How about these subdivisions in eastern Louisville? (Shelbyville, Goshen: house, neighborhoods)
Louisville areaJefferson County
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Gimme - I drove through Hunting Creek and Fox Harbor last week (I stayed with my best friend in Hunting Creek Estates) - Fox Harbor is much more charming than Hunting Creek and the architecture is more traditional and classic.
When buying a home, one should always consider resale value as an important part of their buying equation. Another thing to look at but is seldom considered is the income potential of the household. If there is a fast-paced quickly jumping career, then buy the house, worry about putting furniture in later. Another thing to consider if you plan to live in eastern Jefferson, western Shelby, or all of Oldham, will your job allow you to use mass transit? Currently, TARC (local transit) is offering a tremendous discount for Parking & TARCing from Oldham County. Historically, Oldham County Homes have out-paced other Louisville commute area's by 1 to 2% when it comes to resale value. This is in great part due to lower crime, better schools, higher levels of education attained by Oldham County residents.
Is Jefferson Trace off of Billtown Rd in the J-town/Fern Creek area? If it is, I think it was also a Zaring development. Mamamia- was the problem at Springhurst with the Zaring company?
Lori - The J-town/ Fern Creek area is a nice, family friendly area. It lacks the school ratings and higher prestige/"rep" of the "east-end" areas (a long-standing Louisville bias), but it is pretty convenient to most of Louisville via the Gene Snyder and is a nice area. The Billtown Rd section in that area used to consist of older homes on large tracts of land (several acres+) and even some working farms. It is certainly being built up now, though. There is a large park (Charlie Vettiner) just up the road closer to J-town.
Of those that you mentioned, I agree that Lake Forest is nice but overdone. To me, Springhurst was too congested, poorly planned, and just not as visually appealing as some of the other neighborhoods. Polo Fields is very nice, but they do have the issues of the HOA being very strict (my parents live there). The pool/clubhouse is nice, and their golf course is pretty good for a local, neighborhood course. It is a longer drive off of Flat Rock Rd, and then you have a bit of a drive to the Gene Snyder, but there are still a lot of trees and wooded areas there, with plenty of deer and wildlife to match. There is a nice park nearby, too. Again, though, lots of new developments going in that area.
I would also suggest Norton Commons or Asbury Park, which are both newer neighborhoods that have "old-style" homes, where a lot of time and interest was spent to re-create a historic, walkable neighborhood feel. It is a very different feel than the other neighborhoods - both are nice, just a matter of preference. Both have been done with reputable builders - Norton Commons is larger and still undergoing construction. I'm not sure about pools/clubhouses, though I don't think that Asbury has either.
Basically, all of the neighborhoods you mentioned are very nice, upscale developments. I would decide which part of town you want to live in, and narrow it down from there. I don't think your school cluster options are as good for Jefferson Trace as the others, so that might be an issue to consider.
For a suburban development, Norton Commons is fabulous. It kind of irks me that it is built to immitate the city without its diversity, but at least it has some sustainability...people live above shops, you can walk to the ice cream shop or doctor's office on nice sidewalks withought coming out of a subdivision onto some massive highway. I really believe that this is the future of the suburbs (New Urbanism).
When buying a home, one should always consider resale value as an important part of their buying equation. Another thing to look at but is seldom considered is the income potential of the household. If there is a fast-paced quickly jumping career, then buy the house, worry about putting furniture in later. Another thing to consider if you plan to live in eastern Jefferson, western Shelby, or all of Oldham, will your job allow you to use mass transit? Currently, TARC (local transit) is offering a tremendous discount for Parking & TARCing from Oldham County. Historically, Oldham County Homes have out-paced other Louisville commute area's by 1 to 2% when it comes to resale value. This is in great part due to lower crime, better schools, higher levels of education attained by Oldham County residents.
