Quantico Area (Manassas, Woodbridge, Fredericksburg: lease, townhomes, neighborhood)

[sweetypetitie]

Hi I may be relocating to the Quantico Marine Base and will need to find affordable housing (if there's a such thing) within a 20-25 mile radius from the base. Im looking for a lease option home. I will be renting out my own home since the market in Florida (my current residence) is in a major slump. Does anyone know of any nice but not expensive rent to own single family homes in the area?

Thanks,

[tgbwc]

What do you consider "affordable"?

[HereinVA]

What price range are you looking for, how many bedrooms/how big, do you have children and want to be in a good school district?

I think the Ashland community (a few miles off the 95 along route 234) is a nice neighborhood that is close to Quantico. The public schools they go to are pretty good too.

[sweetypetitie]

Im looking to pay no more than 1700.00 a month for a single family home rental. I have one young son who is in elementary school. Need at least 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by HereinVA

What price range are you looking for, how many bedrooms/how big, do you have children and want to be in a good school district?

I think the Ashland community (a few miles off the 95 along route 234) is a nice neighborhood that is close to Quantico. The public schools they go to are pretty good too.

Doing a quick search on realtor.com, I didn't see very many (hardly any) single family homes for rent under $1700 that close to Quantico. There were a lot of pretty nice townhomes though.

[jaywallace]

Originally Posted by sweetypetitie

Hi I may be relocating to the Quantico Marine Base and will need to find affordable housing (if there's a such thing) within a 20-25 mile radius from the base. Im looking for a lease option home. I will be renting out my own home since the market in Florida (my current residence) is in a major slump. Does anyone know of any nice but not expensive rent to own single family homes in the area?

Thanks,

I would go west, Gainesville area. If you are hell bent on staying in the immediate area then- Montclair, Old Bridge Estates, Oak Farm Drive, or Westridge. Anything off of Hoadly is good as well. Anything else is iffy or near iffy places.

[HereinVA]

I think it might be hard to find a single family home for rent under $1700 in the Gainesville area...I looked a bit on NVFH.com and saw a few single family homes in Fredericksburg area about $1700. That would put you just about at the 25 mile radius the OP wanted. I'm not familiar enough with the Fredericksburg to suggest a specific area, though.

[GMU]

Keep in mind if you do Stafford/Fredericksburg area, you will be in heavy traffic heading north on I-95. I would recommend getting a place north of Quantico, so you can drive a few exits south on 95 against-the-flow. There should be a good amount of homes for rent around 2000 (you might have to up your figure just a bit, or consider townhomes) along the 234 corridor, west of 95. Parts of Manassas, south Woodbridge, Gainesville, Bristow sound like a good bet.