Walkthrough/Virtual Tour: Fort Drum Officer Housing in Monument Ridge

[@elizabethromer334]

Nice House.....Thank you for your service!! God Bless you

[@angeliquemurillo8299]

Welcome to Fort Drum. My husband and I were stationed up there. Ironically enough we lived in the monument ridge area off of Bastogne loop. The housing has come so far from when I was there. Lol. It's beautiful! All the best to you and your family 💕

[@kateschwanke]

Angie M Thank you! We actually lived here before, and the Army was so kind to send us back (< total sarcasm). Before we lived off post in Evans Mills, but we've been really enjoying living on post this time around! :)

[@kaitlynfeast4780]

"Good for Army storage" for every nook and cranny had me chuckling....oh the joys and struggles of storing issued gear.

[@annelopez8560]

We got to Fort Drum in 2016 and got a house exactly like this, looks nicer in the video. The house is freezing downstairs and we were on a first name basis with the repair staff while we lived there because just about everything was broke. They had to replace and repair appliances, and the upstairs toilet broke. The house down the street had its garage door cave in on their car. My friend lives near the dog park and she has had many issues and they do not always come and fix it right away. It took over a week for them to fix the toilet at our house. We ended up moving off post after a year of torture. We bought a home because it ended up being cheaper and now we have a warm living room and kitchen while still saving money from BAH (200 to 400 a month). Recently they found black mold on post to include the new homes, so be careful. It cost us to get out of housing, so if you could afford an alternative I would live off post. Evans Mills has a good Primary School and is close, Black River is really close and has some nice old homes. Watertown and Catharage are farther out but still options, Watertown has some sketchy areas though. On post or off, make sure your car has all-season tires or all wheel drive for the winter. The winter is long but you can make the best of it.

[@kateschwanke]

I agree with you on the downstairs being so cold! Definitely worth purchasing some space heaters for down there. Other than that we never experienced any issues.

[@hankhill3417]

Imagine complaining about free housing

[@kateschwanke]

Free housing are you kidding? Google BAH. That comes out of your paycheck

[@antrinaldi476]

FORT DRUM NY! I LOVED VISITING. My sister in law and her wife lived there. God bless!

[@kuririn1975]

That looks like the E6-E8 housing at Fort Campbell

[@marilynnscorner345]

Thank you for sharing, very helpful

[@jinneykim5699]

this is one of the best military housing videos that i have seen on youtube~ not only that but i have not seen a lot of officer housing as well so thank you so much for this video! do you by any chance know what kind of housing a 1LT with just a wife and no children would get?

[@keeganconnolly9331]

You’d probably get a one/two bedroom house or apartment based on location and availability

[@rachelsipperly9968]

This was extremely helpful! What neighborhood(s) would CGOs be placed in? (Adirondack Creek, Crescent Woods, Monument Ridge, Rhicard Hills) Is the house you're showing a duplex or is it single family? Do you have any insight to which ones are the "best"? Thank you again!

[@kateschwanke]

Hello! I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your first question, but this home is attached to one other home on the opposite side, and I would say that Monument Ridge (where this one is located) is one of the best areas to live in on Post :)

[@deannacampney8680]

Beautiful house! Are you carrying a large set piece as a purse? Makes a fabulous crossbody bag!

[@kateschwanke]

Thank you! No, I am wearing a Be Quick in the video :) I like them as my "purse" better than a Large Set Piece because they hold more

[@deannacampney8680]

Now I need to buy a quick! Didn't realize they made such great purses! Thank you! Do you have a video on using it as a purse?

[@kateschwanke]

Deanna Campney I have an on the body video of it worn as a purse, but not a packing video, yet ;) I'll add it to my list of videos to make!

[@deannacampney8680]

Thank you Kate! I'll check it out! Can't wait to see it packed as a purse.

[@kateschwanke]

You're welcome! :D I've been wanting to do a packing video for the Quick for a while :)

[@kristynpetramale4880]

Hello Kate, my husband and I are PCS-ing to Fort Drum in July and we're beginning to work with housing to get set up in a home in the Monument Ridge community. We noticed that the housing website doesn't offer a ton of information or pictures, so your video was very helpful. Do you have any idea how many different floor plans there are for 3 bedroom 2.5 bath homes? We like your model better than the floor plan on the housing website, and are wondering what our chances of getting one like this is. It sounded like you said it was the crappy model, is that correct?

[@kateschwanke]

Hi! No, this was the Croppy model 😊

[@funnygirlRN]

Hi! We are headed to Drum at the end of the month. We will not be on a waitlist for housing until next week and I love these Monument Ridge homes, but am wondering if you've seen the Crescent Woods homes. Can you give any insight on the layout of those for CGO housing? Thanks so much!

[@kateschwanke]

Alexandra Stephens Sorry, I have no idea what the layout is on those homes. If you check the Fort Drum Community housing website they usually have floor plans up you can view for your hubby's rank :)

[@funnygirlRN]

kateschwanke Thank you!

