Hi
I live in wake forest, and I am about 20 minutes from that area of rolesville. That area is closer to the heritage side of wake forest, rogers road. Those neighborhoods (granite falls and terrell) are about 10 minutes from heritage (with grocery stores and restaurants) plus the factory (indoor soccer, ice skating, etc) in wake forest. I have been through both neighborhoods and they are very very nice! I know granite falls is in the process of building a huge indoor/outdoor pool facility. There will be an indoor pool, gym, kids zone, and an outdoor pool with lazy river, splash area, etc The facility will be free to join for granite falls residents and 50 a month for membership. I know all of this because I want to join as an outside membership! Anyhow, I believe granite falls will end up bigger than terrell plantation.
As to why the prices are dropping, well, there are a couple of reasons probably. first, the market is a little soft here, it is not terrible like other parts of the country (as we did not have the huge inflated prices to begin with) but houses are sitting longer. When you have a new neighborhood, builders will only build a certain number of "spec" houses to sell and they will not build any more until the specs sell. My guess is the builders want to continue building, so they are trying to sell the specs. Generally, you can get a better deal on a spec house than having your house built, in that the builder is ready to get rid of it and move on to another house.
That part of the rolesville area is definitely up and coming. There is a great park there, and more business are coming. It is a small town, but close enough to wake forest that the drive would not be bad at all. The elementary school is newly built (sanford creek, which is year round I believe), and the middle and high school are wake forest. I think that rolesville is also going to build their own middle school, but that is the just the rumors I have heard!
Hope this helps. I really do like both communities and I think once you come and visit you will be better able to decide between clayton and rolesville.
Leigh
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Originally Posted by sjsalerno
Hey Guys!
I was hoping you all could help me with Rolesville. We are still in the process of choosing an area. We have heard from a friend that Rolesville (Granite Falls) is beautiful and we should consider going there. (Right now we are considering Clayton but nothing definite just yet). The homes in Rolesville are gorgeous. We've been looking at them for months now and the prices are dropping like crazy. One house we really like (in Terrell Plantation) dropped nearly $50k. This seems great but also makes us wonder 'what's wrong with these homes'. We are also concerned about the schools. We looked them up on GreatSchools.net and they seem great on paper but are they restructuring them like they are in a lot of Wake County? We have 3 little ones and really don't want them switching schools or all going to different schools because of the over-growth etc.
Any info on this area would be great. Thanks!!
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