| Have you ever thought you would like to live at the | | | | At the Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, NC you |
| golf course? What would life really be like on the 14th | | | | can choose one of the plans to have built and then |
| hole? | | | | can add a few customized features to make your |
| Residential golf communities are an increasingly popular | | | | house feel less standard. However, the wooded lots |
| option for homeowners, as families search for | | | | and spacious floor plans go a long way in making your |
| peaceful communities to live in. Even the pricey yearly | | | | home feel less average and more individual. |
| homeowner's fees don't dissuade people from buying | | | | An unusual trend that golf communities are seeing is |
| into, what the developers are calling, not just a lifestyle | | | | that plenty of homeowners in these areas don't even |
| but a way of life. | | | | own a single golf training aid! |
| Golf communities have been compared by some to | | | | In fact, some residential golf community managers |
| Mayberry-like neighborhoods, where neighbors know | | | | estimate that as many as 65% of their residents don't |
| each other, and parents feel good about letting their | | | | play the game much less invest in golf equipment. This |
| children play in the street with other kids. In fact, these | | | | just serves to prove that you don't have to love the |
| communities are drawing lots of young families with | | | | game to love the lifestyle. |
| children. And now younger families are able to afford a | | | | There are many more things that make these kinds of |
| golf course home. | | | | communities attractive. Homeowners love that |
| A home in a golfing community has become much | | | | property values in these types of communities are |
| more affordable in recent years. Although million dollar | | | | steadily rising all over the country. |
| homes are certainly still available for purchase, so are | | | | Having someone else manicuring your backyard is also |
| homes that start in the mid $400,000's or town homes | | | | a plus. And the camaraderie of living around likeminded |
| that are half that cost. | | | | people can be a comfort. |
| But all good things come at a price so don't expect a | | | | Living on a golf course is definitely expensive, even |
| home with individuality and character for that price. | | | | with the less expensive home models. If you choose |
| Cookie cutter houses are what you get at almost all | | | | to live in this type of community you have to view it as |
| residential golf communities with maybe two or three | | | | an investment, but for a growing number of people -it's |
| plans to choose from. | | | | worth it. |