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Moving to Columbus area
Hi all, I've been active on other knot/nest/bump boards, but I've got some Columbus questions. DH is 90% certain he's taking a job in Columbus so we need to find an area to live. I've got a 3 yo and a 7 month old. We'll have ~$160k to spend on a home and need to be within 30 mins of campus. If you could pick where would you go.
I have UA and Grandview on my list, but we won't get much house in those areas. My other thoughts were Westervill or Worthington.
Any input? Thanks.
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Re: Moving to Columbus area
Worthington! They have great schools and it's a great community. I grew up there. For your budget, you could easily find something (tell your realtor you want to look for city of columbus, worthington schools).
Good luck!
Hilliard is also another option with great schools and a great, growing community. You have easy access to highways and can get downtown in about 15 minutes.
I am a fan of the North and NW corner of the city. Worthington is great, there are several areas where you can get Columbus Taxes but Worthington or Dublin Schools. There are a lot of parks and bike trails in the areas also, which make it great and plenty of shopping and an easy drive to the campus area. Westerville and Grandview are great also. If you are looking for square footage over a yard, Dominon Homes aren't too bad but I think several of there developments homes are too close together.
Good Luck!
A new Columbus Nesties board was created. A lot of the women there will be able to help you.
Hope you're able to join us:
https://s11.zetaboards.com/CBusNesties/index/
The trick for affordable in the good areas is to have a Columbus address (and therefore the lower city taxes..) but to be in the suburban school districts. $160k can get a very lovely home if you're willing to put in a little research.
Close to campus is easy in this city, anyway..almost nothing is more than 30 minutes away :-D