depends. I cross the Putnam bridge on Rt 3 to get from Hebron to New Haven and its ok

we've been in Hebron for almost a year with our 3 year old. love it. small town, but easy enough to get to bigger stores in Manchester or closer to Hartford

For that price range you won't have many upgrades. So you probably will have forced air heat and window AC. Very drafty house in need of insulation. Our utilities can be high.

You'll probably never keep all the critters out.

If you have any plans to renovate you'll have to bring it up to code. I had a place that still had the old tube wiring.

Work doesn’t scare me, the amount of money it might cost by opening up a can worms by accident does lol.

I’d love to know a bit about your experience. I currently live in North Central Florida. Where about did you move from?

Ellington or South Windsor might also fit your criteria

Ellington

Plenty of those in Connecticut! Best of luck to you

Stone foundation/dirt floor, lack of insulation in walls you may not be aware of, very old electric hidden behind the walls even if the panel is updated. To name a few.

I just mean an old house 😊

I will have about 250k in cash to put towards a house. I’d really just like to keep my mortgage amount as low as possible.

Re working: both options are on the table. I would like to try to end up somewhere that would offer an easy ish commute should I end up going that route.

We get posts like this all the time, but I just don't understand how so few of them mention where they will be working. If you work in Stamford that is totally different than if you work in Hartford which is totally different than if you work in New haven.

I have been a co owner of 2 small business, and have experience doing payroll, advertising and the like. I have my real estate license in Florida but I am not sure if I would want to continue doing that in CT. I am currently a dispatcher for a union, which I do enjoy.

I have not done too in depth job searches yet as I’m not sure where we land. Remote work may end up being what I go for, but I think I would enjoy working with people more so I don’t want to close any doors.

Eta: By good job prospects, I really mean some where that reasonably has jobs available. I could tell you beautiful places to live here, but there is no where to work.

I’m familiar with old homes (~100 years) in Florida, but I also know that a lot of that knowledge won’t necessarily translate to a different region.

I enjoy the charm of old houses and I know they come with… quirks. What jumps to your mind when I say that that I may not be taking into account?

Live on the same side of the Connecticut river that you work. I got this tip when I moved here in August and it’s proved invaluable

This. Sadly.

Picture an upside-down capital "T." The central north / south corridor and the entire coast east to west is where you'll find a house that is absolutely not more than 25 minutes to every amenity you could ever want. The northeast and northwest are more rural and lack some of the infrastructure and conveniences you might want.

In CT you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a pre- Revolution home, and we still have quite a few from the late 1600's. If you aren't a very good craftsman, any work you do on an older home might open a can of worms that will cost thousands to fix. A friend wanted to add an electrical outlet. Opened up a bit of wall and found old corn cobs had been used as insulation. Job took longer than expected, and old corn cobs sucked up the humidity and began to rot. Had to open up the entire wall to remove old "insulation" and redo everything. A new plug ended up being a major renovation.

You won't find a 4 bedroom in that budget, though. Unless you want that 1 house currently listed that looks like it might fall over.

Love it there!

What's up Pickle Bouncer.

Shelton. Low taxes. Lots of businesses. Tons of great restaurants. Close to everything. Good schools. Did I mention low taxes?

We’re a former military family and when my husband retired we wanted to be near family (he’s from CT). We settled in Canton (Collinsville). Great schools, good amenities, lovely neighborhoods. It’s a culture shock from what I was used to and it’s sometimes weird not having the traditional freeways that makes getting places easier but at the same time I absolutely love it here.

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Yep, Branford is pretty expensive. I just did a quick search on the MLS for 4+ Bedrooms in Branford the least expensive one currently active is 709k.

That is not the norm so I expanded the search to include currently under contract and closed in the last 90 days. The least expensive 4+ bedroom house was 394k and its only 1512SQFT so those 4 bedrooms are probably pretty small...and its part of an HOA with 299/month fees.

There were less expensive ones that sold but they were far from move in ready and will probably be relisted as flips soon if I had to guess.

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