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Highland Creek By Centex - North Raleigh Homes For Sale
October 27th, 2008 Categories: New Construction Homes, North Raleigh
The Highland Creek neighborhood is located in Northeast Raleigh at the intersection of Louisburg Road (Hwy 401N) and Forestville Road. This new community is one of Centex’s largest projects.
There is a home for sale in Highland Creek for just about any budget or lifestyle. This diverse community features Townhomes from the $130s, ranch homes from the $240s, and traditional single family homes from the $270s.
All homes are constructed from low maintenance building materials and feature lots of stone and brick accents. The attention to detail is obvious with upgrades like gourmet kitchens, large family rooms, grand master suites, custom trim packages, and much more.
An amazing 11,000 square foot Resident’s Lodge is under construction that will feature a fitness center and 2 pools, one junior olympic pool and a recreation pool. There will also be tennis courts, a soccer field and 11 miles of sidewalks and neighborhood trails.
For more information call Bob Fortner at 919-602-7000 or send me an email.
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2008 Wake County Parade of Homes
October 10th, 2008 Categories: New Construction Homes
It’s that time of year again. Time for the Parade of Homes sponsored by the Wake County Home Builder’s Association. The Parade of Homes started last weekend and runs for the next two weekends. The Parade homes are open from 12-5 pm on October 10-12 and 17-19.
This is the 43rd Parade and there are almost 400 homes on display. Most are professionally decorated and all are priced to sell. Homes on Parade range in price from $125,000 to $3,150,000. There’s something for everyone.
Even if you’re not in the market to buy a new home right now, it can be fun just to look and there are tons of great decorating ideas you may be able to use to breathe some new life into your home.
And if you are in the market for a new home, a Parade home can be a very good deal. Usually the builders put all the bells and whistles into a Parade home and those upgrades do not always show up at full price. I personally live in a 2007 Parade home and have quite a few upgrades I’m able to enjoy that I likely would not have asked for (or cared to pay for) otherwise.
I hope to see you at the Parade!
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Latest New Homes For Sale In Heritage Wake Forest
September 11th, 2008 Categories: Heritage, New Construction Homes, Wake Forest
I haven’t written about Heritage lately. Maybe that’s because I have been so busy getting settled in my brand new Heritage home! That’s right. In the midst of the so called housing slump, I chose to move. Mainly because there has never been a better time to buy a home in the Triangle area at such a great price. And mortgage rates are very low now too. It just made sense to me.
One of the benefits of living in Heritage is that I can get a first hand look at what life here is like. Let me just say that this is one of the best, most well thought out communities in the greater Raleigh area. It’s just northeast of Raleigh proper and is full of all the amenities you could ever want or need in a planned community. But that’s for another article.
So what range of homes are available for sale in Heritage? Here’s a useful list of the neighborhoods that make up the Heritage community and the new construction opportunities that exist here.
