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OP, you can find exactly what you're looking for in one of the many affluent old towns of the northeast. What you want is an area that's had wealth in it long enough that they were building nice houses in pretty neighborhoods with manicured lawns long before open concept houses became all the rage. You won't even have to live on a golf course.
I'm not going to list the towns for you, but you can find them if you care to.
Move up there, buy an SUV, and pay a company to handle snow removal. You can complain about the property taxes with all of your wealthy neighbors.
Edited to add: I say this as someone who grew up in Connecticut. One of the things I find endearing about living around here is that in most areas, nobody cares if your yard is not perfectly maintained. (Obviously not including HOAs.)
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at Landfall (and hey, if Wilmington was eliminated long ago and I forgot, mea culpa) which does have pretty much exclusively "nice upscale homes", and as a retirement destination, lots of ranches/80% of space on the main level.
does the front elevation appeal?
do the interior shots of the first floor appeal to you?
when you see the bird's eye neighborhood shot, how does that look?
thoughts on having a pool? How does the lot look?
It's got some significant 2nd floor space, but is probably close to 3K square feet on the main level. It also has a 2nd suite on 1st floor, an "office" that might be convertible to a "master sitting room". It also seems to have a formal living room that might be sucked into the master suite (all layout dependent)
This whole thread reeks of privilege. Way to use coded language:” upscale, similar homes (don’t want those poor *uckers here), manicured yards. Greensboro is crime ridden…” you haven’t even been here! A spoiled boomer wants to be spoon fed the info and 10 pages long good suggestions and she thinks nobody understands the intricacies of her elevated taste and wants. Wake up, boomer. This whole area is becoming unaffordable for even middle class people, and your capricious notes are in bad taste.
Excluding the word "boomer," you've described exactly what I said pages ago: OP won't find what she wants here. She WILL find it quite easily in Paradise Valley or Scottsdale, AZ. (Assuming their budget allows 7+ figures.)
Excluding the word "boomer," you've described exactly what I said pages ago: OP won't find what she wants here. She WILL find it quite easily in Paradise Valley or Scottsdale, AZ. (Assuming their budget allows 7+ figures.)
at Landfall (and hey, if Wilmington was eliminated long ago and I forgot, mea culpa) which does have pretty much exclusively "nice upscale homes", and as a retirement destination, lots of ranches/80% of space on the main level.
does the front elevation appeal?
do the interior shots of the first floor appeal to you?
when you see the bird's eye neighborhood shot, how does that look?
thoughts on having a pool? How does the lot look?
It's got some significant 2nd floor space, but is probably close to 3K square feet on the main level. It also has a 2nd suite on 1st floor, an "office" that might be convertible to a "master sitting room". It also seems to have a formal living room that might be sucked into the master suite (all layout dependent)
Yes, I suggested Landfall awhile back. Just an FYI- that home you linked is pending. Looks like they did some updating, but what bothers me about homes that vintage are the low ceilings. I am so used to 10 ft ceilings and the feeling of spaciousness they create. I don't know how the OP feels about it.
Many towns with upscale single story and some "stylish" homes in the better neighborhoods in the northeast. Some of these towns also have great libraries.
Start by looking at which metro areas you're interested in an then finding the most upscale zip. The further away from the larger city is where the land will drop in price and a better chance of finding newer "stylist" single story homes in upscale neighborhoods, some of them currently being developed. Just be prepared for huge property taxes and lots of driving. Or, look at the resort areas nearish to the larger NE cities. Places were for decades people have had money to put into significant real estate holdings.
Also, look in the MLS and not simply "private communities" in terms of comparing amenities. Easier to use the MLS.
Yes, I suggested Landfall awhile back. Just an FYI- that home you linked is pending. Looks like they did some updating, but what bothers me about homes that vintage are the low ceilings. I am so used to 10 ft ceilings and the feeling of spaciousness they create. I don't know how the OP feels about it.
As you point out, we also would prefer 10 ft. ceilings for the spaciousness (maybe 9 ft.), and for allowing hot air to rise. Here in the Bay Area/SF/Silicon Valley, we have 8 ft. ceilings, but it's fine as it fits the moderate weather and this little house. I have no desire for "soaring ceilings" of extreme height, although I have seen at least one floor plan for a North Carolina 1-story house that does have a very high ceiling. I'll link to it when I have time. It just depends.
Many towns with upscale single story and some "stylish" homes in the better neighborhoods in the northeast. Some of these towns also have great libraries.
Start by looking at which metro areas you're interested in an then finding the most upscale zip. The further away from the larger city is where the land will drop in price and a better chance of finding newer "stylist" single story homes in upscale neighborhoods, some of them currently being developed. Just be prepared for huge property taxes and lots of driving. Or, look at the resort areas nearish to the larger NE cities. Places were for decades people have had money to put into significant real estate holdings.
Also, look in the MLS and not simply "private communities" in terms of comparing amenities. Easier to use the MLS.
Thank you, and I have done just as you have mentioned for many years, compiling multiple volumes (computer folders and binders) on various areas in numerous states. I am certain I would love certain cities and towns in the Northeast. I actually once found a charming house online in Sudbury, Massachusetts. After I did, I found it was near a nuclear reactor. And then also there were stairs and well, very cold weather, snow and icy roads.
The towns that I like in the Northeast have homes just about as expensive as here in California, and their taxes are even higher. I actually have significant property tax incentives to stay in California, and yet I am seriously looking at North Carolina.
We have some good friends in Maine that we haven't seen in far too long, true Mainers, with ice in their veins.
Maybe when we get really, really old we'll end up in a condo in the Northeast, when we no longer drive, but that's for another time. Heavy snow and driving regularly on icy roads is out of the question.
I would appreciate it if no one suggests cities outside North Carolina in this thread, and would really like to stick to the RTP area here.
Eh.
I don't see a walk-in pantry or pull out shelves in the kitchen
And the "The house has a traditional, slightly rustic vibe" made me grin
But, then you had me completely sold at "A contender for the best part of the house is the pizza room, which includes a pizza oven for making homemade pies."
Call me Shoeless Joe, asking, "Hey! Is this Heaven?"
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Re upscale single story
