May be moving to Phoenix Area

There are a lot of great places to live in the Phoenix metro area.

It would be beneficial to know what area she would be working in, but given what you are looking for, the Chandler/Ahwatukee area has exactly what you are looking for home wise. Scottsdale and Fountain Hills will be much more expensive though it will have what you are looking for as well. The '4 bedroom/pool/3 car garage / min 3000 ft.', I would say is pretty average and I've seen homes of that general spec. across the Valley.

I don't want to assume where to be careful of as crime is everywhere.

Have you been to the Phoenix area before? Any areas you liked a lot?


Good luck!

 

Glenn

You will enjoy the car community out here. Where you want to pick to live has allot to do with where she will be working.

Feel free to contact me anytime, I would be happy to help.

 

The selling point is so true, the weather here is perfect aside from the blistering hot summer, but no storing the car as you'd do in the winter - that's perfect top down weather and coming from the north, the 'cold' 50 degrees is warm to you!

I've never really had problems with traffic during non-rush hours, it moves fairly well, but rush hour times is terrible. One thing you'll have to get used to, and I still haven't, is people who can't drive in the rain, they just can't. Though rain will happen once a year

1 hour away from the airport would mean north, so North Scottsdale-Fountain Hills and if you really want to get away...Carefree!

Let us know when you are out here next!

Ashwin

 

I've been in the market for a few months. It is definitely a buyers market right now but it is more of a cash market. I've lost multiple offers even over asking price to people offering cash. Its getting frustrating. My realter is great her name is Jeanette Sims, you can call/text her at 602-317-4186.

 

someone still have that phoenix map thats illustrated with each area's typical residences? LOL it will keep ya outta da ghetto. cant go wrong with Ahwatukee!

 

LOL...isn't that a seller's market!

(IMHO prices have bottomed in *most* spots and are moving upwards for now...some more than others and some areas are still under pressure - especially the very high end.)

 

Welcome. Metro Phoenix is a VERY large place. You can be one hour from the airport in any direction.

That said, the life experience is very different from town to town here. Would need a lot more of what you like in terms of activities nearby, quality of surrounding housing, socioeconomic are preferences, yada, yada, yada...prices vary from $100k range to $10M range...

Price point matters a lot in giving you some feedback too of course...you can also do what I did when moving to a totally new place. RENT! I love my rental house and its allowed me to explore and learn about where I might like before buying anything.

 

Yup, prices vary a lot here, and, of course, you get what you pay for generally speaking for all the same reasons prices vary elsewhere...

The odds of any one Metro PHX realtor being useful in more than 1-2 adjacent cities is very small. You really need to pick an area before using *1* realtor. Of course, you could get 3-4 realtors to show you 3-4 different cities...

 

I live in Scottsdale, and of course, think it's the best place! Like the comment below, you should pick a general area then get your agent, they're very knowledgeable in their own area. I have a very close friend that could show you Scottsdale. But I'm pretty sure you won't find 6000 sq ft at $300k there. Maybe over in the west valley. That area got hit pretty bad when the housing industry crashed. I'm at the foot of the McDowell mountains in north Scottsdale and its a very nice area.

 

If you're interested, I have a 3100 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 4 car garage with pool in Chandler that may be available. It is currently being leased but may be available depending on your time frame. If not interested, I do know an excellent agent/friend who can help you find what you need.

 

Scorpions. Just fair warning. No matter where I go..I find scorpions. And snakes and coyotes and spiders. I've been stung 4-5 times by them and once ended up in the ER...and we currently are battling a den of Coyotes inside our gated Paradise Valley community. We've been asked by our HOA to watch our dogs and cats. Did I mention I want to leave Arizona for Colorado?

 

Florence=Jail...and rural. Waaaaay too far out.

 

Best known for its prison, not very nice.

 

Lol here it is
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I can't stop laughing. I'm from Scottsdale and you NAILED it with the map.

 

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