Looking for nice neighborhoods in Newark DE

Hi

We are going to be moving to the Newark DE area by the end of the year.

Looking for nice housing developments around 300-350K. Any suggestions?

My husband will be working about 5 minutes from the University. What areas of the city would you advise us to avoid?

Thanks for any information!!!

Looking for nice neighborhoods in Newark DE

Hi,

It sounds like some of the developments on the west side of the city of Newark might be a possibility -- if you%26#39;re interested in older homes. They%26#39;re within a couple miles of the main campus and Main St. Newark, so you can even walk or bike to that area.

Off West Main St. (which eventually turns into Nottingham Road) are Oaklands, Nottingham Manor, Nottingham Green (some lower than your budget). Off New London Road is Fairfield Crest (most lower than your budget). Between New London Road and Nottingham Road is Fairfield. Just be aware that some Fairfield homes are built on the Newark Country Club golf course . . . and that golf course is almost certainly going to be sold and developed in the next year or so.

Farther west between 896 and 273 is Covered Bridge Farms, a very nice community (some in your budget, some over).

All of those would be very close to the main UD campus. Biggest drawback is that all those neighborhoods are several decades old. Right along West Main Street is an area known (at least to us oldtimers) as Society Hill -- beautiful, big homes that are even older. Most are still lovely on the outside, though I don%26#39;t know how much modernization has been done inside. If you want brand new, or even newer than 20 years, you%26#39;ll generally have to go farther afield.

You can learn more about the Newark real estate market -- past transactions -- at miva.delawareonline.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva… It%26#39;s the Wilmington, DE, News Journal%26#39;s site for property transfers in the area. The main real estate site for the paper is …gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section… so you can see what%26#39;s being advertised in the paper.

The local paper, The Newark Post, is still a weekly, I think: http://www.ncbl.com/post/. They%26#39;re offering 13 weeks free, so you might consider subscribing. I don%26#39;t know what their real estate section is like.

I grew up in the Newark city limits -- in Nottingham Green. It was a great place to be a kid, but that was, uhhhh, 45 years ago. My Mom still lives in Nottingham Green, and it%26#39;s still a nice neighborhood. I live in PA now, about 40 minutes from Newark.

The ZIP codes that encompass ';Newark'; cover a pretty large area, but the city limits are considerably more compact. A lot depends on where your husband%26#39;s location will actually be. The UD campus itself is pretty spread out these days!

I%26#39;m sure you%26#39;ve already looked at the map of Newark and environs, and noticed how close you%26#39;ll be to Pennsylvania. LOTS of people work in Delaware and live in PA, particularly Chester County. There are a lot of reasons for that, but the primary one is the schools. Looooonnnnnggg story about what happened to Delaware schools over the past few decades, but suffice it to say a lot of people who work in Delaware think their kids get a better public school education across the border in PA. Though you definitely pay for it . . . PA property taxes are WAY higher than DE taxes. If you don%26#39;t have kids, it%26#39;s not a big factor -- in fact, you could argue you%26#39;d rather not pay PA school taxe$$$ for other people%26#39;s kids.

The PA income tax is lower, though. And if you live close to the border, as we do, you can shop in tax-free DE and avoid the PA 6% sales tax on most purchases.

I know a tiny bit about western Chicago suburbs, and I%26#39;m not sure the New Castle County, DE, area is analogous. My friends out there seem to live in discrete little towns or villages that are adjacent to one another. In northern Delaware, the town borders don%26#39;t touch. They%26#39;re actually pretty far apart. The mailing addresses are determined by the USPS. IOW, you may have a mailing address of a town or city but not live at all close to the city limits. If you%26#39;re not in the city limits, you%26#39;re a citizen of the county, but not of the city. Different services, different zoning, different building codes.

My mom lives in Newark city limits. She gets sewer/water; trash pickup; and electricity from the City of Newark. The majority of homes with a Newark address are NOT in the city limits. They only vote in county elections, not city. I don%26#39;t really know who provides sewer, trash, etc. Could be trash is private companies. (Electricity is from the statewide utility.)

I%26#39;m not sure it makes a whole lot of difference, but it%26#39;s a system worth understanding before you make your choice.

Gosh, just realized how long this has gotten! I%26#39;ll be happy to discuss further, but maybe more details about your family, the kind of house/neighborhood you%26#39;re looking for, would help me get more focused! LOL! If you want to email me, it%26#39;s aritchey AT yahoo.com

Oh! Almost forgot! When you talk about my hometown -- be sure you pronounce it New Ark. It%26#39;s NOT Newerk, like the city in New Jersey!

Hope you love your new home, wherever it turns out to be!

Looking for nice neighborhoods in Newark DE

Thank you a million for the incredible post with soooooooo much information!

I will absolutely check out everything you suggested!!!

Hi

I tried to email you a private thank you to your email aritchey AT yahoo.com but it got sent back :(

Thanks again for the information!

Hi,

You%26#39;re certainly welcome. You did substitute the @ symbol for AT (and no spaces) in my email address, didn%26#39;t you? Can%26#39;t understand why it wouldn%26#39;t work. Try again if I can answer any more questions.

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