Stu-pot

Can any of you guys n girls in Ontario, recommend any areas to live around Belleville. I have the chance of working there once i get ( if i get ) my visas.

daft batty

lucky so and so! check out Iains post and pictures, and canada jane too i think

iaink

Probably, What are you looking for?

Stu-pot

looking for a house with land anything upto $250,000 or $300,000 at a push

iaink

Should be a few in that price range, are you just looking for a large yard, like an acre or so, or are you looking for acres of space?

One thing to consider is if you have kids you might not choose to live too far from town as the further out you are (cheaper property) the earlier the busses come and the longer the kids days. We live with it as we like our quiet spot near the river.

Where abouts are you hoping to work?

Anyway, if you trawl through the mls listings I might be able to offer an opinion here and there. Do you want to be fairly close to at least some facilities? Small towns like Frankford and Stirling offer most of what you need, and are 15-20 mins from Belleville, and I like to think that north of the bay offers better value for money and accesability than south on "the county"

Trenton is relatively cheap (for a reason), but has good facilities because of the airbase, but the turnover is quite high and it has the social problems that often accompany military bases. Having said that, there are benefits to having the military facilities nearbly too. I tend to think of Belleville and Trenton as almost joined at the hip, its only 10 mins from one to the other and the subdivisions nearly meet now in the middle.

Anyway, if you have any questions, feel free to fire away.

Novocastrian

Actually, I'd asked the question the other way round. Are there any bad areas to live around Belleville? I'd say the answer is probably "no". The only drawback of that area AFAIK is employment. If you've got the job you want, and you don't want big city stuff (very often) then go for it would be my advice.

iaink

Its all relative innit...there are bits I would choose not to live in, but those are perhaps not as rough as some of the bad bits in other places.

Novocastrian

Nowhere is perfect of course. But the OP has $250k to spend, which will get them a nice place in your area, rather than a snigger from the realtor in the GTA.

pyatterson

Hello,

I work for the City of Belleville in the Economic Development office, and if I can be of any assistance please feel free to email me. My email address is <<snip>>
You will Love Belleville. It is a wonderful City!

Canada Jane

We live just outside Belleville.

When we moved here we wanted a property with some land, in the country, but close to facilities and we got just that.

We are about 15 mins from Belleville and have a house on 2.5 acres. We do have neighbours nearby, but only one we can physically see from the house. We are surrounded by woodland which we love.

There are lots of properties available under $300k, it just depends on exactly what you want. We know really good realtors in the area if you need one.

On a practical side we are close enough to Belleville to shop and do all the less glamorous stuff. Belleville has pretty much everything you need on a day-to-day basis. Plenty of shops and reasonable mall and the city seems to be expanding, so there is investment.

We are also close to Kingston, which is bigger and has more choice shopping wise.

You will not get a doctor here though. We are still trying after being here 15 months - that is one thing I find very annoying coming from the UK where we take having a Dr for granted. Last month two new doctors were taking on new patients and hundreds of people queued to get an application form and they were given out in 20 minutes.

You can go to the drop-in clinics, but you have to wait for hours and hours.

Jane

flashman

Cos it's not too far from NAPANEE - The centre of the universe !

Canada Jane

Sorry, I forgot to mention that in my post.

Yes, Belleville is close to Napanee, the centre of the universe.

YOJO

Hi Stu-Pot , We've just returned from a reccy trip there, We loved Belleville and the way its next to Prince Edward Island. We live in South Wales and considering moving there next Spring.

daft batty

oops - you mean county, prince edward county

welshmountie

Yes, I am sure YoJo meant "County". The "Island" version is a province unto itself.