Moving to Newfoundland
 

Hi folks,

We are moving to Newfoundland in the next couple of months and wondered if anybody had any suggestions as to which areas we should look at to rent.

My husband will be working at The Tower Corporate Campus at Waterford Valley in St Johns and ideally, we wouldn't want too much of a commute. We are in our late thirties and don't have children, so schooling areas isn't an issue.

Thanks for any advice anyone may have to offer!:)

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Hi. Welcome (in advance) to The Rock.

The Tower Corporate Campus is in the west end of St. John's on Waterford Bridge Rd ( http://thetowercorporatecampus.com/contact/ ). Your decision as to where to live depends upon what you want - downtown, heritage, sub-division (housing estate), semi-rural etc. It'll also depend upon your budget and what's available. St. John's has a pretty buoyant rental market so finding decent properties to rent can be a challenge, or so I'm told.

Is this a corporate re-location? If so, then presumably a local agent might be appointed to help.

In terms of a commute, nowhere in the greater St John's area is going to an onerous commute. As an example my commute is about 13km and takes me 15-20 minutes. And that includes dropping off my daughter at daycare on the way! Traffic jams here are generally a rarity although like all cities there are choke points.

So, you could look in St. John's itself - west end and central being the closest areas. Then from East to West.....Mount Pearl, Paradise, Conception Bay South. Google maps is your friend.

Rental property can be found on www.realtor.ca Also check out www.nlclassifieds.com and kijijii http://stjohns.kijiji.ca/f-real-esta...l-W0QQCatIdZ43

If you have any questions about specific area's (or anything else), happy to help.

AX

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Thanks for the tips. Those websites are really useful.

I'm not sure if we will get an agent or not to help us with the move. Someone else has also suggested Conception Bay so I think we will make that our starting point, although I would also interested in St John's itself.

Once we have looked at the different options available on your suggested websites, no doubt I will be back with more questions! Thanks for being on hand!

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No problems. If I deduce correctly from your other threads, you are moving from Houston?

Conception Bay South is a town that actually is made up of a number of communities - Topsail, Chamberlains, Manuels, Long Pond, Foxtrap, Kelligrews, Upper Gullies and Seal Cove. (that's East to West). There is a large variety of housing in those areas but do be aware that a car, or cars, will be essential to get around.

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Yes we are in Houston at the moment and so are used to having to drive everywhere! Nowhere is considered walking distance here!

We don't have a date yet for when the move will take place, but it is supposed to be within the next couple of months. We don't know our budget yet either, so can't really plan too much at the moment! Thanks for the info on Conception Bay. Once the wheels start turning, that will be our starting point.

Thanks for your help

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Hi, and welcome.

If your other half is going to be working in Waterford Bridge area, you could also look at areas to the south such as Goulds, and even Bay Bulls/Witless Bay if you don't mind a bit of a drive.

Have you ever visited Newfoundland?

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Keep in mind that if you move to CBS your kids will be for ever known as "Baymen" ;)
Paradise used to be in Baymen territory as well but that seems to have changed lately :confused:

If you are planning on renting then you should start looking now - Desirable rentals can be hard to come by and its not going to get any better in the short or long term as the Hebron machine is already starting to roll with a lot of new people coming in through ExxonMobil .

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Paradise is Bay Central.;) You just have to look at the number of skidoo's and quads around.

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While the overpass is down the normal Bayman rules dont count for us "townie" paradisers - you lot in "bay" Paradise are still Baymen :thumbup:

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A townie paridiser, is presumably one who lives in Vinylville (That godforsaken sub division behind No Frills) or one who lives in sight of the Overpass?

If I'm asked, I say I live in Topsail anyway.;)

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Close :lol: The one across from the new school at Karwood :thumbup:


These rare traffic jams you speak off - I take it you havent tried to go up or down Topsail Rd in the last 5 or 6 months ? :confused:

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so, technically I'm a bayman since i'm the other side of the tch?

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No, I head round the back through McNamara and Kenmount. Not usually a problem there.

Back on topic for the OP though....CBS essentially has one road into St. John's as does Paradise. If either of those has roadworks, accidents or sometimes just bad weather, then chaos and long jams can ensue. On those days I work from home for a while before going to the office!

As an everyday occurance, say compared to the hell of GTA commuting or even SE England, commuting in the St. John's area is a breeze by comparison.
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Technically yes :thumbup: I dont make the bayman rules up, I just like to make sure they are enforced :D

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I better tell my boss then - we once had a customer accuse us of being racist to baymen!

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I fly through Houston a couple of times a year on my way to deepest Louisiana. It's a long haul via Toronto to The Rock!

I suspect that your decision as to where you want to live will be as much driven by what's available to rent as in where you would ideally like to live. The rental market is very tight.

That being said, this would be a typical property in a nice enough area of CBS: http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetail...Key=-247003415 The owner is a provincial MHA!

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That house looks fab! Looks like you get more bang for your buck there than in Houston when it comes to renting.

Could anyone give me a clue as to what to expect the costs of the monthly utilities and sky tv eqivalent?

Many thanks again folks

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Figure $300 a month for electric and or oil, depending upon how you heat.
$150 a month gets you TV, Internet and Phone. (Add $50 or so if you want sports and movie packages).

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Thank you, again for your help. This has given us a really good heads up! It is now a case of playing the waiting game to see what and when regarding contracts!

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Hi Julie

My husband and I are due out there very soon.
May I ask how do you settle in Newfoundland now? How's the weather like? I keep looking at the webcam on daily basis cant wait to get there. Hurry up LMO!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

PeddiePooh :lol:

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No doubt Julie has gotten settled away now but in terms of places to look to rent I'm surprised no previous posters really picked up on other options other than CBS and Paradise. In particular the city itself has some stunning properties and offers a completely different quality of life than the commute to satellite towns and subdivisions, IMHO!