Moving to Fremont Area - Need help please (Findlay, Bowling Green: appointed, houses)

[maverik]

I am moving the the fremont area and the wife and I went up to look at houses and the area. My wife left crying becuase, she was really disappointed in the way the schools looked and we did not see any nice areas of town, we found 1 subdivision south of town but thew houses were really high priced....

1. Is there any areas in fremont the would be nice for a family with 4 kids, and the houses are under 200k?

2. What about other areas to live in a 20 - 30 min drive radius?

3. My wife is a stay at home mom and I really want her to be able to continue to do that....is Fremont overpriced for cost of living?

4. What about schools , how do they rank etc,,


Any and all help would be great.

Thank you.

[Art1979]

So, I'll pipe up and say something. Sometimes people equate silence as being rude. I don't know why, but it's happened before.

While I think I remember someone saying they were from Fremont on these boards, that was a while ago (maybe summer of last year? I can't remember). There could someone here who's been there a little bit more than me. I, myself, have been there a handful of times for HS football games, etc., and don't have specific information on academic performance and housing. Sorry.

I think I'd be able to help you out with No. 3, however. Bowling Green, to the west, is approximately 30 minutes. You could get a bitmap picture of Ohio, pull up the paint program, and basically make a circle with Fremont as its center and a radius reaching Bowling Green.

That will give you a rough estimation of how far out you can go in 30 minutes. As I've done it, maybe you should check out either Sandusky or BG. Tiffin, Fostoria, and Clyde have definitely seen better days, and Port Clinton is more of a summer vacation spot than a four-season town.

I'm sorry to hear your wife left in tears. What had your heart set on Fremont?

[maverik]

Originally Posted by Art1979

So, I'll pipe up and say something. Sometimes people equate silence as being rude. I don't know why, but it's happened before.

While I think I remember someone saying they were from Fremont on these boards, that was a while ago (maybe summer of last year? I can't remember). There could someone here who's been there a little bit more than me. I, myself, have been there a handful of times for HS football games, etc., and don't have specific information on academic performance and housing. Sorry.

I think I'd be able to help you out with No. 3, however. Bowling Green, to the west, is approximately 30 minutes. You could get a bitmap picture of Ohio, pull up the paint program, and basically make a circle with Fremont as its center and a radius reaching Bowling Green.

That will give you a rough estimation of how far out you can go in 30 minutes. As I've done it, maybe you should check out either Sandusky or BG. Tiffin, Fostoria, and Clyde have definitely seen better days, and Port Clinton is more of a summer vacation spot than a four-season town.

I'm sorry to hear your wife left in tears. What had your heart set on Fremont?

I dont know If i am set on living in Fremont...It is just that is where the job is and with the cost of gas going even higher and higher I wanted to stay somewhat as close as I can.

I went to school in BG so I know that area, prefer to stay away from the college town....we currently live in a small town around 12k people...and the big thing is we are getting a Sonic and a Manards...the schools are decent and it is a nice community feeling. When we drove around fremont all the elementary schools we seen had modular class rooms for for classes and the areas the schools were in looked very depressed. My goal is to try to find a comparable place to live.

This is my wifes first move out of her comfort zone of where she grew up. So I am trying to make is as easy as possible, with a nice area to live in.

[Mike Dunn]

Sorry to hear that Fremont was so disappointing for you wife. I agree with that you may want to widen your search to Findlay and Bowling Green ...even Perrysburg. Here's a good link for searching school districts.

GreatSchools.net


Good luck!

[maverik]

Originally Posted by Mike Dunn

Sorry to hear that Fremont was so disappointing for you wife. I agree with that you may want to widen your search to Findlay and Bowling Green ...even Perrysburg. Here's a good link for searching school districts.

GreatSchools.net


Good luck!

Thanks for the link. That will help.

[ImaMichigander]

Oh sweet woman... We are leaving our home in SE MI for Findlay, and while it seems lovely, I cried much of the time that we were there for our first few visits...

I can share anything that I have learned about Findlay, and that's only a bit of what Art seems to know... But please feel free to have her message me if she would like to talk to someone in a similar situation. (A stay at home mom with 3 kids that is moving away from where she is happy...)

Oh good luck! I wish you all the best!

[maverik]

Originally Posted by ImaMichigander

Oh sweet woman... We are leaving our home in SE MI for Findlay, and while it seems lovely, I cried much of the time that we were there for our first few visits...

I can share anything that I have learned about Findlay, and that's only a bit of what Art seems to know... But please feel free to have her message me if she would like someone in a similar situation. (A stay at home mom with 3 kids that is moving away from where she is happy...)

Oh good luck! I wish you all the best!

Thanks.

I will have her do that. Perhpas it will help her in this transition.

[ImaMichigander]

I just went onto realtor.com and did a search for within 20 miles of Fremont, from $150-$200 with 4+ bedrooms. There were about 160 homes that popped. Some of them seemed well worth a look-- decent square footage and some with 5 bedrooms. Some were new construction-- as in 2008, but no photos-- and others were those big beautiful early 1900's home. I can't speak for any of the schools, but there were houses that I would definately take at look at, if I ws searching in that price range. Seemed like they were mostly in Tiffin, Fostoria, Perrysburg and Port Clinton. It would give me hope and something proactive to take a look at!

[maverik]

Anyone else out there from the Fremont/ Surrounding areas?

[tjoseph]

I am if you still need info