My family will be relocating to KY at the end of the year. My husband will work in Louisville. We are currently looking for homes within 30 miles of the city. Can you please recommend family friendly areas with good school districts.
Also, are there any lakes within an hour or so good for boating?
Re: Louisville area
The school district in Louisville is pretty crazy. They bus kids all over the county. So basically, don't base where you buy your house by the closest school because there is no guarantee your child(ren) will get in there You can probably find more information about it on the school boards website (Jefferson Co. Public School). Oldham Co has some really nice neighborhoods and schools. My IL's live in Crestwood, about 30 min from downtown. You can also look in Southern Indiana.
Rough River Lake is about an hour or so from Louisville. We go boating there.
I love the Middletown area, but it is in Jefferson County, so the schools aren't the best (the bit about bussing is unfortunately true). The best schools in the area are Oldham County, unless you want to look at private schools.
We take our boat to Taylorsville Lake a lot. It's about a 30-40 minute drive from Louisville.
Welcome to Louisville - hope you all love it!!
The Highlands or St. matthews are the most family friendly areas within town (IMO). The real estate is expensive in these areas, but schools, restaurants, parks, farmers markets are all near by.
Rough River & Nolan lake are close. Taylorsville Lake isn't that far either.