Brentwood area (Franklin: for sale, house prices, neighborhoods)

[Westmeadian]

When the Mack-daddy Hatcher parkway is extended southwestward to Hwy 96, Westhaven will be just 6.5 miles from Cool Springs, and most of that will be on 55 MPH four laned highway with median. Property purchasing began a couple of months ago, so if you liked Westhaven but felt it a bit remote, It'll be 8 to 10 minutes from I-65 in only a couple of years.

Also, don't be too put off by the amount of available land and homes in Williamson County. Right now, Nashville/Davidson has about 600K population and the nine surrounding counties have about 1.1 million or almost twice as many people. Census projections have 750k in Nashville/Davidson in 25 years but almost TWO million in the surrounding counties (feel free to correct me here if anyone has better numbers), most of which will be in Williamson, Rutherford and Sumner counties. I-840 will be Middle Tennessee's "main street".

[Shino306]

Originally Posted by brentwoodgirl

Taxes in Williamson County are lower than Davidson County. When we moved 1 1/2 ago, our house value went up by $150K, and our taxes went down by a thousand dollars a year. We live off Concord Road and I usually shop at Publix at Nipper's Corner. There is also a Publix on Concord & Nolensville, but depending on where you live on Concord, that may not be convenient. There is a Kroger at both locations.
In Brentwood "downtown" area (around Franklin Rd. & Old Hickory) there is a Kroger, Publix, Fresh Market, & Harris Teeter.
As far as restuarants- what type do you like? We mostly eat in the Brentwood business district & Maryland Farms. There are lots of new good restaurants close to the Brentwood Kroger- Bricks, Kalamatas, etc. Vittles is great in Maryland Farms. Mazatlan is good for Mexican.

There is a newer zero lot subdivision at Edmondson Pike & Concord. Some of the Governor's Club has smaller yard. Brentwood Country Club has small yards, although the houses are older. I am sure there are more, but I can't think of any off-hand.

Interesting, good to note. Now someone should explain to me why the public schools in Nashville are so much worse than in Williamson county if the taxes are higher in Metro Nashville. Maybe demographics (hate to throw that out there) and parent involvement?

[vivelafrance]

Originally Posted by Shino306

Interesting, good to note. Now someone should explain to me why the public schools in Nashville are so much worse than in Williamson county if the taxes are higher in Metro Nashville. Maybe demographics (hate to throw that out there) and parent involvement?

You have to look at the big picture. Metro offers some Magnet schools that are better than Williamson/Sumner/Wilson/etc. County schools but's it's not guaranteed you will get in. There are some good elementary and middle schools through Nashville as well...

Nashville's non-magnet High Schools are the problem. With the exception of one or two, they rank pretty low. They also aren't neighborhood schools as kids are shipped from one side of the county to another for high school.

[brentwoodgirl]

Nashville's schools are a mixed bag. MLK and Hume Fogg are magnet schools that are ranked top 50 in the country.
There are some excellent elementary schools- Percy Priest, Glendale, Granbery, Harpeth Valley, etc.
But in most areas the good elementary schools feed into bad middle/high schools. So you have to apply to the magnet schools. Meigs had 800 applications for 100 spots, so even though all those students qualified, most won't get into a magnet school. We moved to Brentwood so our kids could go elementary through highschool without the stress of getting into magnet schools, paying for private, etc. And have the same friends throughout.
My understanding is that Nashville has higher taxes to pay for the Titan's stadium & Predator's arenas.

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by momule

Thanks for all the tips. I will look at cool springs. I like Franklin quite a bit but believe it is probably too far from Nashville. I didn't consider the older areas in Davidson county because I figured that there would be limited newer housing. One subdivision that really impressed me on realtor.com ( I have not visited yet) is the woodlands at copperstone. Does anyone have any information on this area?

Yes, I know a few people that live there, and they really love it. Are you looking in that price range?


Diane G

[Shino306]

Originally Posted by brentwoodgirl

Nashville's schools are a mixed bag. MLK and Hume Fogg are magnet schools that are ranked top 50 in the country.
There are some excellent elementary schools- Percy Priest, Glendale, Granbery, Harpeth Valley, etc.
But in most areas the good elementary schools feed into bad middle/high schools. So you have to apply to the magnet schools. Meigs had 800 applications for 100 spots, so even though all those students qualified, most won't get into a magnet school. We moved to Brentwood so our kids could go elementary through highschool without the stress of getting into magnet schools, paying for private, etc. And have the same friends throughout.
My understanding is that Nashville has higher taxes to pay for the Titan's stadium & Predator's arenas.

Understood, one of my friends from college went to MLK for high school and I was already aware it had a very good national reputation (disclaimer: I did not grow up in this area only moved for college and stayed). We're actually weighing the pros and cons of staying in Nashville proper vs. moving to the burbs (Brentwood) for education purposes for our children, so all this is good information for you.

[momule]

Diane Giam

I am in the early stages of thinking of moving to Nashville and am considering Brentwood and Franklin. Would expect to spend $600k to $700k but will consider spending more. I don't care about school districts but rather really good housing with nice scenery(amazing views would be great) with good retail, grocery stores, restaurants within four miles.

[akm4]

You'll have plenty of choices in your price range.

Welcome!

[momule]

Where in the Nashville area is the best scenery without being on a lake. Looking for hills, vistas, trees, and where they also are building houses.

[vivelafrance]

Originally Posted by momule

Where in the Nashville area is the best scenery without being on a lake. Looking for hills, vistas, trees, and where they also are building houses.

Williamson County in the southern Franklin area. Sumner County in the northern parts of Hendersonville and Gallatin. Southern Robertson County near Ridgetop.