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Avon Indiana Luxury Homes and Neighborhoods

Avon Indiana’s finest neighborhoods offer luxury living at it’s best. There are several neighborhoods in Avon featuring homes built by Indy’s top home builders. Build your custom dream home or choose an existing home in one of these distinguished Avon neighborhooods.

Homes in these communities start at $500,000.

Parks at Prestwick

Parks at Prestwick, located in the southwest corner of Avon is built on a nature preserve, with rolling hills, trails and wooded lots. Choose a home overlooking the Prestwick Country Club and golf course or a secluded home amongst trees.

Amenities include a community park, basketball court and swimming pool.

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Woodcreek Farm

Woodcreek Farm is a lovely community of stately homes on tree lined streets with large lots. Perfectly manicured lawns, open green areas and a small creek which runs through the neighborhood.

Located off CR200 (21st St), just east of SR 267, close to the new Ronald Reagan Parkway.

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Heritage Hill

Heritage Hill is the newest custom and luxury home community in Avon. Built on 100 acres of nature, with rolling hills and wooded lots, there’s still time to choose a great lot for your custom home.

Future amenities include, park/playground, nature area, pool and clubhouse

Located off SR267, north of CR200.

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Copyright by Paula Henry 2008 - originally posted at IndyRealEstateTalk.com

Parks at Prestwick Condos at Grant Park, Avon Indiana

Grant Park Avon Indiana

Parks at Prestwick in Avon offers some of the most beautiful land in Hendricks County. Scenic tree lined and sloping hillside lots sitting above the Prestwick Country Club. On either side of the custom home lots are paired ranch maintenace free communities. I've always been a huge fan of these communities. No yard work, no shoveling snow, no exterior maintenance! Okay, so it's really a huge benefit for my husband, but still, if he's not busy maintaining all these items, I could create another honey - do list :) I mean honey-please list.

Last year the largest builder of maintenace free homes in Indianapolis went out of business and the communities are in foreclosure. I have been working with the Receiver of the homes at Grant Park and after a few months of getting all the details in place, I now have some of the homes at Grant Park listed and ready to sell. We will be adding additional homes to the inventory soon.

Although not officially bank owned, we have been given the liberty to price these homes to SELL.The price represents a savings of 25-30% off what the builder had these homes listed for.

My favorite model is the Majestic with the optional bonus room. We just happen to have one available. With over 2900 square foot, you would never know you are in a condo. This model home features a double sun room with a wall of windows overlooking the pond, hardwood flooring, fireplace and custom upgrades throughout.

Grant Park Avon Indiana

Grant Park Avon Indiana

Grant Park Avon Indiana

Grant Park Avon Indiana

Grant Park Avon Indiana

I will be there on Sundays from 1-4 with all five models open, plus four additional homes. We have some homes which can be finished to specifications. Come by and check out this beautiful community. I'll see you there!

You can see more detail, floor plans and photos at GrantParkAvon.

Brownsburg Named in Best Places to Live

Brownsburg Indiana Town HallBrownsburg, Indiana gained national attention when CNN Money named it the 33rd best place to live in the country. Although traffic was named as a a detractor, the advantages of living in Brownsburg far outweigh the negative impact traffic has been for the city.

Job growth, schools and quality of life were factors in determining the best places. Other factors considered were: Crime, financial purchasing power, leisure and culture, access to amenities, weather (guess they didn't visit this week) and taxes. Real estate tax data was not available for Brownsburg when the numbers were reported.

For those of us familiar with the western suburbs of Indianapolis, Brownsburg is a great place to live. As a matter of fact, my daughter and her family recently moved to Brownsburg; they love it!

Traffic congestion can be a bit of a pain. I imagine that's true of any town or city where people want to live and the quality of life is above average. Congratulations to the town and community of Brownsburg!

Have a question about neighborhoods or real estate taxes in Brownsburg, contact us.

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Originally posted at IndyRealEstateTalk by Paula Henry.

Indianapolis Foreclosure Statistics

Recently, I was asked to provide some data about the state of foreclosures in Indianapolis and how it is affecting the economy. It was an eye-opening excercise, but certainly not surprising.

While the data reveals the state of foreclosures in Indianapolis (Marion County), the depth of what the statistics doesn’t reveal is mind boggling. The far reaching effect of foreclosures in many areas of Marion County will probably not be known for several years. I certainly have opinions about how we reached this point, which I’ll write about next; first I’ll show you the statistics.

*2009 data through 6/30/2009 *YonY = year on year % increase

Foreclosre data

Although I’m not a big gambler, I’m willing to bet the % of foreclosures in Indianapolis was less than 2003 or close to the same percentage. Back then we ranked in the top 10 states for % of foreclosures, often in the top three. Right now, we rank #13. Staggering………….

Lockerbie Square Home ~ Indianapolis

Lockerbie Square Victorian Masterpiece

Lockerbie Square

 

In a recent post, I told about my trip to Lockerbie Square. This is an area of Indianapolis which has undergone revitalization. Most of the original homes have been refurbished, restored and updated, while retaining the original historic quality of the neighborhood. These older homes and neighborhoods have become popular for home buyers in Indianapolis.

Lockerbie Square is the oldest surviving neighborhood in Indianapolis and one of the nation's pre-eminent examples of Victorian restoration.

I met one of the homeowners while she was out trimming her gardens. I was amazed by the pristine condition of her home, which you could tell has been lovingly cared for. She showed me around her gardens; we talked about some of the history and changes she has observed in the 17 years she has lived in Lockerbie Square. I like knowing the scoop, so told her I would check back for an update.

 

 

Here's a look at her home:

 




The History of Lockerbie Square

Printable Walking Tour of Lockerbie Square

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