Covington, Wa?

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

Has anyone ever had any experiences with this area of Washington?

Dh and I are house hunting for somewhere to rent, and came across an amazing place that could fit in our budget. And has enough bedrooms to accomidate our growing family.

Good town/bad town?

kristalovesjared · March 2011

I live near Covington and overall like it. However, I think there are good parts and bad parts. Do you live close enough to go check it out in person? If you want you can PM me and I'll tell you my opinion about where it is. Good luck with the hunt!

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

The address is not posted, so I will give them a call and pm you! We live in Northgate now, but I have the next two weeks off work. We are going to use it as a house hunting adventure =]

ttgcole · March 2011

I live in Cov and I really like it, but there are definately some areas to avoid. Shoot me an email @ ttgcole@gmail and we can speak more if you would like.

jcyahne · March 2011

ttgcole:
I live in Cov and I really like it, but there are definately some areas to avoid. Shoot me an email @ ttgcole@gmail and we can speak more if you would like.

This exactly. I think a big advantage of Covington is that there are some really nice neighborhoods with affordable housing. But stay away from Timberlane.

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

Thanks ladies!

I just really want to make sure we are in a safe neighbor hood, especially with the fact that we are fighting for custody of Emma. We really want to make sure its a good place to raise a newborn, and an almost four year old! (This house has a HUGE fenced back yard, and a really good sized fenced front yard.) I still need to check out of there are good schools in the area.

Once I get the address, I am waiting for them to return my call, I will def do a sex offender search as well! (We did not do this where we live now, and were SHOCKED how many popped up around this apartment.)

kristalovesjared · March 2011

I have taught in the Kent School District and Covington does have some good schools!

~Lynchie~ · March 2011

ohyeahdollface:

Thanks ladies!

I just really want to make sure we are in a safe neighbor hood, especially with the fact that we are fighting for custody of Emma. We really want to make sure its a good place to raise a newborn, and an almost four year old! (This house has a HUGE fenced back yard, and a really good sized fenced front yard.) I still need to check out of there are good schools in the area.

Once I get the address, I am waiting for them to return my call, I will def do a sex offender search as well! (We did not do this where we live now, and were SHOCKED how many popped up around this apartment.)

A fenced front yard is one of the strongest clues that this house is NOT in a good area. Unless its a cutsie picket fence, then I would say its probably not a good neighborhood.

I love in near covington as well, its really turning around and there are a lot of nice new neighborhoods coming in, but some of the older neighborhoods are not so good... I know you already have a few people offer this, but if you want to pm me the listing your looking at I can probably tell where it is and if its a good neighborhood.

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

I am assuming the fenced front yard is because the owner has a dog. (You can see in the pictures).

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/2242278956.html

This is the link to the add, still waiting on the address.

Mama_v2.0 · March 2011

Just spend about 2 minutes playing connect the dots.(street on Flicker pictures...look up the street...think I even may have found the house for sale.)

It is in the bad neighborhood someone just mentioned.

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

I totally didn't even see the address on the flicker site.

I google maped it, and we are skipping it. I am not sure from when the pics on flicker were taken in relation to google maps but I am totally against it now. Sucks! But oh well, the search continues!

jcyahne · March 2011

I'd say that you could probably get a house in a better neighborhood in this area for that amount of rent. This house in Maple Valley looks way nicer.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/apa/2240149662.html

jcyahne · March 2011

Oh and I looked at the map, and that is NOT in Timberlane. It is on the other side of Hwy 18. It might actually be an okay place and worth a look.

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

That place is way cute! I am so nervous about moving, mainly because I am so used to cleaning a one bedroom apartment, and would have a whole house to clean! That one strikes my fancy a little more than the one I posted about, mainly because the additional bathrooms!

ohyeahdollface · March 2011

We had to drive down to Bonney Lake to pick up some of DH's mail from his S-Dad, so we headed over and checked out those two properties. Just a drive by.

Although the first one would be nice, (as far as the inside) I was NOT interested onces we did the drive. 6-7 cars in each driveway, sketchy people, and off a busy residential street. It was kind of scary!

The second was nice, but kinda way far out there. DH wants to stay more in the North Seattle area. It was in a great neighborhood though, and would be charming!

So, the search continues. We may browse Lynwood a bit, and see what we can find.

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