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Can someone please give me a basic rundown on the real estate prices/schools for the Granite Falls area? I am thinking about moving my family(my wife,myself and four daughters ages17,14,13,11) to this area but can't get seem to get enough info from basic internet. It seems with the forum that good, bad or indifferent, I can hear from real people that don't stand to gain anything by giving me their opinion. Any help would be appreciated-tks
When I was looking at the area, I found 1 yr. old new construction 3 bed, 2 bath, w/ attached garage on an acre for 115000 and taxes ran $600/yr. I looked everything up on realtor.com.
The high school for the Granite Falls area is South Caldwell High School. It's about 99% white, but has a huge socioeconomic diversity. You have the have and the have nots. Anyway, technology is pretty good there, but it's a bit hard to make friends since it's a lot of country people with their old ways. The big sport is baseball since they had a pitcher sign on to the major leagues just a few weeks ago straight out of high school with a 2 million dollar sign on bonus. There are a great variety of classes since the student population is about 1700. Most of the classrooms do not have doors or windows since they were build way back when people thought open classrooms were the best way to go (not!). Anyway, there are a lot of "hicks" and "rednecks" there, but it's a good school.
We travel from Taylorsville to Granite Falls for my son's Boy Scouts. On the way there, it is very pretty with many houses , farms and some small developments. The town of downtown Granite Falls does look like it had a better day but it does not look like a horrible place to live
Contact Donna Laws with Baker Realty. She was a big help to us when we moved to Granite Falls last year (we have since moved away). She is very knowledgeable about the area having grown up there. She also would be able to give you a good idea about the town of Granite Falls and also surrounding areas as well as schools. Not sure if I can post a web-site here but their web-site is Baker Real Estate, New Construction, Property Management - 2310 Hickory Blvd.,Lenoir, NC 28645 Phone: 828-726-0003
We did not live right in the (very small) town of Granite Falls but on the outskirts between Granite and Hickory. We loved the area. VERY rural but within 15 minutes or so to Hickory and whatever shopping and dining you may need or want. For more high-end shopping you would probably need to travel to Charlotte. I researched schools on GreatSchools.net
45 minutes to an hour up to Blowing Rock and Boone and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
As far as housing goes, pretty much anything is an option. From double-wide trailers to custom brick homes built on the lake. We had bought a 4BR/3BA/2CG with a bonus room on 1 acre, hardwood floors, tile in the bathrooms, stainless appliances in kitchen, standard formica countertops, stone front with vinyl siding, gas fireplace for $234k last year. My mom had also looked at buying up there in the $125k range and those were 3BR/2BA/2CG with hardwood floors, standard kitchens, linoleum in baths.
Hope this helps some.
If you have any other questions, I'd be glad to help.
Granite Falls is located just north of Hickory. Do a search of these boards for: Hickory, Grace Chapel, Granite Falls, Hudson and Caldwell County. There has been quite a few posts this past year about this area.
Hello All,
My wife and I recently bought land in Granite Falls and will be building in another year or so.
We are relocating from Maine.
I was hoping for some input as to what the need for plumbers is?
I am a master plumber and plan to go into business for myself when we move.
Here in Maine there are not enough plumbers to go around so I am hoping it is the same in the G.F. area. Im thinking of doing mostly service /repair with a little remodel thrown in. Is there room in the market and how well will a yankee be received ?
{I was actually born in S.C.} Thanks for any help
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