Linda Jandura Realtor North Carolina Buyer & Seller Specialist

In a follow up to my post March coming in like a lion in Apex on March 3, this is North Carolina on March 31, going out like a lamb deer.. We have a beautiful warm sunny day. The tree are just starting to bloom. And to make it even more perfect, I was visited by my deer family.

There are actually 4 deer here, but 2 were lying down while these 2 stood guard about 30 feet from my back door where I was standing. I talk to them very softly and they'll just stand there and listen. My daughter is now calling me the "deer whisperer".

How could anyone not want to live here? If you're looking to relocate or move anywhere within the Triangle area of North Carolina, please visit our website at www.JustNCHomes.com or call either my partner Craig Rutman and I at 919-771-7779.

Brighton Forest,a new home community in the Fuquay Varina, Apex area of North Carolina is one community that is growing quickly despite the national downturn in the new construction market.

With an award winning team of builders that includes Future Homes, Legacy Custom Homes, McNeill Burbank Homes, RobuckHomes, and  Sutton Homes, Brighton Forest has sold 44 homes in 2008 and 9 homes as of March 31 2009  since January of 2009!  

Brighton Forest is a community with 392 homesites. The Wynwood section has homes in the $280-$350,000 range. The Oakhurst section is comprised of homes in the $350- $450,000 range.

Entering the neighborhood, you are welcomed home by a beautiful stone and wood fence entrance . A nicely landscaped and wooded street leads to the beautiful pool area and clubhouse.  The pool will be opening for the summer shortly. 

The neighborhood features:

• Beautifully wooded homesites averaging .28 acres to .35 acres with city utilities
• Distinctive floor plans featuring basements, first floor masters and ranches
• Bath house, tot lot, and swimming pool with zero entry, competition lanes and water slide (currently under construction)

   

To see all the homes currently available in Brighton Forest, Click here.

Currently there are 15 inventory homes available. Many lots are ready to build on.

As your local specialist, Linda Jandura knows Apex and Cary!

Call me today at 919-621-1691.

Apex North Carolina Homes, West Lake community

Looking for a home in the Middle Creek/ West Lake area of Apex, North Carolina? 

Need a location close to amenities like Crossroads Shopping, the Kraft Family YMCA, and easy access to major highways? 

Want to feel like you're a little out in the country?

The West Lake subdivision, located in Apex,/ Cary NC, boasts beautiful homes ranging in price from $319,000- $400,000, with all the amenities you'd expect from D.R. Horton.

West Lake features homes built around 2 natural ponds,plus a community swimming pool, clubhouse, and neighborhood sidewalks.

Lot sizes for the homes in West Lake range in the .25 acre range and home sizes range from 2365 square feet to over 4100 square feet.

 West Lake Elementary and West Lake Middle School, as well as  Middle Creek High &  Middle Creek Elementary are directly across the street from the West Lake community. The Middle Creek Community Center features many classes, a gymnasium, and baseball/softball and soccer lots.

Currently there is 5 inventory homes ready for you to make your selections, 2 resale homes, and many lots available to customize and build your dream home. 

To see all available homes, click here.

As local specialist, Linda Jandura knows Apex and Cary!

Call today at 919-621-1691.

My favorite bookstore in town- there's one in your town too!

No, it's not one of those big chain stores that sell coffee and atmosphere.

It's not a cozy little hole in the wall place in the trendy college area of town.

It's not one of those places where someone is singing & playing the guitar for atmosphere as in "Friends"

Where am I talking about? The Thrift Store, of course

In every size town there are usually at least a few thrift stores. In Raleigh, Cary & Apex, North Carolina, we have many. I try to stop by those stores once in while that are run by volunteers and where I know that the profits go to charity. The Dorcas Shop in Cary, Salvation Army Store in Garner, and Goodwill store in Cary are just a few stores that do good work with other people's donations and money.

I clean out my closets, donate my "stuff" (which we all have too much of anyway) at the back door donation area, and then go inside the store to see what other stuff I have to have!

I usually find at least a couple of good books, priced so low that you have to get a few.

Just this week I found, among others:

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- by Stephen Covey- Paperback, 50 cents
2. The Purpose Driven Life- by Rick Warren- Hardcover, 75 cents
3. Ten Things - by Maria Shriver-hardcover- 75 Cents
4. The Greatest Generation- Tom Brokaw- hardcover- 75 Cents
5. Dave Barry in Cyberspace- Hardcover- 75 Cents
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou- paperback- 50 cents.
7. I Never Promised you a Rose Garden - Joanne Greenberg- paperback- 50 cents
8. The Dilbert Principle- Steve Adams, hardcover- 99 cents.

All of these books are in practically new condition. That's 8 books for only $5.50!

If I like the book and think I will read it again, I'll keep it to add to my library. If it's a quick read novel, I read it and then donate it back to the store! If I start to read a book and don't like it, which happens on occasion, I've only spent less than a dollar on it so it was worth a try. Then I give the book back to the Thrift Store on my next trip.

Thanks to the many people here on Active Rain who've suggested good books, I now have a list of books to look for and have been finding many among the stacks of books that people have donated.

Besides great prices, there is an ever changing inventory as new donations are added all the time. Sometimes you can get very old books that have been out of print, sometimes you get today's best sellers!

And the best part- it's just another way to think Green. Reduce the waste of money (yours!) and resources by reusing someone's old book and recycling your books. And you help charities at the same time!

I've got many months worth of books to read now, so you know what you're going to be reading reveiw of in the Active Rain Book Club blogs!