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Golfers … southern Delaware County is YOUR place to be

Posted on 04/10/2011 | Leave a comment

golfers in southern delaware county ohio Today is supposed to be our first really warm day after a long, cold winter. I expect a lot of people will be hitting the golf courses today. If you live in or near southern Delaware County, you have many courses to choose from to play. Many are semi-private so check first.

If you like the idea of owning a home on a golf course, I can help you with that as most courses are lined with homes.

Here’s a list that I put together of the courses in the southern half of Delaware County. Click on the club’s name to go to the course’s website.

Southwest part of the county - Powell, Liberty Twp area:

Tartan Fields Golf Club
The Country Club at Muirfield Village (not the PGA Memorial Tournament course)
Wedgewood Golf & Country Club
Shamrock Golf Club
Safari Golf Club
Kinsale Golf & Country Club
Scioto Reserve Country Club
Riviera Golf Club

Lower southeast part of the county – Lewis Center, Westerville area:

Little Bear Golf Club
The Lakes Golf & Country Club (Highland Lakes)
The Medallion Club

Upper southeast part of the county – Delaware, Galena, Sunbury area:

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Posted in Central Ohio, Delaware County, Delaware Ohio, Galena Ohio, Golf course communities, Golf Village, Kinsale, Lewis Center Ohio, Muirfield, Powell Ohio, Scioto Reserve, Wedgewood

Luxury home sales around Columbus OH

Posted on 01/10/2011 | Leave a comment

Lots of people like to look at million dollar homes on the Internet, even though we may not have a prayer of affording them. It’s fun to see how “others” live.

In my continued end-of-year reviews, I looked at the number of homes that sold for more than $1 million around the Columbus metro area.

million $ homes sold in 2010 in central ohio

click to enlarge graph

Here’s the details on the numbers in the chart:

As might be expected, New Albany sold the most homes (14) over $1 million. The most expensive home ($5,184,000) was there as well. The average price of the homes was $1,579,678 and they averaged 8,483 sq ft. The $5 million dollar home had 17,771 sq ft and was located in The Farms community.
Southern Delaware County - specifically the Olentangy school district – saw 10 homes sell over $1 million. Nine of those were in the townships around Powell. The average price of the homes was $1,294,350 with a size of 7,722 sq ft. The highest price was $1,618,500 with 7,670 sq ft. This home was located in Liberty Twp.
Upper Arlington sold 5 homes over $1 million, at an average of $1,429,000 with 6,275 sq ft. The highest priced home sold at $2,045,000 and included 8,173 sq ft.
Dublin is next, having sold 4 homes over $1 million, averaging $1,481,250 with 9,454 sq ft. The highest priced home sold for $2,200,000 and it had 12,540 sq ft. It was located in Muirfield near #8 & #9 holes.
Galena had a couple of homes over $1 million. One sold at $2,812,500 (10,450 sq ft) and the other sold for $3,200,000 (12,500 sq ft).
Gahanna also sold 2 homes with both selling for $1,500,000.

If you’d like to buy a nice luxury home – and make next year’s chart – give me a call.

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Posted in Central Ohio, Delaware County, Dublin Ohio, Franklin County, Galena Ohio, Home prices, Homes, Homes for sale, Housing stats, Muirfield, Powell Ohio

Tagged central ohio real estate market news, homes sold over $1 million around Columbus OH, luxury homes in central ohio

Why did southern Delaware County grow so fast?

Posted on 08/06/2010 | Leave a comment

A local newspaper reporter called me this morning to discuss the housing growth that has occurred in southern Delaware County this decade. I’m usually nervous about talking with the media for fear of being mis-quoted. I hope he doesn’t do that.

After our conversation was over, I thought more about why the growth has occurred into southern Delaware County. I think there are several events that occurred that set the stage for it.

