Real Estate Market-House prices (Charlotte, Raleigh: home builder, buy, subdivision) - Page 4 - City-Data Forum

Bound4NC · 05-31-2006, 07:28 PM

I am interested in the ones in SC! Anyone with feedback on their location or the builder?

MJPost32 · 05-31-2006, 07:41 PM

There are so many new developments and my hubby and I plan on moving next year but taking a trip this Aug. We would like to move to the Charlotte or surrounding area. Please help. WHat is wrong with that county? I hear Union is good. I also hear west of charlotte is not so nice.

Anyone know anything about the clover, sc area? I would just love to narrow down our search. thanks.

silverwing · 05-31-2006, 07:57 PM

I'm looking at one offering (no picture):

"2201Thorncrest Drive
Charlotte
Offered at $167,925.00
MLS#: 568077

More Square Feet! Less Money! This 2440 square foot home has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths! Upgraded carpet and cabinets! Range and dishwasher included! Large garden tub in master bath"

Looking at pictures from other developments, it appears that lots are small; you can see the side of the next door home in the same picture as the featured house.

Ya know, I've already seen several of these types of developments in the Winston-Salem area. They look like nice homes, but it is basically a cookie-cutter development. The construction is assembly line fashion, with the framers moving in and building the shell, then the plumbers, electricians, dry wallers, etc. *shrug* The entire subdivision goes up in about 3 months. The quality looks ideal, and probably is, but the development doesn't have much distinction.

Bound4NC · 05-31-2006, 08:10 PM

Even the builder who will build on your own land isn't the the builder from start to finish. We had our house built in Oct'05 and the builder was just the "main guy" he rarely picked up a hammer. They are all that way.

nascarnancy · 05-31-2006, 08:17 PM

I did find a house in Weddington that was on .91 acres, 6 bedroom, 6 bath, dual staircases with wrought iron, 4,242 square feet, built in 2003 and was $389,900. I even had my brother in law do a drive by because I loved the layout of the kitchen, but not on enough land for us. It also sold right away.

Modular homes are actually pretty nice. A little NASCAR trivia, Dale Earnhardt Jr. lives in a modular home, it wasn't small either.

Bound4NC · 05-31-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nascarnancy

Modular homes are actually pretty nice. A little NASCAR trivia, Dale Earnhardt Jr. lives in a modular home, it wasn't small either.

I didn't know that...Interesting.

a1m1700 · 05-31-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nascarnancy

I did find a house in Weddington that was on .91 acres, 6 bedroom, 6 bath, dual staircases with wrought iron, 4,242 square feet, built in 2003 and was $389,900. I even had my brother in law do a drive by because I loved the layout of the kitchen, but not on enough land for us. It also sold right away.

Modular homes are actually pretty nice. A little NASCAR trivia, Dale Earnhardt Jr. lives in a modular home, it wasn't small either.

Oh, wow I would have grabbed that one!! Too bad it sold.

Bound4NC · 05-31-2006, 08:24 PM

I want a smaller house payment. Me personally. $200k with $60k down is fine.

silverwing · 05-31-2006, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bound4NC

Even the builder who will build on your own land isn't the the builder from start to finish. We had our house built in Oct'05 and the builder was just the "main guy" he rarely picked up a hammer. They are all that way.

That's not what I mean. These cheaper subdivisions are constructed in such a way that speed is the primary goal. We passed a site on one weekend where we saw the foundation had been laid. Two weeks later, the house was complete, even to having the twig trees and shrubs planted. We gawked, but noticed that the entire process seems to be laid out in a stop watch/assembly line fashion. It reminded me of the post-WWII tract house subdivisions I've seen where there is a sudden influx of people looking for reasonable housing, so the developers get cracking and put up a whole subdivision in little time.

silverwing · 05-31-2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bound4NC

<re:modular houses> I didn't know that...Interesting.

Oh goodness. Fer sure

I've noticed that the former "trailer sales" places are switching over from the obvious manufactured homes (noted by the low-pitched roofs) to modulars. Put one of the modulars next to a stick-built home and you'd be hard-pressed to find any difference.

http://www.excelhomes.com/_images/front_row3_1.jpg (broken link)