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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.
If you’re concerned about proximity to a nuclear power plant, the Harris Nuclear Plant is relatively close to Apex and Holly Springs.
Thank you, but no, I am not interested in that house, even though it is single story. From what research I have done over the years, I feel more simpatico with Raleigh/Cary, etc. and have no interest in living in Greensboro.
As to that mid-century modern house (only 8' ceilings, it looks like) in particular, it backs up to a main road. No matter where I choose to live, it won't be on a main road or backing up to one. I don't want a 1961-era house, either, even though I do love some very old/much older houses that have been totally renovated inside by master craftspeople, such as is done on "This Old House". I just don't want to be the one that is involved with having all the work done for a major build or renovation.
No interest in a house that is so undesirable to buyers that in this very hot market it has had its price cut and still no one is buying it.
While I am looking for a forever dream house that we never want to leave, it is important to have an exit strategy in place so that if and when the house needs to be sold, it will sell easily without extensive renovation by us.
Greensboro has a lot of crime, too. "The 2019 crime rate in Greensboro, NC is 416 (City-Data.com crime index), which is 1.5 times greater than the U.S. average."
OP's got posters (including RE Agents) chasing down houses in search of this ever-evolving, likely nonexistent unicorn. Heh. Talk about being played.
Eh. The OP has a pretty good 10 year CD history and is active on the Real Estate forum. It isn't like she is a newbie, one-time wonder trolling for kicks.
Makes it easier to try to be helpful, even when others are critical.
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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?"
I thought it would have been the ice rink that sold you!
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.
You raise an important issue for the OP with ceiling height (if they were to buy existing), though that home looked like 9' ceilings to me. I knew it was pending because it really was unimportant to the question, which is not "would you buy THIS house?" (she's not in the market anyway) but "Do these features appeal or not?"
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