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Colton Ridge in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Would you like to live in a small community with an active neighborhood association?  If so, Colton Ridge in Indian Trail NC may be the perfect place for you.  Colton Ridge has a pool, clubhouse and tennis courts for your active outdoor life.  Better yet, the neighborhood association is actively sponsors events for residents.  A back-to-school bash at the pool, a community yard sale, and a fall festival are neighborhood events.

Colton Ridge homes were built from 2000 to 2005 by various small custom builders.  All homes have brick or stone fronts and some are full-brick homes.  They range in size from approximately 1800 square feet to over 3000 square feet.

Colton Ridge has a very convenient location in Indian Trail NC.  I-485 is just ten minutes from the neighborhood and historic downtown Matthews NC with its many festivals is about 15 minutes away.

Colton Ridge Community Features

Community Amenities:  Colton Ridge Homeowners Association, pool, clubhouse, tennis courts, walking trails, pond

Builders:  Various custom builders

Schools:  Indian Trail Elementary, Sun Valley Middle, Sun Valley High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments.  

Colton Ridge Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Single Family Homes

Homes Sold: 134

Prices:  $167,900 to $299,900      Average Sales Price:  $212,396 

Average Square Feet:  2634                

Average Days on Market:  97

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Colton Ridge Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Colton Ridge in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Annandale in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Annandale in Indian Trail NC is the perfect neighborhood for someone who is looking for a new or nearly new home of a generous size in a swim club neighborhood.  Construction began in the neighborhood in 2006 and continues today.  Home sizes range from over 2000 square feet to over 4000 square feet.  Homes have brick or stone accents in the front with fiber cement siding.

Annandale is located off Poplin Road in Indian Trail, just minutes from the new Poplin Elementary School.  Shopping at a Walmart SuperCenter and other big box retailers is a few miles away along U.S. 74.  Annandale has a pretty community amenities center with a swimming pool, a picnic shelter, tennis courts, a basketball court, walking trails and a dog park.

Annandale Community Features

Community Amenities:  Playground, pool, tennis courts, basketball court, walking trails and dog park, picnic shelter

Builders:  McCarr Homes, DR Horton Company

Schools:  Poplin Elementary, Porter Ridge Middle, Porter Ridge High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County

Public Schools for current school assignments.  

Annandale Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Single Family Homes

Homes Sold:  16

Prices:  $197,775 to $249,905      Average Sales Price:  $221,339 

Average Square Feet:  2608                

Average Days on Market:  124

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Annandale Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Annandale in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Crismark in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Crismark is one of the largest neighborhoods in Indian Trail NC.  Designed to provide a series of villages for every price point, Crismark offers homes for every lifestyle from first time home buyers to empty nesters.  Common area greenways separate the villages and many homes have backyard views of these wooded areas.  Two swimming pools with clubhouses, tennis courts and walking trails serve the neighborhood.

Construction began in Crismark in 2000 and the neighborhood will eventually have about 900 homes.  Prices range from the $130,000s to $400,000s.  The newest section of Crismark to open is called The Enclaves at Crismark.  Buyers in The Enclaves have the opportunity to choose from 300 wooded lots ranging from a quarter acre to over a half acre in size.  Some of The Enclaves lots will accommodate basement homes.  Each home at The Enclaves will be custom-built to the buyer’s specifications.

One of the best features of Crismark in Indian Trail NC is its convenient location.  Located between Stevens Mill Road, Idlewild Road and Mill Grove Road, an interchange with I-485 is just five minutes from the neighborhood.  Three shopping centers with three different grocery stores, a bank, gas stations, and various restaurants and small service shops are located within a mile of the neighborhood’s three entrances.

Crismark  Community Features

Community Amenities:  Crismark Homeowners Association, clubhouse, walking trails, two swimming pools, tennis courts, playground

Builders:  Westport Homes, Eastwood Homes, Dublin Homes, Edwards Building Group, New Tradition Custom Homes

Schools:  Hemby Bridge Elementary, Porter Ridge Middle, Porter Ridge High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County

Public Schools for current school assignments.  

Crismark Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Single Family Homes

Homes Sold:  33

Prices:  $127,900 to $305,000      Average Sales Price:  $191,535   

Average Square Feet:  2501              

Average Days on Market:  106

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Crismark Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Crismark in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Bonterra Patio Homes in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

White picket fences.  Big front porches.  Homes for all lifestyles and life stages.  Bonterra in Indian Trail NC is truly a multi-generational neighborhood.  Active adults and seniors who want one-floor living and no yard work will find the perfect spot in Bonterra’s patio homes. 