I-270 made it easy to go from one suburb to another. Businesses (jobs) built up around the various interchanges. Suburbs located inside 270 were land-locked with limited room to expand further housing.
Suburbs, like Dublin or Powell close to the freeway, had room to expand their borders. They also had easy access to the freeway with major roads such as Rt 315, Sawmill Rd and Rt 33 already in place.
Lewis Center’s growth was impacted when Banc One (now Chase) built the huge employment center and the nearby Polaris Mall was added, both outside of I-270. Old State Rd provided access to that employment so many housing subdivisions were built off of that road.
Golf Courses have played an important part to the housing growth as well. Dublin already had Jack Nicklaus’ huge Muirfield Village but then Arnie’s Tartan Fields was built north of Muirfield. Powell began with Wedgewood, then added Scioto Reserve and Kinsale (Golf Village). Shamrock and Safari are nearby, but they are not lined with homes the way the other courses are.
The southwest part of the county contains both the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers. I’m not a geologist but it seems there is more variance to the terrain between the rivers, providing more opportunity for the wooded, ravine lots that many home buyers like.
The southeast part of the county has the big water reservoirs with Alum Creek and Hoover. Both offer boating opportunities, albeit they have different motor restrictions.
Dublin and Powell already had groceries and retail, but those types of commercial buildings have expanded to keep pace with the housing. Dublin added Perimeter Mall and Powell added the shopping at Powell Rd and Sawmill Pkwy.
Some of the northern most housing developments in the Lewis Center area were several miles from groceries, gas stations, and fast-food eateries, but with the recent addition of some new stores along Rt 23 at Lewis Center Rd, that is changing.
Columbus State Community college recently opened along Rt 23 and Ohio Health is at a certain stage of providing convenient health care for the area.
More growth along Rt 23 between Powell Rd and Cheshire Rd was on the drawing board but it has been put on hold due to the economic downturn.
Southern Delaware County is primarily served with four school districts: Dublin, Olentangy, Westerville and Big Walnut. Olentangy covers the largest geographical part of the southern part of the county.

Like thousands of others, I’ve found the county to be a great place to live and work. If you would like to join us, give me a call and we’ll go house shopping.

Copyright © 2010. Elaine Reese, Real Living HER. Reproduction of any portion of this blog post or the images is prohibited by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If this post is being viewed on any site other than www.ReesesPiecesOfRealEstate.com then the material has been stolen without permission. Violators will be reported.

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Posted in Central Ohio, Delaware County, Dublin Ohio, Franklin County, Golf course communities, Golf Village, Kinsale, Homes, Homes for sale, Lewis Center Ohio, Media, Muirfield, Newspaper, Powell Ohio, Scioto Reserve, Water fun, Wedgewood

Tagged Alum Creek Reservoir, central ohio real estate market news, Hoover Reservoir, Tartan Fields

Time for the Dam Jam this Friday, the 16th

Posted on 07/10/2010 | 2 Comments

Dam Jam party in Shawnee Hills OH

It’s nearly time for the fun party near the Bogey Inn, called the Dam Jam, in Shawnee Hills. Shawnee is a “tiny” area at the northeast corner of Muirfield Village and just west of the Columbus Zoo, across the bridge over O’Shaunessy Dam. The section of Glick Rd near the dam and the Bogey Inn will be closed to vehicle traffic. As the sign says, the party will occur July 16, 5:00-12:00 pm. Go and have lots of fun. See Google Map.

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Posted in Central Ohio, Delaware County, Golf course communities, Muirfield, Powell Ohio

Tagged Bogey Inn, Dam Jam party at O'Shaunessy dam, Shawnee Hills Ohio

Dublin is getting prepped for The Memorial

Posted on 05/25/2010 | Leave a comment

Memorial Tournament flags, Dublin Ohio 43017 Next week is the PGA Memorial Tournament, but as usual, this week Muirfield Village is getting all “prettied up” ready to put on a good show to all the media, dignitaries and thousands of guests that will be in Dublin for the event.

The special flags have been installed on the light poles and parking signs are up. All the landscaping is well-manicured. It’s very common to see many landscape crews working on resident’s lawns. Some of them rent their homes out for the week, then stay in local hotels. I knew a family who did that, as it was a money-maker for them.

Muirfield Village, Dublin Ohio 43017 The Tournament begins May 31 with practice rounds through June 2. On June 1, there is a Military Appreciation Day. Those with appropriate military ID can enter for free. The Skins Game is on June 2, plus it’s Junior Golf Day, so kids under 18 can get in free with a ticketed adult. The actual tournament runs June 3 -6. At this time, Tiger is reported to be playing. (no comment)

I was offered tickets for one of the practice rounds, but decided to pass on them. I don’t trust Chief Leatherlips and what he may do to the weather.

I used to play quite a bit of golf years ago. I played in a weekly league and often played another 18 on the weekend. I really enjoyed the game, but naturally had the usual frustrations that can go with it. Thanks to my previous career, I had the opportunity to play at many nice resorts in Florida, Arizona and Colorado. I couldn’t drive as far as the guys did, but I hit it straight and was pretty good at chipping and putting, so I held my own.

I previously wrote an article about one particular golf outing where I hit my husband with a driver. No it wasn’t a story like Tiger, as it was an accident. It really was.