I live in Woodcroft & I really love it. The houses here are all around 15-20 years old. Price ranges can vary a lot because the neighborhood is so large & there are so many sections to it. There's one section with small, cute homes that start around 150K, and there are other areas with very large homes that cost 3 times as much (maybe more). I have 3 grocery stores within 2 miles of my front door. I-40 is about 2 miles away, and Southpoint Mall - one of the nicest malls in the Triangle - is just 2 miles away, as is the Super Target, Best, Buy, etc. There are also locally-owned and chain restaurants close by. And yet, even with so much so close to us, it is very quiet here. We lived in a very rural area before this and have been surprised that our new neighborhood is just as quiet as it was out in the boonies.
There are a few things that make Woodcroft especially attractive to us.
1. Mature trees EVERYWHERE! Just driving or walking around, it is a joy to be in such a lovely place. Our backyard is an absolute forest, filled with dozens and dozens of trees. Cuts down on the mowing, too!
2. Oodles and oodles of paved walking trails. They wind for miles all through the community. The trails are extremely well used, too. I think it's
impossible to drive within Woodcroft and
not see someone walking their dog or pushing a baby stroller or jogging.
3. Low HOA fees. Our monthly fee is well under $20 a month. That's because the HOA just covers the walking trails, landscaping in public areas, a playground, and the usual HOA neighborhood disputes. If you're interested, there is a community center, complete with a very large swimming pool, tennis courts, soccer fields, and tons of activities (wine tastings, movie nights for the kids, etc), but it costs extra to join. I appreciate that I have the
choice to join. That isn't the case for lots of other communities.
I think that different sections of Woodcroft are assigned to differnt schools. I'm not totally positive about this (I don't have kids), but I believe that there is a split there somewhere & that some kids in Woodcroft go to Hope Valley Elementary & others go to Southwest, etc. etc. For the houses on the east side of the neighborhood, there's a walking trail that leads right up to the back of Southwest Elementary, so some kids use that to walk to school.
As for Hope Valley Farms, I toured some of the houses there. The homes are all fairly new, built in the '90s & early '00s. The sign outside the neighborhood says "starting in the $140s", but that probably includes the townhomes. We didn't buy in Hope Valley Farms because we felt the lots were too small and there were far too few trees. It just felt
hotter there than in Woodcroft. Plus, the HOA fees are around $70 a month because of the swimming pool & tennis courts. We never use public swimming pools, so it wasn't worth it to us.
Hope this helps!
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