Abberly Place Blog

Perhaps you are relocating to the  Raleigh area and you have just started the search for a home.  Regardless of where you are in your home search, consider some questions before you decide between renting and owning a home. Buying a home is a big commitment both financial and otherwise, so take the time to weigh pros and cons.

Here are a few questions you should ask yourself:

Will I own it for at least five years?

The most important question to ask before you consider buying a home is whether you will own it for a long time. People buy homes as an investment and  five years, maybe even more today, is about the break-even point for earning appreciation in value. If you don’t plan on holding the property for longer than five or more years, don’t buy it! Renting a home is NOT necessarily throwing money away. Buying and selling quickly will usually leave you worse off financially.

Can I afford it?

It is more expensive to own a home than you think.  Even if you qualify for the loan amount, you need to make sure YOU can afford it. Lenders don’t take into account home maintenance costs, expenses, health care expenses, expensive lifestyles and habits, etc. So make sure that you can comfortably afford your housing payment, still pay your other bills, and still save at least a little more for retirement. Also, if you are not sure of your continued employment situation, don’t buy a home.

Do I know about the neighborhood?

Did you do adequate research, look at enough properties, and learn the neighborhoods. If you just moved into town or if you don’t know the area, rent an apartment in Garner for a while. Get to know the city.
For information on Abberly Place Apartment Homes in Garner, NC, contact us.

Excerpts from Onlinesentinel.com

Grab your mittens and scarves from your apartment in Garner, NC and make your way to the center city for the area’s favorite holiday event right outside of Garner, the Raleigh Winterfest. Winterfest is an outdoor extravaganza featuring an outdoor skating rink with natural ice. If you haven’t been there yet, head over to this  family-friendly celebration of fun-filled activities.

What will you find there? An outdoor ice rink, Choirs, bands, local entertainers, Santa Claus, sledding ramps, ice carving demonstrations, carriage and carousel rides and more!

Here is the weekly schedule:
Sledding Sundays: SnowMyYard.com will create a winter wonderland on December 18, January 8 and January 15.

Two for Tuesdays: Skaters will receive one free admission to the rink with the purchase of one paid admission (includes skate rental).

Stroller Skate Thursday Mornings: Parents and babies share outdoor fun! Skate and push a strollers on the ice from 10 am-11 am. Click here to read an article and watch a video about stroller skating!

Date & Skate Thursdays: Free carriage rides with skating wristband from 6 pm-9 pm.

Rock Around the Rink Fridays (select dates TBA): DJ Paradime from Pulse 102 will rock the rink from 6 pm-10 pm.

From Abberly Place Apartment Homes, Happy skating!

If you live in an apartment in Garner, NC, it is time to get off the couch. The Town of Garner announces the annual “White Deer Monster Dash and Family Fun Run,” to be held on Oct. 29.

The Annual White Deer Dash 5K race is back! Prizes will be given for each age category. Runners dress up in your best Halloween costume for a chance to win a ghoulish prize. All 5K runners will receive a FREE T-shirt. The race begins at 4 p.m. on Buffaloe Road and ends in Lake Benson Park. Awards will be given after the last runner has finished. Registration fee is $30 before Oct. 14 or $35 after Oct. 14.

After the 5K, bring the family out for our 1-mile “Family Fun Run,” which starts at 5 p.m. in Lake Benson Park. Participants will have to trick or treat their way through this 1-mile course. Participants can have extra fun by dressing up for Halloween! Shirts may be purchased the day of the event. The first 50 kids are FREE; the registration fee for other participants is $10.

The fun doesn’t stop at the races. Participants can stick around for “Goblins in the Park,” which starts at 6 p.m. in Lake Benson Park. Visitors can take part in the Halloween costume contest, walk through the “Trail of Terror” and “Hollow’s Eve Family Trail”, and enjoy hayrides and other fun activities.

More information on Garnernc.gov

Summer vacation is now upon us in Garner, North Carolina. Sometimes it's hard to come up with different activities to keep the kids happy and the parents from going crazy. As much as your kids will tell you they can't wait for summer, the words "I'm bored," inevitably cross their lips – sometimes sooner than you think! While children do enjoy the freedom that comes with the summer months, and playing at the Abberly Place pool is a blast, they still like to have a little structure to their fun. This summer, more than ever, families are trying to stick to a budget while still having fun with their kids.

North Carolina is full of great mountain hikes. Most are free, so grab the kids and head out.

