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[relocateca]

My family is planning to relocate to Folsom from midwest this fall. We are trying to find a good neighborhood for our young elementary children. I struggle to decide Willow Springs or Empire Ranch or other areas. I heard about asbestos in Folsom too. Do I need to worry about it?

Your input will be very appreciated for our decision. Thank you.

[Thinkingoutloud]

My family is planning to relocate to Folsom from midwest this fall. We are trying to find a good neighborhood for our young elementary children. I struggle to decide Willow Springs or Empire Ranch or other areas. I heard about asbestos in Folsom too. Do I need to worry about it?

Your input will be very appreciated for our decision. Thank you.

I'm in Lexington Hills with Oak Chan Elem. All schools, including Oak Chan, are top notch. We have plenty of neighbors with young kids and it's an extremely kid friendly neighborhood. Really you can't go wrong with any neighborhood in Folsom, I'm just partial to mine...;-)

Welcome to Folsom.

[4thgenFolsomite]

I don't think we have any asbestos issues in Folsom, that's more El Dorado Hills. Maybe someone can clarify though. was there an issue near Lago del Vista High School?

[Robert Giacometti]

My family is planning to relocate to Folsom from midwest this fall. We are trying to find a good neighborhood for our young elementary children. I struggle to decide Willow Springs or Empire Ranch or other areas. I heard about asbestos in Folsom too. Do I need to worry about it?

Your input will be very appreciated for our decision. Thank you.

What part of the midwest are you from? I'm from Illinois. I've lived in Folsom for 20 plus years and can help answer any questions you might have.

Both neighborhoods you listed are wonderful places, but I couldn't say negative things about any neighborhood as far as that goes.

You might want to check on the schools to see if any are impacted in that they aren't taking any new students. Home prices are still coming down, so maybe renting for a while might be an option so you can get a better feel for yourself.

Again, welcome and if I can help in any way let me know!

Robert Giacometti

[Steve Heard]

My family is planning to relocate to Folsom from midwest this fall. We are trying to find a good neighborhood for our young elementary children. I struggle to decide Willow Springs or Empire Ranch or other areas. I heard about asbestos in Folsom too. Do I need to worry about it?

Your input will be very appreciated for our decision. Thank you.

Hi Relo, and welcome to myfolsom!

All of Folsom's neighborhoods should be considered good, differentiated by amenities, location, ages, and sizes of the homes, etc.

You can't go wrong with either Willow Springs or Empire Ranch.

As for the asbestos, you may be speaking of naturally occuring asbestos, and as I understand it, it is found closer to the surface in El Dorado Hills than in Folsom. There was an issue when building Vista Del Lago High, but as I recall, they had to dig down 30 feet to get to it for removal.

I am not aware of any other issues with it.

If you are interested in purchasing, I'd love to offer my services. I've helped many folks buy and sell their homes here.

If you are interested in renting, I'd suggest Home Run Property Management www.homerunrentals.com, or the old stand-by, Craigslist.

Again, welcome. You've picked a great place to live.

Steve

[Bill Z]

yep, the asbestos out here is naturally occuring in some of the rocks. left undisturbed, it poses no health hazards. It is more prevalent higher in the hills than in Folsom, but they did have to perform some mitigation when they constructed Vista Del Lago HS. which is on top of a hill. (construction work tends to "disturb" the rocks making dust) You can read more about it here: http://www.epa.gov/a...pubs/clean.html Just because there may still be (and likely is) undisturbed rocks buried under the new HS, won't make me keep my son from going there when he becomes of HS age. I consider it a non-issue.

[relocateca]

What part of the midwest are you from? I'm from Illinois. I've lived in Folsom for 20 plus years and can help answer any questions you might have.

Both neighborhoods you listed are wonderful places, but I couldn't say negative things about any neighborhood as far as that goes.

You might want to check on the schools to see if any are impacted in that they aren't taking any new students. Home prices are still coming down, so maybe renting for a while might be an option so you can get a better feel for yourself.

Again, welcome and if I can help in any way let me know!

Robert Giacometti

We are from Kansas City. Thank you for the information. I think we will rent an apartment first as you said then shop around for houses and school.

Dan

[relocateca]

Thank you all for replying my questions. Steve, thank you for the rental website. If any of you know a place to rent, please let me know. We will relocate there on this Oct.

