Green Building Talk by Energy Star Partner of the Year Southern Energy Management Find out what goes inside the walls of a Green Tour Home! Join Stanton Homes for a special green home "Muddy Boots Meet the Builder" on Saturday March 27th in Horizon, near Chapel Hill. Construction Secrets: Tour and Talk 12 pm - 3 pm Walk through one of the Triangle's Green Home Tour homes now under construction with renowned local builder Stan Williams of Stanton Homes and listen to an exclusive presentation by Southern Energy Management, one of the nation's top sustainable energy companies. Exclusive Energy Presentation - 2 pm Southern Energy Management, Energy Star's national Partner of the Year, will be presenting a free information session. · What is a High Performance Home? · The Home as a System · ... 03/16/2010

Green Homes Raleigh NC First Certified Green Home in Horizon Breaks Ground Will be Featured in NC's 2010 Triangle Green Home Tour      Stanton Homes has broken ground on on its first totally certified Green home in Horizon, one of Chatham County's most exciting new communities, just 7 minutes from Chapel Hill! This Stanton Homes custom design will be one of just 30 homes featured in the 2010 Triangle Green Home Tour.  The third party certified green homes in the Green Home Tour will be open to the public the weekends of May 15/16 and May 22/23.      Green elements in the Stanton Home home in Horizon's green home entry featured in 2010 Triangle Green Home Tour include: Energy Wise guaranteed heating and cooling cost of $71/month (40% of standard heating and cooling costs) Silver Level Gr... 02/12/2010

Market Report - Raleigh NC Chatham County New Home Listings Down 23% to Last Year New Homes Under $300K Show Biggest Drop Looking for a new home in the Raleigh area?  Thinking the choices have gotten a little thinner?  You're right.... New Home inventory in Chatham County NC was down 23% in November 2009 versus November 2008. In September 2009, new home inventory was only down 16% to the same period in 2008. Chatham County, which includes areas around Jordan Lake, south of Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, and Siler City, has been lauded for rolling, wooded hills and unspoiled terrain.  New Home Listings by Price Point in Chatham County NC Chatham County saw some shifts in new home inventory levels.  Some price points saw more inventory, while others saw decreased inventory.    New homes in Chath... 12/23/2009

Triangle Custom Home Builder Stanton Homes now offers Single Story Homes on Acreage at Horizon Raleigh Custom Home Builder Stanton Homes is excited to announce our collection of over one dozen exciting new one story floor plans, designed by Frank Betz & Associates, available in gorgeous Chatham County at Horizon. We also offer several one story Value Floor Plans by Plans Inc.   These home plans offer sweeping, contemporary roof lines and classic exteriors, as well as all the wonderful amenities that Stanton Homes is known for, in single story modern bungalow style plans.  From our signature elliptical and radius archways to our exquisite master suites, these new single story homes will delight you with so many exceptional details - all included in the price.  With solid hardwood floors,... 12/09/2009

Penny Hull | Stanton Homes Inc | 919-278-8070 Lot 34 Hamlet Grove Drive, Pittsboro, NC Gorgeous Custom Home on Wooded Acreage! 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House offered at $293,900 Year Built 2010 Sq Footage 2,200 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size 58,370 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION What an absolutely gorgeous home. Very appealing exterior. Full Hardiboard with accent shakes, arched windows, tons of details. Inside, find signature details like a barrel vault foyer, arched openings, and custom trey ceilings. Rounded corners throughout living areas too! All this, and acreage to call your own inside an established subdivision. Terrific schools too! Contact us at info@stantonhomes.com or 919-278-8070 to request a full brochure and more inf... 11/19/2009

Market Report - Raleigh NC Chatham County New Home Listings Down 16% New Homes Under $300K Show Biggest Drop Looking for a new home in the Raleigh area?  Thinking the choices have gotten a little thinner?  You're right.... New Home inventory in Chatham County NC was down 16% in third quarter 2009 versus third quarter 2008.  Chatham County, which includes areas around Jordan Lake, south of Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, and Siler City, has been lauded for rolling, wooded hills and unspoiled terrain.  New Home Listings by Price Point in Chatham County NC Chatham County saw some shifts in new home inventory levels.  Some price points saw more inventory, while others saw decreased inventory.    New homes in Chatham County under $300K reduced from 33 listings last year to only 18 listings this year... 10/30/2009

