Try Compass RE 267-435-8015 and ask for Jennifer Nehila. She’s fantastic, super knowledgeable and friendly. She has been in the business 15 years and knows the city and suburbs well. We used her to purchase our first home and I believe she does rentals too. Good Luck! Can’t say much about Lansdowne personally as I live in the city.

It’s not bad in comparison to places around but yeah has been on the decline a bit, still a peaceful little town though.

Visit r/delco, but to answer your question, Lansdowne is fine. It's only "going downhill fast" according to the pearl-clutchers in Newtown Square. I live in the township next to Lansdowne (literally across the border). They have a cute main street area that's slowly and steadily rebuilding itself after Covid. Crime isn't really a big problem there, especially when compared to nearby Upper Darby and Clifton Heights. Regional rail access is a huge plus as well.

Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions about the area.

If you're looking to buy, Michael Garden with Compass is 11/10. He has been doing Philly real estate for a long time. He knows the neighborhoods and helped us find a good one based on our needs. He doesn't do buyers contracts because he doesn't want you to feel locked in. He will also let you know if based on your needs and situation, renting for a while is a better option.

Every one of his recommendations for title and inspections were wonderful to work with as well. It was by far my best experience with home buying I've ever had.

For what demographic?

I mean...i like it..

What's affordable to you? Walkable to all those things generally increases the price but if you don't need a lot of space all of Philly is pretty affordable. Take a look at Washington West, Rittenhouse, Queen Village, and Passyunk. If those are too expensive check out around Callowhill, Pennsport, Norris Square.

I would recommend East Passyunk. The stretch down the Ave. is amazing. They just opened that wine bar that has live music on S. broad. It's a quiet area with a good bit going on, and it's walkable to the BSL or to center city if you're motivated.

I walk to Trader Joe's on Market. I have a huge bag that I manage to fit pretty much all my fam needs for the week (2 adults and 10mo old). Quick runs I'll go to Rittenhouse Market or Max's Grocer. Also frequent the Giant on South for some items I can't get a TJ.

I usually do Target and Rittenhouse Square market for quick trips. Trader Joe’s when I have time. Pretty much everywhere will deliver. Maxx’s and Sues Produce are cute little stores great for produce. Food and friends is a pricier store to pick up fancy odds and ends with your beer. Di Bruno’s brothers is another high end pricier store - has a meat counter with fish/steaks, cheesemongers, prepared food. There’s a farmers market every Saturday morning/early afternoon in the square.

On days I don’t mind walking/not getting a ton - I just walk to south street - acme, Whole Foods, south street market, giant heirloom. Italian market is another nice stroll where you’ll find cheap produce.

When living in Rittenhouse I tended to get my groceries delivered but depending on where you are in the neighborhood the Trader Joe's isn't a bad walk and there are a couple new Giants on the edge of the neighborhood in walking distance.

Definitely get a foldable shopping cart, aka a "granny cart". IMO it's essential for any grocery shopping within the city if you are walking or taking the bus to the store. Also, get some zipper reusable shopping bags, I use a few canvas bags and also Rachel Ray zipper bags with lining for cold items.

With the above, you can still get enough volume for weekly grocery store runs, that's what I've always done.

Trader Joe’s, Giant, Giant Heriloom, South Street Market IGA are a few in and around the neighborhood. And yeah, I found I just had to buy more strategically of what I could carry and how many meals I could make

Other places not mentioned: Trader Joe's on Arch and Broad St., just a block from City Hall, depending where you are in Rittenhouse and around the corner, Reading Terminal Market. The Arch St. TJ does not get as crowded as the one on Market, which is always crowded. Also, on 19th and Spruce there is a small grocery store "Food and Friends." I've never shopped in it but passed it many times. Also between 15th and 16th on Spruce, another small market, Spruce Market. I used to get bread at Metropolitan Bakery on right off Rittenhouse Sq. There are so many places to go in walking distance--however prices might be higher than you are used to. One of my friends in the Northeast laughs when I talk about how cheap the produce is in the Italian Market compared to all the grocery stores I can walk to. Where they shop in the Northeast is cheaper than the Italian Market, which is the cheapest you can get walking distance (a hike) from Rittenhouse. Reading Terminal Market has some good deals but still not as cheap.

Just use Instacart.

Enterprise in south Philly has a few usually

This may be one of the most gentrified neighborhoods in the city along with graduate hospital and Fairmount. I’m pretty sure Nolibs has one of the highest per capita incomes in the city. You will be super safe and N2nd is highly foot trafficked, you will basically never be alone.

2nd Street is fine from spring garden to girard, super gentrified, if you are south of spring garden im not as familiar. There isnt much south other than one condo building and crazy intersections.

Many nightlife places to checkout, standard tap has been around forever, the abbaye over on 3rd, urban village brewery up towards girard, heritage, etc.

