Gower / Hillwood/ West Nashville Area. Please Help! (Brentwood, Oak Hill: apartments, renting)

[Rusty1234]

Wife and I are house hunting in the $500-600k range. We originally were set on the Oak Hill (Duncan wood) or Crieve Hall areas due to the central location and convenience to GH as well as Brentwood. As our search has continued, we have discovered the area along Old Harding Pike/ Hillwood area? Not even really sure what the area is called due to it being sandwiched between Belle Meade Whitw Bridge and Hillwood. A couple houses were on Laird Rd. A few questions that we are praying you can help us with because this housing search is quite overwhelming.

1. Seems like a very established area. Are the majority of people on the older side? Being a young couple starting a family in the coming years, we would like to have a shot at having neighbors close to the same age (understand that is hit or miss). In general are there some younger families in this area?

2. Why are the houses in that area SO nice, yet Gower Elemetnary has mediocre reviews? As that area grows, don't you think it would get better?

3. Is this considered a sought after location where housing values should continue to rise? It appears that it is 10 minutes to GH 5-10 min to the West Nahsville Shopping area.

4. What's the scoop on the west Nashville shopping area? Is the growing? Safe? Etc.

We have several showings set up for Saturday and would love your feedback. Thank you!

[OIBBB]

It's a nice area but you're paying for the proximity to Nashville, not the schools, since it is Davidson County. Most people in those areas send their kids to private school if they can afford it. So the demographics of the neighborhood you buy in may not be represented in the school.

[GWoodle]

Originally Posted by Rusty1234

Wife and I are house hunting in the $500-600k range. We originally were set on the Oak Hill (Duncan wood) or Crieve Hall areas due to the central location and convenience to GH as well as Brentwood. As our search has continued, we have discovered the area along Old Harding Pike/ Hillwood area? Not even really sure what the area is called due to it being sandwiched between Belle Meade Whitw Bridge and Hillwood. A couple houses were on Laird Rd. A few questions that we are praying you can help us with because this housing search is quite overwhelming.

1. Seems like a very established area. Are the majority of people on the older side? Being a young couple starting a family in the coming years, we would like to have a shot at having neighbors close to the same age (understand that is hit or miss). In general are there some younger families in this area?

2. Why are the houses in that area SO nice, yet Gower Elemetnary has mediocre reviews? As that area grows, don't you think it would get better?

3. Is this considered a sought after location where housing values should continue to rise? It appears that it is 10 minutes to GH 5-10 min to the West Nahsville Shopping area.

4. What's the scoop on the west Nashville shopping area? Is the growing? Safe? Etc.

We have several showings set up for Saturday and would love your feedback. Thank you!

4) The old Bellevue mall is under construction & may open sometime in 2017. The West Nashville shopping area keeps growing with new stores soon to open. New apartments condo, townhomes on the way. Watch for any plan for New Hillwood or Bellevue high schools.

3) As Nashville grows the space minutes from downtown drives higher housing prices. New BRT on Charlotte from WalMart to downtown. THe area is generally safe.

2) Results of tests at Gower may show more about the student population there. Catholic students can go to St Henry. Close to MBA, Harding & other private Academy.

1) May be a mix of older & younger. A lot of medical with access to jobs in hospitals.

The area goes by many names, West Meade, Hillwood, parts of Bellevue, river road etc. South West Nashville in the home listings. May not have too many New Home sites depending on the developers. Some development restricted by hilly terrain.

[AUNashTiger86]

Originally Posted by Rusty1234

Wife and I are house hunting in the $500-600k range. We originally were set on the Oak Hill (Duncan wood) or Crieve Hall areas due to the central location and convenience to GH as well as Brentwood. As our search has continued, we have discovered the area along Old Harding Pike/ Hillwood area? Not even really sure what the area is called due to it being sandwiched between Belle Meade Whitw Bridge and Hillwood. A couple houses were on Laird Rd. A few questions that we are praying you can help us with because this housing search is quite overwhelming.

1. Seems like a very established area. Are the majority of people on the older side? Being a young couple starting a family in the coming years, we would like to have a shot at having neighbors close to the same age (understand that is hit or miss). In general are there some younger families in this area?

2. Why are the houses in that area SO nice, yet Gower Elemetnary has mediocre reviews? As that area grows, don't you think it would get better?

3. Is this considered a sought after location where housing values should continue to rise? It appears that it is 10 minutes to GH 5-10 min to the West Nahsville Shopping area.

4. What's the scoop on the west Nashville shopping area? Is the growing? Safe? Etc.

We have several showings set up for Saturday and would love your feedback. Thank you!

My wife and I are renting and have lived in the Hillwood Estates area for the last two years. We absolutely love the area. We are late 20's. There are not many couple under age 40 in this area. The lots are enormous but arent very functional (goofy dimensions). Everyone in that area sends their kids to private schools from elem to high. That is one of the main reasons why my wife and I are looking at the Crieve Hall/Oak Hill area. We would like to prolong private school for our future children (god willing) as long as possible.

Our budget is around 350k, absolute top end and its very difficult to find something in the Hillwood area for under 350k that doesnt need 50-75k of work right off the bat.

The Nashville West shopping center is wonderful and there are 2 super convenient ways to get on the interstate. Downtown is about a 15 minute Uber ride. We love the area and felt super safe. But just cant justify staying for the price it would take. If we were mid 30's and more established (both attorneys) we would buy in the Hillwood area no questions asked.

Hope this helps and good luck with your search. If you have anymore specific questions, feel free to direct message me.

David