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During 2006, the Town of Wake Forest
issued 906 residential building permits
to bring the town’s dwelling unit stock
to 10,183 from 9,277 at the end of 2005,
a one-year increase of 9.8 percent.
When all those homes are
built, it could mean a town population
of 24,567, allowing for 2.66 people in
each home and a vacancy rate of 9.3
percent.
These are not official
figures but are taken from the monthly
building permit report and reports
issued by the Wake Forest Planning
Department. The U.S. Census estimated
the 2.66 people per home in 2000.
Since population numbers are
tricky, it very well may mean that the
population estimate above is high. This
week Jack Hagel in his Real Deals column
in The News & Observer wrote that
Demographics Now, a consulting firm,
says the town’s population will reach
23,800 by 2011. That figure would be a
24 percent increase in the next five
years, about twice the rate of the
Triangle as a whole, the Demographics
Now report says.
On the other hand, the
town’s planning department is using a
population figure of 22,784, calculated
in mid-July.
The building permit numbers
are smaller this year than in the two
previous years. In 2004, the town saw a
15.6 percent increase in the number of
homes with 1,116 residential permits
issued. In 2005, the growth was 12
percent with 1,005 residential permits
issued.
The numbers may spike in the
next few years as some large
developments that are not yet approved –
the Alexan at Ligon Mill with 288
apartments and Holding Village with
1,200 homes of various types – are
built.
Also in the next two to
three years, several approved
developments will be built. Austin Creek
has approval for 618 homes but has not
yet pulled the building permits, Bishops
Grant plans another 200 homes, Bowling
Green plans just over 300, the Dameron
property and Heritage North together
will build well over 1,100, Heritage
South plans 380, Reynolds Mill plans 125
homes, Shearon Farms plans 350
townhouses and apartments, and Stonegate
at St. Andrews has plans for 404
single-family homes and 217 multi-family
homes.
Planning Director Chip
Russell’s spreadsheet for ongoing and
future residential projects had 6,180
approved homes as of Dec. 18. The
developers for those 50 projects –
single -family and multi-family homes –
have not yet requested building permits.
Russell is quick to note
that interest rates, the overall economy
and the housing market across the
country will affect just how fast these
homes are built – and that many may not
be built if there is not a demand.
The number town officials
are watching is the number of homes
connecting to the water system, and for
the year that was 815, just a tad over
the 800 they aimed at because that will
stretch the water supply to 2010.
The major constraint on Wake
Forest’s growth is the water and sewer
merger agreement with Raleigh, which
caps the town’s water use per year at
4.91 million gallons per day of peak
use. That allocation continues until
March 31, 2010, when it will be
increased by 4 percent annually for 10
years.
The increase in the number
of residential lawn irrigation systems
along with the drought late in 2005
combined to increase the town’s peak day
use. Town officials have responded by
seeking a number of ways to cut peak
use. Those include restricting future
developments to 40 building permits per
subdivision per year, strongly
discouraging individual irrigation
systems that use town water and strongly
encouraging developers to include water
conservation measures in their plans.
The 96 permits issued in
December – 68 single-family homes, 23
townhomes, four duplexes and one mobile
home – are listed below. SFD stands for
single-family dwelling. The list shows
the permit holder, the type of
construction or inspection, the address,
the subdivision, the creek basin and the
estimated cost of the construction not
including the land. The estimated cost
is not always included and is not
required.
If the creek basin is listed
as Franklin County, that indicates the
home is connected to the Franklin County
water system. Much of the Richland Hills
subdivision on Wall Road is being built
in that county with that county’s water.
If you wonder where the
various subdivisions and all the new
streets are, you can get an updated town
map from the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce on South White Street.
-- Centex Homes, plan change
for SFD, 9044 Linslade Way, Dansforth,
Smith Creek, $201,800.
-- Cady Construction, SFD,
908 Richland Ridge Drive, Bennett Park,
Richland Creek, $171,000.
