Single family homes under $200,000 in Cary (Apex, Garner: transplants, for sale, new home)

[MikeJaquish]

byrd96 asked for photos of homes between $100,000 and $200,000 in Cary.
No problem....
Here are photos from neighborhoods where some homes sell in that range.

Trappers Run:




Evergreen:





Beechtree neighborhoods:







Edgehill Farm:







Note: I am not saying that any of these particular homes are for sale at any particular price. Just offering a representative sampling of the neighborhoods.

[Grizzmeister]

Awesome! It’s just like watching the show What you get for the money on HGTV.

[JayAre]

Thanks Mike. There are some nice looking houses here. Are all four neighborhoods that you have represented here in the same general area in Cary, or are they spread around?

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by JayAre

Thanks Mike. There are some nice looking houses here. Are all four neighborhoods that you have represented here in the same general area in Cary, or are they spread around?

Trappers Run, Edgehill Farm, and Evergreen are within the area bounded by Cary Parkway, High House Road, and Old Apex Road.

Beechtree is accessed from the NW Cary Parkway, or N Harrison Ave, on the NW corner of that intersection.

[GMMP]

Are those actually trees that they left standing? If that's how NC does new construction, I could get with that. Did they actually build around the trees? OMG. Those builders need to come here. I mean I do see some transplants, but the others . . .. Or do pine trees get tall quickly?

Are those yards? ***drool***

[travelmate38]

Some builders will build around trees, but honestly, most come in, flatten everything and replant a few "show" trees as the subdivision is coming to completion. The smarter builders are learning to build around existing trees, as buyers absolutely love them.

[nascarfan]

Originally Posted by GMMP

Are those actually trees that they left standing? If that's how NC does new construction, I could get with that. Did they actually build around the trees? OMG. Those builders need to come here. I mean I do see some transplants, but the others . . .. Or do pine trees get tall quickly?

Are those yards? ***drool***

I don't know about the other neighborhoods but Trapper's Run is 20+ years old and those trees weren't there when I was a little kid.

(Developers usually mow everything down.)

Thanks for posting the pics, Mike. Trapper's Run has held up remarkably well for a neighborhood of starter homes.

[tlh1005]

Yes, Cary has a lot of older developments and that is why you are seeing trees; builders didn't clearcut as much back in the day and then the rest have just grown up over the years. If you were looking for new construction WITH anywhere close the number of trees you'd be spending a lot more than $200k.... notice I said "close". You could double that to spend $400k and still primarily see new homes only sitting on .18 acres with less trees than what you see here.

[NC_newcomer]

These area all very nice neighborhoods (20+ years). I would have bought in any of these in a heartbeat, but the trick is to find a well-maintained home, since this climate can be hard on houses. Nicely maintained small homes in these lovely old neighborhoods sell in a flash, unless they have a fatal flaw.

In the end, I bought at a bit above $200K in the Parkway neighborhoods, near HighHouse and inside Cary Parkway: 1600 sqft, 14 year old, well maintained house with --wait, let me look out the window and count -- 17 large trees on the property.

[NCMommy2-4]

I like trees too and the land.. I don't want something that has trees and .25 acre of land. But thats just me.

And like NCnewcomer said.. "well maintained home" is key. Nevermind climate is just the owners beat houses up. I have seen MANY homes (not in Cary necessarily) but in Wake County areas like Clayton, Garner, Fuquay, Angier..etc. We don't want Cary or Apex or Holly Springs.. its just way too congested and is starting to remind us of NJ... but anyway the houses we saw have been so abused it was sad. NICE homes and in need of so much TLC that we couldn't justify list price to work needed.