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I apologize if these questions have been asked before, I did not really find what I needed using the search function.
My husband, son, and I moved to Huntersville in April. We chose to rent at first to become more acclimated to the area prior to choosing to buy or build. He works in Mooresville, off exit 33, and I will be doing home care nursing in Iredell county starting in a few weeks.
We do like the Huntersville area, but do not particularly like the taxes, and the CMS school district sounds like it is not the best in the area.
I also have seen that many people recommend Iredell County, particularly Mooresville for lower taxes and better schools. However, I have been to Mooresville enough to know that I hate the traffic and I don't really care for its "feel" either.
After a little research and driving around, we have found that we really like Moss Creek. The commute looks like it shouldn't be terrible either. Here area the specific questions I have about the community:
1. Will the commute to Mooresville be reasonable or have lots of heavy traffic?
2. Are the schools really much better than the North Mecklenburg area?
3. It looks like D.R. Horton and Ryan Homes are the main builders for our price range (215-235K). Are both builders equal or not necessarily?
4. Are there other areas we should consider before we get set to build there? Particularly in western Cabarrus county. We have also checked out the Farm and also Curtis Pond and the other subdivision across the street. We were not as impressed with those 3.
I apologize if these questions have been asked before, I did not really find what I needed using the search function.
My husband, son, and I moved to Huntersville in April. We chose to rent at first to become more acclimated to the area prior to choosing to buy or build. He works in Mooresville, off exit 33, and I will be doing home care nursing in Iredell county starting in a few weeks.
We do like the Huntersville area, but do not particularly like the taxes, and the CMS school district sounds like it is not the best in the area.
I also have seen that many people recommend Iredell County, particularly Mooresville for lower taxes and better schools. However, I have been to Mooresville enough to know that I hate the traffic and I don't really care for its "feel" either.
After a little research and driving around, we have found that we really like Moss Creek. The commute looks like it shouldn't be terrible either. Here area the specific questions I have about the community:
1. Will the commute to Mooresville be reasonable or have lots of heavy traffic?
2. Are the schools really much better than the North Mecklenburg area?
3. It looks like D.R. Horton and Ryan Homes are the main builders for our price range (215-235K). Are both builders equal or not necessarily?
4. Are there other areas we should consider before we get set to build there? Particularly in western Cabarrus county. We have also checked out the Farm and also Curtis Pond and the other subdivision across the street. We were not as impressed with those 3.
Thanks for reading and helping us out!
Have you checked out Cannon Crossing? It has the same school assignments as Moss Creek but is a smaller development and not quite so cookie cutter.
Did you consider Summers Walk? It's technically in Davidson (off of hwy 73) so you get the award winning Davidson Elementary as your school assignment, something to think about.
There is a back way from these two areas up to hwy 3 which takes you right into Mooresville - traffic is very manageable.
I agree with you about Curtis Pond, too many properties are not being maintained in there and values have suffered.
We also looked in Moss Creek. We bought elsewhere, but have many friends who live there and really like it. The schools are good to great depending on the teacher, of course. (Odell Elem., Harris Road MS, Cox Mill HS). The main reasons we did not buy in Moss Creek were:
1. Lack of natural areas left
2. High number of forclosures and short sales
3. Nothing for sale at the time that we really liked
But as I said, my friends who live in there really like it. If you don't have to be in a subdivision, there are many nice little residential streets with more land and often pools all throughout Cabarrus.
We also looked in Moss Creek. We bought elsewhere, but have many friends who live there and really like it. The schools are good to great depending on the teacher, of course. (Odell Elem., Harris Road MS, Cox Mill HS). The main reasons we did not buy in Moss Creek were:
1. Lack of natural areas left
2. High number of forclosures and short sales
3. Nothing for sale at the time that we really liked
But as I said, my friends who live in there really like it. If you don't have to be in a subdivision, there are many nice little residential streets with more land and often pools all throughout Cabarrus.
Have you checked out Cannon Crossing? It has the same school assignments as Moss Creek but is a smaller development and not quite so cookie cutter.
Did you consider Summers Walk? It's technically in Davidson (off of hwy 73) so you get the award winning Davidson Elementary as your school assignment, something to think about.
There is a back way from these two areas up to hwy 3 which takes you right into Mooresville - traffic is very manageable.
I agree with you about Curtis Pond, too many properties are not being maintained in there and values have suffered.
Agreed! Check out Cannon Crossing. Same schools, nice community.
Same back roads to Mooresville. Just a little further south.
Summers Walk is very nice and Davidson Elementary, Bailey Middle (fairly new school) and the brand new this year Hough High.
Your husband could also back road thru Davidson from Summers Walk and avoid the Hwy 73, Exit 25/I77 congestion
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