Good neighborhoods in Fayetteville? (Sanford, Spring Lake: rentals, lawyers, houses)

[Weetzie42]

My husband and I are moving to Fayetteville in August. We are not in the military and have no children, so school district is not important. I need to know if there is a good part of town to begin a search for a rental home? We are looking to spend about 600-700 a month.

I have been looking on the internet and it seems like it is a nice town but with some shady areas. Is this way off? Where should I look? Where should I NOT look?

I would appreciate any advice!

[tarheelcoach]

Some good areas - Stoney Point, Arran Lakes, Haymount.

Bad - Ramsey St., Spring Lake, Robeson St., area near Douglas Byrd schools.

Basically, stay away from downtown and the northern part of town. The western and southern part of Fayetteville is mostly good.
Fayetteville is a little weird in that the really good neighborhoods are very close to the really horrid ones (something I learned the hard way when I first moved here!).

For 6-700 a month, you may have to settle for an o.k. neighborhood. For example, Lafayetteville Village is kind of close to the Byrd area I would shy away from, but it in itself is pretty good, and the houses would easily be in that range.

To get a good house in a really nice neighborhood in Fayetteville will run you 800-950 a month. Now is a good time to move though, with all the deployments the local paper had an article about how slow the rental market is right now. That will change in a year or two due to BRAC when a large group of soldiers move here from other bases.

Good luck!

[joanchris2000]

There are plenty of good neighborhoods, and I agree with the above post, how many great neighborhoods are close to really NOT great ones.
It all depends on what you're looking for in a neighborhood, Haymount may be priced too steeply for you (the better sections), but it is in the middle of things, (and near not so nice neighborhoods). The farther "out" you go in Fayetteville, as in most cities the pricing gets you more for your money.
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I know you don't need good schools, however, the good schools tend to have nicer neighborhoods in their attendance areas (there are some exceptions to this of course....), I would start your search with your price range, click on rentals, and then click (hold CTRL key to choose more than one) on the following high schools:
Jack Britt, Terry Sanford, Southview, (these next ones are a little more far out, country-like) Cape Fear, Gray's Creek, and Eastover. There may also be some nice neighborhoods in Seventy-First HS. I just did a search and there seemed to be plenty to choose from. Be careful, the Terry Sanford HS matches came up with a lot of questionable neighborhoods (I do not know the downtown area/haymount well, so I only say questionable since I'm not familiar with the area).

[Deez Nuttz]

If you live in Deerfield subdivision in Spring Lake it's not too bad, it's on the outskirts of Spring Lake though. I wouldn't consider any other part of Spring Lake though.

[epson3253]

Buckhead is a good neighborhood to start looking. It is where i live an it is very high end. All lawns are cut an most of the people living here are doctors lawyers etc...

[ladybug07]

I have to disagree about some of the areas above listed as bad. I promise you, there are places in this town where you can drive down a road and be in a good area, the next thing you know your in a bad area. One road to avoid at all costs is the Murk (Murchison Road). If an area is off limits to the military, its best to stay away from it.
When we were shopping for our home, our realtors took us to Acorn Ridge, Brookshire, Worthington, the Scotts Mill sections, are a couple that come to mind that we looked in.

[faabala]

Ladybug07 is on the money with the above post. The neighborhoods listed above are all pretty nice. We sold three homes in Brookshire last year and hope to sell more. Worthington is almost sold out of new construction but there are a few left. All those areas are very affordable.