Progress on the Poole Road Subdivision is coming along. Hard to tell but looks like lots of the tree clearing has been completed.
Saw online that these homes are now listed at āComing Soonā on Meritage Homes website. Curious what price they will sell for given the current market.
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If itās anything like whatās going on in Cary and Apex right now, they already have a waiting list long enough to fill the neighborhood and will go to the ābest offerā process instead of the traditional new construction method.
I just want to express how much I detest when garages make up the majority of a front facade. This isnāt a new phenomenon, but these plans are particularly ghastly. They will no doubt sell well.
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I agree 150%. Itās like a garage with a house attached.
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Yup. Only way to squeeze them in with narrow lots and still have a back yard. Rear garages are becoming increasingly popular In new construction but the huge draw back is you basically lose the back yard which is a deal breaker for a lot. A cool compromise Iām starting to see (also in my house) is a detached rear garage. We have a 18ā wide house and 26ā wide lot but with the garage detached in the back we still have a yard. Hope this is something more builders catch on to.
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Is your model The Paper? I just snooped the Wendell Falls site because Iām interested to see what a 18ā wide model looks like!
The scissors!
Yes the group of plans is rock, paper, scissors, shoot, tiebreaker 
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Yeah thatās what my new construction home (well, from 8 years ago) did. I honestly kind of hate it and want a normal house with a double garage in front with a real driveway. But yes, I do get a back yard for the dogsā¦ A tiny, tiny back yard.
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Do you dislike the walk from the garage,or how detached it eats up your yard? Curious because I like this set up, but have never lived in a house like this.
I dislike that the garage is too small to put any normal sized car in, that the driveway āparking padā barely fits one car, and that I basically have to park on the street in front of the house where all my neighbors and their guests are fighting over space for the same reasons. I also hate that neither car is protected from the elements, that this useless shed of a garage takes up a huge chunk of my tiny yard, and that we have to walk through the rain with groceries a couple hundred feet every time.
Glad to get that off my chest! Lol
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Iām surprised that the garage isnāt even big enough for a normal sized car! How did they get away with that? Sorry man.
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I think whatever the minimum size requirement is was used. Which means if I wanted to have nothing whatsoever inside my garage, I could fit a compact car. I couldāve shelled out for the 2 car garage and been able to maybe fit 1 car, and have even more of the yard gone. Itās not a bad house and neighborhood, just annoying and something I would avoid in the next house. Definitely donāt want one of those all-garage house fronts like the link above either tho.
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I would actually go for a set-up like yours but Iād definitely not want such a tiny garage and small driveway that a second car couldnāt be parked behind the house.
Have you thought about making that extra space next to your garage a hybrid parking space and yard by using pavers or a plastic grid system that allow grass to grow through them?
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I donāt think thereās actually enough room, and Iād honestly rather just park in front. Also, HOAsā¦
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That would really suck! I have an 18*20 garage and then full 20ā long driveway so it works well.
I like the idea of garage in the back, but I guess the reality can be lousy.
@atl_transplant is your garage in the back?
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Yes with a courtyard type yard in between the house and garage
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Garages are for CARS!!!??? Darn I have been using mine wrong. Have garage space for 5 Explorer sized SUVās but and only get one in ARRRRRRR.
Looks like Ashton Woods is adding some townhomes āTowns at Oakviewā very close to this neighborhood. 75 two-story front entry townhomes off of Poole @ Williams.
If Iād have to guess maybe around 300-350K look around 1400 sq ft.
Related: What is the state doing with this land directly adjacent? We could get a huge mixed use development here or just a huge residential development even. Prime location. Huge waste of land.
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