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We are thinking of relocating from the San Francisco Bay area to the Raleigh for a job near the Research Triangle. As you can guess from our moniker, we are looking for an older home. As one realtor we spoke to said, older home in Raleigh seems to mean from the 1960s. We are looking for something from the first half of last century, with unpainted woodwork, plaster walls would be nice. We very much like Arts & Crafts/Craftsman/Bungalow architecture.
We would like an established neighborhood, walkable to many amenities, reasonably active, sociable area (not bedroom community), reasonably close by car to downtown and other more expensive amenities
Having spent many years at various schools, university towns are nice but primary and secondary schools are not as important given our children's age.
As we are from the SF Bay area, it would be nice if there were yoga, pilates, coffee shops and other things nearby (ideally walkable but not far by car).
We have heard the Cameron Park might be a good place to look? What do you think? Other suggestions as to places to look?
We are thinking of relocating from the San Francisco Bay area to the Raleigh for a job near the Research Triangle. As you can guess from our moniker, we are looking for an older home. As one realtor we spoke to said, older home in Raleigh seems to mean from the 1960s. We are looking for something from the first half of last century, with unpainted woodwork, plaster walls would be nice. We very much like Arts & Crafts/Craftsman/Bungalow architecture.
We would like an established neighborhood, walkable to many amenities, reasonably active, sociable area (not bedroom community), reasonably close by car to downtown and other more expensive amenities
Having spent many years at various schools, university towns are nice but primary and secondary schools are not as important given our children's age.
As we are from the SF Bay area, it would be nice if there were yoga, pilates, coffee shops and other things nearby (ideally walkable but not far by car).
We have heard the Cameron Park might be a good place to look? What do you think? Other suggestions as to places to look?
- Phil
Cameron Park is a great place to look. Anything around Five Points would be good... Hayes Barton area. Also, Oakwood might yield good results.
Cameron Park is a sentimental favorite of mine. Very close to Cameron Village. Highly walkable.
Not cheap, though.
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Cameron Park is really just great.
Location, Location, Location, Location. (Say it FOUR times. ) And many interesting homes.
Many older homes, early 1900's are being lovingly updated by excited new owners.
You will not see a large inventory of For Sale Properties at any one time. It is not as large a neighborhood as 5 Points, Budleigh, Hayes Barton, etc, but it was an early 1900's desirable enclave for professionals, Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, Professors, etc.
Cameron Park is really just great.
Location, Location, Location, Location. (Say it FOUR times. ) And many interesting homes.
Many older homes, early 1900's are being lovingly updated by excited new owners.
You will not see a large inventory of For Sale Properties at any one time. It is not as large a neighborhood as 5 Points, Budleigh, Hayes Barton, etc, but it was an early 1900's desirable enclave for professionals, Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, Professors, etc.
Naaah. I want a brick rancher. Maybe there is something in Cameron Park I can scrape?
Possibly... hehehe... I wonder if CP Inn will wind up being a SFH? That's a big place, if their website is accurate, and I've driven past it... prime location.
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As you mention, the term "older home" means different things to different people. To me, something built before about 1980 counts as "older" but to some people you'd have to go back to the 1960s, and to others anything built before they switched to super-open floor plans, granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances as the norm (early 2000s) is older.
Based on your description of what you're looking for, the term you should probably use is a historic home in a historic neighborhood.
If I were you I would look in the vicinity of the Cameron Village shopping center first. I concur with the above posters that Cameron Park is my favorite historic neighborhood. It's a reasonably quiet, leafy neighborhood, filled with beautiful historic homes. It's right in the middle between downtown, Glenwood South, NC State, Hillsborough Street, and Cameron Village with good walkability to all of the above. Coming from SF, you may find houses in this neighborhood to be affordable.
Some of the other historic neighborhoods in the Universtiy Park and Cameron Village area, or near Five Points, are great, too - further from downtown but certainly meets your criteria of close by car.
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Great suggestions above if you are looking to stay in the Raleigh area. I'll also throw out that Durham is convenient to RTP and has a large number of homes that might fit what you are looking for. Despite the bad press Durham occasionally gets, there are some great areas in Durham. Plus, it arguably has the best restaurants in the Triangle area, DPAC, etc.
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The sad part is that there are so few of those areas in Raleigh. The OP's list was rather long and I just want to tell her that though she can find all these things, they probably won't be in the proximity of her home alone. But I agree the ones listed are good choices even if the only ones
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