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My husband has just landed a job in nyc and we are now looking for a place to live. We are looking at different areas and I am curious about CT. Which towns should we look at that are at a reasonable distance from nyc? We also have a 15 month old so need a town that has lots to offer for kids. Not thinking about schools or preschools yet! I heard Guilford was pretty nice, how easy is it ti get into nyc from there? thanks in advance for your help, we need all the help we can get!!
We will need more information to help you. Are you looking to buy or to rent ?
What will be your housing budget ? Keep in mind that any communtable distance to NYC is going to be among the priciest real estate in the country.
Guilford is a lovely town but is generally too far from NYC to be a daily viable commute .
Hello! Thanks for your response. We are looking at renting at the moment as we don't know how long we're planning on staying in the US. We would like to spend between $2,500 and $3,000 a month on a (minimum) 3 bed house with a garden and would like to live in a town that has direct access to NYC by train (ideally). Are those realistic expectations? We're also considering towns in NJ btw. Thanks again
My husband has just landed a job in nyc and we are now looking for a place to live. We are looking at different areas and I am curious about CT. Which towns should we look at that are at a reasonable distance from nyc? We also have a 15 month old so need a town that has lots to offer for kids. Not thinking about schools or preschools yet! I heard Guilford was pretty nice, how easy is it ti get into nyc from there? thanks in advance for your help, we need all the help we can get!!
When you say a "reasonable" commute to NYC, what do you consider reasonable? Your budget might find you a home for rent in Greenwich/Stamford/New Canaan/Darien, but there are not a lot of properties for rent there in that price range. Those towns and the city of Stamford are among the most expensive areas of the country. If you'd like to look a little further out, Westport is slightly less expensive, and is a wonderful town with a train station. A little more further up the line you could try Fairfield, also with a train station, although the commute could be over 90 minutes. Try raveis.com for rentals, to give you an idea of what you might find in your price range for those areas.
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Originally Posted by Hollytree
A place like Waterbury should have a house rental in that price range.
To the OP, don't even consider Waterbury. It is an economically depressed small city with poor schools, not at all family-oriented. And it's quite a distance to NYC.
A lot of houses in that price range in Wilton. However, you have to understand that tenant usually pay for the utilities, insurance, snow plow, garbage disposal yada yada. Budget at least $400 per month on top of your rent.
Are you stay at home mum or working as well? If you stay at home it doesn't hurt to move north abit since you can always drop your husband off at stations along the coast and forget about waiting for 5 year parking permits or pay ridiculous parking costs.
There would be ABSOLUTELY no reason to spend $2500 - $3000 on rent in Waterbury. That's a good amount for surrounding towns (Cheshire, Middlebury, Southbury). By the way, greater Waterbury is quite a distance for a daily commute to New York City.
If your husband's job in NYC is in midtown/near Grand Central, the easiest CT towns to commute into the city AND that are good family towns would be Greenwich, North Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, Rowayton, Southport and Westport. If you're renting, not buying, you should also consider Westchester County, NY -- even closer to NYC, but still bordering CT if you're looking for the look/feel of New England CT. As everyone else said, finding a 3 bdrm house in a nice town in suburban NYC is going to be a bit difficult, but you should be able to find a few options in the 3k range.
If your husband's job is in downtown Manhattan, the commute from the northern suburbs will be rather long so you may want to stick to looking in NJ. Personally I'd much prefer Brooklyn (a borough of NYC) to NJ, but if you dislike city living, NJ would be a good fit.
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