Comments on: Sunny Options on the south side of South Bend http://www.realst8.com/blog/south-bend/sunny-options-on-the-south-side-of-south-bend/ Real Estate and Area Information for South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger and Notre Dame, Indiana Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: K http://www.realst8.com/blog/south-bend/sunny-options-on-the-south-side-of-south-bend/comment-page-1/#comment-24654 K Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:37 +0000 http://www.realst8.com/blog/?p=1056#comment-24654 I TOTALLY have to agree with you. When we moved to South Bend, our realtor kept showing us homes in Granger. They all had the same cookie-cutter feel. Then, she showed us a house on the southside. While it was DEFINITELY NOT for us, we took a drive around the area and fell in love with it. After doing some research, we decided to look EXCLUSIVELY at the south side. The crime rate is not even close to other parts of town, the convenience is incredible (with Erskine Village, Wal-Mart. Meijer, etc.) and the people are second to none. This is a very stable area. Don't let the test scores of the schools fool you either. I have to admit, I was EXTREMELY apprehensive of enrolling my kids in South Bend schools. (even though we don't have any school aged children yet.) However, if you have a child who is a good student (I don't mean genius: I mean a good kid with the ability to become the best they can be, whatever "level" that may be), you don't need to worry. You can also apply to the magnet schools if you feel the need for "extra security." I have spoken with my neighbors (at length) about the schools around this end of town, and not one of them is unhappy. One of our neighbors has two kids at Riley. Through them, I found that the South Bend schools also have students who are accepted to Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Georgetown, etc. This end of town also offers a wide variety of housing options. If you are looking in the 80-100 range, I would suggest Twyckenham Hills, Broadmoor, Miami Heights (where we live: we found the exact era and type of home we lived in in DC for $90,000. 1920's four-square with 3 beds, 1.5 baths and a garage, plus more yard than we could have EVER hoped for in DC. The equity from our home in DC PAID for the house here. This is the area bounded by Ewing on the north, Irvington on the south, Miami on the west and Twyckenham on the east. To the south of us is Ridgedale, $200,000 + homes.) or Scottsdale. If you can spend more than that, your options really open up. This area of South Bend is an undiscovered, unexplored GEM that is only 10-15 minutes to ANYWHERE in the metro area. Please consider making it your home. I TOTALLY have to agree with you. When we moved to South Bend, our realtor kept showing us homes in Granger. They all had the same cookie-cutter feel. Then, she showed us a house on the southside. While it was DEFINITELY NOT for us, we took a drive around the area and fell in love with it. After doing some research, we decided to look EXCLUSIVELY at the south side. The crime rate is not even close to other parts of town, the convenience is incredible (with Erskine Village, Wal-Mart. Meijer, etc.) and the people are second to none. This is a very stable area. Don’t let the test scores of the schools fool you either. I have to admit, I was EXTREMELY apprehensive of enrolling my kids in South Bend schools. (even though we don’t have any school aged children yet.) However, if you have a child who is a good student (I don’t mean genius: I mean a good kid with the ability to become the best they can be, whatever “level” that may be), you don’t need to worry. You can also apply to the magnet schools if you feel the need for “extra security.” I have spoken with my neighbors (at length) about the schools around this end of town, and not one of them is unhappy. One of our neighbors has two kids at Riley. Through them, I found that the South Bend schools also have students who are accepted to Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Georgetown, etc.

This end of town also offers a wide variety of housing options. If you are looking in the 80-100 range, I would suggest Twyckenham Hills, Broadmoor, Miami Heights (where we live: we found the exact era and type of home we lived in in DC for $90,000. 1920′s four-square with 3 beds, 1.5 baths and a garage, plus more yard than we could have EVER hoped for in DC. The equity from our home in DC PAID for the house here. This is the area bounded by Ewing on the north, Irvington on the south, Miami on the west and Twyckenham on the east. To the south of us is Ridgedale, $200,000 + homes.) or Scottsdale. If you can spend more than that, your options really open up. This area of South Bend is an undiscovered, unexplored GEM that is only 10-15 minutes to ANYWHERE in the metro area. Please consider making it your home.

]]> By: Irish Eyes http://www.realst8.com/blog/south-bend/sunny-options-on-the-south-side-of-south-bend/comment-page-1/#comment-24653 Irish Eyes Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:02 +0000 http://www.realst8.com/blog/?p=1056#comment-24653 Just noticed Keenan Court has reduced their prices to $149,900 on four listed units. Has the bank taken this project over? What has actually sold? Just noticed Keenan Court has reduced their prices to $149,900 on four listed units. Has the bank taken this project over? What has actually sold?

]]> By: Noetzel http://www.realst8.com/blog/south-bend/sunny-options-on-the-south-side-of-south-bend/comment-page-1/#comment-24650 Noetzel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:22:54 +0000 http://www.realst8.com/blog/?p=1056#comment-24650 The last house shown is one of my favorites. I just love the tile roof and the brickwork around the house. My wife always says that she would love to see the inside everytime we drive by that house. The last house shown is one of my favorites. I just love the tile roof and the brickwork around the house. My wife always says that she would love to see the inside everytime we drive by that house.

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