in that area have been really happy there. Some of the homes may have a Nashville address, where many have an Antioch address. While I am not a fan of the way people informally name areas "Brentioch" (you probably won't hear me say nashvegas either ), it is an area where so many city limits all converge. Nashville, Antioch, Brentwood and Nolensville all come very close together in a section of Nolensville Rd. That Nolensville Rd area has experienced quite a bit of growth.

[yank283]

Originally Posted by erstworld

I am also a recent college grad. and have a job in Lebanon. Should I live in Lebanon or in Nashville and commute? I am not ready for a quiet, small town, if that is what Lebanon is. If Nashville is suggested, are there nice places to live on the east side?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Here is a former post by Carol Mccullough, who is a neighborhood orginizer in East Nashville. Carol, hope you don't mind I pasted your post


POST -

East Nashville (I think this article sums it up well: http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Special_Issues/Best_of_Nashville/2005/10/27/Best_of_Nashville_The_Near_Eas/index.shtml (broken link))
Also see http://www.rediscovereast.org/ and http://groups.google.com/group/East-Nashville
East Nashville covers a broad area and varies widely with some streets that are fully gentrified and others that are still quite dicey. As I said, I live here and I love it. It isn’t for everyone, though. Your post mentioned crime. If crime stresses you out, you should probably look elsewhere. Since I’m a neighborhood organizer, it’s my job to help neighborhoods reduce crime, so I’m working on it. Check back in 5-7 years.

East Nashville neighborhoods include the higher priced areas like
Lockeland Springs http://www.lockelandsprings.org/
Historic East End http://www.eastendnashville.org/
Eastwood Neighbors http://www.eastwoodneighbors.org/
Historic Edgefield http://www.historicedgefield.org/
and Maxwell Neighbors http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_czg4r4. Street level drug dealing is not as common in these neighborhoods as in some of the others. Some of them are, however, adjacent/nearby to an area that has significant problems: CaseyHomes off of Shelby Avenue.

Some other neighborhoods in East Nashville (such as South Inglewood, Cleveland Park http://www.cpnanashville.org/, McFerrin Park, Greenwood, Renraw http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/nashville/renraw/history.html, East Hill and Shelby Hills) are less expensive but have more problems with street level drug dealing (and sometimes the violence that tends to accompany it). This activity, varies block by block, however, so that you can find a fabulous home on a quiet street for a pretty good price if you do your research (meaning talk to the locals—a lot). I live in Cleveland Park. There are threads here about it: Cleveland Park, TN and E. Nashville -- WEST of Gallatin...

Other early gentrification areas (not in East Nashville) include:
Salemtown in North Nashville http://www.salemtown.org/ ; http://enclave-nashville.blogspot.com/
Chestnut Hill (formerly Cameron Trimble) close to downtown in the Southeast http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/cameron-trimble.html
Wedgewood-Houston close to downtown in the Southeast http://www.wedgewoodhouston.org/home
Glencliff, Radnor and Woodbine Neighborhoods in South Nashville http://flatrockheritagefdn.org/
Edgehill near Vanderbilt http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/edgehill.html

That should keep you busy for a while. Please remember that this is not an exhaustive list, just groups that I am familiar with and areas that I find appealing for one reason or another. Take a look and feel free to ask more questions.

The one thing all of these neighborhoods have in common: an active neighborhood association. That is one of the best indicators for future increases in property values for urban neighborhoods.

Cheers!
Carol

[leogirl17]

I agree that Antioch has received a lot of negative press, but is not at all a bad area to reside. I lived in Antioch for 10 years and now live in Cane Ridge, which is the community that branched off from Antioch and I have not had any problems. In fact, my subdivision is Cane Ridge and Brentwood. I have a Cane Ridge address and my next door neighbor has a Brentwood address. Cane Ridge, Brentwood, Nolensville and Antioch are all so close together that I don't see how anyone could really make such a negative assumption about the area.