Amberly Grave Site (Raleigh: sales, townhouses, neighborhoods)

[mwhickey]

We had a discussion with our representative from Amberly about the grave site situation at the Peninsula. He stated that there is a family (Yates) that are buried in the circle at the entrance. Does this bother anyone? this may be a northern thing, but this is extremely creepy. IS this normal in the south? The sales rep made it seem like it was no big deal (of course!).

I am concerned for a number of reasons but most notably the resale of the home we are looking to build. if i have concerns, i'm sure others will as well. when it becomes time to sell the house will i lose potential buyers b/c of the grave site????

[kelly237]

All over there are small family gravesites.
Many have a fence around them and are
scattered all over.
I think most people consider it historical not creepy.

[sandycat]

I would rate that rather high on the creep-o-meter. But I think most people would be fine. I just get creeped out way too easily and that would bug me. And I'm not so sure it's a Northern-Southern thing... it's a human thing...

[WorkingMomof2]

I think it's kind of cool. But I like old cemetaries from a historical point of view.

[Herd33]

I would find it very interesting. When I was growing up, there was one at the end of our street and I never thought twice about it.

[CVAlicia]

I would love it! It ties in Yates Store Road (I think that's the name of the road) and the Yates family. It gives history to the place. Several neighborhoods around here have a cemetery in them. Preston Village and Lochmere each have one that I know of.

[VickiR]

I betcha they are quiet neighbors!

I sold an older home in North Raleigh that is on an acre lot. There is a very small very old family graveyard with about 4 graves (between houses). Legally, it cannot be moved without the consent of all family members and since it was from the 1800s, where are they going to even FIND the family members? So it remains. The sellers did have to disclose that it was there.

And when I sold a few of the townhouses in Glenwood North, you drive past the huge graveyard, to which one of my buyer's mom said..."how lovely, your grandparents are buried there".

Vicki

[Claire_F]

I'm with the group that finds cemeteries interesting. Raleigh has a great historical cemetery, Historic Oakwood Cemetery. They give wonderful, informative tours as well - here is their tour schedule, with one coming up this weekend.

Old cemeteries are one of my favorite places to photograph as well.

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Many of the subdivisions in this area are built on what was previously farmland that in some cases has been farmed since the 1800's. It is not unusual to have family graveyards on farms.

FWIW, there is a portion of the Garden State Parkway in Northern New Jersey that is bordered on both sides by a very old and large graveyard. Trust me, the graveyard was there long before the Parkway was ever built through the middle of it.

[PDXmom]

We have a grave yard in our subdivision. I don't find it creepy at all. But I agree about finding graveyards interesting from a historic perspective. Plus these are the very people who walked, lived, worked, & loved on the very land that I live on now!!! That's kind of cool to have some sort of small connection with them and their past... imho.

BTW, I don't think it's a Southern thing. I saw similar family grave sites on family land in rural areas in the PNW. But I do know some rural Southern Families (NC & Va) who have family grave sites on their land. And they find it creepy and impersonal to plop grandma down in one of those sterile cementaries that goes on for acres and acres. Church graveyards are ok if you don't have a family plot. Personally I want a Viking burial at sea, but that's another topic.