Seeking to Move to a Suburb That Offers Single Family Homes/pool/clubhouse

Hi K.,

You mentioned Lake Arlington. Anyway, I live in Arlington Hts. but not near Lake Arlington. I live on the south side of the town. Anyway... have you give it any thought on just buying a home near all the amenities that you want? (Instead of paying an association fee?)

For example, I live in the subdivision called Surrey Ridge and across the street from me is the elementary school and large park called Heritage. The park has a sledding hill, tennis courts, volleyball area with sand, ice skating rink in winter, the park district building, and the public pool. (I can rent out a room in the park dist. building for approx. 45 dollars an hour.) I am so close to Woodfield and many other stores, and Rt. 355 is around 7 minutes away. Rt. 90 is less than 5 minutes. Company comes over and they make comments how I "have it all" without the association fee! Yes... we do have to pay for using the pool, but it is less than my friend pays for her clubhouse/pool in Naperville. (She pays 400. a year and the pool is only available during the summer.) I bought the year round swim pass for my family for 200. and I can use it at the indoor pool in the cold weather. (This particular pool is not across the street but close.)

Oh... and if you are looking into finding a helpful and friendly real estate agent, my husband, Dino Patras, is one and he works for Coldwell Banker. He knows Arlington Hts. well (we have lived here for 11 years)

Dino's cell number is ###-###-####. He can assist you with other towns as well.

Oh and where I live, there is a golf course near us on New Wilke and Central. (Close to Northwest Hospital) Both under 5 minutes away.
I hope this has helped some.

J.

Hi K.,
My name is L. Clemente & I am a realtor with Coldwell Banker. I am also a mamasource member & I think I have found the answer to your question. I new immediately where I could find pools & clubhouses because my in-laws all live in Romeoville & Plainfield & I know they have those ammenities but I thought that may be too far, I wasn't sure so I checked Darien, Woodridge, Lemont,& Naperville have them as well. Are any of these areas where you would like to be? Do you have a realtor yet? If not, you can give me your e-mail & I can start sending you properties to look at. I am able to put in things like those ammenities into my search to really narrow it down. Don't worry they're not adult communities. In fact, I have found so many that I exceeded my search limit & it only took me a couple minutes to get all of that information. If you would like, give me a call at ###-###-#### (that's my direct business #) & we can talk a little more so that I can narrow down the # of houses that are out there in addtition to the ammenities by putting in a price cap, # of beds & baths, maybe just a couple towns. Whatever you'd like. Also, is your townhouse up for sale yet? It has been taking a little longer to sell in this market. You may want to put it on soon if it's not on already. I can help with that as well. My background is in Interior Design & along with my real estate service I help clients "stage" if needed. Staged homes move much faster as long as they are priced right as well. Sorry for the extra long e-mail. Give me a call if you're interested or even just an e-mail if you're not ready yet. I would love to be of assistance. I think in about 2 minutes time I've already found too many properties but with some more information from you, I can narrow that down.
Sincerely,
L. Clemente ###-###-####

I don't know if you want to come into Roselle, but we live in a townhouse with single family homes around us. The single family homes (and townhouses) get pool and clubhouse privledges for about $124 a month (also includes grass cut and snow removal). We are about 5 minutes to 53 and right by the Elgin O'Hare Expresway. The community is called The Trails. Even though it is Roselle, it is in Cook County and the school district is school district 53 for elementary and junior high and district 211 for high school.

There are many in Plainfield that are really nice, Clublands is one I'm familiar with, but that's a little distance from Wheaton. There's also some in Yorkville and Plano that are brand new, but some have SSA taxes, yuck. Happy searching!