Geothermal Systems - How Tax Credits Have Made Them Affordable   We get many questions on geothermal systems, particularly from homebuyers interested in a greener approach to their new home.   Top questions include affordability and steps to installation for a geothermal system. How Much Does a Geothermal System Cost? A geothermal heating and cooling system in the Triangle area generally starts at about $8,000 per ton, installed.  This compares to a cost of about $2,000 per ton for a traditional HVAC system.  Example Geothermal System Just to make the numbers easy, let's look at a 3000 sq ft home.  A 3000 sq ft home generally requires about a 5 ton system. Traditional HVAC system - 5 tons at $2,000 each $10,000 for total system - Traditional HVAC Geothermal Heating and Cooling system - ... 10/17/2009

Stanton Homes completes first green-conscious home in new Horizon neighborhood 2800 square feet of living area with guaranteed $80 per month heating and cooling costs Custom home builder Stanton Homes celebrates the completion of its first Energy Wise home in the Horizon neighborhood, with the next already breaking ground in this new community just south of Chapel Hill. Energy Wise comes with a written guarantee of heating and cooling costs.  The custom home just completed offers over 2800 square feet - with a guaranteed average heating and cooling cost of no more than $80 per month!    "We get excited every time we build an Energy Wise home, said Stan Williams, CEO of Stanton Homes. "And we're especially pleased to bring Energy Wise homes to Horizon. The location is fantastic, the envi... 10/09/2009

Governors Club Neighborhood UpdateOctober 2, 2009 Average Days on Market: 258 days      Inventory: 28 months For the recent Active, Pending and Closed real estate transactions for Chapel Hill's Governors Club neighborhood, click here: Governors Club.  If you have any questions about any of these homes, please call or email The Rogers Team. Home Search: To set up an automated search for the home of your dreams, click Triangle Home Search and enter your dreams! Your Home's Value: If you are planning on selling your home, it would be our pleasure to provide a no-obligation valuation of your home.  Click Your Home's Value and enter the requested information.  Neighborhood Update: If you would like to receive email notification of real estate transactions in your neighborhood or other neighb... 10/02/2009

Cedar Mountain Offers Wooded Acreage Estates! New Homes Chatham County NC Near Chapel Hill, Just Off 15-501   We've discovered another great Raleigh new home community you might enjoy.  Looking to build a custom home in Chatham County? Check out these available lots in Cedar Mountain, courtesy of Realty World Carolina Props. Stanton Homes helps make it easy to find the right place to build your new home, by putting together information on great new home communities, lots and land throughout the Triangle area.  All information per MLS, and current as of posting date.   Cedar Mountain offers beautiful wooded acreage near Pittsboro/Chapel Hill NC. This gorgeous Lewis-Metty community has over 60 rolling, wooded homesites. Cedar Mountain is a new addition to the popular Cedar Grove subdivisi... 07/23/2009

Fearrington Village Neighborhood UpdateMay 22, 2009 For the recent Active, Pending and Closed real estate transactions for Chapel Hill's Fearrington Village neighborhood, click here: Fearrington Village.  If you have any questions about any of these homes, please call or email The Rogers Team. Home Search: To set up an automated search for the home of your dreams, click Triangle Home Search and enter your dreams! Your Home's Value: If you are planning on selling your home, it would be our pleasure to provide a no-obligation valuation of your home.  Click Your Home's Value and enter the requested information.  Neighborhood Update: If you would like to receive email notification of real estate transactions in your neighborhood or other neighborhoods, click Neighborhood Updates and we will... 05/22/2009

Chatham County has passed liquor by the drink.  So now what happens?  Pretty much nothing, at least in the short term.  It is true that some establishments in the county will start to serve mixed drinks.  This will put those restaurants on an even keel with restaurants in neighboring counties.  But I don't think we will see any major increases in patronage or in new establishments being opened. Why?  Because most businesses still look at demographics and population when choosing to open a new site.  Right now, Chatham County does not have the rooftop count to draw most of the major chains.  Today that is.  There is still a lot of planned development in the County and especially around Pittsboro, in spite of the economy and increased restrictions due to new ordinances.  This is especiall... 05/11/2009

Here's a short photojournal of Pittsboro and the Chatham County area.  I hope you enjoy! Downtown Pittsboro, looking South on Main Street with Courthouse at the end of the street. Jordan Lake, the largest body of water in the region. One of our many golf courses and golf course communities in and around Pittsboro The Haw River, one of many rivers and streams throughout Chatham County Chatham County is Hill Country, offering many spectacular views Fearrington Village features, among other things, the only 5 star restaurant in the region Sit back and relax during the summer with an old past-time...baseball at Northwood High 04/09/2009

