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What to lean towards, what to stay away from ANY info at all, I'd like to have some idea before I go down there at the end of the week. (I wish The Pointe at Wimbledon was on this list, but sadly they have none available )
Meridian Park
Arlington Village
Clubway Apartments
Brookfield at Lynndale
Pinebrook
Eastbrook
Stratford Arms
Ridgewood Place
Signature Place
Tar River Estates
University Medical Park
Bradford Park
I am not really familiar with many of the apartments you listed, other than I think Meridian Park is pretty nice, but I would stay away from Tar River Estates. That complex more than likely would be full of students and therefore would be party central.
What to lean towards, what to stay away from ANY info at all, I'd like to have some idea before I go down there at the end of the week. (I wish The Pointe at Wimbledon was on this list, but sadly they have none available )
Meridian Park
Arlington Village
Clubway Apartments
Brookfield at Lynndale
Pinebrook
Eastbrook
Stratford Arms
Ridgewood Place
Signature Place
Tar River Estates
University Medical Park
Bradford Park
Tar River and Stratford are both primary student housing. Some of those apartments sounds familiar, so that could mean others are student housing.
Jackir aren't you moving here with your family? Is there a reason you are looking for at vice a home? I understand apt living in a more urban enviroment but in Greenville for the most part Apartments fall into two categories.
Jackir aren't you moving here with your family? Is there a reason you are looking for at vice a home? I understand apt living in a more urban enviroment but in Greenville for the most part Apartments fall into two categories.
1. students
2. Section 8/HUD housing
IIRC, they are moving to an apt temporary until their house gets finalized. There are a few more mature apartment complexes. The majority are those two. But, for example, I wouldn't put med students apartment complexes into those two categories.
Yes, I am moving with my family and we do want a house...eventually. My dad got a job in Rocky Mount and our house in NJ isn't sold yet and there really isn't a way for use to swing a house in NJ AND a house in NC, at least not the kind of house we want in NC. And it's not like we can wait for another job to come around, since there is little chance of us getting another offer like we have received. Rent to buy wouldn't be out of the question, except for the fact that we have no time at all, we need to be LIVING there by the 15th of the month. As long as nothing crazy happens we plan to go down and look Thursday. We are anticipating needing this place for about 6 months, give or take. There is so much to do, we are going crazy, and unfortunately the craziness probably won't end for a while, hopefully it will all be worth it.
P.S.- What is considered a "bad" high school? We are hoping to get a place in the South Central district which I saw on our very first visit back in May, but we understand that might not be possible.
Edit2: We obviously don't want Sec8 and would like to avoid students when possible, but we understand there will be some students in most Apt. Complexes. This is a temp. solution so it doesn't need to be perfect, but we don't want to be afraid to walk outside/ be in the middle of the ghetto.
Yes, I am moving with my family and we do want a house...eventually. My dad got a job in Rocky Mount and our house in NJ isn't sold yet and there really isn't a way for use to swing a house in NJ AND a house in NC, at least not the kind of house we want in NC. And it's not like we can wait for another job to come around, since there is little chance of us getting another offer like we have received. Rent to buy wouldn't be out of the question, except for the fact that we have no time at all, we need to be LIVING there by the 15th of the month. As long as nothing crazy happens we plan to go down and look Thursday. We are anticipating needing this place for about 6 months, give or take. There is so much to do, we are going crazy, and unfortunately the craziness probably won't end for a while, hopefully it will all be worth it.
P.S.- What is considered a "bad" high school? We are hoping to get a place in the South Central district which I saw on our very first visit back in May, but we understand that might not be possible.
Edit2: We obviously don't want Sec8 and would like to avoid students when possible, but we understand there will be some students in most Apt. Complexes. This is a temp. solution so it doesn't need to be perfect, but we don't want to be afraid to walk outside/ be in the middle of the ghetto.
The monthly rent will tell a lot. Also, the majority of apt complexes around the main campus are student housing. There seem to be some nice complexes around the medical school. That is also the "right" side of town when it comes to driving to Rocky Mount everyday. I would assume the majority of med students have partying last on the activities they do.
I would think if you call the property managers, they could tell you the typical demographic of the residents.
As far as rent we are pretty open, again we don't want to go overboard since we don't plan on staying. Our max would probably be $800ish atm , since we still have to pay all the expenses on the NJ house.
The only things we would say absolutely not to atm is Section 8/ghetto areas and year leases where you have to pay out the rest of your lease to get out of it. We don't mind loosing our Security deposit or even a few months rent, but if we have to leave in 5 or 6 months let's say, paying 6 or 7 months rent PLUS the loss of a Security deposit is way too much of a hit. But we are pretty much open to anything else.
And I wish the economy would stop people from renting the good apartments!!! Most of the professional(ish) complexes I called either are completely out of apartments, or they have one left that we have to hold our breath that it is still available Thurs. or Fri.
Last edited by JACKIE27; 08-04-2010 at 08:29 AM..
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