re: Opinions on Broadmoor area in Baton Rouge

Some of the best houses we viewed when looking last year were in Broadmore. The quality of the homes are very good, but I was told that land was largely swamp originally. Several houses we looked at had foundation work with a transferable warranty. I would make sure the homes foundation had no issues.

Crime gave me some concern only because S. Flannery and Florida were so close. Those areas keep getting worse and with a wife and baby, I wasn’t thrilled about being so close to that. But hey, if you’re in BR, you’re going to run that risk just about anywhere.

We ended up near Episcopal and have enjoyed it so far. Good luck.

Been here 32 years. Yes, it took a hit post-Katrina and there has been some decline. But those houses are beginning to turn and young folks are coming in and fixing up.

I'll be downsizing soon and will look here first.

4 years ago we were looking for houses.
We looked heavily in Broadmoor and liked a few houses, and actually put an offer in on one and was accepted, but ended up falling through once we did the inspection and found termites and mold.

All the houses we looked at were either priced well below what you typcially pay per sqft in Baton Rouge, and needed some updating, or were updated and still below what you would expect to pay per sqft in Baton Rouge. There's a huge difference in the prices of houses on this side of airline in Broodmoor, compared to the other side of Airline in Tara. There's 1500sqft houses for $300k in Tara, where as there's 3000+sqft houses for under $300k in Broadmoor.


My thinking was this. It's a neighborhood full of very large homes that at one time were some of the nicest in the city. It's still a nice neighborhood, but the rift raft isn't far away. I figure the old people would start leaving and i would think mostly young family couples like myself would be buying these large homes and fixing them up, and thus over time the value of this neighborhood would go up. I mean these homes are huge. Even being cheaply priced, they are still out of the price range of the rift raft you would want to keep out.

Ultimately, i didn't want to take on the updates that were going to be needed to be done, or the risk of the neighborhood going to shite even though i thought that risk was low, and bought elsewhere. I don't live anywhere near rift raft, which was something that was very important to me.

Not sure if you've seen the house with the pool, but from the pictures I saw, it looks nicely updated for a home at that price.

Also, there are (2) 4BR homes and (3) 3BR homes for sale in Westminster right now.

Westminster Homes

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Grew up in the area, use to be very nice. Wouldn’t go near it now

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We’re talking about Broadmoor. Not Scotlandville.

Tons of very nice sections in there. Money well spent in my opinion.

Care to explain why?

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it”. If you want to make the case that you wouldn’t live there, I understand. But you sound like those people who think Government Street is in the ghetto and won’t meet someone for lunch at Anthony’s.

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I was discussing living there, but to your point what would be anyone’s draw in going there socially? Plate lunch at reeves?

It’s better than it was 5-10 years ago but not back to what it was in its prime. Young families have slowly been moving back in. The price per sq ft is pretty low so you could really hit it big on resale value if the trend continues.