The Vince Carter Team Real Estate Blog

If you've been keeping up with this blog, you probably realize how often we feature communities and neighborhoods that offer a touch of the quiet life for city-dwellers in Louisville. Neighborhoods like Persimmon Ridge, Lake Forest, Glen Oaks, and others thrive because they boast of great natural shade during hot days and beautiful star-lit skies on clear nights. Frankly, many neighborhoods on the outskirts of Louisville can be ideal for home buyers looking for this type of serenity. We want to help you find the one that is right for you and your family. That's why this week we are looking at yet another of these fantastic options, Woodmont Subdivision. 

Located off the Old Henry exit of the Gene Snyder Freeway, Woodmont boasts it all, "a carefully planned community, designed to provide homes on spacious lots while maintaining its beautiful setting of mature trees, a meandering stream, and gently rolling hillsides [with] more than thirteen acres of open space [including] the Club's swimming pools, tennis courts, playground, fitness center, and beautiful clubhouse with a 4,000 foot nature trail through the woods" http://mywoodmont.com/about.php . It seems there is nothing this subdivision hasn't thought of, and so amenities at Woodmont include all the must-haves: pools, a clubhouse, tennis courts, basketball courts, a fitness center, a playground, a nature trail, and the green space you need and long for after a long day's work at the office.

And the good news is that you can experience living in Woodmont or a very reasonable price! Homes that sell in Woodmont average $375,166, with a median sales price of $388,000. Homes on the market in Woodmont typically sell for about 5% lower than their listing price, giving wiggle room for negotiating. With twelve homes currently on the market and nine homes sold in the past year, there are many options available for your family's consideration.

So why consider Woodmont for your family's new home? Because "if sunny mornings on tree-lined decks, or quiet evenings under a starlit sky are some of the things you want in your future," then come "live and play where it's ‘natural and secluded, close and convenient.'" http://mywoodmont.com/about.php

Contact The Vince Carter Team today for all your Woodmont home options.  They will show you the selection of homes available and give you a personal tour of the subdivision.

Another Louisville neighborhood in the high-end Prospect  area is Hunting Creek.  Built to accompany Hunting Creek Country Club,  this subdivision has the amenities every Louisville homeowner desires.

First, the country club provides a terrific 18-hole golf course for families of Hunting Creek  to enjoy. In fact, the course was founded in 1964 to be just that-a private family club. This 6,950 yard course offers residents championship-level play, the perfect challenge for avid golfers. Golfers enjoy the beauty surrounding them, with full views of Kentucky's rolling hills throughout the course. Not only this, but players also enjoy views of the Ohio River  and the woods of Southern Indiana.  And for more enjoyment off the course, the club house offers several dining areas, some of which offer a panoramic view of the eighteenth hole.

In addition to the championship course, Hunting Creek also offers its residents the opportunity to try their skill on any of its SIX clay tennis courts or its hard tennis court. With so much space to play, you're sure to always find an open court for your game.

And in the hot summer months when golf and tennis aren't calling your name, Hunting Creek has the perfect Olympic-sized swimming pool to provide the cool down you desire. Residents have the option to join the pool and experience the summer sun and the companionship of neighbors as children play, swim, and grow together.

Prospect is the perfect Louisville  city to call Hunting Creek its own. As one of the few cities that crosses county lines, Prospect  provides its residents access to both the busy life of Jefferson County and the metro area as well as the quiet escape of far western Oldham County.  And people are discovering how convenient living here actually is, as statistics prove.  In fact, Prospect  "grew more, percentage wise, than any other city of significant size in Jefferson County,  Kentucky during the 1990s." http://www.prospectky.com/ The city's "spacious residential homes, luxury condominiums and apartment complexes, and ... businesses located in a centralized shopping village" all come together perfectly to make Prospect an excellent place to live. And Hunting Creek is a terrific place to begin your search!

For assistance finding your perfect home in Hunting Creek, please contact The Vince Carter Team. Agents at The Vince Carter Team have the training and experience required to help you out. Call today!

Golf, swimming, tennis, block parties, and more. Why leave the comfort of your own street for entertainment when you can find it right where you live? Glenmary Country Club  is surrounded by a neighborhood that eliminates the need for its residents to look elsewhere for a night out.

Glenmary neighborhood and Country Club is located off Bardstown Road near the Gene Snyder Freeway. Its location allows residents the close access to the city where they work and shop without sacrificing the quality living and fresh air that the rolling green hills that golf courses provide.

Glenmary provides its residents many amenities, one of which is the quality golf course headed by golf pro Jack Ridge.  Memberships to the course include singles, couples, or young residents for a price range of $500 to $3,990 for yearly passes. Monthly dues are also available for singles, couples, families, those seeking to play only on weekdays, junior executives, corporate members, and more.

