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I will be making a visit early October to look at areas and homes. Luck has it I am coming when the parade of homes is being held.
I want a community Like Naperville. My housing budget is $350K - 435K. I want newer construction and a community with a pool.
Has anyone moved from Naperville, how do you like it? What do you like and what do you not like?
I am looking in Cary, Apex, FV and Wake Forest areas at this time.
My first choice is to Lease to own because of my financial situation.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you!
For those of us who have never been to Naperville why don't you tell us what you are looking for specifically and we might be able to make recommendations. FWIW, most school districts here are not like Naperville... I know it town/ city based. Most of the school districts in NC are county based.... if schools are a concern.
I will be making a visit early October to look at areas and homes. Luck has it I am coming when the parade of homes is being held.
I want a community Like Naperville. My housing budget is $350K - 435K. I want newer construction and a community with a pool.
Has anyone moved from Naperville, how do you like it? What do you like and what do you not like?
I am looking in Cary, Apex, FV and Wake Forest areas at this time.
My first choice is to Lease to own because of my financial situation.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you!
I am not sure that there are many neighborhoods quite like Naperville, around here.
I agree with PDXmom that if you can be more specific, we can help more.
From an asthetic POV, I think that d/t Wake Forest and d/t Cary (near the RR station) (or even Pittsboro) have the most potential to be similar to d/t Naperville, but they are a long way away and may never want to grow to that size (Barnes and Nobles, parking decks, the Gap, etc.). (Although I would LOVE W/F to have some of the same qualities as Naperville.)
I fear that those who come into an area hoping to "re-create" the place they came from will have expectations that cannot be met and will end up being disappointed. No matter how much you wish for it, this will never be like ____________. (Fill in wherever you're from.) My advice is to accept that it's going to be new and different. Drink the Kool-Aid and learn to love it here for what it is.
The schools are definitely different that the local districts the Chi burbs have. Here it is county wide with redistricting so your child(ren) may not go to the school closest to home. What part of Naperville are you looking to duplicate? The newer home communities with lots of shopping amenities nearby or the downtown Naperville feel? I grew up in DuPage Cty and still have family in the burbs so I'm pretty familiar with Naperville.
I fear that those who come into an area hoping to "re-create" the place they came from will have expectations that cannot be met and will end up being disappointed. No matter how much you wish for it, this will never be like ____________.
Exactly! Why are you moving in the first place, if you want it to be exactly like where you're coming from??
Thank you fro your responses. I am not looking to duplicate Naperville. I quess what I am looking for ia someone who is familar with this area and let me know the differnces between here and there. I just want to minimze the surprises.
To answer your question about what I do like about Naperville, here goes. They have very highly rated schools (so does Wake County). I know about the redistricting and that is not a huge concern for me. As long as all the kids remain together from the schools.
I would like an area with:
neat neighborhoods with newer homes.
Restaurants and shops within 10 -15 minutes away.
a nice sense of community and a progressive feel.
a community pool
a cute downtown area with restaurants and shops etc.
I am move to Cary, Apex, FV maybe Wake Forest?
I just want to make the right decision about which community will have the best schools and community for myself, husband and 9 year old son.
On my to see List are:
TOP 7 (on paper)
Brighton Forest - FV
Highland Oaks - Cary
Cary Park - Cary
Highcroft - Cary/Apex
West Lake - Cary/Apex
The Park at West Lake - Cary/Apex
Heritage -
Others of interest (so far)
Crooked Creek - FV
Bentwinds - FV
Abbington - Apex
Glenmoor Wake Forest
Galloway - Wake Forest
St. Ives - Wake Forest
Please share any input or comments.
I want to make the best use of the 3 days i have in the area during early October.
I fear that those who come into an area hoping to "re-create" the place they came from will have expectations that cannot be met and will end up being disappointed. No matter how much you wish for it, this will never be like ____________. (Fill in wherever you're from.)
You fear? Give me a break. The OP seeks a community with characteristics similar to his or her current home. This does not imply overly high expectations on his or her part. It does not imply that the OP intends to re-create a familiar community or lifestyle. You unfairly imposed these assumptions on the post and used them as a basis of criticism.
OP, I have never been to Naperville but my guess is you will not find a community in the Triangle with similar aesthetics, density, amenities and arrangement of activities. There is the obvious much higher density of population in the Chicago area and in Naperville in particular.
The gridlike layout of streets, public transportation options and mix of new construction with older buildings in Naperville has more in common with Downtown Raleigh and the neighborhoods located immediately west of downton than it does with the suburban towns you mentioned in your post. However, the cost for newer construction in Downtown Raleigh is likely going to be prohibitively high for your budget.
As mentioned, please be more specific about which qualities of the Naperville lifestyle are most valuable to you. If new construction is most important, I suggest looking in west Cary or Apex. However, the tradeoff is you get more homogonity and less diversity of activities in those areas than than you currently receive in Naperville.
OP, you submitted your second post at the same time I was writing mine.
I suggest looking into some of the newer neighborhoods located immediately west of downtown Apex, for example, Scott's Mill. I live near downtown Cary and I can tell you that there is not a lot of new construction nearby, except for the occasional infill house or two, but here you will not be part of a neighborhood with a community pool.
Scott's Mill is consistent with all of the bullets you listed in your post, except perhaps the one about having a progressive feel. For that matter, I don't think you will find a progressive feel in any of the neighborhoods on your list. Check out Southern Village in Chapel Hill for a neighborhood that satisifies all five constraints you mentioned. With Southern Village there might be an issue with price.
You fear? Give me a break. The OP seeks a community with characteristics similar to his or her current home. This does not imply overly high expectations on his or her part. It does not imply that the OP intends to re-create a familiar community or lifestyle. You unfairly imposed these assumptions on the post and used them as a basis of criticism.
There is not one word of criticism in my post.
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