The home hunt begins!

Now that we've established the area(s) we feel we'd want to live in, the thoughts of 'what' to live in follow. There are 3 areas we've identified as suitable, all joined. They are Colegiales, Palermo Hollywood & Belgrano 'R'. Colegiales is the central 'barrio'(suburb) of these.

Colegiales is a small suburb, almost entirely residential, mainly filled with houses. Seems like an enclave that's been overlooked by the developers though there are some high-design renovations amongst the houses, some which appear to be small apartment blocks designed to integrate into the low-rise surroundings sympathetically. Most the streets are cobblestoned & it's a lot like a village within the city. It's not famous for anything at all. There's an outdoor farmer's market there on saturdays.

Palermo Hollywood is the section of the very large suburb of Palermo where we have been staying since we arrived here. It's where many of the production industry facilities are located, hence the name. Hollywood adjoins Colegiales. It's an area where there is a balance of residential & commercial activities. Many of the charming ph houses remain in original condition, others are converted into bars & restaurants for the local yuppie patrons. Hollywood is best known for modern sliver apartment developments in recent times. It is virtually 1 big construction site with building in progress on every block.

Belgrano is the 'established' residential suburb & borders Colegiales on the far side from the city centre. The subsection known as 'Belgrano R' is purely residential & is in the southern most section of the suburb, ie. farthest from the river. This is where the blocks were larger when land was subdivided & so some of the larger private villas are found there. Many English & German migrants settled there, building free-standing homes with substantial gardens.
In the last economically bouyant period here (late 1980's-late 1990's)many of these large properties were sold, torn down, & replaced with large, luxury apartment blocks, the style with 1 apartment per floor & miles of marble flooring. Very solid.