This beauty is ACTIVE today! Gaining so much attention while in Coming Soon status, this home will not last long!
Located in an established neighborhood in Fuquay-Varina; extensive updates to the kitchen and bathrooms, new flooring/tile, and paint which will be completed soon!
Exterior of home features a country front porch and a new back deck! Sitting on .5 acre of land with plenty of room for gardening and a fenced in yard. Unfinished second floor of the garage is perfect for storage!
Contact our office today to schedule your own private tour!
This unique home is nestled on a beautiful 10.8 acre secluded, wooded lot right here in Fuquay-Varina.
The ground/basement level area has it’s very own full bath and fully equipped kitchen. This space makes the perfect Mother-In-Law suite, kids bonus room, or a home office.
The upper main floor of this home has 2 Bedrooms and an open Kitchen/Living room area with plenty of natural light. The Dining Room is an oasis itself with gorgeous views. The Master Suite is located on the 2nd floor with its own private balcony.
Beautiful solid white oak flooring found around home. The screened porch areas are perfect retreats for winding down after a long day or enjoying meals in the outdoors during the upcoming beautiful months!
Welcome Home to 252 Golf Vista Trail, Holly Springs | 12 Oaks12 Oaks Golf Course Community is a family-oriented neighborhood that you will be happy to call home right in the heart of Holly Springs. This private club is filled with so many delightful and useful amenities you are certain to enjoy every day of the year whichever season it may be! On the grounds of 12 Oaks you will find the Clubhouse with an enchanting members-only dining room along with an upscale bar full of conversations with friends waiting to be had. Their award winning Golf Course designed by Jack Nicklaus is one that will keep you on the greens everyday. Enjoy private event spaces for parties of all kinds and three swimming complexes filled with saltwater and splashes during the hot months. The elegance and peace of mind that has surrounded this community is sure to bring homeowners tranquility and many memories throughout the years to come.
We spoke with the homeowners of 252 Golf Vista Trail and asked them a few questions regarding their beautiful abode. Here is what they had to say –
What first attracted you to your home?
“The neighborhood. We enjoyed the several amenities the neighborhood offered. Three pools with water slides, three playgrounds, greenways, and a clubhouse with a pub!”
Any memories in your home that you would like to share with your buyer?
“Enjoyed Summer nights on the large patio with firepit and music.”
What would you consider is your home’s best selling feature?
“The open floor plan allows family to all be together while still allowing separation for working from home.”
Anything about the location or neighborhood of your home you would like to share?
“Perfect location to Holly Springs and Apex. Holly Springs shopping center is 1 mile away and Downtown Apex is 10 minutes away!”
Anything else?
“The Clubhouse offers monthly events for families! i.e. Halloweenfest, Polar Express, Easter Brunch.”
This gorgeous home was sold in Coming Soon status and site unseen! WOW!
Beautiful and spacious! Walking distance to downtown! Main floor owners suite with a large sitting area. Main floor guest room with full bath. Dining room/semi -private office space off the kitchen, with an eat in kitchen. Laminate wood floors throughout the main floor. Three more bedrooms and a bonus room upstairs.
Oversized patio in the back with access to the Fuquay-Varina Jeff Wells Trail and South Park. So much right outside your door, don’t miss this fantastic opportunity!
GOOD TO KNOW :
PRICE – $405,000
BED – 5
BATH – 3
BUILT – 2007
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This beauty in Fuquay-Varina certainly did NOT last long. On the market for 3 days..18 offers later, we have a contingent! Be sure to contact your local Front Porch Realty agents for help buying or selling a home! Our website is updated regularly with any new or coming soon properties!
PRIME location for this 3 or 4 BR home on the “Holly Springs side” of Fuquay-Varina. Wide-plank laminate flooring in Living Room, Kitchen/Breakfast room and 2 secondary Bedrooms. Dining Room has 2 closets so can be 4th Bedroom or Office; has French doors and a barn door! 3 Bedrooms on 2nd floor, 2 with WIC’s.
Nice wide open fenced yard with an adorable wired “She-Shed”. Garden area in side yard as well!
ALL BRICK custom beauty with lots of space to spread out, inside and out! Open LR/Kitchen/Dining with hardwoods and corner fireplace. Kitchen boasts quartz, center island with prep sink. Split bedroom plan, Master with walk-in shower/2 shower heads, and garden tub. Large Bonus/Media room plus 2 Offices! Large screened porch plus deck for enjoying private yard and pond. Full daylight conditioned basement for all kinds of possibilities. Oversized main 2 car garage PLUS boat garage and an additional 1.5 car garage/shop. Only 4-miles away from lovely Downtown Fuquay-Varina!
Dreaming of that vacation home on the NC coast? You don’t have to wait any longer, Front Porch Realty is now a member of the Wilmington greater area MLS! We have been helping our clients for years at the coast so we have finally decided to make it official. From Topsail Island through Wrightsville, Carolina, and Kure beaches down to Oak Island and beyond, we have you covered. We are ready to help make your coastal lifestyle a reality.
