Amberly Village Square now a Pulte development (Holly Springs: for sale, mortgage)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Merely stating a fact. Why, do you really believe you can get a brand new home for ~$200k? And do you really believe that a Pulte, mass produced home will have the same quality as a custom built?
Merely stating a fact. Why, do you really believe you can get a brand new home for ~$200k? And do you really believe that a Pulte, mass produced home will have the same quality as a custom built?
I agree with you...you can't get a custom home for the same price as a production home...and we're not expecting too. We're pretty simple family as far as our needs in a house being secondary to the location, schools and community amenities. From the Cary planning docs, this Pulte section will be in its own corner of the PUD vs co-mingled w/ the custom homes.
Looking online, you can clearly see the custom homes on the market have that extra detail and "wow" factor...verrrry nice! For our situation, price is more important for the family lifestyle we want to achieve (i.e. less work, more play!) which is why the community amenities are one of our top 3 criteria.
We're also stopping by Kitts Creek and 12 Oaks in Holly Springs...similar price point available.
I'd do some research on Pulte first before buying one of their homes. Might be worth it to buy an older, well constructed home than a shoddily put together tract house for the same price.
Merely stating a fact. Why, do you really believe you can get a brand new home for ~$200k? And do you really believe that a Pulte, mass produced home will have the same quality as a custom built?
You didn't qualify with "custom built" when you made your statement, and yes I moved into a brand new home in the Highland Creek neighborhood for 245k, so a ~200k new home as you put it is quite possible.
Will it have every bell and whistle of a 300-400k home? Probably not but I am definitely not ashamed to have visitors...
You didn't qualify with "custom built" when you made your statement, and yes I moved into a brand new home in the Highland Creek neighborhood for 245k, so a ~200k new home as you put it is quite possible.
Sorry. I thought you read through the thread and picked up on the fact that Amberly VS started as custom homes but will end up with a tract builder.
No worries there. My neighborhood is going downhill quickly as well. We started out as Centex with a much better home quality product. Centex was bought by Pulte and the remaining phases are much cheaper builds and starting prices so I definitely feel your pain. I definitely am not a fan of Pulte at this point.
No worries there. My neighborhood is going downhill quickly as well. We started out as Centex with a much better home quality product. Centex was bought by Pulte and the remaining phases are much cheaper builds and starting prices so I definitely feel your pain. I definitely am not a fan of Pulte at this point.
Which neighborhood is this?! Please PM me if you do not want to post on this thread.
The clearing across from Highcroft Village was purchased by Pulte from what I was told by one of our builders...I am in HV currently. At one point it was the next phase to HV since the tree farm next door decided not to sell out.
Which neighborhood is this?! Please PM me if you do not want to post on this thread.
I live in Highland Creek off 401 near Forestville Rd. All of the signage still sports the Centex brand but they are definitely not building Centex homes anymore...
We are in one of the middle of the road home models, with some cheaper ranch style single stories in our phase and then towards the Forestville side of our phase the homes were into the 400s.
I would be quite a bit more upset if I was in those models with the Pulte single family homes starting in the 170s now.
No worries there. My neighborhood is going downhill quickly as well. We started out as Centex with a much better home quality product. Centex was bought by Pulte and the remaining phases are much cheaper builds and starting prices so I definitely feel your pain. I definitely am not a fan of Pulte at this point.
That is a definite risk with any builder, but much more the large nationals. If they encounter trouble, they will often drop prices or change things to get rid of their inventory. If you have a huge number of lots and still make a little on each, it's is much more attractive to cut and run than if you are small and need the money on each lot.
I was very early to buy in Breckenridge (Pulte neighborhood from early 2000s) and bought a relatively inexpensive "Manor Home" which was a sort of half single family half townhome semi detached thing that was connected by a storage room but otherwise separate.
Not super expensive at around $160k when we bought, but in the back of the larger development they they started selling another neighborhood with the same floor plan with better stock features, better upgrades available and for $7500 less 2 years later. Kind of kills your resale for a while. At least we were not in one of the more expensive sections where they did something similar to $250k houses but sold for $25k less in the back.
At any rate the point I am getting at is the nationals want to get in and out as fast as possible whereas a local custom group is more likely to be patient and ride it out with you, mthough of course everyone has their limit.
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And do you really believe that a Pulte, mass produced home will have the same quality as a custom built?
