Thoughts About My Move & Hendersonville-->

As some of you know or some of you may not know I just moved to Hendersonville (across Old Hickory lake). If there were a bridge I could get to my old house in about 5-10 minutes. So far I’m pretty impressed. I ended up using Chris & Katie Bradds as Realtors/Property managers. We found the most beautiful ranch style home and immediately fell in love with it. However, I was concerned that with my poor credit and my girlfriend’s nonexistent credit we wouldn’t be able to get the place. Chris & Katie worked with us and we made our case about the situation we were in with our prior landlord. Eventually we got approved and moved over here. The house has an attached apartment that has its own entrance, bathroom and kitchen. My mom was able to move in there and share rent with us bringing my bills much further down and giving us a babysitter right next door. Further my mom works for the cable company so we were able to get free cable, internet and much cheaper phone service. Overall my bills are now lower than they were at the other place and I have 3 times the space here. Though I make decent money I’m a sucker for a good deal and always trying to lower my living expenses.

I have to say that Chris & Katie at Bradds Realtors & Property Management made the experience very pleasant and they have a number of homes that are beautiful on their website.

I’ve had to modify the below statement/paragraph because Rick McClintock of Old Hickory Property Management threatened to sue me for libel. Classy of them. Let’s just say if you want to know more about my experiences ask me personally.

Secondly I have to negatively point to my old landlord. My experiences with  Old Hickory Property Management were absolutely terrible. I rented with them for over three years and would absolutely never do it again. If you do get involved with this company read the fine print very well. The contract is very verbose and has a lot of loopholes in it that could get you in troube if you are not aware of them. As a review of my dealings with this business I’d have to say on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best experience… I’d give this business a 2. I have talked with other tennants of this company and they have had very similar statements. Also, I only tolerated renting from this company for so long because it was difficult and time consuming to move and when I first moved to Nashville I had a bad credit history. That is a factual statement about my experience with them and what I am allowed to say according to the law

I will miss my old neighborhood. Old Hickory Village had a certain charm to it which I loved. I felt close with most of my neighbors and enjoyed the area very much. I will always remember my time in the Village and how I raised my first son there and enjoyed the first three years of my time in Nashville there. I would recomend it to anyone looking for a close knit, peaceful neighborhood that isn’t a bad transit to downtown Nashville. The negatives about Old Hickory is the bedrooms and bathrooms in many of the older houses are small. So, looking around for the right house is a must if you move there.

Looking forward, I’m really excited about Hendersonville. There are a lot of interesting restaurants over here to try and the neighborhood I’m in seems really laid back. The transit to downtown Nashville isn’t much worse than Old Hickory. We went exploring the other day and there are a ton of beautiful homes in this area. Within a year I aim to own a boat that I can dock here at the Marina. Also, there is a Geek Breakfast in Hendersonville now! Geek Breakfast Listings . There is a lot of charm in our new house and I’m looking forward to throwing our house warming party over here in May. This time I’m going to invite a lot more people as there will be much more space to party and I’m much more proud of our setup over here.