A Community to Call Home

My Neighborhood Rocks... No, Seriously

Ok, ok. Most people have a little pride for the place they call home. But most people don't shout it from the rooftops when they do. See, I'm lucky because in my business, it is my business to shout it from the rooftops. So today's focus is on a neat little (ok 185-home) neighborhood tucked away in SW Durham close to everything!

Lochside community is made up of 103 single family homes and 82 town homes, and features a swimming pool and club house center available for event rentals. Now that I have two boys, the pool has become a summer time must have and the perfect setting for meeting new neighbors.

In addition to sidewalks throughout the towns and singles, Lochside sits incredibly close to the American Tobacco Trail. As you know, this trail is perhaps the most favored trail in Durham and the surrounding areas. In fact, I can run or bike to it easily from my home. And the boys love riding in the trailer hitch behind my hubby's bike up to Solite Park (just across Fayetteville Road). 

Now that my oldest will be attending Kindergarten later this year, should he be matched at a school neighboring Lochside, he could one day walk home from school. Or I might just walk over to pick him up.

Over the years we've lived in Lochside, we've attended several block parties, I've served on the HOA Board and I've enjoyed going out for ladies' night with some of the neighborhood moms. Friendly doesn't begin to describe the atmosphere around here.

If you're fortunate enough to live in a Lochside town home, you may have lake views from your back windows or an open green space to throw frisbee or walk your dogs. 

When I get the itch to shop, I'm minutes from Streets at Southpoint Mall, two Targets, a Wal-Mart, Lowe's Home Improvement, two Krogers, a Harris Teeter and a Food Lion. There are three gas stations within a mile of my home when I need to fuel up. And when I want to venture out for dinner instead of cooking at home, I have my choices of Little Ceaser's Pizza, Wendy's, Bojangles, McDonald's, Captain D,s, KFC and more. Since I don't do fast food much anymore, I can head over to Williams Grill on Hwy 54, Which Wich, Orient Garden or Char-Grill.

If I need to get to the airport (only 15 minutes away) or to down town Durham (via the Durham Freeway and only 12 minutes away) I don't have far to go.

On a final note, my kids have made friends with some of the neighbors' kids and I have had the pleasure of selling 20+ neighbors' homes in the community. What a community to call home. I think I'll stay here for a long while.