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Resale here could mean anything from a year or two to 5 to 10 years old. They are often better values than brand new, since material prices escalated rapidly with Covid supply problems.
With a 10 year old house one needs to budget for replacement of the HVAC and water heater. It is very rare to find houses from the 50s to 70s in the areas you are looking.
I would definitely not mind 5 to 10 years old house. I lived in Winston-Salem, NC about 9 years ago and the houses were also old in the area where I was. So, I assumed it will be the same case for Raleigh, NC. Thanks for the input.
As suggested, I will look in the following areas:
1. Wake Forest,
2. Garner,
3. Holly Spring,
4. Fuquay Varina
5. Clayton
As for the wife, she is currently looking for a job in the Raleigh area.
For the county schools, does it mean that the school assigned to an address can change anytime?
I would definitely not mind 5 to 10 years old house. I lived in Winston-Salem, NC about 9 years ago and the houses were also old in the area where I was. So, I assumed it will be the same case for Raleigh, NC. Thanks for the input.
As suggested, I will look in the following areas:
1. Wake Forest,
2. Garner,
3. Holly Spring,
4. Fuquay Varina
5. Clayton
As for the wife, she is currently looking for a job in the Raleigh area.
For the county schools, does it mean that the school assigned to an address can change anytime?
All of these towns have different feels, but all would be "family friendly". Clayton is in a different county (schools)
You may need to think about what feel you're looking for. As an example. We used FV as our home base when we visited the area in 2017.
We flew in at night, the next morning we got up and were driving to WF to meet our realtor. 2 minutes down the road from our buddies house in FV (driving on Piney-Grove Wilbon Rd), my wife said "If Wake Forest is like this, we aren't moving to WF". Holly Springs seemed like a really hard place to get in and out of. Seemed like it was one main road out. And the people we knew lived in a development behind the Target that was huge money...they bought sight unseen and moved to Norman, OK 4 months after buying.
In 2017, FV was just starting to boom. Still tons of rural roads, less developments. She wanted no part of it.
ETA - I am not saying HS and FV are still like this. This info is 5 years old at this point and i expect it has changed quite a bit. Just pointing out that the burbs here are all slightly different (while still sharing similarities)
All of these towns have different feels, but all would be "family friendly". Clayton is in a different county (schools)
You may need to think about what feel you're looking for. As an example. We used FV as our home base when we visited the area in 2017.
We flew in at night, the next morning we got up and were driving to WF to meet our realtor. 2 minutes down the road from our buddies house in FV (driving on Piney-Grove Wilbon Rd), my wife said "If Wake Forest is like this, we aren't moving to WF". Holly Springs seemed like a really hard place to get in and out of. Seemed like it was one main road out. And the people we knew lived in a development behind the Target that was huge money...they bought sight unseen and moved to Norman, OK 4 months after buying.
In 2017, FV was just starting to boom. Still tons of rural roads, less developments. She wanted no part of it.
ETA - I am not saying HS and FV are still like this. This info is 5 years old at this point and i expect it has changed quite a bit. Just pointing out that the burbs here are all slightly different (while still sharing similarities)
Fuquay still feels to me like there's one way in and one way out and it has way too many traffic lights. Holly Springs doesn't, between 540, US 1 and 55 it seems a bit less bottlenecked.
Fuquay still feels to me like there's one way in and one way out and it has way too many traffic lights. Holly Springs doesn't, between 540, US 1 and 55 it seems a bit less bottlenecked.
As I said, I haven't been to HS in 5 years (have no need to go there). But whatever the road Target is on (two lane both directions, divided, limited access state highway is what it would have been called in MA) seemed like the only way back to 540 when we were there. Seemed everything funneled to it (no idea what road it was, 55?)
As I said, I haven't been to HS in 5 years (have no need to go there). But whatever the road Target is on (two lane both directions, divided, limited access state highway is what it would have been called in MA) seemed like the only way back to 540 when we were there. Seemed everything funneled to it (no idea what road it was, 55?)
55 bypass. Yeah traffic is rough around there, and it's one of those awful superstreets.
For the county schools, does it mean that the school assigned to an address can change anytime?
Yes. It tends to be in areas with more new homes built, but can occur anywhere in the country. It can help to look at where the county has plans to build future schools and their proximity to where you are considering purchasing a home to get a feel for the likelihood.
OP, don't forget about New Hill. It's the area where Apex and Holly Springs sort of intersect. Lots of new development in New Hill, and it is technically within Town of Apex.
I would definitely not mind 5 to 10 years old house. I lived in Winston-Salem, NC about 9 years ago and the houses were also old in the area where I was. So, I assumed it will be the same case for Raleigh, NC. Thanks for the input.
As suggested, I will look in the following areas:
1. Wake Forest,
2. Garner,
3. Holly Spring,
4. Fuquay Varina
5. Clayton
As for the wife, she is currently looking for a job in the Raleigh area.
For the county schools, does it mean that the school assigned to an address can change anytime?
At this time in my life, I am getting ready to retire, so we are having a home built in Four Oaks. Beautiful area, but probably a bit too far out for your wife. While the home is being built, and for the past year since we moved down here, we are renting in Clayton. This is a growing town, very nice family oriented with many amenities.
If my wife and I didn't want to retire in a more rural area, we would've stayed here. Very low crime, good schools, beautiful neighborhoods, and highly desirable. In my opinion one of the best towns in the area that check off the most boxes, and close enough to all other areas... including the city of Raleigh.
And in our research of where to live, we found Wake Forest to be wayyy too crowded with extreme traffic, more than most areas surrounding Raleigh.
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