Bonterra has two sections of patio homes that appeal to active adults.  One of these sections was built from 2005 to 2008.  The quiet street where these homes are located is lined with a picket fence and sidewalks.  Each home has a comfortable front porch for relaxing and visiting with the neighbors.  Garages are placed in the rear of the homes with alley access.

New patio homes are under construction in Bonterra.  These homes have front loading garages and are somewhat smaller than the earlier patio homes.  Heated area ranges from 1500 square feet to 2000 square feet.  Lawn care is included with these homes as well.

Active adults and seniors who live in the Bonterra patio homes have the opportunity to live in a neighborhood where their children and grandchildren can find homes to suit their needs as well.  Bonterra has a number of neighborhood amenities that appeal to all age groups, including an amenity center with swimming pool, ball fields, walking trails and a private equestrian facility for riding lessons and horse boarding.

Learn more about Bonterra in Indian Trail and see more photos of neighborhood amenities.

Live, Work and Play at Bonterra Village in Indian Trail NC

Bonterra Patio Homes Community Features

Community Amenities:  Bonterra Homeowners Association, clubhouse with swimming pool, playground, recreation area, walking trails, tennis courts, equestrian facilities

Builders:  Bonterra Builders

Schools:  Poplin Elementary, Porter Ridge Middle, Porter Ridge High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments.  

Bonterra Patio Homes Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Patio Homes

Homes Sold:  8

Prices:  $185,000 to $240,000      Average Sales Price:  $215,475   

Average Square Feet:  2085              

Average Days on Market:  198   

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Bonterra Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Bonterra Patio Homes in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Taylor Glenn in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Would you like a Craftsman-style home with shingle accents and a big welcoming front porch?  Taylor Glen in Indian Trail NC is a great place to find your perfect home.  It is a large neighborhood where you can find ranches and two-story homes, single family detached homes or attached townhomes, new homes or resale home.  The heart of Taylor Glen is its community amenities, including a clubhouse with swimming pool, tennis courts, walking trails and a pond plus a large recreation area with playing fields.

Taylor Glenn is located off Wesley Chapel Stouts Road in Indian Trail NC.  Shop for groceries, go to your bank, have a coffee at Starbucks or enjoy a number of restaurants at nearby Sun Valley Commons.  The Wesley Chapel Town Center is just a couple of miles away with its Target store and other shops.  The Sun Valley schools are within a mile of the neighborhood.

Construction began in the early 2000s in Taylor Glenn and continues today.  Home exteriors are typically of vinyl with stone, shingle or brick accents.  Heated area ranges from under 2000 square feet to over 4000 square feet. 

Taylor Glenn Community Features

Community Amenities:  Taylor Glenn Homeowners Association, clubhouse, pool, walking trails, tennis courts, playground, pond, recreation area with playing fields

Builders:  Bonterra Builders, Mercedes Homes

Schools:  Sun Valley Elementary, Sun Valley Middle, Sun Valley High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments. 

Taylor Glenn Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Single Family Homes

Homes Sold:   26 homes

Prices:    $157,900 to $292,000      Average Sales Price:  $215,374

Average Square Feet:  2604            

Average Days on Market:   99

Townhomes

Homes Sold:  7

Prices:  $107,000 to $119,000    Average Sales Price:  $111,642

Average Square Feet:  1365

Average Days on Market:  68

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Taylor Glenn Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Taylor Glenn in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Brookhaven in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Want to be able to walk your children to their elementary school?  If so, consider Brookhaven in Indian Trail NC.  Brookhaven is next door to Antioch Elementary School and extends from Antioch Church Road to Chestnut Lane in Union County.  This convenient location is between Matthews and Providence Road near the Mecklenburg County-Union County line.  Shopping is nearby at Austin Village or Plantation Marketplace where the Siskey YMCA is located.

Brookhaven’s tree-lined streets wind through the property and sidewalks and common areas with pathways provide plenty of space for walking and bicycling.  Brookhaven’s private recreation area includes a 7000 square foot clubhouse with meeting, fitness, game, play, media, card, lounge and kitchen facilities.  An Aquatics Park has a variety of water features and the neighborhood also has basketball and tennis courts.

