Wisteria Court is conveniently located!
 MetroLink
light rail system (at Memorial Hospital) connecting the Metro
East with Downtown St. Louis and Lambert International Airport
at Memorial Hospital - Only 2 miles
St. Clair Square, the Metro East’s largest
shopping mall - 4 miles
Scott Air Force Base – less than 10 miles
Southwestern Illinois College – 6 miles
(also serviced by MetroLink)
Hospitals:
Memorial Hospital - 2 miles
St. Elizabeth's Hospital - 3 miles
St. Louis Children's Hospital (St. Louis) - 22 miles
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (St. Louis) - 18
miles
The Gateway Arch and Downtown St. Louis –
16 miles (or just minutes by MetroLink)
Bellevue Park - 3 miles
 Quality
public and private schools are near by.
Wolf Branch Elementary School District 113
125 Huntwood Road
Swansea, IL 62226
(618)277-2100
Belleville High School East District 201
2555 West Blvd,
Belleville, IL 62221
(618)222-3700
Althoff Catholic High School
5401 W. Main Street
Belleville IL 62226
(618)235-1100
Renter's Insurance
- $9.33/month
State Farm Insurance
719 E. Main Street
Belleville, IL
(618)235-2800
Utilities
Illinois Power - 1-800-755-5000
Illinois American Water Co. - 1-800-422-2782
 Why
You Should Rent vs. Buying
- COMING UP WITH A DOWN
PAYMENT
Instead of tying
up thousands of dollars when you purchase a home,
that down-payment
money could be used for a mutual fund or other investment.
- CLOSING
COSTS CAN BE PRICEY
When
you buy, you have to prepay some taxes, fees, pay for
a title search and title
insurance, prepay a year's worth of homeowners
insurance, and more. As a renter, you'd have to shell
out only the
first month's rent and security deposit/carpet cleaning.
- UPKEEP
If
you're an owner, as soon as you get into your house,
the maintaince begins.
It will cost
you lots of time
if you take care of things yourself. There's
lawn care, things that need periodic replacement,
like installing a new roof
or sealing the driveway. Those are things that
you would never incur as a renter. As a renter,
you have no maintaince
costs. If something breaks, the manager/landlord
will fix it. Someone else cuts the grass, cleans
the gutters, etc.
That means you can spend your free time doing
anything you want. Take that money you'd have been
spending on home maintaince
and invest it.
- MOVING
If
you get a new job and need to relocate, or if you decide
to move for other
reasons, it's not that easy
when you own a home. Unless you sell your
home yourself, you'll have to pay a real estate
agent about 6 percent of
your home's sale price. And you may have
to
wait a number of weeks, even months for your
home to sell before you can
move on and find a new place. If your a renter,
once you give the appropriate notice and
walk through, you can basically
pack and leave.
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