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Our family is looking for a rental home in Raleigh area. I am currently interviewing for a job there, and it's looking pretty promising!
We would like to find a 3-4 bedroom home, 2 bathrooms, prefer fenced or one that we can fence in, on a large lot, not in a neighborhood if at all possible. We would like something within a 30-45 min drive of downtown Raleigh. We prefer the suburbs, maybe on an acre or two of land.
We do have pets, 6 dogs that are well behaved, older, one large and the rest small. Willing to pay a pet deposit - that is not an issue.
We are looking to pay $900-$1300 in rent, willing to sign a years lease, can provide references of our current landlord (have lived in current home for almost three years), can show proof of income as well.
We are looking to move around the middle of March. If anyone knows what neighborhoods we can look at, or where we can find this type of rental, please let us know. We have been looking at Zillow and Craigs List and have found a few, but still looking for that "perfect" home.
Rental units go quickly. There is way more demand than supply right now.
In addition to those places, you can ask a realtor to send you listings in MLS or go to other web sites. Craigslist is actually a very good place to check for things around here.
You can go 45 minutes from downtown in any direction. You can find suburbs in any direction. You will struggle to find that much land that close to downtown and you will struggle mightily to find it for that price. Our rental market is hot and not cheap.
To put it in perspective, on another thread here very recently, I believe a gentleman got a 1-bedroom apartment in Clayton (not the nicest complex in the town) for north of $800. I have people come to me for help locating rentals often. Many 3/2 rentals near me rent for $1450, on less than half an acre.
You may have to compromise on some of what you want.
I think it will be tough to find anything satisfactory on the rent side. Some may allow pets. Some may even allow a big dog. Most have breed restriction or size limits.
You may end up having to consider purchasing due to lack of options in the rental market.
Thank you all for your input. I realize it will be difficult with the number of dogs, believe me. We may be able to get it down to 4, but they are our family!! We do not wish to part with them and are not in the position to really purchase right now.
Thank you all for your input. I realize it will be difficult with the number of dogs, believe me. We may be able to get it down to 4, but they are our family!! We do not wish to part with them and are not in the position to really purchase right now.
I will have to check out Hotpads.
Any areas to stay away from?
No. You should not limit yourself. It's going to be hard enough to find what you want.
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I always recommend to folks in your situation to look for an acreage property. There are plenty of trailer homes on an acre or so scattered around the area. Six dogs in a subdivision would probably not be acceptable, but on a farm or in a rural area it would not be as big of a deal (assuming they were kept controlled).
Well, hard or not I am not going to live in a rough area - it may be difficult, but not impossible.
What I mean is that if you have to move out onto acreage (and that is what you'll likely have to do), you won't have any specifically "rough" areas because you will not be in a neighborhood.
Most neighborhoods here have HOAs and 6 dogs would not fly under most HOA guidelines. Plus, of the few non-HOA areas closer in that are in your price range, the landlords can rent all those to people who don't have that many pets. See what I mean?
So, I wasn't dismissing your goal of not being in a crime-ridden area, but frankly, no rural areas that close to Raleigh are going to be particularly scary for day-to-day living. The crime rate here isn't very high overall.
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