Wexford Entry

Wexford, located in Orange County, NC, is one of several Carrboro neighborhoods with a Chapel Hill address. Other neighborhoods with this same confusing address issue include established neighborhoods like Sunset Creek and Lake Hogan Farms, and new neighborhoods like Claremont and Winmore. Carrboro and Chapel Hill share a school system Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools but have separate governments. The tax rate for the Carrboro properties is about .10 per hundred higher than Chapel Hill because of the smaller commercial tax base. The address is really a function of the post office which happens to be in Chapel Hill. This has even been confusing for closing attorneys.

In the early 1990's there were lots of new home neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. What made Wexford special were the larger lot sizes, all big enough for a side entry garage. The developers sold lots to some of the best custom builders in town and because of the quality of construction and details the neighborhood has aged well.

Even though some of the homes in the first phase are now 20 years old the street scape doesn't looked dated but instead the well kept yards and homes have become better looking with time especially when contrasted with the more "cookie cutter" like neighborhoods built since.

In the late 90's a new phase was developed with about a dozen homes and in the last couple of years the last phase of eight homes were built by Hampton Homes. The neighbors share a beautiful pond with gazebo, a pool and club house and tennis courts. There are three homes on the market in Wexford today,
December 30, 2008.