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Sorry if this has been asked already, but I tried to do a search and couldn't come up with anything. I'm looking to purchase a home, preferably in Garden City, with a budget of around 1.5m, give or take a little. Other options would be Manhasset or Great Neck, but I'm mostly concerned with finding a nice 4-5br home in a very nice area. I've been doing some real estate searches online for these areas and frankly I seem to find only subpar homes in the 1.5m range. I'm not really sure what to expect going to a real estate agent in person, but the quality of housing for my price range seems to be pretty low. Am I not getting the whole picture through the internet? Also, if anybody could recommend a real estate agent that familiarizes with the area it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Well, 1.5 will not get you a 4-5 bedroom in those communities. I can give you some names of agents in GC and Manhasset.
1.5 is alot of money, you will need to decide what is more important, the size and quality of the home or the town you want to live in. There are plenty of good towns that you can spend 1.5 and have an awesome home but they still will not but in the same "league" as GC or Manhasset. Good luck!
For those who may not be familiar with Garden City
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Originally Posted by lio19
I'm looking to purchase a home, preferably in Garden City ...
For those who may not be familiar with Garden City:
Garden City is a village (incorporated in 1919) in the north-center section of the Town of Hempstead, in the center of Nassau County, along the Hempstead/North Hempstead town line.
Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Village of Garden City in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of New Hyde Park, the Hamlet of North New Hyde Park, the Village of Mineola and the Hamlet of Carle Place, all in the Town of North Hempstead (the North Hempstead/Hempstead town line); on the east by the Hamlet of East Garden City; on the south by the Village of Hempstead, the Hamlet of West Hempstead, the Hamlet of Garden City South and the Hamlet of Franklin Square; and, on the west by the Village of Stewart Manor and the Village of New Hyde Park.
Garden City is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where many of the places with the community name as part of their mailing address are not in the village: places that have a "Garden City, NY 11530" mailing address that are not in the Village of Garden City are in the Hamlet of East Garden City, the Hamlet of Garden City South, the Hamlet of Franklin Square and the Village of Stewart Manor; and, at the same time, there are places in the Village of Garden City that have a "Mineola, NY 11501" mailing address. (The Nassau County county seat is in that part of the Village of Garden City that has a "Mineola, NY 11501" mailing address.)
For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html
Manhasset is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the central part of the Town of North Hempstead in the northwest part of Nassau County.
Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Manhasset in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of Plandome Heights, the Village of Flower Hill and the Village of Munsey Park; on the east by the Village of Roslyn Estates; on the south by the Village of North Hills; and, on the west by the Village of Lake Success, the Village of Thomaston, the Village of Kensington and the Village of Great Neck.
Manhasset is one of those villages and hamlets on Long Island where the majority of places with the community name in their mailing address are not in the hamlet: places that have a "Manhasset, NY 11030" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Manhasset are in the Village of Plandome Manor, the Village of Plandome, the Village of Plandome Heights, the Village of Munsey Park, the Village of Flower Hill, the Village of North Hills and the
Village of Thomaston.
For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html
For those who may not be familiar with Great Neck:
Great Neck is a village (incorporated in 1921) in the northwest part of the Town of North Hempstead, in the northwest part of Nassau County.
Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Village of Great Neck in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of Kings Point; on the east by Manhasset Bay; on the south by the Hamlet of Great Neck Gardens, the Village of Great Neck Estates and the Village of Saddle Rock; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Saddle Rock Estates and the Village Kings Point.
Great Neck is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where the majority of the places with the community name as part of their mailing address are not in the village: paces that have a "Great Neck, NY 11020 through 11024" mailing address that are not in the Village of Great Neck are in the Village of Great Neck Estates, the Hamlet of Great Neck Gardens, the Village of Great Neck Plaza, the Hamlet of Harbor Hills, the Village of Kensington, the Village of Kings Point, the Village of Lake Success, the Village of Russell Gardens, the Village of Saddle Rock, the Hamlet of Saddle Rock Estates, the Village of Thomaston and the Hamlet of University Gardens.
For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html
We just purchased a ranch home in GC that we plan to rebuild. We looked a long time in that 1.5 - 2.0 range for a 5 bedroom in Manhasset and GC and just weren't seeing what we wanted. One fantastic deal on a 5-6 bedroom sold within 48 hours for 1.4. I'd keep looking. Some of those 1.7 prices will sell for much less. I see price drops of 100K or more all the time. Recently saw a price drop 2.699 to 1.799 (in Scarsdale though)!
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