What do you guys think of River Ridge?

[dominick2417]

Good area you think?

Trying to buy a house and I can find nothing in Metairie.

There are some fixer-uppers in River Ridge.

Does anyone know if it is a desirable place?

 

[gbundersea]

PM me specifics about what you're looking for, budget, etc. and I'll give you some detailed analysis and opinion.

 

[troy_mclure]

I was trying to deliver my bike to a house there. For some reason the gps and Goode maps don't like to find addresses in river ridge.

 

[chad]

Stick to Metairie..

 

[dominick2417]

Stick to Metairie..

Any particular reason? It is hard to find a house in Metairie around 170k. Even in River Ridge I will need to fix a lot of the houses up at that price range.

 

[stag0608]

They have a lot of houses for sale in luling for pretty good prices if you look.

 

[dominick2417]

They have a lot of houses for sale in luling for pretty good prices if you look.

Jeff Parish is doing a first time home buyer program so the house needs to be withing this parish. I have looked EVERYWHERE before the program started for a house.

 

[Tate]

I've never lived there, but I've spent a good bit of time around RR. Can't say that I'd live anywhere in the NO metro area, but I don't have anything bad to say about RR.

 

[LACamper]

River Ridge is nice but pricey. Also you need to be aware of flooding issues. Talk to Greg, he's up on the flood issues.

 

[f350drvr]

Any particular reason? It is hard to find a house in Metairie around 170k. Even in River Ridge I will need to fix a lot of the houses up at that price range.

Try these 2 sites, they add new listings regularly and I have seen a few nice houses in metairie in your price range.

http://www.hudhomestore.com/HudHome/Index.aspx
http://www.homepath.com/

 

[Nevarwinter]

We're looking at River Ridge also. We saw a house that looked fantastic, but it may have flooded because of a river-side-of-the-road drainage issue.

The big thing i'm disliking about the river side of river ridge/harahan is that in some of those neighborhoods, the developers were more interested in the number of houses they could get away with building rather than giving you "room" away from your neighbor. You have a lovely front yard but a back yard that would be considered cruel if you had to keep a dog in it.

Of course, you get what you pay for but RR and Harahan have areas that are slowly being reclaimed and renovated, but your neighbor might have 3 cars parked in his front yard next to the a-frame, a boat that hasn't seen water since WWII and a bench seat from an oldsmobile on the porch.