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If you got rid of the 3-car garage requirement, it'd open up TONS of options.
Some people just need a 3-car garage. We have 4 cars and could really use a 4-car garage at the moment.
I cannot imagine having any kids who are about to drive in my house and not having a 3-car garage if it was in the budget.
Ditto having an older family member at home who still drives and having to park in the driveway, IF I was looking in neighborhoods with homes up around 750k.
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Some people just need a 3-car garage. We have 4 cars and could really use a 4-car garage at the moment.
I cannot imagine having any kids who are about to drive in my house and not having a 3-car garage if it was in the budget.
Ditto having an older family member at home who still drives and having to park in the driveway, IF I was looking in neighborhoods with homes up around 750k.
Pffffft just be like my neighbors who park in the street at all times without a single crap being given. Sometimes on both sides of the road.
Pffffft just be like my neighbors who park in the street at all times without a single crap being given. Sometimes on both sides of the road.
But yeah - tandem parking is a pain I agree.
That would be incredibly aggravating. At any given time overnight in my neighborhood there are between 0 and 2 cars parked on the road. It's a rarity. I prefer it that way.
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Isn't there a plan for Green Level Church Rd to be changed and routed around the east side of Southerlyn? I thought I had seen something to that effect. For me, if I had $750,000 for a home, it would not be on an Emerald home. I would look at a custom builder.
Thanks for the info. I do actually see a road in between of the phase I and phase II of this neighborhood. I didn't realize it to be a outside street (thought it an inside road within the neighborhood) and not even imagine it could be the new green level church road! If this is true, would it also hurt the value of phase II as well (phase II will be on the east of this new road). I do wish to find out more information of this project, where should I look for it?
However, right after our contract they changed the whole product line, basically all the previous models are discontinued and the base price of new models are less than before but look less attracting. For example, the previous models all have 10 ft ceiling on the ground level compared to 9 ft for the new models. I am worrying that the dropped price and new models would affect the whole value of the neighborhood.
1) The market is pretty hot right now and these guys have to drop their price points? This ought to be a huge, red flashing warning sign to you! That means they're selling a product at a price that people don't want to buy.
2) You are right to be worried the dropped price is going to affect the whole value of the neighborhood. Flash forward a few years to when all these lower priced houses have been built. Resale buyers aren't going to care if a house was built in Phase 1 or Phase 2. All the recent comps will be at these lower price points and it will have a drag on the pricing in the whole neighborhood. Home values reflecting recent sales is a fact of life and you should use it to your advantage--buy into a neighborhood where new construction prices keep going up, not the other way around.
3) $750K for a production home from DR Horton--are you freaking kidding me?
With all apologies to the folks that already live there, take those three things together and I'd be running from this neighborhood as fast as I could! There are so many better options in West Cary.
1) The market is pretty hot right now and these guys have to drop their price points? This ought to be a huge, red flashing warning sign to you! That means they're selling a product at a price that people don't want to buy.
2) You are right to be worried the dropped price is going to affect the whole value of the neighborhood. Flash forward a few years to when all these lower priced houses have been built. Resale buyers aren't going to care if a house was built in Phase 1 or Phase 2. All the recent comps will be at these lower price points and it will have a drag on the pricing in the whole neighborhood. Home values reflecting recent sales is a fact of life and you should use it to your advantage--buy into a neighborhood where new construction prices keep going up, not the other way around.
3) $750K for a production home from DR Horton--are you freaking kidding me?
With all apologies to the folks that already live there, take those three things together and I'd be running from this neighborhood as fast as I could! There are so many better options in West Cary.
I probably didn't make myself clear. My budget is up to 750K but this one is around 650K max (probably still too high for DR Hortons).
Thanks for the points you made, it totally makes sense. We will reconsider it.
Any comments on all the houses I found for you that fit your criteria?
...boy I could never cut it as a realtor. lol
Actually we did check out one today and couldn't make our minds yet. But they are good list!
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