Dan

[relocateca]

yep, the asbestos out here is naturally occuring in some of the rocks. left undisturbed, it poses no health hazards. It is more prevalent higher in the hills than in Folsom, but they did have to perform some mitigation when they constructed Vista Del Lago HS. which is on top of a hill. (construction work tends to "disturb" the rocks making dust) You can read more about it here: http://www.epa.gov/a...pubs/clean.html Just because there may still be (and likely is) undisturbed rocks buried under the new HS, won't make me keep my son from going there when he becomes of HS age. I consider it a non-issue.

Thanks Bill for the information. I will not worry about the asbestos now.

[MrsTuffPaws]

Thank you all for replying my questions. Steve, thank you for the rental website. If any of you know a place to rent, please let me know. We will relocate there on this Oct.

Dan

When I 'pretend shop' online for a new rental place, I like to use http://www.padmapper.com/ It pulls from craigslist and other sources.

[relocateca]

I'm in Lexington Hills with Oak Chan Elem. All schools, including Oak Chan, are top notch. We have plenty of neighbors with young kids and it's an extremely kid friendly neighborhood. Really you can't go wrong with any neighborhood in Folsom, I'm just partial to mine...;-)

Welcome to Folsom.

Thank you. I will look at Lexington Hills too.

[Bill Z]

Thank you. I will look at Lexington Hills too.

Here is some info you might consider:

Briggs Ranch NO mello roos
Lexinton hills I'm not sure, but I don't think so on Mello Roos taxes
Broadstone definitely had mellos roos, I presume they still do
Empire Ranch homeowners association (extra rules and quarterly fees, not to mention fines for leaving your trashcan out front, some people like HOAs, some don't)
there are at least two gated communities in folsom if you want that or want to avoid that
One is hillcrest with expensive homes (even higher HOA fees than the rest of Empire Ranch), the other is I forget what it is called but it's in the Natoma Station area near the store outlets, smaller more modest size and affordable homes than Hillcrest.

This doesn't cover all of the neighborhoods in Folsom, just the ones I know about.

Oh yeah, the Parkway has the best access to the bike trails in the humbug-willow creek area, I don't think it is in the HOA boundary of Empire Ranch, but I think they do have Mello Roos. maybe someone on here from the Parkway can verify or correct me on that.

[traceyl]

Here is some info you might consider:

Briggs Ranch NO mello roos
Lexinton hills I'm not sure, but I don't think so on Mello Roos taxes
Broadstone definitely had mellos roos, I presume they still do
Empire Ranch homeowners association (extra rules and quarterly fees, not to mention fines for leaving your trashcan out front, some people like HOAs, some don't)
there are at least two gated communities in folsom if you want that or want to avoid that
One is hillcrest with expensive homes (even higher HOA fees than the rest of Empire Ranch), the other is I forget what it is called but it's in the Natoma Station area near the store outlets, smaller more modest size and affordable homes than Hillcrest.

This doesn't cover all of the neighborhoods in Folsom, just the ones I know about.

Oh yeah, the Parkway has the best access to the bike trails in the humbug-willow creek area, I don't think it is in the HOA boundary of Empire Ranch, but I think they do have Mello Roos. maybe someone on here from the Parkway can verify or correct me on that.

Been in Broadstone 13 years and have never paid mello roos.

[Bill Z]

Been in Broadstone 13 years and have never paid mello roos.

Interesting, I know they had Mello Roos when I last moved to Folsom (or at least that is what we were told), that's one of the reasons we didn't buy there. Maybe it is dependent upon what part of Broadstone.

[SacKen]

Like has been said already, all of Folsom is great. Each area just has different home styles, age of homes, etc. We began the search for a new home last month. We started by looking in all the neighborhoods that had a house available that matched our needs (size, price, etc.). As we found areas that we liked more/less than others, for whatever reason (value, HOA costs, neighborhood design, home styles, etc.), we started focusing our search on the areas we like.

I would highly suggest doing the same thing so you don't limit yourself from the get-go. We actually found a couple of houses in an area that we weren't even planning to look at because, on paper, it didn't seem to be an area we would like. So you never know what will give you that tingly, "this is the one!" feeling.

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Oh yeah, the Parkway has the best access to the bike trails in the humbug-willow creek area, I don't think it is in the HOA boundary of Empire Ranch, but I think they do have Mello Roos. maybe someone on here from the Parkway can verify or correct me on that.

It's not in the HOA boundary of ER, but it is in their own Parkway HOA area that is significantly higher cost and, from what I hear from friends, more restrictive in its rules.