Rental question, Duxbury, Plymouth area.
 

My wife works in Boston and makes more money than I do. I like living in Narragansett for a number of reasons. Just today she is talking about taking on more work in the Boston area, which means that I won't see her Monday through Friday. She has lately been staying in hotels.
I think we may have to move. I'm thinking the Duxbury, Plymouth area--I have my reasons for picking these towns. What kind of rents are we going to be looking at? Any advice would be helpful. The move won't happen until the fall. Thanks.

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John;
Place a call to a non-fishing friend who was looking in the same area before settling west in Worcester (closer to his family)

He said about the same as around here; can find small houses/apartments for ~8/900 up to the usual insane amounts 2K+/month

Duxbury is highend as fars as sale prices, that would imo equate to high rents. That being said there are some other towns in the area that will have very competitive rents, and Plymouth is one. Other towns I would look at would be Hull, Kingston, Rockland, Weymouth, And Abington. If you are serious I could give you the number of a guy who handles rentals, and you could see what he has. I use him when I need tenants here at my 2 family.

Goose, Plymouth should be pretty reasonable, take a look at Marshfield as well. Duxbury is high end, but you may be able to find something resonable a few miles from the water. I think it depends on when you will be looking too. During the summertime, rents in these areas sky rocket. In the fall you may have a better time finding prices and a lease more to you liking.

My buddy gets 1000 a week for his place in Marshfield, granted he is a couple hundred yards from the beach.

There is a reason they call it Deluxebury :D

Plymouth is a good choice.

Check PM's

Just thinking about moving gives me a stomach ache.
My wife would be driving into Boston, is Plymouth too far south for this?
One reason I like the idea of the south shore is that I could get a job on an oyster farm or fishing boat, which is what I do.
Thanks you guys. I'II let you know what is going on.

Depends on what time she needs to be there. There's really only two ways there, route 3 and 3A and they both suck. If she needs to be there at 8 she'd have to leave at 6:30 or earlier. At 9, probably leave at 6:31. Boston traffic is the worst :wall:

If she can, take the train, don't drive at all. Remember the train is $198 for a monthly pass and $2 a day to park. I'v been going back and forth every day since '74, There is no really good way, but depending on where she has to go in Boston, the train isn't bad.

Pete

gf....you want to live in Hull Scituate or Marshfield...Plymouth is too far..IMO
we never did hook up to fish....maybe we will now
if I can help with anything let me know...I will keep my eyes open for you

i live in mashpee and commute to boston everyday.. i take the Plymouth and Brockton bus.. so much better than the train... i took the train for a while but its bench seat and makes 8 or 9 stops.. the bus is comfortable, always on time, recliner seats, no stops, and same price as train... i used to drive when my chick worked in boston too but she got a job on the cape, so i take the bus now.. i have no complaints.. driving was tough, and impossible by yourself, you need to get in the hov lane if you drive, if not your scrrewed. the train is uncomfortable.. the bus aint bad.. she should look into that, it has pick ups in sagamore, plymouth, and rockland..good luck

Well if you want something a little closer to boston and want to consider a buy - I got a house for sale.

for an easy commute - I would agree with most of the advice here - quincy, weymouth, hingham, hull, scituate, marshfield - south of Marshfield I find the commute to Boston to be a little too long.

Then again - I used to commute from Nashua, NH to Quincy every day for a few months.

-IWK

Move to wareham ,51 miles of coast line , close to all major hi-ways , shoping ,schools, I've been here 20 plus years !!!!!!!!! the hidden secrets of a small town OH yea there are no FISH in WAREHAM
LINK SR.
ps:45 min 2 Bean town

Not Monday morning thru Friday evening :shocked:

John - depends on what you want to do. Gansett to Boston REALLY sucks. I did Warwick to Boston for 2 years and was 1:45 going in on good days and 2 home on good days. Fridays in the summer were 3 hours minimum if I left Boston after 3pm...


Boston commutes SUCK. Here is an example of my commute times to the financial district in Boston (near South Station)

From Brookline/Brighton line on the Green Line - distance 5 miles: 40 minutes before the floods of '97, 60 minutes after (damn BU students :smash: )

From Quincy to Boston on Red Line - distance 10 miles: 45 minutes

From Braintree to Boston on Red Line - distance 14 miles: 55 minutes

From Warwick on 95 at almost 75mph to 128 staion to commuter line: 1:40 of combination white knuckle "when will my number come up" driving followed by a 25 minute snooze on the commuter rail...

To make things easiest for your wife and to get you in the Deluxbury / PLymouth area, you can look from Halifax (Got Stripers is selling a Halifax home) to Kingstown and be near the commuter rail lines. This also assumes that your wife is working a relatively normal schedule at a fairly accessible place by T in Boston. Also, one of these towns in the morning is more likely to get her a seat on the train instead of standing. I'm not too familiar with the Kingston line but the Providence line people start standing by North Attleboro (though I would cough up my seat for those that need).

The rents in this area will be fairly comparable to the rents where you are now.
As for fishing, the area you would appreciate the most would be the Cohasset / Scituate area but the access is significantly, acutally exponentially more difficult than where you fish. But I'll square you up with Pete Belsan, one of the nicest B&T guys around...

John,

This link will direct you to the rental prices for those areas you mentioned.
Apartment Rental $

As an option you may consider purchasing any property such as a condo or townhouse, which is similiar to an apartment. I'm a full time real estate agent therefore send me a PM so that we can discuss some options.