Brookhaven has two villages with different price points and features.  When complete the neighborhood will total approximately 500 homes.  Most of the neighborhood lies within the Town of Indian Trail but a small section of 33 homes, called The Preserve at Brookhaven, lies within the Town of Weddington.  Heated area can range from as low as 3000 square feet to over 5000 square feet.  Some basement homes are available.  

Brookhaven Community Features

Community Amenities:  Brookhaven Homeowners Association; Aquatics Park with competition pool, wading pool, water geysers, waterslide, and lazy river; clubhouse, walking trails, basketball and tennis courts, playground

Builders:  John Wieland

Schools:  Antioch Elementary, Weddington Middle, Weddington High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments. 

Brookhaven Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Homes Sold:   57 homes

Prices:    $275,000 to $983,004      Average Sales Price:  $534,591

Average Square Feet:  4151            

Average Days on Market:   102

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Brookhaven Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Brookhaven in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Brandon Oaks in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Brandon Oaks in Indian Trail NC is a master planned community of eighteen distinct neighborhoods.  Construction began in Brandon Oaks in the mid-1990s and continues today.  When complete, Brandon Oaks will have over a thousand homes and will be Indian Trail NC’s largest neighborhood.  A central landscaped parkway runs through the community providing access to the various neighborhoods and the community amenities.

Brandon Oaks is located between Old Monroe Road and Wesley Chapel-Stouts Road with three entrances into the neighborhood.  A variety of community shopping facilities, including a Harris Teeter grocery store, a Starbucks, a bank, and restaurants, are within walking distance of the neighborhood.

Brandon Oaks has two swim and tennis facilities.  The Brandon Oaks Swim and Tennis Club, with a regulation-size pool, a kiddie pool, a basketball court and two tennis courts, is located near a community pond with playground and walking trails.  The Brandon Oaks Sports Club has a resort-style pool with 85-foot water slide and wading pool with water fall and water play features.  A series of walking trails connects the various neighborhoods to the amenity centers.

Brandon Oaks contains a wide variety of homes, styles, and prices in its various neighborhoods.  There are numerous resale homes available as well as new construction.  Prices range from the $130,000s to over $400,000.  Home styles include single family homes on generous lots as well as patio homes for active adults.

Brandon Oaks Community Features

Community Amenities:  Brandon Oaks Homeowners Association, two swimming pools, waterslide and wading pool, basketball court, tennis courts, clubhouses, walking trails

Builders:  DR Horton, Ryland, Ryan, Pulte, Centex

Schools:  Indian Trail or Sun Valley Elementary, Sun Valley Middle, Sun Valley High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments. 

Brandon Oaks Real Estate Market Update

January to December 2009

Homes Sold:   55 homes

Prices:    $130,000 to $337,000      Average Sales Price:  $205,840

Average Square Feet:  2476            

Average Days on Market:   123

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Brandon Oaks Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2010.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Brandon Oaks in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Meriwether in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile

Meriwether in Indian Trail NC is a great neighborhood for first time home buyers.  Homes in the Meriwether community are more affordable than many Indian Trail neighborhoods built in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  Home styles in Meriwether include small ranches with open floor plans as well as two-story homes.  Most homes have one or two-car garages.

The Meriwether neighborhood has two sections, one on each side of Rogers Road.  Each section was designed to have a village atmosphere with the eastern village consisting of larger homes and the western village emphasizing starter homes with ranches predominating.  Both villages have access to the Meriwether neighborhood amenities, including a fishing lake, clubhouse and pool, volleyball and basketball courts and walking trails.

Meriwether is located in the Sun Valley area about midway between Matthews and Monroe.  A grocery store, a bank, restaurants, coffee shop and service businesses are nearby with big box retailers within five miles of the neighborhood.  The Shiloh/Sun Valley schools complex is within two miles of the neighborhood.  

Map of Meriwether in Indian Trail NC

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Meriwether Community Features

Community Amenities:  Meriwether Homeowners Association, neighborhood clubhouse and swimming pool, fishing lake, volleyball and basketball courts, walking trails, open space 

Builders:  Mulvaney

Schools:  Shiloh Elementary, Sun Valley Middle, Sun Valley High.  School assignments are subject to change.  Check with the Union County Public Schools for current school assignments.