[@kateschwanke]

You're welcome, I hope you find what you're looking for :D

[@tawneeleo6553]

I know this was years ago, but curious if this is a Monument Ridge or Crescent Woods home? Your title says MR but the Croppy Model paper at the end says Crescent Woods :) We are moving soon, this is helpful thank you!

[@kateschwanke]

This was in Monument Ridge 😄

[@volvo1354]

typical Drum winter for the Light Fighters 👍

[@radioactiveturtle956]

Thank you so much for making this video. We head to Drum in 2 weeks and will be waiting on a 3br CGO house. Absolutely beautiful home!

[@kateschwanke]

Amanda Sanders You're welcome! You will be moving here during one of the best times of the year, lucky! We got here in December...Which isn't ideal to say the least lol!

[@radioactiveturtle956]

We just got offered a 3br in MR today. No address yet but I'm even more excited after rewatching this video!

[@kateschwanke2194]

Yay!!! Finally getting housing is such a weight off the shoulders. Welcome to the neighborhood :)

[@radioactiveturtle956]

It really is a relief! The wait list can be long at times so knowing there is a house available soon is exciting. Thank you! I can't wait to see which one is ours!

[@radioactiveturtle956]

Did your king size bedroom set fit in your room ok? I'm slightly concerned with ours fitting.

[@thetyks]

id say , one long part of the closet wall is for you, then middle long part is for your bags, then sorry husband he gets behind the door.just kidding! maybe behind the door is for your bags:D

[@kateschwanke]

Haha! Unfortunately, I couldn't convince him to do that ;) He has more clothes than me with all of his Army gear!

[@thetyks]

yes, my husband does too.and he has crazy amount of black skate shoes,lol. he says for me its bags and wallets ( i wear rainbow sandals all year long pretty much so i don't own many shoes) and for him its the black shoes! my husband used to be in air force n lived in japan for 6 yrs and we lived on base for a year before he got out n moved to california but this housing is soo much prettier than what we had over there! every housing was tan color!

[@kateschwanke]

thetyks I LOVE my Rainbow Sandals! I live in them from the second it turns warm until Fall

[@thetyks]

air base was in tokyo ( suburb area )so we had great time, my husband always says those were like his college years,lol. we did lots of traveling and had a great time, i really hope you get to go someday!

[@kateschwanke]

thetyks Me too! Sounds like a blast! :D

[@danicaturner1935]

Do you know if the number of bdrms match the number of kids, or do they want u the kids to share? Seems like different posts have different rules. Thanks so much for the video btw been looking for more than the basic blueprint

[@kateschwanke]

+danica turner I think that the number of bedrooms match the number of people. For instance you and your husband would be in one bedroom and if you have 2 kids they would each get their own room. So you should get a 3 bedroom place. That's how I believe it works up here, but I'm not sure if that's for everyone or just officers. Hope that helps :)

[@danicaturner1935]

Thanks for responding😀 we have three kids and he's a W2. As of right now we don't have official orders just been told there's a good chance we'll b there next summer. Thanks again for the info

[@kateschwanke]

+danica turner Cool! My hubby is a W2 as well :) Well, if you do move here, the Summer is a perfect time to get here!

[@LordEraLures]

Thanks for sharing. Very spacious. How long were you on the waiting list?

[@kateschwanke]

You're welcome! We were on the waitlist for 53 days before getting housing. We had to stay at the Drum Inn for about a week, and then we lived in a furnished apartment until a few days before moving in to the on post housing.

[@trevor51590]

kateschwanke My wife and I are going to be getting on the wait list when we PCS up to Drum next month for one of the CGO houses Overall, are you happy with your choice to live on post given what was available off post? As far as your temporary accommodations, which apartment were you staying at? I'm looking around for options for short term while I wait Thanks!

[@kateschwanke]

trevor51590 Yes, we are very happy to live on post! This house is great and I love being so close to the clinic, PX and child care. I'm not sure what housing would be available to you, but this housing is very nice. There is also a lot of other housing which is not as nice, so if we were in one of those I'm not sure if I'd feel the same way. Before we finally got housing we were in a furnished apartment for a month and a half at Ontario Village Apartments in Watertown. For what we needed, it worked, which is pretty much all you need when you're waiting for housing. We have two children (4yrs and 10 months) so it was difficult living in such a small space for so long, but now that we're in this house it's so spacious I feel like I can finally breathe :)

[@trevor51590]

kateschwanke We would be in the same category house as you are - thanks for the walkaround and info!

[@bobkraft6215]

Is that also for not married O1's.

[@kateschwanke]

I don’t believe so. You have to have a certain number of people living in your household to get a place with this many rooms.

[@othnielbuaka9558]

@@kateschwanke what rank is your husband currently?

[@KJ-xc6qs]

brrrrrrrrr

[@valeriehutchinson863]

million dollar looking home compared to what they offer NCOs...LOL

[@kateschwanke]

Valerie Hutchinson I know it! When my hubby was enlisted we had to live in some pretty bad housing. We were very blessed to get to live in a house this nice on Post when he became a Pilot