Welcome to Woodcroft. This Durham, NC community is ideally situated and very accessible to all points in the Triangle. This prime Durham, NC community is ~12 minutes to Duke, ~15 minutes to the heart of Chapel Hill, ~15 minutes to RDU International Airport, and ~20 minutes to Raleigh and Cary. The terraine is slightly rolling, with lots of mature hardwood trees. The community amenities include an abundance of paved walking trails, a pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, and a playground. Woodcroft is an affordable, friendly and warm community!  Building began in the mid 1980s and reached its peak in the late 1990s.  There are various styles of homes found within Woodcroft, from traditional to more contemporary.  Though it is a larger community, the well planned layout of the homes lends itself to a small community feeling. 

Increasing the Real Estate Value of your Woodcroft Durham Home by Reducing Energy Costs

Among buyers age 43-53 years old, the most important single feature in a prospective new home purchase is improved energy efficiency according to a  recent study cited in Realtor Magazine. More and more home buyers are asking questions about utility costs and energy efficiency. As sophisticated homebuyers become more concerned about lowering monthly costs and their impact on the environment, can real estate professionals afford to overlook this important trend?    #1 Most important real estate home buyer feature - Realtor Magazine survey

Fluorescent light fixtures one of the great secrets for saving on real estate utility bills says the National Association Of Realtors.  Florescent lights are great for kitchens, workshops, laundries, recreation rooms and home offices.  Florescent lights are one of the best kept secrets: they are about three to four times as efficient as incandescent lighting and last about 10 times longer.      Lower your Durham real estate utility bills

Simple actions, say the team at ENERGY STAR, can save significant dollars.  Savings on utility bills can add real estate value to your home when you put it on the real estate market.  Just replacing the bulbs with ENERGY STAR qualified lighting in five of the fixtures you use most can save up to $60 per year in the average home, according to the real estate specialists on the ENERGY STAR team.  Check out other ENERGY STAR fixtures and suggestions for additional savings at the ENERGY STAR web site.     Advice from the real estate specialists at ENERGY STAR

Twenty Things You Can Do to Conserve Energy to lower your utility bills:   If you may be putting your Woodcroft Home on the market in the next few years, one way to add value to your Woodcroft Home on the real estate market and dollars to your bank account today is to lower your utility bills.  Whether you live in an all brick home in RTP or a two-story home in Durham or Chapel Hill you can lower your utility bills with these twenty suggestions from PowerScorecard.   Make your Downing Creek Home more Energy Efficient

Interested in making your Woodcroft Home more energy efficient? The US Dpartment of Energy is providing a collection of computer software programs for home owners and real estate agents in Durham and elsewhere to analyze the energy efficiency of your home - some are demo versions and some are full programs free for downloading.   A home energy analysis is important at any time and especially if you are preparing your home for sale.  Department of Energy Home Energy Efficiency Software list

Simple actions, say the team at ENERGY STAR, can save significant dollars.  Savings on utility bills can add value to your Woodcroft Home when you put it on the real estate market.  Just replacing the bulbs with ENERY STAR qualified lighting in the five fixtures you use most can save up to $60 per year in the average home, according to the real estate specialists on the ENERGY STAR team.  Check out other ENERGY STAR fixtures and suggestions for additional savings at the ENERGY STAR web site.     Advice from the real estate specialists at ENERGY STAR

Energy savings can increase the appraised real estate value of your Woodcroft Home. The federally sponsored secondary mortgage markets of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA allow appraisers to capitalize the flow of energy savings in an energy efficient home and add it to the market value of a home in the appraisal. FHA recognizes the value of energy savings.

How energy efficient is your Woodcroft Home? Would you like to find out? And would you like find out how much you could save on your energy bills by taking some steps to improve your Woodcroft Home's energy efficiency? The Alliance to Save Energy is offering a FREE online Home Energy Checkup. Remember, lowering your energy bill will increase the real estate market value of your Woodcroft Home. So you can save money every month when you sell your home, increase the real estate value; and feel good about caring for the environment. FREE Online Home Energy Checkup

Twenty Things You Can Do to Conserve Energy to lower your real estate utility bills:   If you may be putting your Woodcroft Home on the market in the next few years, one way to add value to your Woodcroft Home on the real estate market and cash into your bank account today is to lower your utility bills. It doesn’t whether you live in an all brick home in RTP or a two-story home in Durham or Chapel Hill you can lower your utility bills with these twenty tips from PowerScorecard.   Make your Woodcroft Home more Energy Efficient

Home buyers are increasingly asking questions about utility costs, energy efficiency and the effect on real estate value. Realtor Magazine reported in a recent study that among buyers age 43-53 years old, the number one important feature in a prospective new home purchase is improved energy efficiency. As sophisticated homebuyers become more concerned about lowering monthly costs, real estate professionals cannot afford to overlook this important trend.       #1 Most important real estate home buyer feature - Realtor Magazine survey

Energy savings can increase the appraised real estate value of your Downing Creek Home. The federally sponsored secondary mortgage markets of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA now allow appraisers to capitalize the flow of energy savings in an energy efficient home and add the capatilized value to the market value of a home in the appraisal. FHA recognizes the value of energy savings

94% of new home buyers believed energy features are important in their buying decision. Energy features ranked in importance above such popular features as wall-to-wall carpeting, dishwashers, and fireplaces. 78% of real estate appraisers believed that energy efficient homes were worth more - approximately 5% more. (Source: South Carolina Electric & Gas)  Home buyers place a dollar value on real estate energy efficiency

The real estate value of a home increases by an average of $20 for every $1 decrease in annual utility costs according to a 1998 study commissioned by Environmental Protection Agency as reported in the Appraisal Journal -   Real Estate Appraisers weigh in on energy efficiency    Appraisal Journal Article on real estate Market Value of Energy Efficiency