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We have spent many months (and quite a few expensive trips) looking at and researching different cities in NC and settled on Charlotte. We are your typical Floridia family looking to get out of South Florida for a change (life long residence.) We have 2 boys, one starting 3rd. grade and the other starting kindergarten. Momma stays at home and I'll be working in South Park.
We would like to stay in zone 4,5 and 6 for schools. I would prefer to stay within 485 beltway and not pushed to Union like everyone else. Can we buy a home in these areas for $350m - $400m area ? All of the realtors we speak with say we need to look in the Weddington and Marvin area.
Growth and everything that comes with it looks really scarey "South of the Border" .e., Union County. Traffic, traffic and more traffic......
Can anyone "WHO LIVES THERE" give me some insight. We are comming to Charlotte next weekend with a checkbook in-hand and we want to make the right decision.
We are also from S. Florida in a similar position and with similar needs. We are actually RENTING house in Blackeney before with commit ourselves into a specific location. We are also going to eventually buy in South Charlotte, but we do not exactly where considering how many nice communities are out there. Th Union county dilemma is very valid. We went there twice last year and all I thought about was "is Providence road the only way out? I think marvin is not too far and probably a very good option. Since you are working in South park instead of Uptown, you will be OK. But by renting a house first in a nice safe neighborhood, you will get a better idea of where you want to live. We currently live in Weston, but there are many communities in Weston that we would not want to live in.
I just moved here 5 weeks ago from Pembroke Pines. I am in Union County, and although Providence Rd. is only 1 lane south of 485, I don't think the traffic is as bad there as others make it out to be. I am not working now, but I have driven on Providence in rush hour traffic. Yes, there's traffic, but if you compare it to certain roads in FL (like Flamingo Rd. which is 4+ lanes), the traffic isn't so bad. The worst part of Providence Rd. is where it bottlenecks at 485. It is probably harder to get off of 485 at this exit, but Providence is not the only road into Union County. Depending on where you are working, you can get off at an alternate exit. Also, I have founf that drivers here are more courteous than they are in FL. They actually stop to let you out in traffic!
I live in South Charlotte and the answer to your question is that there are homes in your price range inside the 485 loop. There are also several nice neighborhoods in Ballantyne that sound like they may fit your criteria. If I can help, let me know.
We have spent many months (and quite a few expensive trips) looking at and researching different cities in NC and settled on Charlotte. We are your typical Floridia family looking to get out of South Florida for a change (life long residence.) We have 2 boys, one starting 3rd. grade and the other starting kindergarten. Momma stays at home and I'll be working in South Park.
We would like to stay in zone 4,5 and 6 for schools. I would prefer to stay within 485 beltway and not pushed to Union like everyone else. Can we buy a home in these areas for $350m - $400m area ? All of the realtors we speak with say we need to look in the Weddington and Marvin area.
Growth and everything that comes with it looks really scarey "South of the Border" .e., Union County. Traffic, traffic and more traffic......
Can anyone "WHO LIVES THERE" give me some insight. We are comming to Charlotte next weekend with a checkbook in-hand and we want to make the right decision.
I will be happy to offer you my 2 cents, sending you a pm okay?
You can absolutely find what you are looking for inside 485. Though Ballantyne is very nice, it is for the most part outside the 485 loop. Though there are others, One neighborhood that may work nicely for you is Beverly Crest, though lot sizes tend to be small it will be convenient to South Park as well as to uptown. Feel free to PM me, I would be happy to help.
There is a long term plan that is in the works to widen Providence Road from a 2 lane to a 4 lane road.
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