Fabulous Charlottesville Homes

Charlottesville homes are highly desirable for many reasons. The history in this wonderful, pastoral area of Central Virginia is unsurpassed. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt and Lewis & Clarke lived here and have changed our lives for the better. There are numerous historic Charlottesville homes that bear traces of Jefferson's fine work.

One reason why people love it here is because the University of Virginia is here. For the past five years UVA has been voted the best public college in the country and is considered an Ivy League School. UVA's business school, Darden, teaches their students to buy Charlottesville homes when they attend so they can live for free and hopefully make a profit when they sell. Like almost every small city in America, Charlottesville homes have depreciated in value. 23% is what the average home in Charlottesville is down versus 27% for the more luxurious Charlottesville houses in 2009.

When people think of Charlottesville today they usually think of the thrilling music scene we have. We can attribute this to the Dave Mathews Band which is from Charlottesville. They helped bring Charlottesville the exposure and such big names as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to Charlottesville. We now have four music venues of various sizes including the historic Paramount on the downtown mall. Tony Bennett re-opened it in 2006. Country music lovers have been flocking to Charlottesville too. Sissy Spacek & Mary Chapin Carpenter own spectacular Charlottesville homes here and there's a fabulous banjo-making community in the hollows just minutes south of Charlottesville. Every summer, Graves Mountain throws a blue grass shindig that is extremely popular with many blue grass and country music lovers. Charlottesville is also for dancers! Ballet and modern dance are very popular.

Charlottesville is home to two, superb hospitals. The University of Virginia and Martha Jefferson hospitals are both in the top 25 in America and both specialize in cancer research. The Kluge Children's Hospital is here too. The Charlottesville countryside is so spectacular and bucolic that many of the best doctors in America choose the live here for the overall quality of life over big city living. Being one of the smallest cities in America, getting to a hospital is easy and quick. There are many fabulous communities offering exquisite Charlottesville homes within 5 minutes of the hospital including Keswick Estates (Many Keswick farms are fine examples early 18th century, Georgian architecture). This is why many Charlottesville seniors choose Charlottesville.

The schools here are also excellent. One reason is there is a teaching college at the University of Virginia and many grads want to remain and teach here because homes in Charlottesville are affordable and safe. Most of our high school graduates attend college after graduation.

Horses and horse racing has been a favorite past time among the affluent since colonial times. There are exquisite Charlottesville horse farms around every turn but many are well-hidden behind stone walls and centuries-old cedar groves. We have two foxhunts here too...The Keswick & Farmington Hunts. Jefferson's work can be seen on many Kesick farms. He was an avid architect and designed numerous spectacular Palladian Charlottesville estates. For horse lovers, we have Glenmore and Keswick Estates where you can be in a lovely equestrian-golfing community. Many of these luxury Charlottesville homes are priced in the millions of dollars.

Crozet is where the most affordable homes are to be found. While not the cheapest, Old Trail Crozet offers some fabulous new Charlottesville townhomes. Another plus is the excellent Western Albemarle Schools. The area is very family-oriented and there are pools, soccer and ball fields everywhere.

If you have children then Charlottesville is a great place to grow up. Sports are huge here. While baseball and soccer are probably the most popular, lacrosse, polo and skiing are also favorites. A wonderful new Little League Complex was just donated to us by Charlottesville native, John Grisham.

Charlottesville homes are affordable especially today. The average Charlottesville home costs around $300,000 while Charlottesville condos and townhomes are much less. Most Charlottesville homes have spectacular Blue Ridge Mountain views.

There is a Charlottesville property for everyone and for many realtors Charlottesville has been a great place to help families find the right Charlottesville home for a fabulous, stress-free, cosmopolitan life. Come join us and see why we live here!

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Searching for Charlottesville homes is easy online but if you are not acquainted with our area you need to know where to look and a savvy Charlottesville realtor will help you make the best choices.

Our area is quite small even if you add Albemarle County too and everyone wants to buy the best Charlottesville property...for the lowest amount. Albemarle homes are more expensive because they come with larger land parcels.

As a savvy Charlottesville realty, we can help with your Charlottesville homes search. First, we suggest you get your financing in order.

Then decide if you want to live in the city limits or if a Charlottesville country property is what you desire.

Then we suggest you begin your Charlottesville homes search in Western Albemarle.

Why? Because the Western Albemarle Schools are wonderful and the area is pastoral and bucolic.

Everywhere you look there's the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Many realtors in Charlottesville will just do a quick search on the CAAR mls and then show you the available Charlottesville homes within your price range.

We kick it up a notch and show you homes in Charlottesville that we KNOW will appreciate quickly because they are in the best Charlottesville homes for sale in today's market in that area.

As a savvy Charlottesville realty we offer you this sage advice...You make money on your Charlottesville homes when you BUY; NOT when you sell.

There are currently over 1000 Charlottesville area realtors in the charlottesville area association of realtors (caar mls); but many do not work full time especially in this slow market.

Some realtors Charlottesville home buyers use only know and work ONE specific area. For example, many of the Glenmore Country Club agents only sell Charlottesville homes in that lovely gated-community.

Many Charlottesville seniors need to be near medical facilities. And we are lucky to have excellent hospitals on both sides of town.

We KNOW what YOU need.

So consider contacting us as we are the realtors Charlottesville seniors enjoy working with.

So what is our approach...Simple.

We give you our famous Royal Four Hour Tour of our area. We pull up a large list of Charlottesville homes on both CAAR mls and Charlottesville fsbo sites to discuss with you in the car and we'll make appointments in advance to go into everyone of them.

So when we are touring the area, you can decide which Charlottesville homes you want to preview and physically see.

By the end of the day, YOU WILL KNOW where you want to live.

As Charlottesville farm owners ourselves, we also know the Charlottesville farm market. Our three web sites: Charlottesville Farms, Virginia Farms & Virginia Horse Farms can help with your search.

We also have the top rated Charlottesville historic homes site on the internet. So click here to view Charlottesville historic homes.

This is what makes us the realtors Charlottesville homes buyers trust.
We are proud members of the Charlottesville Association of REALTORS®.

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