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Any info on living in Travelers Rest? I see land for sale. Surprised it hasn't been scooped up by developers. Is it a good place to live if you're commuting to Greenville?
We live about 5 miles north of TR. My wife worked at St. Francis Hospital in downtown Greenville. It was 17 miles door-to-door, and took right at a half an hour. Compared to where we lived in FL, it was a breeze. When we bought land, we carefully considered quality of life with work needs. When you come home to rural acreage at the end of a work day, it's liking being on vacation.
What I'm glad of is that neither of us had to commute on I-85. That's where I see the most traffic problems on a daily basis. There are other spots on surface roads where development has quickly outpaced road construction. Roads such as Locust Hill Rd (290) are getting to be a hassle because of all of the subdivisions springing up. It depends upon where in TR you live, and where you are headed to determine whether commuting will be a hassle. For us, going down 25 to 276, and on down into the downtown area is not so bad, and going on down 25 to the west side of Greenville isn't bad, either.
As for land- even out here, it is getting scooped up by developers if it's good, buildable land. When we searched for property back in 2006, we only found two properties out of 25 or so that we would have considered. We had a budget, a maximum distance from Greenville, and didn't want any land with 'issues'. Most of the land we looked at was either too steep, or in a flood zone. Steeply sloped land can be built on, but can't be used for anything else. When you consider land, look it up on the Greenville County GIS maps to check for things like flood zones. With our hilly terrain and clay soil, you do NOT want to build at 'the bottom of the hill'. We built on a ridge, and every time there are flash flood warnings, we roll over and go back to sleep.
We looked at some open plots that looked inviting until we visited and they were very steep, we wouldn’t have been able to build without doubling our budget at least. That caused us to look at existing homes.
We've been here since '08 and love it, half hour into downtown Greenville, and my job is roughly the same distance, with light traffic.
We have one acre, it backs up to woods that can't be developed, which is nice.
That's always nice! Some of the nicer (ahem, MUCH nicer) homes in one development near me actually back up to Army Corps of Engineers land. Great, quiet neighbors just don't damage their trees...
We looked at some open plots that looked inviting until we visited and they were very steep, we wouldn’t have been able to build without doubling our budget at least. That caused us to look at existing homes.
Great point. Ours needed a slight bit of excavation work as we are on a hill.
We're on a hill, too, and a walk-out basement was the perfect set-up for us. There's a big difference between 'hill' and 'cliff', though.
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just don't damage their trees...
