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Originally Posted by T2558
Thank you. Heritage looks potentially perfect. One concern...we were told to try and focus on new construction communities because many will be moving in without existing friends. Also our kids are very young and we were told new construction tends to have lots of babies.
We consider ourselves social so hopefully we would thrive anywhere, but do you think Heritage is "cliquey"? Would like any advantage we can in making friends and getting settled.
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Heritage has hundreds of homes and multiple sections. While there are friend groups, I don't think of it as cliquey. It was a little bit that way 13 years ago when it first opened and there was only one section. But I now, absolutely not. There are so many people that everyone I know that has looked for friends has been able to find them.
While I have heard that advice as well, I wouldn't let that piece of advice drive such an important decision as where you buy a home. I think it's less important in a big neighborhood like heritage with new people moving in all the time than a smaller neighborhood. There are no guarantees you are going to meet people that you click with in a new construction neighborhood. And if you base your decision mainly on that, then you will be in a neighborhood you aren't thrilled with and not have neighbors that you click with it. There are also many different ways to meet people, not just your neighbors.
That said, you may want to look at the section of Heritage that is on the same side of Rogers as Harris Tetter. My observation is that there may be more young families over there since the houses a little less expensive than the sections on the golf course. There are also more houses so more people. Right now there are a ton of teenagers and older kids in the sections on the golf course since many people bought in when the kids were young and heritage was built (speaking to the advice you were given). But that said there are definitely some young families in the golf course sections as well. One of my favorite things about Heritage is the age diversity, you have young families, empty nesters and people with kids and teens.
If you have any questions about Heritage, let me know. We have been members of the golf club/pool for 15 years (when it opened) and moved here in 2010 from Youngsville.
I also wanted to comment on the post above about her preferring North Raleigh to Wake Forest due to the 540 access, I wanted to add that one of the benefits of Heritage's location is that it has relatively easy access via 401 to 540 so you don't have to touch Capital. You can also be downtown a lot quicker than other parts of Wake Forest because you miss a lot of the traffic by using Forestville to 401.
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