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Bill Lewis
Special to Nashville Tennessean, USA TODAY NETWORK newsrooms in Tennessee
Published 6:01 AM EDT Jun 5, 2020
Danny Bounds looks forward to mornings on the back porch of his new home high on a hill in Brentwood, taking in the view of the surrounding Williamson County countryside.
But Bounds’ house isn’t in Williamson County. Despite its Brentwood address, the house is inside Davidson County, where home prices are more attainable. A number of new neighborhoods are giving home buyers the opportunity to have a Williamson County lifestyle at Davidson County prices.
“We wanted to be close to the city. Having a Brentwood address is a plus,” Bounds said of the house he and his wife, Erika, are having built in The Heights at Autumn Oaks. Regent Homes is building 31 houses in the neighborhood, located just inside Davidson County not far from the intersection of Nolensville and Concord roads.
Prices range from the high $300,000s to the low $400,000s for a house with 2,061 to 2,473 square feet. That’s well below the average cost of a new or resale home in Brentwood, which was $912,135 in April, according to the Williamson County Association of Realtors (WCAR).
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Outside the city, but not too far
In the fast-growing Williamson County city of Nolensville, Emily and Michael Reinisch made a similar discovery. They just had a baby and are upsizing from a townhome to a larger single-family house.
Both residences are in Carothers Farms, a neighborhood in a portion of Nolensville located inside Davidson County. Regent Homes is building a mix of housing styles including condo flats, townhouses, live-work townhomes with commercial space on the first floor and living space above, cottage homes and larger estate homes with big yards.
Prices range from the mid-$200,000s to the mid-$400,000s for a home with 1,257 to 2,476 square feet. The average home price in Nolensville is $592,824, according to the WCAR.
The Reinisches especially like Carothers Farms’ location just off Burkitt Road on Nashville’s south side. I-24 takes them to downtown Nashville or to Murfreesboro. Concord Road goes to I-65 and Maryland Farms, Cool Springs and Franklin.
“We’re in the middle,” said Emily Reinisch.
“We wanted to be outside the city but not too far,” she said.
The Tipsy Pig, a neighborhood bar and grill owned by the people who operate Pork Belly Café in Lenox Village, has space in Carothers Farms. The neighborhood will have a town center with office space, restaurants and shops.
The Reinisches are looking forward to community gatherings in the new event barn at the community’s entrance, next to the trio of farm silos that Regent Homes preserved. Meanwhile, the dog park is a convenient spot for conversations.
“We meet neighbors there all the time,” said Emily Reinisch.
Nashville’s Cane Ridge Park, with disc golf, a playground and walking trails, is next door.
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County line draws downsizers, millennials
Also in the Davidson County portion of Nolensville, Burkitt Commons is attracting millennial home buyers looking for a walkable, urban experience combined with the convenience and affordability of the suburbs, said David McGowan, president of Regent Homes.
“Burkitt commons is very popular with millennials. We’re selling six to eight residences a month,” said McGowan.
The location between interstates 24 and 65 is part of the attraction.
“Young professionals in Williamson and Davidson counties can get to their jobs very quickly,” he said.
Neighborhoods on the Nashville side of the county line can generally have higher density than in Williamson County, which keeps prices down, said McGowan.
Home buyers have responded enthusiastically. In Brentwood, The Heights at Autumn Oaks is a good example.
“We haven’t even opened our model and are 50 percent sold out,” said McGowan.
Regent is offering both one- and two-level homes with open floor plans and the main-level master suites that downsizers and millennials want.
Danny and Erika Bounds knew right away The Heights at Autumn Oaks was the right neighborhood for them.
“Everywhere we turned in the neighborhood there were families walking, kids playing,” Danny Bounds said of their first visit to The Heights.
“We wanted to get a house that would stick with us as we started a family,” he said.
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