Moving In from Kentucky/Thoughts on housing?

Orion · Jun 2, 2018

Greetings y'all and thanks for the great site.

We're moving in from Kentucky in a few months and just started househunting. It is a bit of sticker shock to see prices but the job' s going to be super and folks are great.

We're looking in Baltimore County (due to commute time) for something about +/- 1500ft2 with hopefully 3 or so acres, somewhereabouts in the area between Granite and west Towards Milford Mill, and north of Ellicott city (prayers out to all those there). If anyone's interested in a for-sale-by-owner please PM.

We've got some questions about bringing the firearms in; I've been reading the regs and I think we're okay with no large clips or anything from the list of regulated ARs or pistols but will put up some specific questions in a little bit.

Thanks again for the great site and the fellowship in all the posts.

Orion

whistlersmother · Jun 2, 2018

welcome.

bring all the big "clips" you want. possession is legal - just can't sell, buy, give them away while in Maryland. you can go out-of-state, buy them there, then return to MD while they're in your possession.

Bolt and lever rifles - no problem.

IIRC, there's a couple streetsweeper shotguns on the banned list.

Handguns have to be registered within 90 days. lots of threads here.

AR pattern 223/556 with HBAR okay regardless of when purchased.

AR pattern 223/556 with non-HBAR okay only if purchased before 1-oct-2013. must be registered.

AR pattern any-other-caliber okay. no registration.

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Dave MP · Jun 2, 2018

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Threeband · Jun 2, 2018

Where are you commuting to?

WeaponsCollector · Jun 2, 2018

Move to Virginia instead, it's a little more free than Maryland, for now.

Bikebreath · Jun 2, 2018

Threeband said:
Where are you commuting to?

Yeah, inquiring minds, yadda yadda...

Driving to D.C. would be InSane.

Threeband · Jun 2, 2018

I was wondering why Granite.

Some nice out of the way properties around there, but stay away from Liberty Road.

How about Sykesville and west past Woodbine, up around Winfield? I think taxes are slightly better in Carroll, but southeast Carroll is deteriorating. County Council is sacrificing this part of Carroll County to bankroll the rest. "Downtown" Eldersburg has gotten very congested, but there's a lot of nice acreage west of Sykesville, as I mentioned.

You might find a nice couple of acres around Granite, too, but I would prefer Carroll to Baltimore or Howard County. Carroll is more conservative by far- perhaps the most conservative county in the whole state, (though southeast Carroll is the least conservative part.) Not sure if you'll be able to shoot a little bit on your own property, but it's much more likely in Carroll than Baltimore I think. Taxes are probably better in Carroll, too.

But Granite might give you a very slightly better commute, depending...

I assume you're exploring on Google Maps and Street View.

This area is very convenient to the best range in the area, the Associated Gun Clubs range at Marriottsville and Wards Chapel Roads. Did you know that already?

You might pick up a good deal on a place in downtown Ellicott City...

newmuzzleloader · Jun 2, 2018

Welcome to the site, stay out of Md.
It's a beautiful state "America in minature " I remember hearing in grade school but the liberal politicians have ruined it.

HailVon · Jun 2, 2018

The new Windsor/union bridge part of Carroll county's beautiful.

Name Taken · Jun 2, 2018

I'd personally visit the "Milford Mill" area before buying a house. Personally the area has too much violence for my family.

themoose06 · Jun 2, 2018

Stay out of MD, it sucks. Go to southern PA or VA and commute in while enjoying your freedom.

Threeband · Jun 2, 2018

Name Taken said:
I'd personally visit the "Milford Mill" area before buying a house. Personally the area has too much violence for my family.

Absolutely.
I'd stay away from Milford Mill or Randallstown, or anywhere north of Windsor Mill Road (that's way too far east anyway!). Even Eldersburg proper is going downhill fast. OP seems to be looking for a small house on several acres, so not in a development or built up area. The Granite area is a rural pocket with obscure old roads, woods and such. Probably some actual farming, too. I think it's been preserved because there's no water or sewer, just well and septic.

Even if the OP finds a nice little rural property there, it's still dangerously close to the Urban Hell. He'd probably prefer shopping and services in Eldersburg, so why not look in Southern Carroll County, from Sykesville to Woodbine, and even the Outer Fringes of Eldersburg?

BigCity · Jun 2, 2018

I grew up on Milford Mill Rd. and worked in Randallstown until 1998.
As others have said, go west young man. Southern Carroll County is still nice. If I had my druthers, start no closer than Winfield or in that area. Howard County is more expensive, and liberal.

swinokur · Jun 3, 2018

Howdy. Join our fight.

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foodpoison · Jun 3, 2018

whistlersmother said:
welcome.

bring all the big "clips" you want. possession is legal - just can't sell, buy, give them away while in Maryland. you can go out-of-state, buy them there, then return to MD while they're in your possession.

Bolt and lever rifles - no problem.

IIRC, there's a couple streetsweeper shotguns on the banned list.

Handguns have to be registered within 90 days. lots of threads here.

AR pattern 223/556 with HBAR okay regardless of when purchased.

AR pattern 223/556 with non-HBAR okay only if purchased before 1-oct-2013. must be registered.

AR pattern any-other-caliber okay. no registration.

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ohen cepel · Jun 3, 2018

The income "increase" will likely be consumed quickly here. I have seen it many times, guys come here thinking $X is a lot of money but the house cost twice as much, they pay $1000's in property taxes rather than $100's, income tax, rain tax, septic tank tax, save the bay tax, cost of everything, etc while also giving up their freedoms. Just not worth it.

Threeband · Jun 3, 2018

Shorter drive to the beach, though.

themoose06 · Jun 3, 2018

Threeband said:
Shorter drive to the beach, though.

Yeah, if you like Ocean City. Bethany isn’t too bad though. OC is getting worse in terms of crime.

Threeband · Jun 3, 2018

I like Cape Henlopen.

Not only the best beaches, but the closest. Best campground, too.

https://www.mdshooters.com/showpost.php?p=5224687&postcount=8

We even honeymooned in Lewes.

themoose06 · Jun 3, 2018

Threeband said:
Absolutely.
I'd stay away from Milford Mill or Randallstown, or anywhere north of Windsor Mill Road (that's way too far east anyway!). Even Eldersburg proper is going downhill fast. OP seems to be looking for a small house on several acres, so not in a development or built up area. The Granite area is a rural pocket with obscure old roads, woods and such. Probably some actual farming, too. I think it's been preserved because there's no water or sewer, just well and septic.

Even if the OP finds a nice little rural property there, it's still dangerously close to the Urban Hell. He'd probably prefer shopping and services in Eldersburg, so why not look in Southern Carroll County, from Sykesville to Woodbine, and even the Outer Fringes of Eldersburg?

If you absolutely have to move to MD i’d go to Woodbine. Its a pretty quiet and peaceful area. The further away from Baltimore, Reisterstown, and Randallstown you are the better off you are. Not really worth going to those areas. Granite is far too close to some not so great areas for my tastes. It is a decent pocket, but the surrounding areas further north aren’t too pleasent.

Give Eldersburg 20-30 years and i’m sure it’ll be just like Randallstown and Reisterstown, so I wouldn’t suggest living there. Its not a bad area right now though.

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