Stone Mountain State Park
Stone Mountain, three hours west of Raleigh, is a family favorite for hiking. Not only does it have the mandatory waterfalls that make a hike in most kids’ mind, it also has a sliding rock for cooling off. Trails range from 1 mile to 4.5 miles and are ranked as moderate or strenuous.

Catawba Falls
Located on Catawba River Road in Old Fort (off I-40 at exit 73) and four hours west of Raleigh, Catawba Falls Trail is a great hike to the picturesque lower Catawba Falls. This hike involves water crossings, so wear appropriate shoes and be prepared to go knee-deep if it has rained recently. The moderate-level hike is about 2.5 miles round-trip.

Linville
Linville is three and a half hours from Raleigh, with its outdoor outlet mall, fudge shop and great restaurants. One of the favorite hikes is at Linville Falls near Blue Ridge Parkway mile marker 316. The falls are gorgeous, and if you park at the visitor's center, the hikes aren't bad. All five views of the falls are within a 4-mile (various difficulty levels) hike. Public restrooms and a picnic area are available at the visitor's center, as well as plenty of space to run around and a river to soak your feet.

We are so excited!  Tonight is our fun Halloween Festive Resident Party!! We are going to have some great food from Napper Tandy’s; Power House Chicken Pasta, Hawaiian Meatballs, Chicken Nuggets and Macaroni Cheese.  Come and join have fun with us.  Put on your favorite costume and don’t forget we will be giving out prizes for the best dressed.  We will also have some of our Resident Advantage Program members coming out as well.  Jill’s Beach, Character’s Quarters and Garner Ice House just to name a few.

Be sure to bring you smiles and laughter as well as your boo’s and screams because this Halloween Festive Resident Party will be really fun! Check out the Abberly Place Facebook Page for a live conversation around the Halloween Festive Resident Party.

Become a Green Avenger

The Green Avenger

First of all what is a Green Avenger? Well, simply put a Green Avenger is anyone who is willing to become disciplined enough to take care of our environment.

A Green Avenger starts with the little things.  When you see the recycle bin next to the trash can you place the plastics in with the plastics and the paper and aluminum where they need to go.  It is the lazy villain that just throws everything into the trash can without recycling.  we all know that we need to make  better decisions where to preserve our community and environment.

Let’s all think a little more green.  I’mGoingGreen.com can help you get there.  Take a look at this cool website that will give you some great tips and ideas on how to become a Green Avenger.

Have a great weekend from Abberly Place Apartments!

Apartment Living in Garner-Raleigh, North Carolina

As a resident of Abberly Place Apartments you have made the choice to rent at our community and enjoy the many benefits and perks of renting an apartment home from HHHunt.  Although you truly enjoy the convenience, service, freedom, and flexibility that comes from renting an apartment home at Abberly Place, some of you still feel pressured to buy a home.  This pressure can come from other family members, realtors, friends, and the media but there are so many smart reasons to continue to rent your home.  Just check out this article on renting an apartment home and when to buy and read about some of those reasons!

Tell us what you think.  Do you agree or do you disagree?

Abberly Place Apartments is about Luxury, Location and Lifestyle.  We are located in Garner, NC right near Downtown Raleigh

Jennifer Moran, HHHunt

So let me guess… It’s been a couple of weeks now since you’ve started beekeeping and you realized that you didn’t know as much about keeping bees as you thought you did? Well the good news is that Kim Flottum, Editor of Bee Culture Magazine, and Shane Gebauer, from Brushy Mountain Bee Supply in North Carolina will help you. On Tuesday June 1st, 2010 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm there will be a free webinar entitled 6 weeks as a beekeeper…Now What?

Join Kim and Shane as they discuss what’s going on in your hives, now that you’ve had them up and running for a few weeks. This information will be real sweet, pun intended, Lol. You will learn things about your queen that you may not have known. Is your queen doing what you expect for her to do and what is best for the colony? If not, then find out what you need to do now and next.

What pests to look out for and when you shouldn’t even worry about pests. In this webinar Kim and Shane will go over things such as what varroa mites are and how to deal with them. Also, when is the perfect time of the year to start beekeeping.

It’s always good to see pictures people doing what you want to do or are currently doing. These are a few inspiring beekeeping pictures, a little more encouraging than the man covered in bee’s in this picture. Here also is the link to sign up for the free beekeeping webinar.