Anyone moving to Hemet Ca? (San Diego, Riverside: foreclosure, rentals, new home)
San Bernardino and Riverside CountiesThe Inland Empire
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Well, I'll jump in since I have lived in Hemet a month at a time for thirty years and recently six months out of the last two years. I guess it's not the same as living there for years on end but I have some impressions. It has it's pros and cons. The summers are long and hot. Yet there are times a nice breeze will come in the early evening. If I lived there I would have high air-conditioning bills. If you don't have to commute that is great. Hemet used to be much more quiet and it still is compared to a big city. There just seems to be a lot more traffic other than on Florida blvd.
With gas prices the traffic from what my Mom said had slowed down where she lived in Hemet. She recently passed away. I have actually thought of living there in her home but I live in a big city in Canada and it would really be a different world. If I would enjoy what Southern Calli has to offer it would always be a long drive from Hemet unless I were to visit Palm Springs which is about a 45 minute drive and not so long.
San Diego is about an hour but with overcrowding any drive could take longer. Hemet is calmer and it is a family oriented place now. If it still exists there is a Children's museum plus there is a huge pool that they built a couple of years ago that sounds really good. There is the lake as you mentioned. I like the library there. They built it several years ago and it's a really lovely place. Old Hemet downtown is by the library and it's a tiny area but has a few things around there like a really nice looking restaurant and if it's still there a second hand book store.
Hemet is for me a bit on the dull side but if you can take some trips now and again and you have a nice place to live and family it would fine. I have heard that there is meth addicts and some crime with breaking into cars, businesses, and perhaps homes too. Once in a while you see people that seem really kind of trashy. You can get that in many places though. I have seen a few dead pets on the side of the road and have heard that some jerks hit these small animals on purpose. There seems to be some disturbed types for such a small population.
I have met some super nice people there but you also can go into a store or business and get some people that seem cold. It's an odd mix of small mentalities and bigger city ex-pats. The bottom line is a lot of movement because of high real estate prices and people couldn't afford living in other places and came to rent or buy in Hemet. There are also a lot of foreclosures and from what I hear neglected houses.
I read in a local paper a couple of years ago that there would be a big new shopping mall built. I wonder what happened to that. The bottom line for me is that it is just too hot for too long out there. I would rent first than buy if it seems like Hemet suits you. It certainly is a different pace of life out there. Twenty years ago there was farm land near my Mom's place and they built a lot of mobile home parks. The housing can be nice but too many places are very bland cookie cutter atmosphere. You will find the odd street though that is very charming and stylish. You really have to drive around
Okay, so their is this house in Hemet, all the local kids say it is Haunted and someone died there. The house is cheaply priced and does not seem to sell, anyone know if their is any truth to the tales. The address is 25976 Yale st, south of Florida and before Acacia
I live in the Caribbean at present but am moving back to the States soon. I have family and friends in Hemet, Chico and L.A. Would appreciate any/all info that you can share about moving into California....cost of living, job market, what it takes to get settled, etc.
I live in the Caribbean at present but am moving back to the States soon. I have family and friends in Hemet, Chico and L.A. Would appreciate any/all info that you can share about moving into California....cost of living, job market, what it takes to get settled, etc.
Thank you in advance and have a blessed weekend.
I have lived in Hemet, have family in Chico and hate LA. Unfortunately Hemet is not as nice as it used to be...as far as the kind of people that are moving into the area (or have already moved there). Chico is not a bad place. Cost of living in most areas of CA is very high. Jobs are getting tough to find all over, so I would start doing a lot of research long before you move out here. Good luck to you.
I have lived in Hemet, have family in Chico and hate LA. Unfortunately Hemet is not as nice as it used to be...as far as the kind of people that are moving into the area (or have already moved there). Chico is not a bad place. Cost of living in most areas of CA is very high. Jobs are getting tough to find all over, so I would start doing a lot of research long before you move out here. Good luck to you.
Houses have really gotten cheap. There are NO jobs!
What do you think about the lodging business in hemet? Is it something worth looking into? What bring people to hemet? How is the future of the city as far is hotel and motel are concerned?
