Warwick Neighborhoods

[c0v3rr1d3]

Hi , sorry to bring up an older thread. Does anyone have any input on the Longmeadow/Warwick neck neighborhoods?

[sevenofsix]

Originally Posted by c0v3rr1d3

Hi , sorry to bring up an older thread. Does anyone have any input on the Longmeadow/Warwick neck neighborhoods?

I was just talking to my nephew from warwick about warwick neck and he said that's a really nice area. I only asked because someone here gave it a bad review.

[Hoxsie454]

Warwick Neck runs south from West Shore Road, starting at the end of Warwick Avenue. The first half mile of the Neck is very average, in general and you would certainly find many homes for sale from $200K - $225K but be advised there are pockets of blight at the beginning of the neck. There are also some very nice homes in that mix and because of the depressed real estate market and R.I.'s 12% unemployment there are lots of homes that have dropped 30% in value over the last few years.

As you drive south on Warwick Neck and get half way up the long grade hill, property gets more and more expensive, with some million dollar homes.

Longmeadow is the neighborhood on the east side near the beginning of the neck. If you look around Tidewater Drive, Longmeadow Avenue, Samuel Gorton Avenue school you can find some pretty decent housing in your range. The drawback for the Neck and Longmeadow is that its three or four miles further drive to the big shopping areas and to Providence.

Gaspee Plateau around Fair Street and Narragansett Parkway are lovely places and closer to Providence. Look for $225K house there - you may get lucky!

[aspaz44]

I happened to be eavesdropping on this thread. I too am interested in finding out more about Warwick neighborhoods as I will be relocating there in the very near future. Can you tell me what makes Gaspee a desirable area? Do you think a house would hold or increase it's value there?

[Hollytree]

Gaspee has Pawtuxet Village, a historic and quaint village center with a waterfront park and small shopping district. Every year in June they have a big parade to celebrate the burning of the Gaspee (British tea tax, etc.)

Nearby is Governor Francis Farms, a nice older development of larger homes on bigger lots. Both areas within 15 min of downtown Providence.

Both get some airplane noise from the state airport but not enough to preclude living there IMHO.

Appreciation probably as good as anywhere nowadays. Foreclosures in RI have been heavily concentrated in poor sections of Providence. I believe there is a foreclosure map on line. Other areas have lost value- 20- 25 % or more of previous gains- but RI continues to have little new building and many high demand areas.

[aspaz44]

I will be working in Warwick. I've heard traffic is tough around the airport. Is there a problem from Gaspee to Warwick?

[Hollytree]

You'd be in Warwick. Gaspee is an area in Warwick.