Chapel Hill, NC, Southern Village,Chapel Hill Neighborhoods

Hi. I'm Marianne Howell Wright from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Today I'm
going to show you Southern Village. Southern Village is a planned mix use
neighborhood in Chapel Hill that was developed in the early '90s. It was a
new concept at the time, the idea of a neo-traditional neighborhood with a
mixed use, a commercial area, a mixture of townhouses, single family homes,
condos, apartments. It was being done in other parts of the country, but it
was the first time in Chapel Hill.
One of the things that was different about Southern Village than the other
neighborhoods in Chapel Hill was that the lots were going to be very small.
The entrance to the garages would be from the rear through alleyways. It
was based on the idea of an old maybe 1920's era neighborhood.
Chapel Hill had always been kind of a woodsy, large lot kind of place. No
one was really sure how well Southern Village was going to take off, if at
all. It's about 300 acres, with 90 acres of green space and 1,150 housing
units plus the commercial area. That's quite dense.
Southern Village had tons of topography, lots of hills. After all, we are
in Chapel Hill. I just couldn't imagine how they would do it. As it turned
out, it turned out really great. People love the neighborhood, but it took
awhile.
One more thing that I want to mention is that in the almost 20 years that
the neighborhood has been under development, different homes have aged
differently. It's very interesting to see that. Sometimes when a home is
built, it's easy to get blown away by the maybe cool details and floor
plans, but the quality of construction is really important, and you see it
after almost 20 years that some of the builders didn't do as good of a job
with the basics. While they might have been sold really well and done great
at the time, they don't look as good right now.
Let's take a tour of Southern Village. I'll show you around, and then I'll
fill you in on more details of the neighborhood while we're driving around.
The tree lined streets are really beautiful in October.
The first homes in Southern Village had a Chapel Hill traditional kind of
feel with stone walls, big houses set back from the street. Then they moved
into some town homes and Charleston style houses with double front porches.
You'll see these off to the left as we turn. They're selling in the $400,00
to $500,000 range now.
This is October 2010, and houses in Southern Village stay in the market for
an average of about 90 days and sell for 96% of the list to sales price.
Although that's just the houses that sold. It doesn't tell you about the
houses that are still on the market.
There are about 36 houses sold in Southern Village in the past 6 months.
There are about the same number of houses in the market. That's a six month
supply. That tells me that the houses that are priced right and in good
condition are going to sell quickly, while some may be on the market for a
very long time.
There's a wide range of prices in Southern Village, from the mid 100s for a
1 bedroom 1 bath condo, to a million dollars for a big single family home
in a large lot. Most of the single family detached houses are in the
$450,000 to $650,000 price range.
Southern Village is a mixed use neighborhood, so there's a wide variety of
housing. There are condominiums and apartments. This is an example of an
apartment. There's an elementary school in the neighborhood. There's also a
park and ride, and it's just not for the neighborhood. It's for the whole
surrounding area.
This is, driving up the street, there are many different kinds of
businesses, restaurants, and shops. There's a green in the center of Main
Street where a lot of things happen. There is a farmer's market there.
There's music often in the afternoons and on weekends. The Lumina Theater
shows outdoor movies. This is the amphitheater and stage.
Looking up, you'll see that brick building. Those are also condominiums.
Looking out past the condominiums at the top of the hill on Market Street,
you can see all those houses. That's all part of Southern Village.
There are cute shops on Market Street, and there are condos above the
commercial area. The Lumina Theater is really popular.
That's the Methodist Church telling me my five minute video is done. This
is Marianne Howell Wright from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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[@sarahm.7985]

I love the typical american neighborhoods here!❤I love it when it's autumn here!!!❤❤

[@bounimlakhal23]

Very Nice 👍🇲🇦🙏

[@alvarorodriguezguerrero1066]

Beutiful place

[@jackervin324]

Wow! You showed a house I live in now! It's so great there!

[@leogoldwater8808]

tmi

[@CynthiaRNcom]

I lived in one of the townhouses there from 2004 - 2006. Absolutely loved it, and thinking about returning, permanently.

[@leogoldwater8808]

Tmi

[@sceanlyonz4571]

i lived there back in 2004-2004 and what a beautiful to live. I miss it so much. I even performed in A Midsummers night dream a Oberon and had a great time with the locals

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tmi

[@sarahm.7985]

I live here!!!❤

[@leticiaurbach1720]

Sarah M. Can you tell me more about the town?

[@leogoldwater8808]

same

[@bebflooring]

Nice video!