Zero102
06-11-2006, 08:01 PM
My fiancee and I are contemplating a move to Kelowna. She has applied to UBC okanagan, and there is a very good chance she has gotten in. So, we are looking to buy a house out there since that is most likely where we will spend the next 4 years of our life.
I have a few questions about Kelowna and the surrouding area however, and I am hoping somebody on here can answer them.
We have been looking at lots of listings on mls.ca, but it is really hard to tell whether some of these places are in a good neighborhood or not.
Are there any neighborhoods there to avoid (like a forest lawn or dover?)
Is there anything really bad about living in downtown Kelowna? (i.e large homeless population, rampant crime, etc)
Another possibility is to buy a house in an outlying area, but all of the places we have found that meet this criteria have septic tanks and wells. I've never had either. How complicated would this make our life, and will it add a lot of extra costs?
And last but not least, does anybody know the name of a good realtor in that area? It's easy to pick one of the dozens of them from mls.ca, but that doesn't really tell me anything about them.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a few questions about Kelowna and the surrouding area however, and I am hoping somebody on here can answer them.
We have been looking at lots of listings on mls.ca, but it is really hard to tell whether some of these places are in a good neighborhood or not.
Are there any neighborhoods there to avoid (like a forest lawn or dover?)
Is there anything really bad about living in downtown Kelowna? (i.e large homeless population, rampant crime, etc)
Another possibility is to buy a house in an outlying area, but all of the places we have found that meet this criteria have septic tanks and wells. I've never had either. How complicated would this make our life, and will it add a lot of extra costs?
And last but not least, does anybody know the name of a good realtor in that area? It's easy to pick one of the dozens of them from mls.ca, but that doesn't really tell me anything about them.
Thanks in advance for any help.