Meriwether Real Estate Market Update

January to November 2009

Homes Sold:  18 single family homes

Prices:  $98,850 to $157,000   Average Sales Price:  $126,544

Average Square Feet:  1425

Average Days on Market: 92

Source:  Carolina Multiple Listing Service

Meriwether Homes for Sale

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Copyright 2009.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Realtors.  *Meriwether in Indian Trail NC—Homes for Sale and Neighborhood Profile*

Crismark in Indian Trail NC has a new upscale section called The Enclaves at Crismark.  New Tradition Custom Homes will be building homes on over 300 wooded lots ranging in size from a quarter acre to 0.6 acre.  Buyers can select from seven floor plans, customize one of these plans for their needs, or get a quote on another plan of their choosing.  Pricing ranges from just under $350,000 to $425,000.

The homes at this Indian Trail NC neighborhood will have exteriors loaded with character.  Each home will have a front porch and a rear porch.  Exterior materials will be stone, brick, cedar shakes and Hardie-plank siding.  The homes will be built on crawl spaces with brick foundations.  Basement lots are also available.

The interiors at the Enclaves at Crismark will include wood floors, moldings and arches, and gourmet kitchens with 42" cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless appliances.  All stairways will have wooden railings with wrought-iron pickets.  Buyers may choose additional upgrades to enhance their home's interior.

Crismark in Indian Trail NC has an elegant stone and wrought-iron entry of Stevens Mill Road.  A new clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts and playground are nearly finished at the entrance.  Two entrances to I-485 are within two miles of the neighborhood as are two community shopping centers with groceries, pharmacies, a bank, and restaurants.

Contact Carol Fox of Allen Tate Realtors at 704-814-6242 for more information about homes for sale in Crismark or other Indian Trail NC neighborhoods.

Copyright 2009.  Carol Fox.  Allen Tate Real Estate.  *Crismark in Indian Trail NC--New Upscale Section Opens*

Crismark is a large Indian Trail NC neighborhood with three entrances on Idlewild Road, Mill Grove Road and Stevens Mill Road.  Construction began in Crismark in 2000.  Currently about half-finished, the neighborhood will eventually have approximately 900 homes.  Crismark is separated into distinct villages with common area greenways separating the villages.  The common areas allow many of Crismark's homes to have wooded buffer areas behind their backyards.  A swim club has been completed in one of the amenity areas.  Another swim club is under construction to serve later phases of the development.

Crismark Homes

A variety of lot sizes define the various villages within Crismark.  Smaller homes with stone and vinyl or brick and vinyl exteriors are built on one-eighth to one-quarter lots.  Larger brick homes on half-acre lots line the main parkways through the neighborhood.  Future phases of Crismark will have larger lot sections with full-brick homes.  Some of these lots will be up to one acre in size.

Eastwood Homes is currently building in Crismark.  Pricing of the Eastwoods new construction starts in the upper $170,000s and ranges to the $230,000s.  According to the Carolina Multiple Listing Service, there have been 26 closed sales in Crismark in 2008.  Closed prices ranged from $143,100 to $442,155.  Average square footage of these homes was 2698 sq.ft. and the average price was $234,114.  As of November 2008, there are 28 homes for sale in Crismark.  The median price of the homes for sale is $215,000 and average price is $231,000.

Nearby Amenities

Crismark is conveniently located near shopping and highways.  The neighborhood wraps around a small neighborhood shopping center with a grocery store in Hemby Bridge.  The Stevens Mill Crossing shopping center with grocery, pharmacy, video store and restaurants is just a mile away.  Two interchanges with I-485 are several miles away and the new Bridges of Mint Hill mall will be located at one of these interchanges.

Get more information about other Indian Trail NC neighborhoods by visiting other articles in this series. 

Live Work and Play at Bonterra Village in Indian Trail NC 

Indian Trail NC Neighborhoods:  Brookhaven 

Indian Trail NC Neighborhoods:  Brandon Oaks 

Visit www.CarolinaSmallTownLiving.com for more information about Indian Trail NC and other area small towns. 

About the author:  Carol Fox of Allen Tate Realtors is a veteran real estate agent who has been selling Indian Trail and the other small towns of Union County NC for over twenty years. 

Copyright 2008.  Carol Fox.  All rights reserved.  "Indian Trail NC Neighborhoods:  Crismark"