working in Calabasas, where to live? Simi Valley? Santa Clarita?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by justducky

My husband is considering a job offer in Calabasas.

we do own 3 homes here in Tulsa 2 of which we rent out and one that we live in.

Interesting, despite the high unemployment in CA, a company would recruit someone from out of state.

I wonder how often that has been happening lately.

[justducky]

Thank you all for the ideas. I really do appreciate it. I must say we have been spoiled with the cost of living in Tulsa these past couple years. Looking at California real estate again is definitely a paradigm shift! I see some potential in newbury park and some of the other areas mentionned.

[justducky]

actually we are crunching the numbers and look like if this works out (still in negotiations) we might simply rent something close in to calabasas, I see plenty of houses for rent in the low $2000's a month in the calabasas immediate area, and then hubby wouldn't have to drive far, and keep our houses in the tulsa area as rentals. We get a nice passive income on those rentals and some good tax deductions.

[mkellner]

Originally Posted by justducky

What is your budget? house in the $300-$400K's
Buying or renting? buying
Ages of kids? 7 and 3 they currently go to a montessori private school (well, 7 year old does, and 3 year old will)and i haven't checked yet if there are any montessori's in that area, but if there are any in a reasonable drive of where we lived we would want them to go to montessori private school until high school age. so we budget for that and spend money on that instead of a bigger house and mortgage. but they would go to the public high school so that would be a consideration. if there are no montessori schools within a 30 minute drive of where we buy then they would go to the public school and then we could afford up to $500K

did you move, we may be moving from ct and i need the same advice as you...three kids 7,5,3 and most important is school, house size, neighborhood and town...where did you end up and what do you think??

Michelle

mkitikat@optonline.net if you can email me

[jgarretson]

Michelle,
Look in Moorpark. Great small town with really good schools for the kids. Peach Hill academy is fantastic as is the middle school and Moorpark High School. Moorpark has the best weather in eastern VC and a good mix of neighborhoods that are somewhat affordable.

[ccm123]

Simi Valley, Camarillo or Newbury Park would be good choices.

[socalmommie]

Calabasas is a beautiful area, but a bit pricey for the average family - just remember that this is the land of Kardashians, Michael Jackson's family, etc.

Areas that are family-friendly & a reasonable commute include Oak Park, Agoura/Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park, Moorpark and, at the far end, Simi Valley.. I think the Santa Clarita Valley is a bit too far. And that's if you want a commute - Woodland Hills is also a wonderful area & it's adjacent to Calabasas. You will get more for your money once you move further north of Calabasas, however!

Good resources -
schooldigger.com & greatschools.org to research areas based on schools.

Best of luck!!

[the city]

Santa Clarita is more expensive than Simi Valley. Probably I'd say go for Simi Valley or Thousand Oaks. Thousand Oaks is probably the best option and it's probably closest.