Relocating to Neighborhoods around the Bellevue Area
I’m relocating to the Bellevue area at the end of the month. We’re still looking for a place to live. Do you all have any pointers on specific neighborhoods? We’re leaning towards finding a place in Bothell or Lynnwood.
Are you indian or chinese? If not, stay away from bothell. We dont like outsiders.
Neither, I’m Mexican :( I hope this isn’t 100% accurate
This is not true. There is a big Indian population in Bothell, but there is no hostility towards others. Bothell is a very nice place to live.
Bellevue area? You mean neighborhoods around Bellevue? If so, then north of 98004 and south of 98033 are the best. If you're looking for renting, you should be fine, but if you're looking for buying a house, then you can't find anything below 1M.
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Issaquah highlands, Klahanie, Sammamish. Also Redmond (I.e. education hill, Rose Hill) Kirkland.
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Not with a $500k budget , I wouldn’t bother looking at these areas
Buying or renting? Stay away from the factoria area since traffic gets horrendous
What's your budget and family size
Family of three. Budget 400-500k
Whoa that's tough. Do you care about the age of the house? I have some ideas but only if you are cool with pre 2000s
Lynnwood is a good area with reasonable apt prices. There’s an express sound transit bus between Lynnwood and Bellevue Transit center.
Yeah that’s why we were considering that area. It seems like there’s a bus that goes from Lynnwood to Bellevue Transit center in around 40ish mins. My current commute is like 10mins but I know that’s not realistic in Washington.
Bellevue transit center is pretty well served. Plus next year Bellevue is piloting an automated bus program from surrounding areas into Bellevue. Amazon is developing the app
Kirkland is good.
Honestly just rent and save up
That’s still an option but rent is still very very expensive. Houses do exist at the budget that I posted, but I’m curious what’s a more reasonable budget in your opinion? How much did you pay for your house?
You have to accept one fact: Bellevue house price grows faster than your salary
Depends if you want “turn key move in ready” or not. Lynwood (and north) you can still get in under 550k, burien and south (don’t live south traffic is much worse). You’re not getting anywhere close to Bellevue for under $1million
Neither bothell or Lynwood are the “Bellevue area” , expect 1 hour+ commute from Lynwood
Right right my bad, I should’ve said working in the Bellevue.
If you’re open to public transit, northgate to Bellevue transit is about 30 mins on the 555