Maybe. I know that for years many people in the Middletown and Prospect areas would have homes sit on the market much longer than they wanted. Oldham is great, especially if you find agood job close, but it certainly hasn't outperformed city neighborhoods like the Highlands and St Matthews. Currently, the hottest real estate area as far as appreciation and resale is St. Matthews/Crescent Hill, followed by Highlands/Butchertown/Germantown. Location, Location, Location. These areas have just that.
Are there any subdivisions with mature trees and landscaping? It looks like to me the landscaping is very minimal. I notice a really pretty house when the landscaping is nicely done. Last year we had our landscaping redone here and it looks beautiful! This is why I am noticing that many homes just do not have it. Maybe I am not looking in the right subdivisions. We are looking for a house less than 5-6 years old in the 400k range, excellent schools, amenities such as pool/playground, yada, yada, yada!
Thanks!
Lori
Last edited by lorismith; 05-25-2007 at 02:56 PM..
Are there any subdivisions with mature trees and landscaping? It looks like to me the landscaping is very minimal. I notice a really pretty house when the landscaping is nicely done. Last year we had our landscaping redone here and it looks beautiful! This is why I am noticing that many homes just do not have it. Maybe I am not looking in the right subdivisions. We are looking for a house less than 5-6 years old in the 400k range, excellent schools, amenities such as pool/playground, yada, yada, yada!
Thanks!
Lori
Lori, remember that if your looking at pix of homes now...the pix may have been taken in the winter or beginning of spring. Homes that are 3-4 years old are not going to have mature tree growth. Springhurst area is about 10 years old, Molsey farms is about 3-4, Glen Oaks over 10 I am not too sure on that...the listings usually tell you how old the homes are. There is also Woodmont 3-4 years old $450K and up and all these have pools and amenities. Glen Oaks has a golf club and I think Mosley farms is part of Glen Oaks...but if not you can join the club, not sure of fees though. This goes for where ever you live.
Are there any subdivisions with mature trees and landscaping? It looks like to me the landscaping is very minimal. I notice a really pretty house when the landscaping is nicely done. Last year we had our landscaping redone here and it looks beautiful! This is why I am noticing that many homes just do not have it. Maybe I am not looking in the right subdivisions. We are looking for a house less than 5-6 years old in the 400k range, excellent schools, amenities such as pool/playground, yada, yada, yada!
Thanks!
Lori
Lori, remember that if your looking at pix of homes now...the pix may have been taken in the winter or beginning of spring. Homes that are 3-4 years old are not going to have mature tree growth. Springhurst area is about 10 years old, Molsey farms is about 3-4, Glen Oaks over 10 I am not too sure on that...the listings usually tell you how old the homes are. There is also Woodmont 3-4 years old $450k and up and all these have pools and amenities. Glen Oaks has a golf club and I think Mosley farms is part of Glen Oaks...but if not you can join the club, not sure of fees though. This goes for where ever you live.
Lori, remember that if your looking at pix of homes now...the pix may have been taken in the winter or beginning of spring. Homes that are 3-4 years old are not going to have mature tree growth. Springhurst area is about 10 years old, Molsey farms is about 3-4, Glen Oaks over 10 I am not too sure on that...the listings usually tell you how old the homes are. There is also Woodmont 3-4 years old $450k and up and all these have pools and amenities. Glen Oaks has a golf club and I think Mosley farms is part of Glen Oaks...but if not you can join the club, not sure of fees though. This goes for where ever you live.
Hi,
I am not sure if Louisville has some kind of rule that builders can not cut down older trees...so our backyard has about 3 real old oak trees that are beautiful. It makes great shade for the kids while they are playing. We also live on a golf course so the view is really pretty. Our house here is about 7 years old.
It seems like in the new subdivisions, the builders cut down all the trees and they put very little landscaping in. It just looks bare to me.
I will keep looking! I will look in all the areas you guys mentioned! I know I will see alot more of the area when I am out there! It is just so hard over the internet and try to visualize (by looking out the windows of the houses online)!! I am creating all kinds of visualizations of the areas in my mind!!
Lori
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