Moving to Edmonton Need help!

BayouBoy · 01-05-2012, 04:24 PM

I am moving to Edmonton at the end of May and need housing for 6 months. I will be there with my wife and we have no clue where to begin our search. I will be working in the McCauley area of town and we will have a car while we are there. We are a young married couple (20-25 yrs old). We are looking for a place we can have our car and possibly a furnished place would be great. Looking for young people area of town!

Komrade · 01-05-2012, 04:36 PM

Welcome to Edmonton. Mcauley is considered "inner city" in Edmonton. There are a few communites close to Mcauley that are on the come up.

I would reccomend heavily Alberta Avenue. It has turned around immensly in the last 10 years, all to do with the community. It is becoming an arts district and is frequented by youth and old alike. Affordable. I think you would be a perfect fit!

GreenSPACE · 01-05-2012, 06:06 PM

You're right next to downtown, and there are lots of options for apartment buildings in the MacKay Ave area of downtown (97 to 100 Ave between 101 and 107 St). Another option is Oliver (just west of downtown towards 124 Street north and south of Jasper Avenue).

Municipal Man of Mystery · 01-05-2012, 10:30 PM

Oliver or downtown south of Jasper Ave would probably be your best bet. McCauley is considered a rough area with lots of sketchy people, so beware!

jdk13 · 02-05-2012, 09:33 AM

furnished apartments are pretty hard to come by in this city, unless you have a pretty high budget.. most of the apartment housing near your work will be in downtown or oliver. i prefer oliver to downtown since it is a bit quieter with closer and more extensive access to park space, with a lot of the same amenities, but there are a lot of condo/apartment buildings downtown that may make your job walkable. there is also the portion of boyle street on jasper ave and around 80-90 streets that has a lot of older apartment buildings with great river views

where are you moving from? that may help us make comparisions

Cal76 · 02-05-2012, 08:20 PM

Oliver would be my first choice. DT is okay too as well as Queen Mary Park and Westmount/124 st area. Tons of apartments there. The Boyle St area has some decent bldgs but too close to the really sketchy places-so choose carefully (and feel free to use Google Streetview- an amazing tool !). Welcome to Edmonton, btw!

murphys · 03-05-2012, 08:54 PM

I live in Oliver area and highly recommend it. It is blocks away from central downtown but close enough to walk downtown. It is a great community. Lots of young people your age group live around here because of many highrise and lowrise apartments. Restaurants, pubs, Safeway and many more amenities for you exist here. Good Luck and Welcome to Edmonton.

BayouBoy · 24-05-2012, 01:35 PM

Thanks for all the help, we have a few places lined up to see and hopefully we will like one of them to sign on with. We are excited to get to Edmonton but will miss our Louisiana home and HEAT! haha!

McBoo · 24-05-2012, 02:36 PM

Not sure your budget, but if by 6 months you means six months of glorious summer and autumn - Riverdale! Repeat, Riverdale!

01-05-2012, 04:24 PM	#1
BayouBoy First One is Always Free Join Date: May 2012	Moving to Edmonton Need help! I am moving to Edmonton at the end of May and need housing for 6 months. I will be there with my wife and we have no clue where to begin our search. I will be working in the McCauley area of town and we will have a car while we are there. We are a young married couple (20-25 yrs old). We are looking for a place we can have our car and possibly a furnished place would be great. Looking for young people area of town!

01-05-2012, 04:36 PM	#2
Komrade Addicted to C2E Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Beverly	Welcome to Edmonton. Mcauley is considered "inner city" in Edmonton. There are a few communites close to Mcauley that are on the come up. I would reccomend heavily Alberta Avenue. It has turned around immensly in the last 10 years, all to do with the community. It is becoming an arts district and is frequented by youth and old alike. Affordable. I think you would be a perfect fit! __________________ facebook.com/BrothersGrimMusic youtube.com/GrimEmpire

01-05-2012, 06:06 PM	#3
GreenSPACE Addicted to C2E Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Downtown	You're right next to downtown, and there are lots of options for apartment buildings in the MacKay Ave area of downtown (97 to 100 Ave between 101 and 107 St). Another option is Oliver (just west of downtown towards 124 Street north and south of Jasper Avenue). __________________ www.decl.org

24-05-2012, 01:35 PM	#8
BayouBoy First One is Always Free Join Date: May 2012	Thank you Thanks for all the help, we have a few places lined up to see and hopefully we will like one of them to sign on with. We are excited to get to Edmonton but will miss our Louisiana home and HEAT! haha!

24-05-2012, 02:36 PM	#9
McBoo Addicted to C2E Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Edmonton, Canada	Not sure your budget, but if by 6 months you means six months of glorious summer and autumn - Riverdale! Repeat, Riverdale! __________________ Linda Sloan - Danielle's BFF Hoot

01-05-2012, 10:30 PM	#4
Municipal Man of Mystery Partially Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2012 Location: Downtown	Oliver or downtown south of Jasper Ave would probably be your best bet. McCauley is considered a rough area with lots of sketchy people, so beware!

02-05-2012, 09:33 AM	#5
jdk13 Partially Addicted to C2E Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Alberta Ave	furnished apartments are pretty hard to come by in this city, unless you have a pretty high budget.. most of the apartment housing near your work will be in downtown or oliver. i prefer oliver to downtown since it is a bit quieter with closer and more extensive access to park space, with a lot of the same amenities, but there are a lot of condo/apartment buildings downtown that may make your job walkable. there is also the portion of boyle street on jasper ave and around 80-90 streets that has a lot of older apartment buildings with great river views where are you moving from? that may help us make comparisions

02-05-2012, 08:20 PM	#6
Cal76 Addicted to C2E Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Edmonton	Oliver would be my first choice. DT is okay too as well as Queen Mary Park and Westmount/124 st area. Tons of apartments there. The Boyle St area has some decent bldgs but too close to the really sketchy places-so choose carefully (and feel free to use Google Streetview- an amazing tool !). Welcome to Edmonton, btw!

03-05-2012, 08:54 PM	#7
murphys Partially Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oliver area	I live in Oliver area and highly recommend it. It is blocks away from central downtown but close enough to walk downtown. It is a great community. Lots of young people your age group live around here because of many highrise and lowrise apartments. Restaurants, pubs, Safeway and many more amenities for you exist here. Good Luck and Welcome to Edmonton.