Moving to Wilmington...Suggestions Needed

[tarheelpride]

To make a long story short, my fiance and I are moving to Wilmington at the end of next month. Need some suggestions on places to stay. We would like to do a 2 bed 1.5 bath somewhere but a few of the places we saw would not be available until much later. Preferably close to UNC-Wilmington.

 

Anyone have any good suggestions or live near Wilmington that can help??

[cookinbrak]

Most places near UNCW are overpriced dumps. You can find a 2 bedroom house cheaper than an apt.

[imminent rogaine]

I had a buddy rent a townhome at Lions Gate off of eastwood. In between Beach and UNCW. It was pretty nice compared to some of the apartment complexes more geared toward students. It will likely be a bit quieter too.

[Darth Biscuit]

No.  Get out.  Too many people here now.

OK, fine... I will rent you a room but it is in the basement and there may or may not be "conditions"

[RealBitsOfPanther]

Like someone else said, the majority of apartments that are next to UNCW are dumps that are crazy loud. Like people screaming in the parking lot at 3 am on a Tuesday. 

[Darth Biscuit]

The question is, how close to UNCW?  Walking distance or just like not too far?

[thefuzz]

12 hours ago, tarheelpride said:

To make a long story short, my fiance and I are moving to Wilmington at the end of next month. Need some suggestions on places to stay. We would like to do a 2 bed 1.5 bath somewhere but a few of the places we saw would not be available until much later. Preferably close to UNC-Wilmington.

 

Anyone have any good suggestions or live near Wilmington that can help??

Why close to the college?  Working or going to school there?  Where are you working if not UNCW?

What would you like to pay in rent?  Where are you coming from?  What's important to you?

I can't help you find something, but @Darth Biscuit and I should be able to tell you where not to go.

[Bronn]

12 hours ago, tarheelpride said:

To make a long story short, my fiance and I are moving to Wilmington at the end of next month. Need some suggestions on places to stay. We would like to do a 2 bed 1.5 bath somewhere but a few of the places we saw would not be available until much later. Preferably close to UNC-Wilmington.

 

Anyone have any good suggestions or live near Wilmington that can help??

put up a tent and sleeping bag outside of Britt's Donuts...

[cookinbrak]

I've worked at several apt complexes here. I can tell you where not to go.

[Anybodyhome]

12 hours ago, tarheelpride said:

To make a long story short, my fiance and I are moving to Wilmington at the end of next month. Need some suggestions on places to stay. We would like to do a 2 bed 1.5 bath somewhere but a few of the places we saw would not be available until much later. Preferably close to UNC-Wilmington.

 

Anyone have any good suggestions or live near Wilmington that can help??

You're going to have to drop the "Tarheel" part of your username and become a Seahawk fan....

 

 

[tarheelpride]

21 hours ago, thefuzz said:

Why close to the college?  Working or going to school there?  Where are you working if not UNCW?

What would you like to pay in rent?  Where are you coming from?  What's important to you?

I can't help you find something, but @Darth Biscuit and I should be able to tell you where not to go.

My fiance is starting grad school there in August and right now transportation may be an issue unless I get a lateral transfer with my job. We want to be close enough where either I wouldn't have to go out of my way to drop her off or that she can get there on the bus line or shuttle.

We're looking to stay within the $850-$900 range in rent, something like a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath. We can do a 1 bedroom if nothing else. I'm coming from Morrisville. We just need some space (I'm in a 665 square foot apartment now. It's not fun having all of our crap on top of each other) and somewhere that's liveable for now. We're looking into houses and townhomes as well but we need availability at the end of July, which is hampering our search.

[tarheelpride]

21 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

I've worked at several apt complexes here. I can tell you where not to go.

That would be very nice. We've seen some of the reviews. Not good for most of the places down there.

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, tarheelpride said:

My fiance is starting grad school there in August and right now transportation may be an issue unless I get a lateral transfer with my job. We want to be close enough where either I wouldn't have to go out of my way to drop her off or that she can get there on the bus line or shuttle.

We're looking to stay within the $850-$900 range in rent, something like a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath. We can do a 1 bedroom if nothing else. I'm coming from Morrisville. We just need some space (I'm in a 665 square foot apartment now. It's not fun having all of our crap on top of each other) and somewhere that's liveable for now. We're looking into houses and townhomes as well but we need availability at the end of July, which is hampering our search.

Probably going to have to bump the budget up some to get something decent.

There is a decent bus line, but it's not great, Wilmington is a driving city for sure.  Parking will be an issue for her most likely.

Anything close to the college isn't all that great, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[tarheelpride]

17 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Probably going to have to bump the budget up some to get something decent.

There is a decent bus line, but it's not great, Wilmington is a driving city for sure.  Parking will be an issue for her most likely.

Anything close to the college isn't all that great, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

Either way it's only temporary. Gotta make sacrifices somewhere to make this work