I've been looking for property in So Cal for several years - I'm a 2nd gen San Diegan (living with the family in La Mesa) who thought would never be able to afford to live here. Before the recent price drop I looked in Tuscon, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico...Just got back from a trip to Boise. Nice. Many homes under 200k. BTW, I teach online and make under 50k so anything over 200k isn't an option. I don't have to commute. Like to be near at least a community college. Prefer university. I moved back here from New Orleans in 2002.
I have been looking seriously with a realtor at Temecula and Murrieta and Menifee and Hemet and San Jacinto. All REO homes (no short sales) under 200k. The market is hot and I have been out bid several times. The homes in Temecula and Murrieta are smaller, smaller lots as well, pricier than the ones I see 30 minutes away in Hemet and SJ. They also go fast! Again - I'm looking at bank owned only.
I recently bid on a 3 or 4 year old 2200 sq ft house on 1/3 acre in San Jacinto listed at 170k! Missed it. It had a view of the mountains. No power lines. Clean new, neighborhood, little park around the corner - but the neighborhood was really undeveloped with no trees or landscaping. Around the corner is a 2000 sq ft on .25 acre across from a new school for 190k.
So I have a bunch of Hemet listings to look at, all nice big homes under 200k, some near Diamond Reservoir (I like to fish and kayak) and close to main roads leading to 215.
But the family lives in San Diego. Hemet is pretty far (but still within an hour! I'm getting picky) and I would like to live in Oceanside near the ocean (gangs, poor schools) or even Vista or Escondido - I would prefer La Mesa but houses are overpriced. And Spring Valley and El Cajon and Santee houses under 200k are terrible. And Campo and Lake Morena are a little far out. The best houses for the money are in your area IMHO.
To get back to your post - my concern with Hemet is my 2 yr old and 5 yr old being a little isolated from the beach and zoo and sea world and 'cultural' stuff. Although I tend to value proximity to the mountains and desert and lake and general quality of life (schools, newer cleaner neighborhoods, nice yard and house) as much. And I like to garden and the houses in Hemet have bigger yards. But I wonder if I will end up feeling isolated.
Seemed like the newer neighborhoods had nice, new schools. There are older sections of town that didn't seem as bad as Spring Valley which has gangs and rusted fences and generally dilapidated neighborhoods and lots of bank robberies and muggings. I saw newer malls and shopping driving around Hemet/SJ. If I bought a newer house there for under 200k I could imagine that it would increase in value in 3 or 4 years to 300k. And I could rent it for the mortgage while we live here in La Mesa for a while.
But there are people in this forum who call Hemet the armpit of IE. I thought that was odd - am I missing something? I've lived here (So CaL) 55 years and driven through Hemet since the 70s when it was a dusty retirement community, but it was always kind of mellow. And I don't know why living with a large Marine populace would be unpleasant. Might even be safer.
Is a good house for under 200k in Hemet a good investment? Is the population growing? Will they be willing to commute? Seems pretty far from everything. But how could you lose money on property so cheap?
I heard light rail is coming to link SD and Riverside Hemet LA but when I Google it I get nothing. We need what the Europeans have - good long distance public transport.
My other option is to move to Boulder County Co. (rather than the more isolated Boise) The inventory of houses under 200k there looks great. Close to universities. I don't mind the climate. But I would rather stick around SD while the parents are alive. I could buy in Hemet now, sell later and use the equity for a house in CO (:
At any rate - interested in hearing about your experiences and views (:
Jeff Prentice
The lovely city known as HELMET, is just too far from everything, it's centrally located away from any major or medium size city. Traffic is terrible on the nice little 2 lane road that goe's in and out of the town.
It has the highest concentration of Crystal Meth Production in all of California. This town is flooded with dope for such a small place in general.
It's reputation is primarily known as a town full of a White Trash population mixed with retired senior citizen mobile home parks and some new tract homes developments. Unless you have a job there, Good Luck! You're going to be commuting very very far to work. It's a waste of gas and wear and tear on your vehicle and wears your body down mentally and phsyically after an accumulated while of the weekly commute.
Helmet is hot!!! It's like walking on the surface of the sun!.....
It also has the highest violent crime rate in all of the inland cities in Southern California, along with the city of Barstow...
FBI: Hemet, Barstow crime rates high | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California (http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_crime17.220bf61.html#end - broken link)
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