I would be aware of your surroundings at the 95 overpass at spring garden station, sometimes people hangout there. Also for spring garden station itself, exit on the south side where the entrance is. The north side exit has a blind uturn that people relieve themselves or hangout in and you can't see them from the top of the stairs.

The things I'd like about Bridgeport are the proximity to the Norristown Septa station...can walk there, and the Schuylkill River Trail. The town is also not far from Conshohocken.

Other than that, looks like a pretty sleepy little town if thats your thing.

I have friends who bought a house there and they absolutely love it. Couple in their 30s without kids, but they’re right by the memorial park which has activities for kids throughout the year (and IMO the most underrated views in the area). One of them walks to SEPTA in Norristown to get to work, the other drives to their work in KOP. Everything they need and want is close by. Honestly, if I were to move to the burbs I’d look there

Bridgeport is prone to flooding, so make sure to check a flood zone map and just look around when you are looking for places to make sure you are up the hill

Realtor here, I've had buyers consider Bridgeport before. It's pretty relaxed, with decent access to Center City via regional rail. Definitely some stuff to walk to. Probably similar to Oaklyn!

Prices aren't bloated, which is cool. Typical 3-beds are around $320-$330K, but I've shown listings as low as $270K before there. So, I like that.

Not sure if you own or rent out in NJ, but property taxes there are $2-4K more per year, in general. Bridgeport's taxes look in line with Philly, and much more manageable.

Mambo is an awesome local company, used them about a year ago and they were great

Here to say Mambo. Super professional, fast, and reasonably priced. Everything made it safely across the city. I actually had to haul ass to get to my new place before they did!

Mambo or sweet hunk movers. I used sweet hunk the last time I moved and they were amazing

I've used Broad Street Movers twice now and really love working with them.

I had a good experience with Roadway in December.

Thanks for the feedback, all.

I would avoid 2 men and a truck. We moved with them 2 years ago, they were 7-hours late (seriously, they were supposed to show at 9AM and didn’t until 4PM), and broke two pieces of our furniture in transit.

The movers themselves were nice, but they were clearly over scheduled and not super experienced which made the whole thing a mess.

When I moved I had 3 or 4 quotes and College Hunks was the cheapest by a good amount for me.

We had a good experience using Eversafe Movers for a move from out of state into Center City. We’ve also used Mambo for in-town moves.

I've used both Mambo and Old City Movers and had good experiences with both, and both gave me similar quotes.

Locally? I paid around $1000 for a 2br move.

I paid college hunks moving junk to move to Philly from Collegeville and it was ~600 but it was 1 BR + odds and ends from my parent's basement, already all in boxes and most of it ready to go in the garage. So if you got quoted 1k that sounds reasonable.

Brewerytown can change greatly, especially north of Girard or as you head west. 27th & girard near crime & punishment is nice when i visit.

Coming from nj if you need parking thats something you'll want to be very concerned with as well.

I've lived in Brewerytown for about 4 years and for the most part haven't had issues.

Of course you need to keep your head up but you should really be doing that in any city.

Philly is a very block- by- block city. One block could be clean and safe while another block only a quarter mile away could be a shitshow. Before signing a lease check out the block both during the day and around 10pm.

Budget? There are many safe neighborhoods in Philly. You use common sense when you're out and about. Some areas are more block-by-block than others.

Just moved to Brewerytown, it's on the upswing with a lot of construction, particularly down around 31st. Girard is a big dividing line, but I haven't had problems. Only been here a month though, haven't really explored at night when drunk.

I have two top (third) floor apartments available in the coming months (one has a deck). We’re just finishing up a total renovation on both units.

Bella Vista. $1,800/mo. All pets allowed. Custom white oak cabinetry throughout and LVP flooring.

It would be nice if Zillow or any of the other websites allowed a floor filter. It’s hard enough to get listing agents/landlords to use the A/C filter correctly.

Carpeting the 2nd floor above first floor bedrooms is the move.

My building requires floors be 80% covered to reduce noise.

It is a thick concrete building so we don't have big noise issues in general

I’d get a place to live and then a roommate, unless you know somebody personally

As a landlord, I’d prefer if both applicants came at the same time.

It depends on what you want though. You may find it difficult to relinquish space or items when a roommate comes in after the fact. All of your items would already be existing in the space and the roommate wouldn’t really have the opportunity to space plan with you.

If you can afford it, I really do suggest living alone.

Do you have a license? Renting a van from uhaul and doing it yourself is probably the cheapest

If you're willing to walk 15-20 minutes, I recommend Fitler Square or the northern part of Graduate Hospital. I lived in Fitler Square for 6 years, and reverse commuted to work via SEPTA for 3 years. It was a 15 minutes walk from exiting my apartment front door to the SEPTA platform.

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Id say the traditional rec is rittenhouse and fitler square. Its a quick walk across the bridge. I live near clark park tho and its a ten minute trolley ride with service every 6 minutes during rush hour, p convenient commute.

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