-- Cady Construction, SFD,
709 Richland Bluff Court, Bennett Park,
Richland Creek, $179,600.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1125 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1127 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$135,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1129 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$115,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1131 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Daniel Warren Hill, roof
on deck, 3713 Song Sparrow Drive,
Thornrose, Smith Creek, $0.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
1413 Green Edge Trail, Bowling Green
Phase 2-A, Smith Creek, $261,591.
-- Cady Construction, SFD,
700 Holding Ridge Court, Bennett Park,
Richland Creek, $194,500.
-- Future Homes by Odell
Thompson permit renewal for SFD, 3820
Orange Cosmos Ave., Smith Creek,
Wildflower, $280,000.
-- ECCS, deck, 426 Tyler Run
Drive, Tyler Run, Richland Creek,
$4,200.
-- Homes by Dickerson, SFD,
504 Hallburg Court, Heritage Heights,
Smith Creek, $255,000.
--- Fred Hockstra, SFD, 309
Bishop Falls Road, St. Ive’s, Richland
Creek, $560,000.
-- Homes by Dickerson, SFD,
500 Hallburg Court, Heritage Heights,
Smith Creek, $283,500.
-- Bannerman & Company,
townhome, 224 Sugar Maple Ave.,
Heathridge Village, Smith Creek,
$117,000.
-- Bannerman & Company,
townhome, 226 Sugar Maple Ave.,
Heathridge Village, Smith Creek,
$117,000.
-- Bannerman & Company,
townhome, 228 Sugar Maple Ave.,
Heathridge Village, Smith Creek,
$117,000.
-- Rising Sun Pools,
swimming pool, 8512 Hempton Cross Drive,
Stonegate Phase II, Smith Creek,
$22,000.
-- Bowling Green Associates,
retaining wall, Bowling Green, Bowling
Green townhouse Phase I and III, Smith
Creek, $18,500.
-- Mike Sommer, screen
porch, 3708 Tansley St., Dansforth,
Smith Creek, $11,500.
-- Deckorative Additions,
screen porch, 1216 Groves Field Lane,
Heritage, Smith Creek, $15,320.
-- Jonthan and Christy
Pearsall, swimming pool, 1201 Dagmar
Lane, Sedgefield Park, Smith Creek,
$18,000.
-- Williams Custom Building,
screen porch, 9228 Linslade Way,
Dansforth, Smith Creek, $0.
-- Deckorative Additions,
screen porch, 305 Tillamook Drive,
Cimarron North, Smith Creek, $13,970.
-- Michael and Lisa Bailey,
replace deck, 876 Lochmaben St.,
Staffordshire, Richland Creek, $2,975.
-- Freddie E. White,
addition, 920 Borage Drive, Wallridge,
Richland Creek, $27,000.
-- Tingen Construction,
complete attic, 3917 Heritage View
Trail, Heritage South, Smith Creek,
$1,750.
-- Braswell Construction,
SFD, 1033 Prairie Aster Court,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $305,000.
-- Tingen Construction, SFD,
1025 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $284,000.
--Tingen Construction, SFD,
929 Marshall Farm St., Wildflower, Smith
Creek, $284,000.
-- Creech Construction, SFD,
1028 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $305,000.
-- Braswell Construction,
SFD, 1009 Marshall Farm St., Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $305,000.
-- Baxter Construction
Services, commercial fitup, 1206
Heritage Trade Drive, Heritage Business
Park Phase I, Smith Creek, $30,250.
-- Baxter Construction
Services, commercial fitup, 1206
Heritage Trade Drive, Heritage Business
Park Phase I, Smith Creek, $41,750.
-- Baxter Construction
Services, commercial fitup, 1206
Heritage Trade Drive, Heritage Business
Park Phase I, Smith Creek, $35,700. (The
suite numbers for these three, here and
above, were not available.)
-- K. Hovnanian Homes, SFD,
1120 Chamberwell Ave., Richland Hills,
Richland Creek, $131,086.
-- Homes by Dickerson, SFD,
1013 Prairie Smoke St., Heritage South,
Smith Creek, $233,000.
-- Holdfast Custom Business,
addition, 405 Siena Drive, Forest Park
at Cimarron, Richland Creek, $18,500.
-- Patterson McClain Inc.,
vanilla box, 11721 Retail Drive, Suite
113, Capital Plaza Shopping Center,
Richland Creek, $7,500.
