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We're Getting Older - We Want Our New Raleigh/Cary/ Apex Home to Have a 1st Floor Master!

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We're Getting Older - We Want Our New Raleigh/Cary/ Apex Home to Have a 1st Floor Master!

Let's face it folks, we're all getting a little older each and every day. We consistently forget where we left our glasses...only to find out they're right on our head where we left them! Our keys seem to be lost every time we go to look for them! And don't even get me started on the physical effects of aging!

Craig Rutman, your Raleigh/ Cary/ Apex area Realtor can help you find your new home!

With that being said, many of my buyer clients have asked me to search for homes with 1st floor master bedrooms for them.


I've heeded your call! So without further ado, the links below represent all the currently available homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex that were built in 2000 or newer, with 3 bedrooms and 2-1/2 bathrooms AND a 1st floor master bedroom.

1st Floor Master Bedroom Homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex priced between $100,000 and $199,999

1st Floor Master Bedroom Homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex priced between $200,000 and $299,999

1st Floor Master Bedroom Homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex priced between $300,000 and $399,999

1st Floor Master Bedroom Homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex priced between $400,000 and $499,999

1st Floor Master Bedroom Homes in Raleigh, Cary and Apex $500,000 +

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Craig Rutman is a North Carolina Residential Real Estate Specialist that can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in the Raleigh - Cary – Apex metro areas; or any place else in the country by connecting you with a relocation professional in your destination of choice.

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Regina P. Brown
MBA Broker Consultants - Carlsbad, CA
M.B.A., Broker, Instructor

Craig, we have seen this in our area too.  Sometimes looking for the "in-law suite" or a granny unit with a separate entrance; or sometimes thinking about themselves aging in a few years!  Don't worry, you won't be there any time soon..... He he!!!

Feb 25, 2010 04:37 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Craig, you come up with some of the most interesting posts. What a creative or mind you have!!!

Helping you to help others live their American dream...

Feb 25, 2010 07:50 PM
Kathleen Cooper
Kathleen Cooper, Sposato Realty Group - Worcester, MA
Sposato Realty Group - Broker Owner

They are hard to find sometimes when I'm looking and then they may have a 1st floor bedroom, but then have only a half bath on the main level!  That doesn't help them much either...next!  LOL

Feb 25, 2010 10:34 PM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Why thank you Craig!  I couldn't write this sooner because I had to find my glasses to read your response!

Feb 25, 2010 11:10 PM
Claudette Millette
The Buyers' Counsel - Ashland, MA
Buyer, Broker - Metrowest Mass

Craig:

This is a great way to cater to a niche market. And, I love the photo.

The answer to the glasses problem is to have a pair made for every room in the house. You may be living in a ranch but you are keeping the optometrist in a mansion.  It does become scary when we start to lose things. I could not find my lockbox key all day yesterday. It finally turned up in an odd place just as I was going to call Supra and order a new one...

 

Feb 25, 2010 11:13 PM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Wanda - Put one foot in front of the other as you're walking Wanda!

Renee - It seems that in areas where there is a lot of new construction 1st floor masters are more popular than in areas where it's already built up.

Regina - If you knew how I felt this morning, you'd be looking for a granny unit for me right now!!!

 

Feb 26, 2010 12:40 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Michael - Thank you sir. I call it "fun with marketing from a guy with a misspent youth"!

Kathleen - Well unless you're showering in the sink or toilet, a 1/2 bathroom is useless for a 1st floor bedroom! What was the builder thinking?

Debra - Ha! Ha! Ha! But don't worry, you still have many years before you're required to move to Florida!!!

Claudette - "Living in a ranch but keeping the optometrist in a mansion!" Hysterical! Don't you hate it when you lose things? Or when someone says, "I found it. It was in the last place I looked." Well, duh. Why would you look any further if you found it?

Feb 26, 2010 12:46 AM
Stanton Homes
Stanton Homes - New Home Builder - Raleigh, NC
Design/Build Custom Home Builder in North Carolina

First floor masters are definitely our most popular request, followed by one story homes.  These are harder to find - and we're able to do a lot of customization, particularly with accessible or aging in place options.  Great search idea!

Feb 26, 2010 01:09 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Penny - Thank you Penny! I know Stanton Homes does a nice job of insuring that their buyers have options!

Feb 26, 2010 01:17 AM
Mike Hendren
Mike Hendren Photography - Cloudcroft, NM

Ha!  Craig, this is a painful reminder for many of us - I don't even mind not being able to find my glasses, but the "physical changes" are really getting me down!  LOL 

Have a great day!

 Mike
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Feb 26, 2010 01:28 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Mike - I knew that physical change reference was going to touch a nerve with some of you guys!!! You have a great day too my friend.....despite those changes!!!

Feb 26, 2010 01:40 AM
Caren Wallace
Premier Property Group LLC - Tualatin, OR
Portland Caren Real Estate

Craig, great post with the aging boomers in mind! We get alot of call for first floor masters or even one floor living! We are in an area that is filled with 70's 2 story colonials and those owners are realizing that they can't find their glasses and the stairs are getting longer and longer!!

Feb 26, 2010 02:46 AM
Debi Boucher
Real Estate Showcase Photography - Woodland Park, CO
"Realtor Showcase" - Real Estate Photography/Virtual Tours

First floor masters have become a BIG desireable over the past few years. I know I'll never a home w/ an upstairs master again!

Debi

Feb 26, 2010 03:29 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Caren - Many of those staircases seem like Mt. Everest to us aging boomers! Unless you have a Sherpa to guide you to the top, stick with the 1st floor master bedrooms!

Debi - I'm pretty sure my next home will have a 1st floor master. My knees will thank me!

 

Feb 26, 2010 11:42 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Backwards we are in our lives Craig, we LOVE the upstairs MASTER as it is separated and quiet from the rest of the house, and the exercise of going up the stairs is good for us as we get older. But I know I am in the minority, as I guess everyone else wants it down. I hear the same trend but I live counter to the way everyone else lives. Just me.

Feb 27, 2010 03:41 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Gary - Where I came from in NY, all of the bedrooms were on the 2nd floor. When I came down here to NC, that's what I wanted, and what I bought. But, my next home will definitely have a 1st floor master. I'm getting old!

Feb 27, 2010 06:07 AM
Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

I've been noticing a lot more people looking at 1 level ranch homes here, they just don't want stairs at all. Now, where is my lock box key?

Mar 01, 2010 06:19 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Todd - I'm seeing more and more requests for 1st floor bedrooms too. And that's what prompted me to write this blog. Too funny on the missing lock box key! You know it's right where you left it Todd.....If only you could remember where that was!!!

Mar 01, 2010 06:43 AM
Kim Southern- "Sold" with Southern Hospitality
Century 21 In the Mountains - Ellijay, GA
Greetings from the North Georgia Mountains!

Great way to hone in on what folks are looking for...besides their glasses! Well done presentation, as always!

Mar 03, 2010 07:29 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Kim - Thank you! That glasses comment is just too funny! My mom is constantly looking for her glasses..which are usually propped up on her head!

Jun 28, 2010 01:51 AM
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