Moving to Denver

[GSTinCO]

My girlfriend and myself are coming up to Denver this coming weekend (Feb 17-19) and are looking for a good affordable neighborhood to look for houses in. We will be moving up next spring (having a child in fall) so it won't be right away just looking for imformation on good neighborhoods. Thanks in advance guys. :)

[JayRolla]

Cool, man. Hope you like it here. I know more about Colorado Springs so I wont be much help with good neighborhoods. I didnt even know denver had any. Just joking. LOL Its a good city.

[GSTinCO]

Actually I was wondering if they had to many good neighborhoods that aren't to far out. I grew up in South Florida so I know what it can be like. I have been spoiled in Durango with it taking 15 minutes to drive through town but it is just to expensive with a child on the way.

[fusionsport]

There are a couple of houses left in my community- whats "affordable" to you?

[GSTinCO]

something around $250,000 maybe up to $300,000, it all depends on what I can get for my house here. Hopefully I should make some good money off of it and find a good job up there. If you know anybody looking for CAD work or project managing let me know.

[fusionsport]

Yeap, thats the right range for my community, you should be able to get a deal too since two of them have been done for about 4 months and its not exactly peak real estate season :)

[GSTinCO]

Yeap, thats the right range for my community, you should be able to get a deal too since two of them have been done for about 4 months and its not exactly peak real estate season :)


Where do you live and what is it close to? I would love to live around people that enjoy the same interests as myself and am always willing to give a hand to good people. I sure will miss living in the mountains though. :mad:

[mrmegnum]

You could also check out the erie/louisville area. There are some very good neighborhoods and i'm betting you could find something you'd like.

[lbaron]

I would suggest moving as close to where you are going to work as possible. There are nice communities all over.

[Erron Spalsbury]

You could also check out the erie/louisville area. There are some very good neighborhoods and i'm betting you could find something you'd like.

We love this area. We're technically in Superior, just across the hwy 36 from Louisville up behind Flatirons mall. This area is awesome for kids. The community is really generous with lots to do, especially for the younger kids. I would also say you want to be close to work if at all possible. I've seen a number of houses go for that price range in Superior. We chose this area for it's growing re-sale value, how new it all is, and especially because most of the family's are for the most part younger. (20's to 40's, mostly 30's) I really like it because no body cares if you work on cars here. They usually come over with beer to see what your working on, that's always a good thing.

Erron S.

[Zeppelin]

They usually come over with beer to see what your working on, that's always a good thing.

Erron S.

Wish I had neighbors like that! :( A hush piggy helps though, too! :D

[GSTinCO]

We love this area. We're technically in Superior, just across the hwy 36 from Louisville up behind Flatirons mall. This area is awesome for kids. The community is really generous with lots to do, especially for the younger kids. I would also say you want to be close to work if at all possible. I've seen a number of houses go for that price range in Superior. We chose this area for it's growing re-sale value, how new it all is, and especially because most of the family's are for the most part younger. (20's to 40's, mostly 30's) I really like it because no body cares if you work on cars here. They usually come over with beer to see what your working on, that's always a good thing.

Erron S.

That does sound really nice. I have been looking at jobs lately and see quite a few in my field of interest. The younger neighborhoods would be great seeing as I'm turning 25 on March 17th so I would say we are younger. I will check all these out and if you guys have any other suggestions keep em coming.

[Erron Spalsbury]

That does sound really nice. I have been looking at jobs lately and see quite a few in my field of interest. The younger neighborhoods would be great seeing as I'm turning 25 on March 17th so I would say we are younger. I will check all these out and if you guys have any other suggestions keep em coming.

Ya, we didn't want to move to a neighborhood that had a bunch of retired folks that wouldn't have any kids or complain if we were noisy. We're pretty young too, i'm only 32 and we have a 6 year old girl and a 2 year old boy. We really wanted someone for them to play with and we certainly got that. Any given warm summer day and there are at least 6-10 kids on bikes, scooters, or some type of electric vehicle out in the coldasac we live on. A great place to live for sure.

Erron S.

[GSTinCO]

Hey thanks guys for all your help I really appreciate it. I will look at all these areas and more this weekend and see what looks good to remember when everything is in order. Once again thanks to all :) .

[Dark_Horse]

Where you should live totally depends on where you're going to work.

If you're working downtown, your best bet is to live by the light rail, IE the south or southwest part of town...Lakewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch or Greenwood Village.

If you're working in the DTC, your best bet is Aurora, Cherry Creek, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, or my favorite, Castle Rock.

I'm biased, but IMO the north part of town is terrible for access to DTC and downtown.

As for $$, it may be pretty tough to find a house for 250 - 300K in Cherry Creek or Greenwood Village.