Rhonda Alderman, who
compiles the monthly building permit
report, said “vanilla box” means
“basically completing the space minus
the carpet, painting, etc.” She noted
that the next permit was for a fitup of
the space, which will be a Radio Shack.
Hayco Realty Ltd. out of Fort Worth,
Texas, owns the property.
-- Larry Taylor Contractors,
commercial fitup, 11721 Retail Drive
Suite 113, Capital Plaza Shopping
Center, Richland Creek, $6,675.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
1604 Dodford Court, Northampton, Smith
Creek, $216,539.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
1600 Dodford Court, Northampton, Smith
Creek, $190,308.
-- Cady Construction, SFD,
10216 San Remo Place, Porto Fino, Smith
Creek, $335,000.
-- J.W. Hunter Construction,
duplex, 1412 Ripley Woods St., Field
Stream (associated with Richland Hills),
Franklin County, $14,000.
-- J.W. Hunter Construction,
duplex, 1414 Ripley Woods St., Field
Stream (associated with Richland Hills),
Franklin County, $14,000.
-- J.W. Hunter Construction,
duplex, 1416 Ripley Woods St., Field
Stream (associated with Richland Hills),
Franklin County, $14,000.
-- J.W. Hunter Construction,
duplex, 1418 Ripley Woods St., Field
Stream (associated with Richland Hills),
Franklin County, $14,000.
-- Rising Sun Pools,
swimming pool, 1312 Shirehall Park Lane,
Northampton, Smith Creek, $23,000.
-- Braswell Construction,
SFD, 1049 Prairie Aster Court,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $320,000.
-- Braswell Construction,
SFD, 1029 Prairie Aster Court,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $309,000.
-- ECI Custom Homes,
townhome, 1204 Heritage Club Ave.,
Heritage Place, Smith Creek, $235,000.
-- ECI Custom Homes,
townhome, 1206 Heritage Club Ave.,
Heritage Place, Smith Creek, $235,000.
-- Forrest E. Burgess,
enclose porch, 759 Parkside Towns Court,
Heritage, Smith Creek, $1,750.
-- Todd C. and Kristine
Pelzer, repair roof, 103 Richland Drive,
Richland Creek subdivision, Richland
Creek, $2,000.
-- Stewart Sill,
renovations, 314 S. Main St., $15,000.
Homes by Dickerson, complete
bonus room, 1045 Golden Star Way,
Heritage South, Smith Creek, $12,000.
-- Rice General
Construction, commercial fitup, 10433
Ligon Mill Road, Ligon Mill Business
Center, Richland Creek, $56,365.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
1009 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
1021 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
1004 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
3856 Crimson Clover Ave., Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
1005 Marshall Farm St., Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- The Body Shop, remodel,
5036 One World Way, Smith Creek,
$27,000.
-- Legacy Custom Homes, SFD,
1025 Prairie Aster Court, Wildflower,
Smith Creek, $275,000.
-- Williams Custom Building,
SFD, 1304 Haltwhistle St., Olde Mill
Stream Phase 5B, Richland Creek,
$320,000.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
1405 Green Edge Trail, Bowling Green
Phase 2A, Smith Creek, $262,517.
-- David A. Bailey
Construction, finish utility space, 7909
Hogan Drive, Country Club Downs,
Richland Creek, $5,000.
-- Thrifty Home
Improvements, screen in deck, 6101
Tiffield Way, Northampton, Smith Creek,
$5,000.
-- Future Homes by Odell
Thompson, SFD, 1020 Prairie Aster Court,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $240,000.
-- Future Homes by Odell
Thompson, SFD, 913 Marshall Farm St.,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $240,000.
-- Future Homes by Odell
Thompson, SFD, 3808 Crimson Clover Ave.,
Wildflower, Smith Creek, $225,000.
-- Rice General
Construction, commercial fitup, 10431
Ligon Mill Road, Ligon Mill Business
Center, Richland Creek, $35,000.
-- Richard Gaylord Homes,
SFD, 500 Pressler St., Heritage Heights,
Smith Creek, $300,000.
