Sugar Grove Best suburb in State (Aurora, Glenview: luxury, work, new home)

[Suburban2332]

I was reading about this in the Daily Herald. I live in Glenview and have friends that live in Sugar Grove and it is a beautiful place and has really grown over the years. I belive there is a lot of development going on that is in the works and the access to the Highway is great. Also, some of the homes on the Luxury home tours are beautiful. Stratford Woods and Hannaford Farms are two unique neibhorhoods which have so much charm. Anyone else familiar with the area?

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Suburban2332

I was reading about this in the Daily Herald. I live in Glenview and have friends that live in Sugar Grove and it is a beautiful place and has really grown over the years. I belive there is a lot of development going on that is in the works and the access to the Highway is great. Also, some of the homes on the Luxury home tours are beautiful. Stratford Woods and Hannaford Farms are two unique neibhorhoods which have so much charm. Anyone else familiar with the area?

Sugar Grove? Not bad, but not anything to write home about either.

[nanannie]

Hope this isnt yet another 'advertisment'. I often see one post posters or one topic posters raving about a certain development, then poof, the post is gone by the mods.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by nanannie

Hope this isnt yet another 'advertisment'. I often see one post posters or one topic posters raving about a certain development, then poof, the post is gone by the mods.

Yeah, I wasnt sure if I wanted to take the bait or not either. Ive personally never heard of those 'hoods before, but I decided to respond anyway. Sugar Grove is kinda, well, blah IMO.

[nJohn]

Isn't Sugar Grove near Dekalb and Aurora? If that's the Sugar Grove I'm thinking of, I always thought of it as a small town overshadowed greatly by the other towns that are more well known. I honestly never heard anything about it except from a girl who went to school with me at NIU. Said that she was a "corn child."

[Suburban2332]

Well no, not a "advertisment" just read on this board all the time and read about this in the Daily Herald As I said I have friends who live there and love it. Yes it is right by Aurora, bordering it to the west.
Like all the western burbs, used to be all farms, still has some farms, but suburban sprawl has gotten to it.

It is different by it's many beautiful homes that are always on the luxury tour.

Just my opinion

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by nJohn

Isn't Sugar Grove near Dekalb and Aurora?

Yes, its by Aurora. Nowhere near DeKalb though.

[mdz]

Well, I did my due diligence...

Daily Herald | Life is good in Sugar Grove, according to Business Week

Apparently in business week it was rated as one of the top 50 suburbs in the country. I haven't once been able to figure out these lists that are the "best of" anything. Anyway, I'm sure it's a fine place to live, but it is out there. Way out there.

Full disclosure--7 years ago, I got a ticket going 62 in the 55 zone on the spur ramp out there leading to I-88. Jerks.

[irish setter girl]

I lived there for 2.4 years. I was attracted to the large lots, new homes, great prices and wonderful wildlife. I left because the taxes were outrageous, the schools need to pass a referendum every other year to keep up with the growth (there is another referendum next month since the last one failed), people are frustrated with the schools and won't pass referendums because their taxes are already sky high. The village is in a catch 22 with taxable property (retail) vs new home permits. While I loved my huge yard (almost an acre) and my big house I was ready to get back to a "community". I missed the ability to ride the prairie path uptown, have a thriving local library, a neighborhood school and the overall sense that my old and current area provides. I didn't like being defined by what neighborhood I lived in or that my children were bussed an hour to school passing two other local schools. We moved back to where we came from. Luckily we got out months before the market lost its power. There are still homes on the market out there that were on the market when we left. Two big builders pulled the plug on their developments out there as well. I think it is a great community for the right person but it just wasn't for us.

[irish setter girl]

The Daily Herald had an interesting article about Kimball Hill Homes and the Village of Sugar Grove. The village had to scrap their municipal center plans because of the decline of building permits which generated 2500.00 per permit. Settlers Ridge, the largest development out there, is not selling as quickly as they hoped. Of the 1440 homesites, only 96 are sold. Plus the same builder who is at Hannaford Farms also owns lots in Settlers Ridge and they don't appear to be moving either. Several BK's have been filed in that area and from the Daily Herald article it sounds like Kimball Hill may not be in the best financial position right now. I think they missed the success of that development by about 2 years.