A few miles down Route 15/501 from the town of Chapel Hill is the beautiful community of Briar Chapel. These homes are also “near” Apex” and often times people looking for New Homes in Apex will also consider properties in this Green Community. Briar Chapel is a neighborhood of homes built with the latest energy saving standards and Green building practices available. This is line with the developers plan to preserve and maintain as much of the natural resources in the 1500 acre community. 900 acres of which have been preserved and provide residents with over twenty miles of walking and biking trails.
There are 15 miles of mountain bike trails in and around the neighborhood. The amenities at Briar Chapel are extensive and there is something for everyone! Amenities include the beautiful Briar Club where residents can meet up, the resort style pool with salt water purification has an 8 lane competition pool, two cool slides, splash area, fountains.
Briar Chapel has parks for some quiet time and a community garden. In keeping with the concept of green living and healthier lifestyles Briar Chapel has a mobile farmers market come to the community on Saturdays with locally grown produce, local beef and fish.
Homes in Briar Chapel range in price from $190,000 up to the mid $500,000 and they come in a range of styles and finishes. Energy Star appliances, Energy Star lighting, tankless water heaters, HAHB certified homes, programmable thermostats, sealed crawl spaces are some of the many features you can expect to find in homes built in Briar Chapel.
Cottage style homes transitional homes, ranch homes and arts and craft and colonial are some of the styles of homes with exteriors of fiber cement, stone and shake. Sales of homes in Briar Chapel for the first quarter of 2013 show 24 homes sold ranging in price from $189,900 to $456,789 with an average sale price of $298,387. The average price per square foot for homes sold in Briar Chapel in the first quarter of 2013 was $138. Homes ranged in size from 1500 square feet to 3000 square feet and went from a 2 bedroom townhouse to a 5 bedroom single family.
Briar Chapel is located in Chatham County about seven miles from the wonderful and charming town of Chapel Hill, home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are all the fantastic restaurants, shops, sporting events and diversity one would expect in a college town of this caliber.
Restaurants such as Lantern, named one of “America’s Top 50 Restaurants and best “farm to table restaurants” by Gourmet Magazine chef-owner Andrea Reusing is the 2011 winner of the James Beard Award SouthEast. Mint for Indian food, Crook’s Corner for Southern or Il Palio for high end Italian. There are plenty of cultural arts whether it be plays, music, or art galleries, the renowned Playmakers Repertory Company performs in Chapel Hill, for indie bands there is no better spot than the Cat’s Cradle. The Morehead Planetarium offers stargazing where you can learn about the night sky.
Briar Chapel residents depending on where they live pay from $105-$205 monthly in HOA dues and this includes the use of the amenities, like the pool and the trails. Schools are managed by the Chatham County Schools and currently the schools assigned to Briar Chapel include Perry Harrison Elementary, Margaret B. Pollard Middle and Northwood High. Always contact the school district to find out what schools are assigned to the address of the home you will be buying.
Briar Chapel offers an escape to nature and a place to relax in your own community whilst minutes away is the magnificent Jordan Lake Recreation Area which provides boating, fishing, camping and walking opportunities. When its time for work Briar Chapel is close to Research Triangle Park, Raleigh Durham International Airport, world class medical facilities are a short distance and include UNC Hospital and Duke University Medical Center.
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