We currently live in a neighborhood on Lake Wylie in Charlotte. We are just a couple miles from the border of Charlotte and Belmont and we have grown to love this area. We were at first apprehensive of moving even further away from Charlotte, but after further "research" there are plans to build a turnpike called the "Garden Parkway" that would go from that area of Belmont (near the Botantical Gardens) to I-485. So that clears-up that concern! We'll see if that actually happens...gotta love gov't BIG plans;-)
With that said, we would love to build our next home. Since we're not in any rush to move out of our current place (room to grow), we figured it may not be a bad idea to see how much land would cost to purchase especially now. Well, you can find an acre of land between $50k up to $350k. Lake front...you're pushing the $300k mark just for the land, ouch! But if we're going to compare to other lakes in this area, that's peanuts! We also love the idea of really building it ourselves via UBuildIt or something similar. We like the idea of a custom home without the custom price tag:-)
While driving we stumbled upon Cramer Mountain Country Club and Properties. It is a gated community and the area is wooded and hilly, it almost feels like you're in the mountains. It's an older community and some of the homes started going in around the '80s. The country club opened in 1986. However, there are still properties available and the best part you can bring in your own builder. There is an HOA and architecture governance, but we view that as a good thing so some ugly thing won't be going up next door. We're definitely keeping that one in mind.
From there we headed over to Paradise Point. There is a house for sale now that I just LOVE, some lots for sale, and a foreclosure that's lake front! Gorgeous, but still ~$600k:-) We are also liking the idea of not having to deal with a neighborhood or an HOA and this area would be like that.
We started a wish list of sorts of the must-haves for the next house, some of those are:
- Huge laundry/mud room...I'm talking HUGE place to wash the dog, fold and iron clothes, etc.
- Butler Pantry
- Woodshop for my carpenter
- Large Master Closet
- Place where the kids can go play and you don't hear them...how bad does that sound?! haha
- Huge sliding doors in the living room out to the patio to give you that lanai feel
- Tons of custom finishings like moldings, coffer ceilings, etc
- Library (floor to ceiling bookshelves)
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