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ah, ok....yes - right, a non-planned community is what we are looking for. Although we may change our minds once we check things out. Just wanted to confirm that they are all not planned communities!!
and it may be weird, but we like older houses rather than new ones - not that we would be that picky, but if there was an area with older architecture and such, we would love that!
Not weird to me...my house is 125 years old! Raleigh has some beautiful older neighborhoods, but again, they are pricey.
As mentioned, check out Almost all neighborhoods inside the belt line - but they are pricey! Gorgeous, but generally pricey. There are some neighborhoods around the North Hills area, or Brentwood (a subdivision with a name but it's an older one and probably closer to what you're looking for.) Otherwise, check out the downtowns of nearby towns like Clayton (or Wake Forest, Fuquay Varina, etc) where you can often find gorgeous historic homes for affordable prices very close to cute small downtown areas. It just depends on what you are looking for!
The southwest side of Raleigh has some awesome land and has more unplanned than planned neighborhoods in some areas. I really, really liked that area, being a country boy....yet it is right near so much, including not far from DT Raleigh. Take a ride along Ten-Ten Road, Penny Road, Yates Mill Pond Road & Lake Wheeler Road. Simply awesome!
great, thank you!! we are excited, bc my husband went to one of his networking meetings, and a friend of his knows a few people down in Raleigh, so we have a realtor we can call - its great to have contacts!!
great, thank you!! we are excited, bc my husband went to one of his networking meetings, and a friend of his knows a few people down in Raleigh, so we have a realtor we can call - its great to have contacts!!
You also have some great Realtors on this forum you can call.
I live in avent west. It's like kind of like a borough but not a subdivision. Was built in the 50/60s? We purchased the home from a family I believe after the original owners died.
"XXX Subdivision" is often merely a marketing term that a developer used to promote a collection of homes when they were first built... 5 years ago, 50 years ago, whatever. Sometimes the name sticks and becomes a perpetual, informal reference to a neighborhood. Sometimes the name doesn't. Often the original boundaries are still clear, but sometimes the precise boundaries are known by (and relevant to) only real estate lawyers.
Some subdivisions have no homeowners associations. Some have voluntary, mainly social homeowners associations. Some have homeowners associations with highly restrictive covenants, assessments, or both. It varies.
Most subdivision "covenants" are easy to obtain. Most are just common sense RULES. Even if you end up in a neighborhood/subdivision without an HOA, there are still city and state rules to abide by.
Older neighborhoods that have an HOA will have fewer rules. Most of the huge n'hoods like Heritage and Bedford will have more rules.
We built our home in 1990. Our covenants are a few pages long. The home my buyer just purchased in Renaissance Park has 43 pages of covenants!
We built our home in 1990. Our covenants are a few pages long. The home my buyer just purchased in Renaissance Park has 43 pages of covenants!
Maybe as a realtor you can't answer this truthfully, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway... I have been curious as to why there are always so many houses listed in Renaissance Park? At least it seems like that to me. Do you have any theories?
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