Call Vicky Olive, your "Tall on Service" Realtor, at 919.225.1498

Check Piedmont Preferred Realty community website for a profile of the homes sold in the past five years including MLS average price of homes sold. Click the community map to search for homes on the market. Each community website provides photos of homes so home searchers to see some of the styles in the community. Click on any photo to see homes for sale. And many of Piedmont Preferred Realty community websites offer tips for increasing the real estate value of your home.

Piedmont Preferred Realty provides community profiles for South_Durham Homes, South_Durham Townhomes and South_Durham Condos and community websites for communities in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and Pittsboro, NC. For example in the community of Woodcroft Durham, NC, in 2008 in Woodcroft, 81 homes sold through the MLS for an average price of $214,905 and an average price per SqFt of $117.

Chapel Hill Townhomes website provides sales histories for townhomes in 14 Chapel Hill townhome communities and 3 Carrboro townhome communities.

The Chatham County websites report on homes and land on the market in Jordan Lake communities and you can click for details on Pittsboro neighborhoods. For families looking for land to build a home, Deer Mountain is a "Promoting Green" community of private wooded home sites only six miles from Carrboro / Chapel Hill. Deer Mountain is in Chatham County. Chatham County tax rates are much lower than Carrboro or Chapel Hill.

Arbor Lea Chapel Hill, NC In 2008 in Arbor Lea, 1 homes sold through the MLS for a price of $580,000 and price per SqFt of $171. This compares to 1 homes per year over the previous three years selling for average of $854,477 and for average per SqFt of $187.

Of the homes sold in the past five years in Arbor Lea, most were 2501 to 3500 SqFt on a lot of about 6.2 acre. 25% were single story and 75% were 1.5 or two+ story, typically Transitional, Traditional, Farm House in style with an exterior finish of Brick Veneer, HardBoard, Stone, Shake or Cedar. Among the homes in Arbor Lea, 100% have 9-10 ft ceilings, 25% have a deck, 50% have a patio, 50% have a screened porch, 25% have a basement. Most were built in 1990 to 1999.

Statement about the Solar Tax Credits from Brad Collins, Executive Director of the American Solar Energy Society

The solar industry is at a crossroads right now. We urge U.S. House and Senate leaders to come together to extend the Solar Tax Credits without delay. With an economy on the brink, extending the Solar Tax Credits will send a powerful message to markets, investors, and consumers that solar energy will play a lead role in generating the green-collar jobs our economy needs to get back on track. Failure to reach a bipartisan compromise would put tens of thousands of jobs and billions in investment at risk. With Congress' bipartisan support, the Solar Tax Credits will help Americans combat skyrocketing energy costs, strengthen the economy, and tackle climate change.

A Green Building Tip from Deer Mountain community. Bring your own Builder to Deer Mountain just 6 miles south of Carrboro|Chapel Hill

Landscaping Value quantified

Carefully positioned trees can save up to 25% of a household's energy consumption for heating and cooling. Computer models devised by the U.S. Department of Energy predict that the proper placement of only three trees will save an average household between $100 and $250 in energy costs annually.

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Top reasons people garden: To be outdoors (44%); to be around beautiful things (42%); relax and escape the pressures of everyday life (39%); stay active and get exercise (35%). Source: American Demographics, Roper Report.

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Increase the value of your Chapel Hill home in the Reserve at Chapel Hill with Plants and Landscaping

In one study, 99% of real estate appraisers concurred that landscaping enhances the sales appeal of real estate. Source: Trendnomics, National Gardening Association.

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Trees and Shrubs for the Four Seasons. Let's discuss some specific examples of planting trees and shrubs to create year-round interest in a yard.

While floral color reigns triumphant at the beginning of the growing season, at its end it is foliage color that is king. I have collected a number of resources on the best fall foliage trees, including the must-have maples, and the best shrubs and vines for fall color, but here I would like to draw your attention to two plants in particular that are useful -- and overlooked -- in extending the fall foliage season.

I love the exquisite harvest colors of autumn and feel the fall foliage season is too short-lived. To get a jump on the fall foliage display, plant sumac shrubs, which usher in the autumn season well before the maples. Sumac's fall foliage will help bridge the gap between the last rose of sharon bloom and the first hint of color on your maples.

But don't stop there! The best color of the maples will be gone part way through October, so you also need a fall foliage specimen that takes the torch from the maples and carries it a bit closer to the winter season. Oak trees will do just that, albeit usually with less flare than the incomparable maple trees. David Beaulieu  http://landscaping.about.com/cs/designexamples1/a/home_landscape.htm

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Spending 5 percent of the total value of your home on landscaping, and doing it wisely, you can add 15 percent or more to the value of your home.  Smart Money magazine March 2003

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Chapel Hill  Landscape Design Tips Back Yards for 4-Season Interest

Trees and Shrubs for the Four Seasons. Let's discuss some specific examples of planting trees and shrubs to create year-round interest in a yard.

But alas, despite your best efforts to prolong the fall foliage season, winter will surely come, eventually. What then? What do you have to work with once the trees have dropped their leaves and the spring blooming period is still months away? Indeed, winter poses the greatest challenge to the goal of achieving year-round interest on your landscape.

As remarked above, your choices for color are more limited in winter than in the other seasons. With the exception provided by evergreen trees and shrubs, the winter landscape is largely dominated by the colors, white, grey and brown. That is not to say that you do not have some choices. Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Allemans') has an attractive reddish bark. A patch of fiery red osier dogwood against a backdrop of pristine snow makes for an unforgettable winter scene. David Beaulieu  http://landscaping.about.com/cs/designexamples1/a/home_landscape.htm

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Landscape Design Tips Back Yards for 4-Season Interest in The Reserve in Chapel Hill nc

The Best Back Yards Have Something to Offer in Each of the Four Seasons
Have you noticed that we are demanding more and more out of our landscapes? For the upscale, this may take the form of outdoor kitchens with all the amenities of home, or, perhaps, large in-ground swimming pools with jacuzzis built right into them. For the average person, the trend is toward something a bit more modest: namely, landscaping back yards for 4-season interest.

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