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The stepford wives comment was just something i had heard. Please, no disrespect meant When I search on realtor.com it will give me many properties with a Raleigh address in my price range with lots of property, are the neighborhoods around Raleigh (Cary, Apex, Holly Springs) a Raleigh address? ... I think the privacy, and larger yard would be more important to me than walkability. If we can drive to cultural events, farmers markets, sporting events and the like in a short amount of time I would be happy.
you're not going to find 0.5 acre and walkable together.
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Yeah... that struck me as unusual.
It is somewhat doable in the Heart of Cary, within the budget.
It won't be torn from the centerfold of House Beautiful, but it is doable.
Renting and stalking neighborhoods for a while is how you get it. And you don't get to just shop the last 60 days of the lease. You buy when the product presents itself.
ITB or Chapel Hill? That half acre is $300,000+ and then you build on it.
The stepford wives comment was just something i had heard. Please, no disrespect meant When I search on realtor.com it will give me many properties with a Raleigh address in my price range with lots of property, are the neighborhoods around Raleigh (Cary, Apex, Holly Springs) a Raleigh address? ... I think the privacy, and larger yard would be more important to me than walkability. If we can drive to cultural events, farmers markets, sporting events and the like in a short amount of time I would be happy.
I could be wrong, but those houses with a Raleigh address and lots of property are likely in the southeast direction from Raleigh proper. If good public schools are a priority I would find the currently assigned school for that address and cross check on Greatschools. This will give you a very preliminary snapshot of that school and you can investigate from there.
The stepford wives comment was just something i had heard. Please, no disrespect meant When I search on realtor.com it will give me many properties with a Raleigh address in my price range with lots of property, are the neighborhoods around Raleigh (Cary, Apex, Holly Springs) a Raleigh address? ... I think the privacy, and larger yard would be more important to me than walkability. If we can drive to cultural events, farmers markets, sporting events and the like in a short amount of time I would be happy.
anybody that takes exception to the stepford comment hasn't been around long enough to hear it before. I mean, it's not called the Concentrated/Containment/Centralized Area for Relocated Yankees for nothing.
we are certainly car-dependent here; we just don't have high-quality public transportation because the demand isn't there to provide it/spend the money on it. That's part of taxes and spending.
The stepford wives comment was just something i had heard. Please, no disrespect meant When I search on realtor.com it will give me many properties with a Raleigh address in my price range with lots of property, are the neighborhoods around Raleigh (Cary, Apex, Holly Springs) a Raleigh address? ... I think the privacy, and larger yard would be more important to me than walkability. If we can drive to cultural events, farmers markets, sporting events and the like in a short amount of time I would be happy.
The Stepford thing is just juvenile internet trolling, and does get a rise out of many of us Cary-ites.
Often, it is from people who have never actually been to Cary. So, take it with a grain of salt.
If you are open to suburbia, you will have opportunities for half an acre in many areas of the Triangle.
It will be a home that is 10 or more years old, generally, as small lots have taken over the market.
for your purposes now, I would search Zillow, or any other map-based website. Realtor.com may very well display results as a map, I just don't ever use it.
You're not trying to find a home now - you're trying to ...
1. confirm that indeed "a 3 bedroom home on 1/2 acre built between x and y years and within 30 minutes of Z location" exist.
2. confirm that you can get what you NEED for $1,500/mo or less.
3. determine whether you even like the area or not.
and these are actually in inverse order.
When you actually move here, and really start looking for where to buy, then you can switch to an accurate, current-info real estate website.
anybody that takes exception to the stepford comment hasn't been around long enough to hear it before. I mean, it's not called the Concentrated/Containment/Centralized Area for Relocated Yankees for nothing.
we are certainly car-dependent here; we just don't have high-quality public transportation because the demand isn't there to provide it/spend the money on it. That's part of taxes and spending.
Yeah... I was just messing around. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that on here, I'd be wealthy.
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you're not going to find 0.5 acre and walkable together.
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ITB or Chapel Hill? That half acre is $300,000+ and then you build on it.
I can't speak to inside the beltline, but my house in Chapel Hill is on .53 acres, is a 10 minute walk to the bookstore, and multiple restaurants, park is right out my backdoor, and homes in my neighborhood go for about $260-$400,000 with most in the $300s. My husband walks to work at UNC every day. I walked to the bookstore today.
You do people a disservice to paint Chapel Hill and Carrboro as all super expensive homes. Our house is definitely NOT new construction (built in the 70s) and we do need to do some upkeep, but it's a great location. It's 5 bedrooms and 3 baths. Great neighborhood with many friendly neighbors who are adding on to their homes. One family put a whole second story on top of their house. Our next door neighbors had their home completely redone about 10 yrs ago. They're nice homes for their era (lots of hardwood floors) and if you're not looking for new construction it's a great neighborhood. They're not all "fixer-uppers", either. Most have been well-maintained. Just your standard middle class 70s neighborhood with a good number of split-levels, two story homes, and brick ranches. My neighbors are doctors, professors, techies, landscapers, librarians, social workers, musicians, teachers, accountants, writers, etc.
I can't speak to inside the beltline, but my house in Chapel Hill is on .53 acres, is a 10 minute walk to the bookstore, and multiple restaurants, park is right out my backdoor, and homes in my neighborhood go for about $260-$400,000 with most in the $300s. My husband walks to work at UNC every day. I walked to the bookstore today.
You do people a disservice to paint Chapel Hill and Carrboro as all super expensive homes. Our house is definitely NOT new construction (built in the 70s) and we do need to do some upkeep, but it's a great location. It's 5 bedrooms and 3 baths. Great neighborhood with many friendly neighbors who are adding on to their homes. One family put a whole second story on top of their house. Our next door neighbors had their home completely redone about 10 yrs ago. They're nice homes for their era (lots of hardwood floors) and if you're not looking for new construction it's a great neighborhood. They're not all "fixer-uppers", either. Most have been well-maintained. Just your standard middle class 70s neighborhood with a good number of split-levels, two story homes, and brick ranches. My neighbors are doctors, professors, techies, landscapers, librarians, social workers, musicians, teachers, accountants, writers, etc.
The OP has moderated her approach, saying that lot size is more important than walkability, and that brings much more of a market into play in Chapel Hill. Without hesitation, I would drag her into Coker Hills, Lake Forest, anywhere around Eastwood Lake in a heartbeat under those terms.
And would inform her that her housing dollar goes farther in other towns, and her tax rate would be 60%--70% higher for comparable housing than in other towns.
Right now, on MLS, I see one Active listing and one Pending listing with half an acre in Chapel Hill proper. And neither is particularly walkable.
speaking of taxes... what would the annual property tax be, round about, for a $300000 home in Cary, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Carrboro?
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When I search on realtor.com it will give me many properties with a Raleigh address in my price range with lots of property, are the neighborhoods around Raleigh (Cary, Apex, Holly Springs) a Raleigh address? ... I think the privacy, and larger yard would be more important to me than walkability. If we can drive to cultural events, farmers markets, sporting events and the like in a short amount of time I would be happy.
