Does anyone here work for Hubbell Homes?
Just as a heads up that if you move to the area, don't buy a Hubbell home. Just a recommendation
Does anyone here work for Hubbell Homes?
I grew up in the west suburbs, then lived in beaverdale after college, then ended up in Johnston in a new build before moving out of state. I really liked Johnston and would move back there if I had to come back to DSM.
My second choice would be West Des Moines but the more “old money” parts of WDM so the area from 35th to 60th street south of Ashworth but north of Mills Civic also staying north and east of JCTC. The newer areas out west are a **** show of a mix of 400k houses with a bunch of giant apartment complexes mixed in.
I would also look at the areas of Cumming that are in the WDM school district if you aren’t concerned about being a bit further out and grabbing a nice big 1/2 acre plus lot.
Thanks. My dream move is to Saint Paul but my wife will not go for that (yesterday she said moving to Saint Paul is a "1 out of 10") so Des Moines is the next logical choice. What we like about where we live now is the sense of community through having a small downtown and being involved in the community. We do not want to be in a place where it's only strip malls without a real sense of local community. Schools are less important because we'd plan to send them to Catholic school.
I'm super excited about the opportunities.
Just as a heads up that if you move to the area, don't buy a Hubbell home. Just a recommendation
Ive lived in a Hubbell home in Johnston for 7 years now, no big complaints from me.Out of curiosity, are there specific problems you have had? I am about 9 months into living in one, had some minor issues but nothing that the warranty period hasn't taken care off. To the OP, we recently moved to Johnston. Same type of situation, haven't regretted moving for second.
Thanks. My dream move is to Saint Paul but my wife will not go for that (yesterday she said moving to Saint Paul is a "1 out of 10") so Des Moines is the next logical choice. What we like about where we live now is the sense of community through having a small downtown and being involved in the community. We do not want to be in a place where it's only strip malls without a real sense of local community. Schools are less important because we'd plan to send them to Catholic school.
I'm super excited about the opportunities.
Out of curiosity, are there specific problems you have had? I am about 9 months into living in one, had some minor issues but nothing that the warranty period hasn't taken care off. To the OP, we recently moved to Johnston. Same type of situation, haven't regretted moving for second.
https://www.dmdiocese.org/catholic-schools/find-a-school-near-you
Living in Ankeny, Bondurant, Norwalk, Adel, Carlise, Dallas Center, Altoona probably isn't going to make a lot of sense with kids in Catholic schools.
If you truly want a neighborhood feel and being close to a Catholic school, Holy Trinity in Beaverdale is going to give you that feel.
St. Francis and Sacred Heart in WDM are not anywhere close to what you want.
As others have mentioned, once your kids get involved in activities in the catholic schools, everything revolves around Dowling. The closer you can get to Dowling the better.
I think we can all agree on this.I will agree with a few earlier posts that i also love Cumming.
Amazing how the major metro areas (and Des Moines in particular) are just sucking up all the population and economic activity in the state. Looks like OP is living in Marshalltown, which is not exactly a small town by Iowa standards, too, compared to many others.
Urbanization is striking everywhere.
I moved back to the midwest after being gone for about 15 years.
Maybe my perspective changed in that time, but so many midwest towns I used to travel through are completely dead. It's very very odd to see
I moved back to the midwest after being gone for about 15 years.
Maybe my perspective changed in that time, but so many midwest towns I used to travel through are completely dead. It's very very odd to see
You were pushed, you didn't fall!I moved to Boston for about 1.5 years (2011 and 2012, had a lot of fun at the football game in Hartford the fall after I left)