Relocating to Knoxville SOON

doitwithmusic

Pending a final decision by the company, I am moving to Knoxville in December to accept a new job.  Dh grew up in Jefferson City, TN, and is somewhat familiar with the area.  However, we have no idea what areas to avoid when looking for a home.  Right now, we are trying to find something to rent, as we want to see how this job goes, and find employment for H before we obligate ourselves to a mortgage.  We currently live in Asheville, NC, and our rent is outrageous.  We can afford something fairly nice in Knoxville, and like the West Knoxville area.  Is this a good place to look?  I've seen several homes I like in the Turkey Creek area, but I am not familiar with that side of Knoxville at all.  We definitely want to stay out of low-income housing areas.  We're trying to find something below $1000 per month, with 2 or 3 bedrooms, a fenced in yard, allows pets, dishwasher, washer/dryer hookup, etc.  We don't want an apartment because our two energetic pups will disturb neighbors.Any suggestions are appreciated.  My new job is located toward the West area, but I don't mind a commute each day if the price is right.  I don't know what the market is like in TN right now, or even where to begin looking (I have looked on Knoxville's Craigslist, as well as on the Knoxville newspaper's website, but don't know other than that)

 THANKS!

Nykki Thomaston

Hi! My husband and I moved to knoxville in May. ?We live in west knoxville (the "best" part of town). ?We got lucky with an old country home that is basically what you described for $600 a month. ?Its on 8 acres and it is just great! I would suggest to look west, stay away from east and south and well... north too

sgrl

There are nice areas in every part of town, but my husband and I both work in the west part of town, so that's where we live, and I do think the west end of town is generally nicer - my brother lives in a nice neighborhood in the east end of town, so don't believe that EVERYTHING out east is bad. It's not. I do recommend west Knoxville, though. We live in the Bluegrass area and really like it. I don't know too much about how to find rentals in the area, but I have seen houses for rent in our area. Before we sold our previous house, we actually listed with a guy who does rentals (we got an offer to rent and an offer to buy on the same day - what irony considering the house had been on the market for a year). You might call the different realty offices and see if they have any agents who do rentals - I just did a search for the guy who did ours and can't get his website to load, so I don't know if he still does them or not. Anyway, good luck with your move!