Irmo has always been known for it's excellent schools and it's very convenient location to downtown and the lake, just minutes to everything including Columbiana Center, a mall. From here you can be just about anywhere in Columbia quickly.
There are neighborhoods with custom built homes, brick construction is popular, some feature community pools, tennis courts and sidewalks.
Columbiana Mall and Bower Parkway are a newer and larger shopping mall indoor and outdoor with fine restaurants and 3 movie theaters. Everything you need in 1 location, including SAMS, Target, Walmart, Sears, Penney, Dillart, Belks and more. Many easy ways in and out.
Call us and we gladly help you with your purchase and sale.
Not every real estate market is the same. All real estate markets are unique and influenced by local demand, local land-use and building rules, and a host of other factors one cannot see from the generalized scope of national news coverage.
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It is a great time to purchase a home with the interest still. It is not too late to collect $8.000 after closing from your taxes if you can close by 6/30/10. You have to have a contract in place no later than 4/30/2010 to qualify. The same applied for MOVE-UP Buyers. They may qualify up to $6,500 for the same time frame. We have lender contacts that work also with a credit scores 620.
The State Paper reported 9/30/09 that US News puts Columbia in the 10 most affordable places to retire to.
Please contact us for assistance whether you are buying, selling or need our services for both.
We look forward to hear from you and to assist you now or in the future.
Thank you,
Rosemarie & Kirstin
ZIP Codes: 29063, 29212, 29210
Approximate Location Boundaries: Lake Murray, Dutch Square & Broad River, Chapin (north shore of lake Murray)
Location Characteristics: Irmo is a small town west of Columbia near Lake Murray. Some communities have a Columbia address and that may be confusing to a new person when you first arrive here. You live in the Irmo area and have Irmo Schools but for some residents it will say Columbia. Irmo is small enough that people may greet you by name if they get to know you, including in some stores. Irmo has the OKRA Strutt in October, a fest with crafts, a parade, street dancing and a lot of fun. Irmo is attractive to many buyers for the Award Winning Lex/Rich #5 School District, ranked best in the state and Columbia for many, many years. We moved here 1991 and it was this way before we moved here and still is. Most of the area is in Lexington County, but a Richland County lines are withing the area as well. Some may think it is confusing since Richland county is mostly downtown and in the SE and NE. There is no real downtown shopping area here, but Columbiana Mall is within minutes from wherever you live. Shoppers Walk comes the closest to that. Irmo has a pretty town hall and police department, a small park that features a few concerts in summer. Harbison State Forest, Saluda Shoals Park (has canoe rentals, walking and biking trails, river access park) will have lights during Halloween and Christmas. Columbiana Center within minutes to many sub divisions for fine shopping and dining, entertainment, 2 movie theaters, and I-26 if you want to go downtown. Irmo is growing at a steady pace commercial amd residential. Railroad tracks run through the town (*and all of Columbia) and you can hear occasionally trains go trough Irmo from time to time. (By the way that train runs through all of Columbia, downtown, NE etc) Minutes to Lake Murray for year round recreation, boating, fishing, a public beach near the Dam. Since the dam has been completed there us a walking path and a bicycle path open to the public across the dam. Frankie's Fun Park, Super Wal-Mart, Sam's, Home Depot and Lowe's and much more for al your needs.
Driving around you will find some large vegetable gardens and also small farms with goats, cows, horses and more. You can see wildlife if you take a close look from a fox, to deer, wild turkey, blue herons around the lake and perhaps a Bald Eagle too. Many beautiful butterflies and birds. It is a nature lovers paradise.
US News reported recently (per The State Paper 9/30/09) that Columbia is in the 10 best affordable places to retire to. They said that "Retirees want a more diverse set of opportunities and they can find that in a university town".
US News said it "thought out places with low cost of living and reasonable housing prices that still offered access to the services and amenities that people should look for in an ideal retirement spot"
Not every real estate Market is the same. Every market is DIFFERENT!
If you are interested in buying and or selling please call us and we gladly show you what our market is like. We look forward to hear from you and to assist you now or in the future.
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Our business is built on referrals and repeat business. I have sold a millions of dollars in Real Estate since 1993, Kirstin since 1996. We are both Certified Residential Specialists CRS and Certified New Home Specialists CSP
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