Wilmington is an incredible area to call home or own a timeless investment. Ever think about owning an airbnb? Have a student attending UNCW? There is always a traffic flow of visitors, tourists and locals.
The area has so much to offer and we’re not just talking about the beach. Take the time to check out their Historic Downtown area where you’ll get to taste fresh local seafood and regional specialties at locally owned restaurants and pubs. Go out on the town with family and friends, you will have the time of your life.
Then when you’re looking for more mellow activities to do, there are historic tours and cruises you can go on. You may come to find one that will take you across the river and aboard the Battleship North Carolina! Every second will be a new adventure.
Check out this amazing view of Wrightsville Beach!
Just adore the area? We can help you in the coastal areas as well as inland in the communities and beaches surrounding Wilmington and beyond.
Contact us today and we will get you started!
We thought we would take a few minutes to explain the due diligence process and why a buyer in North Carolina has to write two checks when they make an offer on a property. If you would rather “watch” this explanation than read it, just skip down to the videos below.
Once you and your agent find the property that you are ready to write an offer on your agent is going to ask you to write TWO checks; one to the seller and one to the closing attorney or escrow agent. The first is a due diligence (DD) check and is typically 1/2 % – 1 % of the sales price. This check is written straight to the SELLER and it is exactly what it sounds like; funds to the seller so that you can complete your “due diligence”. During this due diligence period we will help you arrange any inspections you want to have done; including but not limited to a home inspection, a radon inspection, well and septic inspections, lender appraisals, surveys, etc. Per the contract, you are able to terminate your Offer To Purchase ANY time during your due diligence period for ANY reason. Contracts are no longer contingent on home inspections, your loan, or even another house closing. If you as a buyer choose to exercise your right to terminate you dont even have to give a reason, it may even be because you found another house you like better. However, your due diligence funds will not be returned as they were given to the seller at the time of contract to “buy time off of the market”. The seller has lost valuable time off of the market while you were doing your due diligence for their home. However, if you do indeed go to closing on the home, this DD amount is a credit to you at closing.
The second check you will need to write, either at the time of your offer, or if negotiated may be at the end of your due diligence date, is an earnest money deposit (EMD). The EMD says to a seller that you are “earnest” about purchasing their property. This EMD is also typically 1/2 % – 1 % of the sales price, but can be negotiated just like the DD amount. The EMD check is not written to the seller but to the listing company’s trust account, or more commonly to the trust account of the closing attorney that is spelled out on the purchase contract. It is held in escrow until the property either goes to closing or the contract is terminated. If the buyer chooses to terminate the contract in their DD period, per the contract the EMD will go back to the buyer. However, if the buyer ends up terminating the contract AFTER their DD period is over, per the contract, the seller will receive the EMD. This is considered damages to the seller for the buyer breaching the contract, however it does not negate the possibility for any other legal remedy the seller may take for such breach. We like to call the DD date of the contract the “pack up” date for the seller, as they can be assured the buyer has completed their due diligence process and is heading to closing. In addition, just like the DD funds, this EMD is a credit to you at the closing table.
We hope this helps explain why Buyers have to write these checks when they are ready to make an offer on a home. We know this can be a scary and stressful time however Front Porch agents are poised to help you make your home purchase exciting and fun and will help minimize your stress. Having a Front Porch Realty Buyer’s Agent is always absolutely FREE, learn more about Agency relationships in North Carolina HERE.
Contact us today to get started with your home search!
Happy New Year!
Take a look at the 2018 Market Update of our local housing inventory. We saw little or no change in the volume of homes closed in our area of the county as compared to 2017. However, average sales prices were up and average days on market were down. We are still deep in a seller’s market as most markets have less than one month supply for re-sale homes, and a two or three month supply for new construction homes. We expect another robust sales year in 2019, however we may not be seeing a real estate “frenzy” again this year, which in my opinion, is a good thing. Healthy, steady growth will be much more beneficial for all of us.
FRONT PORCH REALTY had some exciting changes in 2018. We unveiled our new logo and launched our new website featuring “Our Towns”. We have also added five new real estate agents to our team and upgraded our Holly Springs location. We Live, Eat, Play and SELL Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs!
We will be hosting the Fuquay-Varina Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event on February 7th at our Fuquay-Varina office, please SAVE the DATE we would love to see you there. We will be kicking off our 10 year Anniversary year-long celebration!
We are here to help you, your relatives, co-workers, employees, and neighbors. Please consider Front Porch Realty as YOUR LOCAL real estate professionals! Please LIKE us on Facebook if you haven’t already, we are always posting LOTS of local news and happenings around town!
Real Estate brokers have sometimes been accused of “shortening our words” or using terms that we think everyone already knows! So, here’s a little helpful guide, if you have trouble navigating real estate terminology!
