Since moving to the Durham/Chapel Hill area in 2007, we have been renting to decide what part of town we would like to settle in. As much as I personally LOVE being 1.9 miles from the mall, target, and shops galore, we weren't sold on the school district we are in. Our dream has never been to live in a cookie cutter community. We both love modern design. If we could do it without regard to resale we would live in a modern box for sure! We started to think that our dream house would have woods/trees all around. I love the feeling of the woods- peaceful, natural and you feel like you are far out of the city. As we hunted for school districts and areas we like, we narrowed to Chapel Hill. We love the college town, great resaurants and closeness to shopping still. We found an amazing lot about a year ago with a 1950's split level on it that was falling apart. It was the perfect lot! 2 acres of woods with protected woods behind neighboring a million$ plus home development. With some research we put an offer on it and it was declined. 6 months later, still renting we went back to the property, gave the same offer (lowball) and it was accepted. This started the journey of the house!
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