ESTATE HOMES
Heritage Reserve
3,300 to over 4,000 square feet
Built by The Cunnane Group
From the low $500s
Heritage Overlook
3,000 to over 4,000 square feet
Built by Ammons Builders
From the $600s
Heritage Manor
3,700 to over 5,900 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the $700s
MULTI FAMILY HOMES (TOWNHOMES)
Heritage Trace
1,200 to over 1,700 square feet
Built by Robuck Homes
From the $160s
Heritage View Towns
1,500 to over 1,700 square feet
Built by Big C Construction
From the $190s
Heritage Spring
1,300 to over 2,200 square feet
Built by First Centrum Homes
From the low $200s
Heritage Landing
1,700 to over 2,600 square feet
Built by Centex Homes
From the $190s
Heritage Crest
1,700 to 2,600 square feet
Built by Legacy Custom Homes
From the $230s
Heritage Links Townes
2,400 to 2,700 square feet
Built by Homes By Dickerson
From the $250s
Heritage Place
3,000 to over 3,200 square feet
Built by Lichtner Construction
From the $440s
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
Heritage Hills
1,900 to over 2,700 square feet
Built by Centex Homes
From the $280s
Heritage Gables
1,900 to over 2,500 square feet
Built by JVC Homes
From the low $300s
Heritage Meadows
2,300 to over 2,700 square feet
Built by Biltmore Homes
From the $300s
Heritage Knoll
2,000 to over 3,000 square feet
Built by Biltmore Homes
From the $300s
Heritage Links
2,500 to over 2,700 square feet
Built by Ammons Builders & Robuck Homes
From the mid $300s
Heritage Greens
2,400 to over 4,000 square feet
Built by McNeill Burbank
From the mid $200s
Heritage Glen
2,200 to over 2,500 square feet
Built by Preservation Homes
From the mid $300s
Heritage Trails
2,600 to over 3,000 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the mid $300s
Heritage Croft
2,600 to over 3,400 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the $370s
Heritage Dale
2,600 to over 3,400 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the mid $400s
Heritage Heights
2,800 to over 3,600 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the mid $400s
Heritage Midlands
2,600 to over 3,400 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the $400s
Heritage Ridge
3,100 to over 4,200 square feet
Built by David Weekly Homes
From the mid $400s
Heritage Shire
3,000 to over 4,000 square feet
Built by select custom builders
From the mid $400s
Want more details? Call me at 919-602-7000, send me an email, or click here to search all Heritage Homes for sale.
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Saturday Perspectives - Rain Sustains Life And Can Wash Your House Away
September 6th, 2008 Categories: Buying a Home, Home Inspections, New Construction Homes
What’s left of hurricane Hanna is blowing through Raleigh right now. I live in Wake Forest and we have had quite a bit of rain and wind. Nothing serious. The creek out back is a little swollen. The grass will be greener next week. This is very typical of what we get from hurricanes that make their way up the east coast of the United States.
Water is a fascinating substance. Without it, we cannot survive. Our bodies are up to 60% water. Our brains 70%. Our Lungs 90%. As necessary as water is, it can destroy your home, even in small quantities, when it gets in the wrong places.
I have a basement in my home. The front wall is solid, steel reinforced, concrete with a waterproof coating on the side exposed to the earth. In addition to all that, there is a drain that takes excess water away from the foundation wall of the building. Sounds pretty water tight, doesn’t it?
Well, we noticed water coming in where the plumbing pipes come through the wall about a month ago. It seemed to come and go with the rain. As it turns out, there was a tiny void in the packing material around the plumbing pipes that was allowing enough water to come in to wet the floor in a good sized area whenever we had a heavy rain.
Since we have a new home, and we managed our relationship very well with the builder, he gladly agreed to fix the problem. The plumbing crew had to come back and remove all the old packing around the pipes and re-seal it. So far the heavy rain we just had from Hanna has not made its way into my basement.
This basement leak was easy to spot since I can walk down into my basement anytime I want. I don’t have to crawl under the house to see what is going on. I don’tlike crawling under houses at all. Most people don’t ever do this no matter how long they live in a home.
Water is one of the most compelling reasons to have every home you purchase inspected. An inspector will crawl under the house. A good one will take photos of anything he sees wrong and include them in a detailed report. When buying a house, the inspection period is your chance to get the seller to fix small problems before they become big ones. It is also your chance to walk away without penalty from really major problems with a house.
Smart buyers have every home they purchase inspected. Even a new home. New homes typically need more repairs that used ones
The inspector for my new home did not catch the basement leak because it came and went with the amount of rainfall. But he did catch more than enough other items to make it more than worth the money I paid him. And throughout this process I was able to build a relationship with the builder that facilitated getting my basement leak repaired after we had already closed.
There are two morals to this story.
First, always have any home you are purchasing inspected. There are no exceptions to this.
Second, respect the relationship with the builder of any new home you are purchasing. Most of the time, if you work with them, and don’t complain about the small stuff, they will gladly take care of the big stuff for you.
And here’s another idea for you. Have your home inspected every five years or so. A lot can fail in a home over five years. Unfortunately, many of these failures cannot be seen by the average homeowner. Periodic home inspections are cheap insurance.