What it says versus What it means conveys with sale … it will STAY with the home
EIK … eat in kitchen
SS … stainless steel
HDW, HWF, Hdwd ….. hardwood floors
WIC …walk-in-closet
FDR ….. formal dining room
MLS...multiple listing system
FSBO ….. for sale by owner
Pre-approval … based on information you are able to provide to the lender. This will look much better than a pre-qualification to the seller.
Pre-qualified …. based on a 5 minute phone call to the lender and only on what you tell the lender. This is needed in order to even make an offer on a home.
due diligence funds …the funds the buyer gives the seller at time of contract to “buy time” off the market while they do their due diligence
due diligence or DD…all of the inspections and loan process, etc a buyer can exercise on a prospective home during their due diligence time period
Due diligence money- is non-refundable The good news is the money is typically credited towards the purchase of the home at closing.
Earnest money is “good faith” money. The buyer is showing the seller they are serious about buying the home.
contingency … a contract on a home that is dependent on you selling your existing home
3 BR/2BA 3 bedrooms and 2 baths
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I’m sure we’ve missed a few, feel free to leave comments with any you might still be wondering about and we’ll do our best to define them.
We are here to help you navigate your real estate needs and ALL the terms that come along with that!
Welcome home!
This beauty is ACTIVE today! Gaining so much attention while in Coming Soon status, this home will not last long!
Located in an established neighborhood in Fuquay-Varina; extensive updates to the kitchen and bathrooms, new flooring/tile, and paint which will be completed soon!
Exterior of home features a country front porch and a new back deck! Sitting on .5 acre of land with plenty of room for gardening and a fenced in yard. Unfinished second floor of the garage is perfect for storage!
What first attracted you to your home?
Any memories in your home that you would like to share with your buyer?
What would you consider is your home’s best selling feature?
ALL BRICK custom beauty with lots of space to spread out, inside and out! Open LR/Kitchen/Dining with hardwoods and corner fireplace. Kitchen boasts quartz, center island with prep sink. Split bedroom plan, Master with walk-in shower/2 shower heads, and garden tub. Large Bonus/Media room plus 2 Offices! Large screened porch plus deck for enjoying private yard and pond. Full daylight conditioned basement for all kinds of possibilities. Oversized main 2 car garage PLUS boat garage and an additional 1.5 car garage/shop. Only 4-miles away from lovely 
The area has so much to offer and we’re not just talking about the beach. Take the time to check out their 
We thought we would take a few minutes to explain the due diligence process and why a buyer in North Carolina has to write two checks when they make an offer on a property. If you would rather “watch” this explanation than read it, just skip down to the videos below.
Once you and your agent find the property that you are ready to write an offer on your agent is going to ask you to write TWO checks; one to the seller and one to the closing attorney or escrow agent. The first is a due diligence (DD) check and is typically 1/2 % – 1 % of the sales price. This check is written straight to the SELLER and it is exactly what it sounds like; funds to the seller so that you can complete your “due diligence”. During this due diligence period we will help you arrange any inspections you want to have done; including but not limited to a home inspection, a radon inspection, well and septic inspections, lender appraisals, surveys, etc. Per the contract, you are able to terminate your Offer To Purchase ANY time during your due diligence period for ANY reason. Contracts are no longer contingent on home inspections, your loan, or even another house closing. If you as a buyer choose to exercise your right to terminate you dont even have to give a reason, it may even be because you found another house you like better. However, your due diligence funds will not be returned as they were given to the seller at the time of contract to “buy time off of the market”. The seller has lost valuable time off of the market while you were doing your due diligence for their home. However, if you do indeed go to closing on the home, this DD amount is a credit to you at closing.
The second check you will need to write, either at the time of your offer, or if negotiated may be at the end of your due diligence date, is an earnest money deposit (EMD). The EMD says to a seller that you are “earnest” about purchasing their property. This EMD is also typically 1/2 % – 1 % of the sales price, but can be negotiated just like the DD amount. The EMD check is not written to the seller but to the listing company’s trust account, or more commonly to the trust account of the closing attorney that is spelled out on the purchase contract. It is held in escrow until the property either goes to closing or the contract is terminated. If the buyer chooses to terminate the contract in their DD period, per the contract the EMD will go back to the buyer. However, if the buyer ends up terminating the contract AFTER their DD period is over, per the contract, the seller will receive the EMD. This is considered damages to the seller for the buyer breaching the contract, however it does not negate the possibility for any other legal remedy the seller may take for such breach. We like to call the DD date of the contract the “pack up” date for the seller, as they can be assured the buyer has completed their due diligence process and is heading to closing. In addition, just like the DD funds, this EMD is a credit to you at the closing table.
We hope this helps explain why Buyers have to write these checks when they are ready to make an offer on a home. We know this can be a scary and stressful time however Front Porch agents are poised to help you make your home purchase exciting and fun and will help minimize your stress. Having a Front Porch Realty Buyer’s Agent is always absolutely FREE, learn more about Agency relationships in North Carolina