mtnjt

Hi Everyone

We moved to Halifax from the UK over a year ago, and have been given a better job opportunity in Moncton, so wanted to find out more about the area.

we have 3 children aged 3-8years, and would be after a nice area to live with good schools and good recreational facilities, plus a local lake to swim in if poss!

Can anyone recommend areas to live for families please?

Also a good realtor to use?

Be great to hear from you..

Thanks!!

Tangram

Riverview, and I have a house for sale.

BristolUK

Phil Albert of EXIT.

Ace Realtor.

mtnjt

hey guys

Thanks for the info - checked out Phil's website looks good!

Regarding Riverview - can you tell us a bit more about the area? What makes it a great place to live?

Thanks again

Tangram

Schools, shops, access to countryside, nice housing, friendly, quiet and away from Moncton ( 5 mins over the bridge ).

BristolUK

Not that there's anything wrong with Moncton

garvard

What kind of house is this? Please more details.
Thank you.

pennyhp

You moving??????????????

pennyhp

Sorry Bristol but I have to agree with Paul that while there is nothing wrong with Moncton and there are some very nice streets and neighbourhoods, Riverview has the edge.

It just feels really nice over this way and its prettier and Moncton is just over the causeway or bridge.

In fact where we are literaly 10 mins from Superstore we have 30 acres and feel like we are in the country.

Best of all worlds

Penny

Tangram

Yes but not far.

BristolUK

Remembering, of course, that my opinion is swayed by the fact that none of the family can drive.

Having so much within easy reach of me and my bike, 6 buses an hour in both directions from a bus stop a few minutes away, a cheap taxi back for the bigger shopping trips, a five minute walk to the hospital, our street cleared of snow quickly etc etc.

I know by BE standards ours is an unusual family but these are huge advantages for us.

Sitting on our deck I feel like we're in the country too. We don't hear traffic at all.

Tangram

I don't post details of addresses etc on forums. If interested PM me.

mtnjt

Thanks for all the info guys!

Which would be the preferred Elementary schools in Riverview or Moncton? Are there any preschools/daycares?

Which are the nicer neighbourhoods in Moncton please?

We hope to come for a reccy in the next couple of weeks - looks like the job could be a go!

Anyone else have kids a similar age? Mine are between 3-8yrs.

Thanks

BristolUK

North of Mountain Rd. from Jones St and Westwards to Cedar is fine. Being north of Connaught takes you away from traffic on Mountain Rd, but it's rarely that busy anyway.

Katherine, between Noel and Kendra is scruffy but it's mainly rented anyway. However there are non-rental homes close by.

You can see these streets on Mapquest. Just do the search on Connaught, Moncton, NB

But there's plenty of other nice areas. Our realtor warned us off Enterprise St down by Jones Lake, but it seems fine to me. Maybe there's a bad family or something there.

Some think Victoria Park has problems with prostitutes. This is maybe one of those things that is relative. For the lack of crime here, maybe local people react more strongly to what many of us would think normal based on our UK experiences. Personally I like the area. It's a lovely little park and the surrounding housing looks really nice. I have a duplex there and the area always seemed good to me. Not a single tenant has ever commented unfavourably and most have specifically mentioned it's a good area, with several having lived there previously.

Moncton is so small that it doesn't really have named districts. It's more loose terms like Elmwood Drive or West End.

As for schools, I don't know if it was linked to the time of our move (June) but it was a case of the school district telling us which school ours would be going to. Having said that, ours needed to continue at French schools (as they are from Quebec and that's where we moved from) so it may just have been the way the French school board operated things.