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I literally kept telling my husband "I'm not paying $600,000 to live IN $hithole or NEXT to a $hithole."
BOTH of those scenarios described almost all of our house hunting. If the house wasn't a wreck, the house or trailer right next to it was a total wreck.
At the end of the day we realized we don't need to be right up IN Asheville. Close proximity to the hiking is great. But we want to love the home we are in and the neighborhood we are in.
It was a long journey and I had to accept some things about myself that I just didn't know.
Honestly I see a lot of homes like you described---in Connestee Falls. But you will be the age of everyone's grandchildren and it'll feel weird.
Best of luck.
Coming from south FL that's one thing I did find odd about WNC. You could have a million dollar home next to a dilapidated trailer with a collection of old toilets in the front yard. Now that may be a thing more out in the more rural areas where there are less restrictions, maybe closer to the bigger cities it's less of a thing, not sure as we never looked near the big cities.
However after spending more time here I've gotten use to it and I don't even notice it anymore. It's actually rather nice compared to our part of FL where most communities are in an HOA and you start getting letters in the mail if you don't bring in your trash bin quickly enough. I have found that around here a dilapidated trailer does not necessarily mean it's a bad area. You can find them almost everywhere, even in very nice areas (or at least nice to me). I also read or was told that some of those buildings are used as hunting shacks... not sure if there is any truth to that or not.
For me the solution is a bigger lot. If I can't see the toilet collection is it really even there?
Coming from south FL that's one thing I did find odd about WNC. You could have a million dollar home next to a dilapidated trailer with a collection of old toilets in the front yard. Now that may be a thing more out in the more rural areas where there are less restrictions, maybe closer to the bigger cities it's less of a thing, not sure as we never looked near the big cities.
However after spending more time here I've gotten use to it and I don't even notice it anymore. It's actually rather nice compared to our part of FL where most communities are in an HOA and you start getting letters in the mail if you don't bring in your trash bin quickly enough. I have found that around here a dilapidated trailer does not necessarily mean it's a bad area. You can find them almost everywhere, even in very nice areas (or at least nice to me). I also read or was told that some of those buildings are used as hunting shacks... not sure if there is any truth to that or not.
For me the solution is a bigger lot. If I can't see the toilet collection is it really even there?
I guess it all depends on where you’re looking. In our neck of the woods, on the south and southwest sides of Hendersonville, I’m hard pressed to think of one trailer. This is completely different from the FL Panhandle where trailer parks are the norm.
Connestee Falls can be lovely----and the people who live there genuinely seem happy. There is a sense of community and lots for people to do.
With that said, you will lose all phone reception near the entrance gate which seems fine in the lovely summer but do you want that in winter or in the rain or in the dark? Brevard is really struggling with healthcare after their main hospital was bought out by HCA. Primary care MDs there are wonderful---but quite a few have retired.
Any specialty care will be at least an hour away.
You will be 20 minutes outside of Brevard.
That house needs a TON of work and people in the area consistently say they struggle with finding skilled contractors to finish jobs. If you're going to move there you want move in water.
When we looked at buying a home in Brevard, a physician who lives in Hendersonville told us they had decided against buying in Brevard because the hospital and medical care in general was not on par with Hendersonville's.
When we looked at buying a home in Brevard, a physician who lives in Hendersonville told us they had decided against buying in Brevard because the hospital and medical care in general was not on par with Hendersonville's.
This is likely true since Hendersonville is a good bit larger than Brevard. Ironically, I have to go to Brevard for my general practitioner since many of the doctors in Hendersonville were/are no longer accepting new patients. With that said, I have been very disappointed with UNC-Pardee, both the hospital and their affiliated physicians. Within the past year, I’ve had to either go myself or have taken people to Mission in Asheville. IMO, it is several notches better than UNC-Pardee. At least, this has been our experience. Also, I recently went to a Mission-affiliated specialty doctor since I was not happy with my UNC-Pardee doctor. I could not believe the difference. For example, the office staff and physician were friendly, the office was modern and updated, the physician took his time to listen and explain things, etc..
I guess it all depends on where you’re looking. In our neck of the woods, on the south and southwest sides of Hendersonville, I’m hard pressed to think of one trailer. This is completely different from the FL Panhandle where trailer parks are the norm.
We are in the Lenoir, Morganton, Hickory area, however I see the same thing going up to Boone or Asheville mainly in the more rural areas. I'm not talking mobile homes, there's a ton of those and many are really nice. I've actually been fooled by mobile home pics before thinking they were sticks and bricks homes. I'm talking the ones that are totally falling apart.
In FL you are right we have trailer parks, but you typically don't find a trailer park next to million dollar homes and you definitely don't find individual trailers in areas where you have regular homes. I'm guessing it has to do with zoning laws or something. Anyways I don't mind it and would take it over city living any day.
What's that area like? (Haywood Knolls neighborhood)
Looks like it sold for $460,000. Over asking. What I am seeing in WNC right now is "throw it at the wall and see if it sticks" pricing. Weirdly enough, there are people out there that are willing to overpay by a lot. I just saw one that dropped the price by $99K, from $799,000 to $700,000. It's a 1400 square foot house built in 1983. Granted, it's on 11 1/2 acres, but the pricing is ridiculous. No garage and minimal mountain views.
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