SusanB
Hungarian Village, Columbus' fastest growing Gayborhood!
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http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/172-E-Hinman-Ave_Columbus_OH_43207_M47941-17204
This house has only had 2 owners and is beautiful.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/143-E-Hinman-Ave_Columbus_OH_43207_M46855-24247
This house has a beautiful kitchen and fab wood floors.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/34-E-Woodrow-Ave_Columbus_OH_43207_M33839-36674
Cedar shake siding.
dmerkow
Uptown Westerville
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Eastmoor houses are generally bigger than upper Clintonville. They are generally closer in style if not in size to Bexley homes. The neighborhood looks more 1920s suburb than much of Clintonville, north of say Cooke. They also have a strong Catholic school.
Unfortunately, our primary job is in Westerville so it is too far away to consider. Uptown Westerville would fit the definition of walkable with good schools. We're stuck w/ the crap that is Westerville near and maybe as a stretch north Clintonville. I'm not bitter at all that the northeast side of this city has very little quality housing w/ upside potential.
futureman
Grandview Heights
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So I've heard the arguments that taxes are much lower in Columbus than the suburbs and that justifies being able to afford private school. I don't know how much you think we are paying (in Grandview for instance), but it's not too far from the City of Columbus. Comparing my home in Grandview against my brothers in Clintonville I came up the following: his house according the franklin county auditor is worth 16% more and I pay 0.01% more in taxes. If he transported his house to Grandview his taxes would only increase by $829 (both houses valued in the low 200k). Aren't private schools in the thousands per year?
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Well, it does vary from city to city and from home to home.
Our property taxes are around $1200/yr. We have friends with similar sized homes with much higher values in other parts of the city and in suburban cities who pay 2 to 3 times that.
We've not made any decisions on schools yet, but just looked at the tuition at Saint Mary's in German Village, which was around $5,200/year. The "EdChoice Scholarship Program" that can be applied for to send kids from poorly performing schools to better schools is currently $4,250/year, making Saint Mary's around $1000/year.
So if our taxes stay at $1,200/yr (and I'm sure they won't) and we're paying $1000/year for private school (which is our backup option at this point), that $2,200/yr cost is still less than what we'd be paying for a similar home located in Dublin, Bexley, Upper Arlington or elsewhere that we've known a lot of friends to move for the good public schools.
But again, it does vary from city to city and from home to home and situation to situation.
There are some good options and alternatives out there though for urban inner-city neighborhoods.
JoeMitchell
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Walker wrote >>
Well, it does vary from city to city and from home to home.
Our property taxes are around $1200/yr. We have friends with similar sized homes with much higher values in other parts of the city and in suburban cities who pay 2 to 3 times that.
We've not made any decisions on schools yet, but just looked at the tuition at Saint Mary's in German Village, which was around $5,200/year. The "EdChoice Scholarship Program" that can be applied for to send kids from poorly performing schools to better schools is currently $4,250/year, making Saint Mary's around $1000/year.
So if our taxes stay at $1,200/yr (and I'm sure they won't) and we're paying $1000/year for private school (which is our backup option at this point), that $2,200/yr cost is still less than what we'd be paying for a similar home located in Dublin, Bexley, Upper Arlington or elsewhere that we've known a lot of friends to move for the good public schools.
But again, it does vary from city to city and from home to home and situation to situation.
There are some good options and alternatives out there though for urban inner-city neighborhoods.
what is the source for the scholarship funds?
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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