-- Richard and Cynthia
Oakley, mobile home, 125 Jordan Lane,
Lake Forest Estates, Smith Creek,
$35,000.
-- Braswell Construction,
SFD, 776 Heritage Arbor Drive, Heritage
Arbor, Smith Creek, $470,000.
-- K. Hovnanian Homes, SFD,
1200 Chamberwell Ave., Richland Hills,
Richland Creek, $166,064.
-- Murdock-Gannon
Construction, SFD, 9705 Precious Stone
Drive, Shearon Farms, Smith Creek,
$155,000.
-- Murdock-Gannon
Construction, SFD, 4416 Overglen Ave.,
Shearon Farms, Smith Creek, $168,000.
-- Murdock-Gannon
Construction, SFD, 4436 Overglen Ave.,
Shearon Farms, Smith Creek, $168,000.
-- McCar Homes, SFD, 3704
Willow Stone Lane, Stonegate at St.
Andrews, Smith Creek, $242,960.
-- McCar Homes, SFD, 3628
Willow Stone Lane, Stonegate at St.
Andrews, Smith Creek, $242,050.
-- McCar Homes, SFD, 2344
Rainy Lake St., Stonegate at St.
Andrews, Smith Creek, $239,250.
-- McCar Homes, SFD, 2352
Rainy Lake St., Stonegate at St.
Andrews, Smith Creek, $233,230.
-- APTCO East, townhome,
3812 Heritage Spring Circle, Heritage
Spring at Wildflower, Smith Creek,
$114,748.
-- APTCO East, townhome,
3814 Heritage Spring Circle, Heritage
Spring at Wildflower, Smith Creek,
$118,604.
-- The Drees Company, SFD,
1408 Green Edge Trail, Bowling Green
Phase 2A, Smith Creek, $191,952.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
6120 Tiffield Way, Northampton, Smith
Creek, $204,444.
-- St. Lawrence Homes, SFD,
1608 Dodford Court, Northampton, Smith
Creek, $0.
-- Homes by Dickerson, SFD,
1512 O’Brien Circle, Heritage, Smith
Creek, $325,000.
-- Centex Homes, SFD, 1324
Vanagrif Court, Heritage North Phase I,
Smith Creek, $186,700.
-- H.J. Morris Construction,
SFD, 413 Gambit Circle, Bishop’s Grant,
Smith Creek, $189,600.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 524
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 516
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
--Biltmore Homes, SFD, 512
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 508
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 528
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 504
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 520
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 500
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 501
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 505
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $280,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 509
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 513
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $270,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 517
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 525
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 529
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 533
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $280,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 537
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $280,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 541
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $250,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 545
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 549
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 553
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $260,000.
-- Biltmore Homes, SFD, 521
Clifton Blue St., Heritage North Phase
II, Smith Creek, $270,000.
-- Williams Custom Builders,
renovations (changing the location of
the bathrooms) at the Wake Forest
Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave., Smith
Creek, $0 listed but the bid was
$92,000. The Community House will be
closed during January and February while
the work is underway.
-- Williams Custom Builders,
screen in deck, 7240 Sparhawk Road, St.
Ive’s, Richland Creek, $50,000.
-- Blue Sky Services,
complete attic, 3128 Gross Ave., Caddell
Woods, Smith Creek, $40,000.
-- Venture Construction,
11380 Capital Blvd., Shoppes at Caveness
Farm, Richland Creek, $0.
-- Richard S. and Deanna M.
Kolecki, deck extension, 535 Old Bailey
Court, Holding Ridge, Smith Creek,
$5,000.
-- Rice General
Construction, contractor change, 504
Brumber Circle, Olde Mill Stream Phase
5A, Richland Creek, $0.
-- King Construction, screen
porch on deck, 1316 Lindenberg Square,
Thornrose, Smith Creek, $11,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1145 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1147 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$125,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1149 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1151 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1153 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$115,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1155 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1133 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1135 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$125,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1137 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1139 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1141 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$115,000.
-- Big C Construction,
townhome, 1143 Willowgrass Lane,
Wildflower Townes, Smith Creek,
$120,000. |
