Thanks very much. I will check out the daytrippers site!

Hi, does anyone have any good suggestions on getting to the beach without a car? I was looking to see if there were any ferry options to the jersey shore directly from jersey city on the weekends but am having no luck. Would love to bypass the city if possible. thanks!

good point about loading the night before. the only thing I'm scared about is packing all my worldly belongings in a truck and having it vulnerable in the driveway. the new house is in journal square and there are definitely some sketchy dudes walking around. wish it was an enclosed driveway.

Great, thanks so much. Very helpful.

Hi,

I'll be driving a 14-foot Uhaul from Journal Square to Red Hook, Brooklyn next Friday. I've been searching on the internet for best possible driving routes but am getting conflicting advice.

Can you drive a 14-foot Uhaul through the Holland Tunnel or not? I'm more of a timid driver so would really love not to drive all the way up to the George Washington Bridge if I don't have to.

Anyone have advice for the best/easiest routes to get to Brooklyn? Thanks for your help!

Great thanks for the suggestions, I'll give the Vikane truck a try.

Hi JCListers,

My work recently had a bedbug scare and lo and behold I have a small case of them now in my mattress (detected by bedbug dog). The good news is that we're moving and will have all of our items in a Uhaul truck.

Can anyone please recommend a service where you can drop off your uhaul truck for fumigation in or near Jersey City? Found one in the city and Brooklyn but it's kind of out of the way...

Or have any of you fumigated/heat treated your apartments? If so how much was that for the home service?

Many thanks!!

Thanks, that's good to hear. We don't have a car and so have to get everywhere by foot. Hoping that at least a coffee shop or small grocery shop pops up one of these days.

I'm in the process of moving to a few blocks away from the Beacon-husband and I bought a fixer upper and are in the midst of doing some work on it.

I've been the area several times now and it seems ok. However, I've been reading up on the crime message board here and it seems that there have been several homicides in the area. As I become more familiar with the neighborhood, I'm noticing more sketchy characters walking around and tons of trash everywhere.

I've lived in much rougher neighborhoods, but for some reason I'm concerned about my recent purchase. Although there is nothing we can do now but hope for the best!

I hope that the area improves over the next 2-3 years. Less trash, more small businesses; it'd be great if Mayor Fulop invested some more time & energy into areas other rather than focusing on his cash cow (downtown). Does anyone living here see some glimmers of change? thanks

thanks for the info, that's helpful info!

Hi all,

I'm in the process of buying a house in Journal Square in "as is" condition. The house is great but we just had the inspection yesterday and found out that there is asbestos in the shingles, which I hear is pretty common in Jersey City.

The inspector said the shingles were in good condition and should be fine as long as you don't disturb it. It didn't occur to me at the time, but we want to do a bump out to the kitchen and would have to remove some of the shingles to add onto the house.

I have a few concerns now:
-Will it be extremely costly to remove the asbestos. A kitchen renovation is expensive as is, so having this extra cost totally sucks...
-Will it be hard to resell our house later? Do people run at the word "asbestos" or since it's common in JC, should that not be a huge issue.

If anyone has any experience with removing asbestos from their home or any advice, please let me know! thanks

Thanks for the feedback. I took a longer walk around the area today and it seems fine. I hope that in the next 5 years, there might be a few new shops in the area. A coffee shop would be great. Also, I heard that there are talks to make some movie theater complex with a supermarket in the Armory building. Does anyone have any thoughts on that or know if/when that project will be started? Wondering what it might be like to live a block or 2 away from something like that.... thanks again

Hi,

We've been house hunting for the past 10 months and are having trouble. Just seems super hard to get a place when people are throwing down all cash offers We've given up on downtown and have been looking in the Heights and Journal Sq for the past few months. Main desire is to have a backyard and be within 15 min walking to the path.

Found a spot near Mercer and Summer that we're interested in. Like the place but the immediate area seems a little grimy and desolate. Do you wise JClisters think this is a decent/safe area that will get better over time? We'd love to stay put for the next 10+ years so want to make the right decision. Thanks very much!

Everyone on this site is so helpful, thanks! I did get a good feeling about the area so will do some more research based on all of your suggestions. thanks

Hi,

I?m considering buying a house in the Heights at St. Paul?s & Concord St. It?s a great old house and the houses on the block are cute but?. the neighborhood seems a bit desolate and rough around the edges. I?m moving from downtown because prices here are crazy and I feel like it?s losing a lot of it?s character. That being said, I don?t want to move somewhere that?s so far removed from any action. Seems like there are no coffee shops or groceries stores nearby but maybe I?m wrong? Also, I?m a woman and want to feel comfortable doing the 10-min walk from Journal Square at night. Thoughts?

And do you anticipate that buying there is a good investment and that things like restaurants & coffee shops will pop up over the next 5 years? Or do you think it?ll be hard to sell later down the line because it?s right next to that big highway (so prices will always be low there)? Any advice is greatly appreciated.