Tell me about your great PHX neighborhood

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I'm begining the search for a rental home in th PHX area and am looking for recomendations to help narrow the search. I'm in Mesa now, staying with family, and am most familular with the East valley, but will consider most any area. 

I appreciate any input this group can offer and if you have any leads on available homes, that is even better. 

~Marc

 
Rental home, as in where you will reside?  Or, a property you will purchase and rent out?

 
Rental home to live in. We are relocating and will rent for a year before we look to buy. 

 
Are you still working?  What size of house are you looking for?

All areas of greater Phoenix have their good and bad parts.  

I'm partial to the east side.

 
I work from home so looking for a 3 bed house to use one bedroom as an office. 2-3 bed with a den/office would also work. 
 

Understood that there are good and not so good areas…hoping to save some time by focusing on the good ones. 
 

Kraut- where are you and do you like it?

 
I am in East Mesa off Mc Dowell East of Las Sendas in the county island.  Absolutely love it out here.  If you are into shooting competition, Rio Salado Sportsman's club is right up the street 5 minutes.  Only down side to East Valley is it is farther from Glamis. 

 
I am in North Chandler/ South Tempe lots of rentals in the area and we are pretty central to everything.  If you find something post up the area some times there are great areas that are real lose to the bad ones and sometimes a few nice ones are soon to become real bad ones.  This can be so true for some of the newer areas actually

 
Have any kids? What about schools? 

I live off crismon and southern. "Gated" community.  I use that term loosely. Easy freeway access. Lots of rentals in my hood. It's decent enough. Queentucky would be my next bet. If you can handle holier than though Gilbert have at it. Plenty of good peeps there but the vibe is off.

Have a buddy with a dope house in Augusta Ranch but it's larger than you probably want as well as probably on the higher price to rent.

 
lots of places to check out.  I know a lot of peeps like the east side.   I love the north side. down by i -17 and carefree hwy.    99th and deer valley nice area too.  bigger lots Most all the school districts suck so look at charter schools,  Great Hearts, BASIC, and a few other good charter schools out there. My kids are in Great Hearts and we love the school.  they only online schooled for 2 months rest was in school learning. Also no Core Math. but like I said there are many good schools. 

 
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Thank for all the suggestions, I’ll check them out. 
Took a drive out to the west side today and looked around Tolleson/ Avondale, mainly to get a feel for the area and to what out there. 
 

basketcase- no school aged kids, so that isn’t a concern

 
Best part of the city in my opinion is north of Thomas, east of the 51, and west of the 101. Go as far north as you can. There are a few pockets in there that arent great but over all thats the place to be. I live in the middle of the desert now though, which trumps everything :lol:

 
We looked east and west settled for west valley. Peoria area. Like was mentioned good and bad spots best to spend time driving around to look. 
 

Liked west side as getting out of town is easier still have a lake semi close and still east to head north. Been here 2 years like it so far. 

 
Id 2nd Squatcher, I live off i-17 and the 303, great hiking and mtb trails at the Phoenix Sonoran Preserve which are walking/biking distance from my house. Lake Pleasant is only 15 min away, tons of off road within 10-15 mins away, flag is a 90 min drive when traffic cooperates, 4 hours to LV. I do envy my buddy in Buckeye since he is almost an hour closer to the dunes but other than that I have live in N Phx for over 30 years, the only think that sucks about this part of town is very few good non chain restaurants, Chandler/East Valley has much better food options but i prefer to live in an area a little less flat.

 
We are in Queen Creek/SanTan Valley, we moved our business out of Commifornia a little over a year ago, which is located a mile south of the Mesa airport.  Love it, should have done it years ago.. My only complaint, is that the growth is so happening so fast, it seems that every road is tore up and under construction, making traffic a bear the last 6 mo.. Our house has appreciated in value approx 2-300K in one year.. 

 
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We are in Queen Creek/SanTan Valley, we moved our business out of Commifornia a little over a year ago, which is located a mile south of the Mesa airport.  Love it, should have done it years ago.. My only complaint, is that the growth is so happening so fast, it seems that every road is tore up and under construction, making traffic a bear the last 6 mo.. Our house has appreciated in value approx 2-300K in one year.. 
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Yea the area you are in is building fast.  I am doing a project right behind your shop ( I know this because when I googled the address I saw your building) and it seems each and every time I drive to the house I have to take a different street in and another road out.  It is a nice area though., they are in that big custom home area between the school with the fancy architecture and the railroad tracks.  Great layout of the house he is selling it too.

 
I'm kinda south central.  16st and Baseline.  This area is defiantly hit/miss with regards to how nice the neighborhood is.  I've lived in this area for over 20 years.  I bought were I'm at now because I want to stay in the general area.  What I wanted in a house was something newer, stucco/tile roof/3 car garage, and no HOA.  My budget wouldn't allow me to have acreage though.  So, my options were slim.

 
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