Northside of Indy Neighborhoods (Fishers, Carmel: for sale, first time home buyer, buyer)

[ashlii2946]

Hi,

I grew up in a westside suburb and so I know the Indy area well but have not been living there for the last 6 years. I am looking for opinions on the best location to buy a home as a first time home buyer on the north side. I have been looking at Zionsville, Carmel, and Fishers and found homes to be less expensive in Fishers, but the drive to my office would be dreadful. Does anyone know a few good locations for homes that are not cookie-cutter for the 200K range?

Thanks!

[Spartanacus]

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If that's too far outside your price range, our first home was in the Eller Trails sub, and we really enjoyed that too. We bought for $155K and sold for $175K 4 years later...1,600 sq. ft. 3 BR (with bonus room off Master) ranch.

Since I'm a nice guy, I checked FC Tucker's map search and found a very nice looking (lots of brick on the front) two story 4 BR for sale in our old sub for $199K. I believe that was right down the road from us, on the corner, with a nice fenced in yard.

It's a nice little stand alone sub (no drive through streets) that is bordered by a great park directly behind it and to the left, then across the street is another sub with a great wooded walking path (that we borrowed) as well as another park down a bit to the right, with a drive that leads to a dead end, where you could let your dog run rampant.

I don't know who lives in this house, so I don't have any stake in this...but we really enjoyed the sub and location (the only problem was a few bad apples with crappy looking yards...but other than that, we loved it). It's off Eller, between 106th and Allisonville by the way. It's got a good mix of 2 story and ranches, so it's non cookie cutter appeal is what attracted us to it.

Check it out, and any others that tickle your fancy...

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[chbartel]

Originally Posted by ashlii2946

Hi,

I grew up in a westside suburb and so I know the Indy area well but have not been living there for the last 6 years. I am looking for opinions on the best location to buy a home as a first time home buyer on the north side. I have been looking at Zionsville, Carmel, and Fishers and found homes to be less expensive in Fishers, but the drive to my office would be dreadful. Does anyone know a few good locations for homes that are not cookie-cutter for the 200K range?

Thanks!

If the drive is an issue, I would go with Zionsville. You can hop on 65 from 334 and be downtown in 20 minutes. I do it every day. If you tried the same thing from Fishers you would be at least 40 minutes...Plus Zionsville is smaller(at least for now), better schools, just a better place to live, IMHO. Of course, I have lived here myself for 7 years

I'll send you a private message with some good websites for Zionsville and the surrounding areas..

[ashlii2946]

Thanks guys, i'll check those out!