If golf isn't what you're looking for, Glenmary still meets your recreational needs through its swimming pools and tennis courts.  Membership allows access to these three amenities, plus to social events such as block parties sponsored by the neighborhood.

Glenmary even provides residents a place to host yearly celebrations such as weddings, baby showers, and other parties of all kinds. This historic location is a terrific choice for your next gathering, and imagine the ease with which you could pull it off living only a street away from the club house!

Family attractions at Glenmary  include regular dining in the clubhouse, Karaoke every Friday night, and block parties. Neighbors are sure to get to know each other and make lifelong friends at these events. These events provide a perfect opportunity for children to make playmates and great memories to carry with them throughout life.

Convinced yet that Glenmary is the place for you to call home? If not, just browse through their available homes for sale, and you're sure to change your mind. Offering custom built homes with luxurious amenities, Glenmary has what you're looking for in the decision of a lifetime, your dream home.

For help relocating to Glenmary, please contact The Vince Carter Team. Agents with The Vince Carter Team have the experience, knowledge, and resources necessary to find exactly what you're looking for. Call today!

Nestled near downtown Louisville, there is a neighborhood with the history, class, eccentricities, nature, and entertainment necessary to draw the attention of both Louisville visitors and Louisville home buyers. The Highlands, an area of Louisville centered on the streets surrounding Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue and sitting on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek, is the envy of every person who has visited the community.

Composed of many single-family residences  that range from working-class neighborhoods to the most upscale homes in Louisville, the Highlands caters to a wide variety of Louisville home buyers.  Many Highland neighborhoods have the highest percentage of college graduates and average income in Louisville. These residents take pride in their section of the city, and because of this, the Highlands has become well-known in Louisville for its many niches.

The Highlands is perhaps best known for its pedestrian-friendly community and its strip of eclectic shops and restaurants. The Highlands has developed a community committed to preserving the environment, and this is one reason that this community has successfully created a culture of pedestrian life. Many residents and visitors travel by foot or by bike down the strip to their favorite restaurants, shops, and bakeries, and the proximity of Cherokee Park has only served to further this tradition.

The eclectic shops and restaurants that The Highlands boasts include Quills Coffee, Flanagans Ale House, OSheas Irish Pub, and Bearnos Pizza, in addition to dozens more.  The area has a wide variety of terrific shops as well, such as European Antique Market, Dot Fox Clothing & Culture, and the Dundee Candy Shop.  These Louisville businesses are mostly entrepreneurial, resident-owned shops that cater specifically to Louisville patrons. Because the owners personally are involved in the daily ins and outs of the businesses, these stores and restaurants have a special touch that typical chain restaurants and malls lack. See the Keep Louisville Weird website for more information on this.

These are only a few of the amazing high points of The Highlands.  To truly discover what makes this neighborhood in Louisville so unique, youll just have to visit it yourself. For help finding your Highlands home, please contact The Vince Carter Team.

Anchored a short fifteen minute drive from Louisville, the city of Anchorage offers an excellent place for Louisville residents to plant their lives. "Anchorage is a safe harbor: a twenty-year stay is common; fifty years is not uncommon." http://www.cityofanchorage.org/ What makes this small community worth such a commitment?

For one, the landscape is gorgeous. Oaks, magnolias, dogwoods, forsythias, jonquils, and tulips paint the countryside, leaving visitors amazed at the beauty of Anchorage.  This breathtaking scenery is home to some of the most beautifully quaint historic homes, country estates, and smaller homes.

The community of Anchorage has a unique offering to Louisville residents, as it has "retained its character in the path of the suburban growth of Louisville." The shade of Anchorage has provided milder temperatures than that of downtown Louisville for residents throughout the years, and for this reason early on in its history, many wealthy Louisville residents built summer homes here. Since then, the small town has been known for its largely upper-class population and their dedication to making this community unique and long-lasting.

One such resident, John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's Pizza, has put forth great efforts into preserving the history of this unique place, exemplifying the pride that Anchorage residents take in their history, surroundings, and future. Recently Schnatter built The Anchorage Trail, a greenway spanning nearly a mile of the "spectacular stream valley adjoining the community of Anchorage."   http://www.americantrails.org/awards/NTS08awards/Corporate08.html This greenway includes "a paved mile-long multi-use trail, a soft surface nature path accessing a wooded area on the site, an outdoor interpretive amphitheatre, equestrian trails, wetland conservation areas, a spectacular pedestrian span, a preserved wildflower meadow" and even more. The trail links to the historic district and allows access to local schools as well. Eventually, it may even link to E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.

Make the Anchorage  choice today. Call The Vince Carter Team. Those of us at The Vince Carter Team work endlessly to find the perfect home for you.