Downingtown/Thorndale help (Chester, West Chester, Coatesville: for sale, real estate, condos)

[iceace]

Hi, this is my first post here, so I apologize if this question has been asked before. I didnt see anything upon doing a search.

I'm in the market for my family's second home. We currently live in the Plymouth Township area of Montgomery County. We like the area but need something bigger due to an expanding family. Property up here is ridiculously over-priced, and anything you do find in your range up here is usually anywhere from 30-50 years old.

I work in Center City as well. it's not a bad commute about 35-40 minutes on the R5.

We've been looking for a couple months and finally came upon the Downingtown/Thorndale area. Although the real estate taxes seemed a bit high, the prices were a lot more in line with what we're looking for. You get a lot more for your money out there. we specifically liked a home we found at the Reserves at Bailey Station, it's a big house on a hill not too far from Rte 30 and the Thorndale train station. it's technically considered to be in Downingtown. Area looks nice, a lot of retail close by and a nice new neighborhood split between new homes and condos. A lot of golf courses close by too.

does anyone know anything about this area? are the schools OK? would this be downingtonw or coatesville school district? Is it close to any shady areas? I know it's not all too far from Coatesville, but I'm not sure if it's close to one of the bad areas of Coatesville, as parts of that town look nice.

Any insight you could provide would be GREATLY appreciated.

[RO19372]

Check out the homes for sale in the area as many are on the market. Its a buyers mkt. Must be 15 homes within 2miles of mine. Not sure of Bailey Station quality.Downingtown has better schools right now. Cville isnt bad if you stay out of town at nite. Lots of parks, local or Hibernia Park and Marsh Creek Park are close.

[toobusytoday]

Thorndale is in Coatesville School district. My daughter went to pre-school there many years ago when we lived in West Bradford township. West Bradford is part of Downingtown School District and between the borough of Downingtown and West Chester. Sprawl started happening while we were living there 15 years ago.

The kids that live in Thorndale go to Caln elementary. You can check out it's stats on Schools, High School, Public Schools, School District, Public High Schools - SchoolMatters There is a reason that houses are less expensive in Coatesville school district.

It looks like the address of Reserves at Bailey Station is in Downingtown, so it may well be in the Downingtown School District. I would just make a quick call to the realtor/builder to find that out- it makes a big difference.

[smathew]

i moved to wbandywine in 06 and i am on the border of dtown and cville sdistrict. ofcourse i am in cville. is there any way i can change to dtown? does anyone know?