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North Raleigh Homes For Sale - Bedford Still Going Strong
May 29th, 2008 Categories: Bedford, New Construction Homes, North Raleigh
The Bedford neighborhood in North Raleigh has been one huge success story. This neighborhood has won multiple awards for design and planning. Once you visit Bedford, you’ll understand why.
The neighborhood is full of tree lined streets, sidewalks on both sides of the street, parks and common areas, ponds, walking trails, a community center with swimming pools and tennis courts. There is even a four sided clock in an old fashioned town square. Just hang out for a bit and you will see kids playing in the parks, adults running and walking dogs. People stopping by a neighbor’s porch to chat for a while. Yes, the old fashioned community feeling is alive and well in Bedford.
And don’t fret if you have been on the fence waiting to buy a home in this great community. There are plenty of opportunities left and the neighborhood amenities just keep on getting better and better.
The latest phase of Bedford is now open and there are about 20 homes in inventory at any given time. This new phase is called the Wainwright Collection and features some of the area’s very best builders. Well known custom builders such as Houseman, Woodard, Tingen, CityScape, Rice, and Timberline are building some really great homes that will keep the Bedford building tradition going for a few more years.
The first phases of Bedford sold really well despite a common comment that the yard sizes were a bit on the small size. With a neighborhood design such as Bedford, with so much common area and walking trails and sidewalks, small lot sizes have worked much better that you might think. However, the developer has listened to the feedback and responded with larger lot sizes in the new phase.
Home sites are now 1/3 acre minimum with some cul-de-sac lots measuring even bigger. There are even basement lots available. Almost unheard of in the Raleigh real estate market.
There are some brand new neighborhood amenities on the way that will make Bedford an even more convenient place to live. A new commercial center is under construction near the clock tower. There will be a day care center, fitness center and an Italian restaurant for starters. Once these things take off, who knows what will be next.
Home prices for finished inventory range from $217,000 for townhomes to $700,000 for some incredible homes with tons of custom details. If you haven’t checked out Bedford in North Raleigh yet, you owe it to yourself to pay a visit. If you would like a personal tour of some of the finished homes, or want to take a look at available lots for per-sale opportunities, just give me a call at 919-602-7000, or send me an email.
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New Lots, a Park, and a Pond at Heritage Wake Forest
May 14th, 2008 Categories: Heritage, New Construction Homes, Wake Forest
I was just out at the sales center for Heritage Wake Forest and found out about some exciting new developments. If you’ve always wanted to be in this awesome community and were afraid it might sell out before you were ready, fear not.
In addition to the 121 new construction homes in inventory right now and the 67 re-sale homes, over 200 brand new lots have just been released. Opportunities for new homes for sale in Heritage will be going on for a while.
The other neat thing I found out is there is a brand new park with a very nice pond feature that is just about complete. I drove by it and it will be an really nice park area for the neighborhood. I didn’t have time for photos, but I promise to take some in the next few days and write another article.
Click here to take a look at some of the homes for sale in Heritage Wake Forest?
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What Happens If My New Home Is Delayed?
May 9th, 2008 Categories: Buying a Home, New Construction Homes
Builders contracts favor them and do very little to protect the buyer. That’s simply a fact. One often glossed over term in a builder’s contract is the amount of time allowed for delay of construction.
I sell a lot of new construction homes in the Raleigh area, and therefore, get the pleasure of reading sales contracts of all shapes and sizes. Please understand that most builders do not use the standard North Carolina Real Estate contract, which does not favor either buyers or sellers, but does a pretty good job of allowing the transaction to occur without either party harming the other. Most builder’s contracts are very different from our standard contract.
There are some fairly scary terms in these things, but none quite as frightening as the one that deals with what happens if either the buyer or the builder delays closing. Did you know that each of these causes for delay are handled quite differently?
What happens if the buyer delays closing?
This is very simple. According to the vast majority of builder’s contracts I have read, the buyer owes the builder money for each day closing is delayed. The amounts typically range from $50-100 per day. A 30 day delay, caused by the buyer, could cost you $3,000.