One of the most rewarding things about living and working in Chatham County is the exposure to all things new.  Whether it is our proximity to R&D hubs like Research Triangle Park or UNC, our higher learning neighbors to the North, it seems we are always being exposed to new ideas and thinking. One of those ideas has always been green living.  For years now we have had what are termed "low impact" development and energy efficient homes, but it wasn't until just a few years ago we started to see real green communities show up here in Pittsboro and Chatham County.  Now we have a half dozen or more "Green Communities" throughout the area. All this is good, but it does create one problem.  How do you find these green homes and communities.  I mean, if your local like me, you just know where... 04/09/2009

New Homes Pittsboro NC Harrison Pond - Green Home Community Near Chapel Hill Gorgeous Wooded Acreage Just Minutes From Shopping    We've discovered another great Raleigh new home community you might enjoy.  Looking to build a custom home in Pittsboro? Check out the Harrison Pond new home community. Stanton Homes helps make it easy to find the right place to build your new home, by putting together information on great new home communities, lots and land throughout central North Carolina.  All information per MLS, and current as of posting date.       Take one look at Harrison Pond, and you'll know you've found something different.  The entrance to Harrison Pond is green, lush, and gorgeous, framed on both sides by a natural wood fence, accented by stone planters and bird feeders.  Bird ... 03/31/2009

Governors Forest Neighborhood UpdateMarch 20, 2009 For the recent Active, Pending and Closed real estate transactions for Chapel Hill's Governors Forest neighborhood, click here: Governors Forest.  If you have any questions about any of these homes, please call or email The Rogers Team. Home Search: To set up an automated search for the home of your dreams, click Triangle Home Search and enter your dreams! Your Home's Value: If you are planning on selling your home, it would be our pleasure to provide a no-obligation valuation of your home.  Click Your Home's Value and enter the requested information.  Neighborhood Update: If you would like to receive email notification of real estate transactions in your neighborhood or other neighborhoods, click Neighborhood Updates and we will add yo... 03/20/2009

Fearrington Village Neighborhood Update For the recent Active, Pending and Closed real estate transactions for Pittsboro's Fearrington Village neighborhood, click here: Fearrrington Village.  If you have any questions about any of these homes, please call or email The Rogers Team. Home Search: To set up an automated search for the home of your dreams, click Triangle Home Search and enter your dreams! Your Home's Value: If you are planning on selling your home, it would be our pleasure to provide a no-obligation valuation of your home.  Click Your Home's Value and enter the requested information.  Neighborhood Update: If you would like to receive email notification of real estate transactions in your neighborhood or other neighborhoods, click Neighborhood Updates and we will add you to t... 02/27/2009

Governors Forest Neighborhood Update For the recent Active, Pending and Closed real estate transactions for Chapel Hill's Governors Forest neighborhood, click here: Governors Forest.  If you have any questions about any of these homes, please call or email The Rogers Team. Home Search: To set up an automated search for the home of your dreams, click Triangle Home Search and enter your dreams! Your Home's Value: If you are planning on selling your home, it would be our pleasure to provide a no-obligation valuation of your home.  Click Your Home's Value and enter the requested information.  Neighborhood Update: If you would like to receive email notification of real estate transactions in your neighborhood or other neighborhoods, click Neighborhood Updates and we will add you to the syste... 02/19/2009

The other day, I got an e-mail from my local MLS, Triangle MLS, in Raleigh.  The note stated that I was being fined $100 for a website I had that was out of compliance with the Triangle MLS rules.  The note went on to say that my website had to be "branded" with my company. This all started a few weeks ago when, trying to maximize my listing client's exposure, I used Google's search analysis tools to find out what subjects were being searched for in my area and demographic.  The number one search being done was "Foreclosure".  No surprise there.  The next most popular was "Green" as in green homes and building. This got me thinking...how easy is it for someone to find properties in my MLS (Triangle MLS) that are "Green".  That is, properties that are EnergyStar compliant for instance.  ... 02/15/2009

After years of walking land, listing land, and selling land... I had finally become tired of property lines not being properly marked (or marked at all), and with trying to carry a plat around on the property to try and find some recognizable feature that might tell us where we were on the property. So finally one day I decided to use some of my software background and do some research to see how easy it would be to download parcel lines from my county's GIS system into a handheld GPS.  Most counties around the country use a system developed by ESRI and known as a GIS (Geographic Information System) to maintain a combined graphical and text database of all the geographic features of the county.  This includes things like roads, water lines, property lines, and many, many other features.... 02/15/2009