Hmmm… so that must mean that if the builder causes a delay in closing the buyer also gets monetary damages, right? Not exactly.
What happens if the builder delays closing?
This is simple too. The builder has two years to complete the home. How would you like to put a new home under contract, schedule it to close in August of 2008, and later discover that the home would not be ready until August 2010?
It’s interesting that whenever I challenge this term with a builder’s representative they usually respond that there’s nothing to worry about and that this has never happened to any of their deals. Well, if it never happens, let’s take it out of the contract.
Sometimes I can get this term excluded as part of the negotiations. It is a little easier to negotiate this now because sales are down and inventory is high. It is also easier to get the exclusion if the home is near completion.
Builder’s contracts are binding. If you sign one, you are bound by its terms and conditions. You either need to be a very good negotiator, or have someone representing you who is, if you plan on getting any modifications.
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New Home Community - Bellemont at Cary Park
April 29th, 2008 Categories: Cary, New Construction Homes
A new community has opened in the popular Cary Park area. It is a small neighborhood of 64 home sites called Bellemont at Cary Park. I was just there at a broker open house a few weeks ago and was quite impressed.
Piccola Builders is building custom homes at Bellemont with lots of attention to detail. Prices start in the mid $300s. These homes feature upgrades such as screened porches, unfinished walk-up attics, tankless water heaters, granite countertops, gas stoves, trey ceilings, hardwoods in the living areas, and ceramic tile in the bathrooms. Some homes even have basements. A rare find in our market. The models we toured feel well built and look great.
Here is a list of homes currently for sale in Bellemont at Cary Park
2925 sq/ft, 3BR/2.5BA, basement, $408,174
3120 sq/ft, 3BR/3.5BA, basement, $440,772
3120 sq/ft, 5BR/4.5BA, $408,870
2999 sq/ft, 5BR/4.5BA, $393,500
There are currently up to $10,000 in discount options and up to $3,000 in builder paid closing costs available for a limited time, with certain restrictions.
This location cannot be beat, especially if you work in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area. Folks who work at IBM, Cisco, Ericsson, SAS, or any of the other high tech employers at the park will really appreciate the short drive to work.
And there are plenty of amenities nearby too. The Cary Park Club with 2 pools, a waterslide, playground and clubhouse is available to all Bellemont residents. There is also a 28 acre lake nearby and 2 miles of walking trails. Just a few blocks away is the brand new Cary Park Village Center which I’m told will be home to very good assortment of restaurants and shops.
If this sound like a place you want to know more about, just give me a call at 919-602-7000, or send me an email.
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Special Pricing on Luxury Condos at The Soleil Center in Raleigh Ends March 31st
March 28th, 2008 Categories: Downtown, New Construction Homes
If you’re sitting on the fence thinking about buying a condo in Raleigh’s hottest new building, don’t wait too long. The Westin Raleigh Soleil Center special incentives will expire in a few days. Response to the incentives has been good and I’m told it will not be extended. Basically, you can save up to $200,000 by putting one of these new condo homes under contract by March 31. Read more about the Soleil Center, and the special incentives at the link below.
The Westin Raleigh Soleil Center is Offering Huge Incentives on Luxury High-Rise Condos
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Update on Townhomes for Sale in Morrisville - Keystone Crossing Townes
March 3rd, 2008 Categories: Morrisville, New Construction Homes
I just got word that Vanguard Homes is running a special for the month of March on completed inventory at their townhome community in Morrisville.
There is an $8,000 incentive for any purchase that closes by March 31st. This incentive can be used any way you choose. You can purchase upgrades, reduce the price, or apply some of the money towards closing costs.
This ends up being somewhere around a 4% discount. That’s approximately one year’s equity… in your pocket.
Here’s a link to the inventory list.
Townhomes for sale at Keystone Crossing in Morrisville
If you’re ready to buy now, give me a call and let’s make an appointment to go visit this wonderful community.
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