New Irmo Listing

WOW! Five Bedrooms - All Brick in Irmo

I've got a wonderful new home offered for sale in the popular Irmo area. It's an all brick home with 5 bedrooms and priced at $279,000. It's priced to sell quickly at under $87 per square foot! This beautiful home is less than 1 mile to both Dutch Fork middle and high schools.

For more information, CLICK HERE or call me for a showing appointment.

For Sale in Irmo - Nursery Road

NEW Home for Sale Listing from Mel Coker:
6636 Nursery Road in Columbia (Irmo area)

This beautiful home has 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. The master bedroom is downstairs and two bedrooms are upstairs. A bonus room downstairs is used now as an office, but, it could be a libary or have another use. The home square footage is approximately 1830. This home is priced right at $163,900.

The home is located adjacent to Nursery Road Elementary School. So, if you have elementary aged children, you will have great convenience for school days. The school district is the highly rated Lexington School District 5. The back yard also backs to a schoolground play area and is fenced.

Talk about location... less than 4 miles to beautiful Lake Murray and only minutes to great Irmo area shopping, dining and Columbiana Centre mall.



To learn more about this home or to schedule an appointment, contact Mel Coker. Call (803) 749-5800 or toll-free (888) 528-2258 and ask for Mel Coker.


Check out the cool online tours for this home!
Mel's Real Estate tour page
RealBird tour page
Mel's "Walk-about" YouTube Video (available in HD!)
Animoto Tour
Mel's RE/MAX tour

Mel's Home Improvement Tip of the Week

REPLACE OUTDATED APPLIANCES

Kitchen updates show one of the greatest returns at resale on a national basis. A kitchen update can be as simple as replacing old appliances. Be sure to buy ENERGY STAR appliances to help save money on energy bills.

Call or send me an email to request to sign up for my Lowe's Realtor Benefits Program materials that I can send to you, including the FREE "Inside Out" e-newsletter and the HGTV email. Both contain valuable tips, links for more information and discount coupons. Email your name & email address to: melcoker@remax.net

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Featured Home Community - Eagles Rest

EAGLES REST... beautiful traditional homes built near Lake Murray and between Chapin and Irmo, South Carolina. The developers have devoted 25% of the land in this community to common use preservation. This community features 16 estate lots, 32 garden homes and 167 single-family homes. There are sidewalks and walking paths in the neighborhood and a community pool will be built in 2010.

The all brick garden homes start in the 220s and go to the 290s. You will have the opportunity to upgrade to a wide array of various options in your custom-built home if you so desire. One very popular custom feature is the Florida room with fireplace. These homes are built by Shumaker Homes, family owned and operated in Columbia since 1965.

The single-family homes have a typical price range from the 220s to the high 300s. You may choose a home from an existing "spec" model home or build "your" home with the features you desire. You will enjoy the Shumaker commitment to building the highest quality architecturally designed and constructed new homes.

Another option is to buy an estate size lot (in the 70s) and select your builder to build a custom home.

This community is just minutes to Lake Murray, which is the water playground for central South Carolina. You're also only minutes to the highly rated schools of Lexington District 5 (Lake Murray Elementary, Chapin Middle and Chapin High). Also nearby are excellent medical facilities, parks, shopping and dining in Irmo and downtown Columbia.
Click here for more Columbia area information.

Want to tour or buy a home in Eagles Rest? Please be sure to contact Mel Coker. I have experience with selling many new homes and homes built by Shumaker Homes. When you have Mel Coker as your buyer's agent, you get professional representation, friendly service and a SPECIAL BONUS! With Mel Coker as your buyer's agent for a home in Eagles Rest, you will receive a $500 Lowe's gift certificate at closing! It's EASY... call or email Mel Coker for more information:
melcoker@remax.net
Toll-free: 888-528-2258 or office: (803) 749-5800 (ask for Mel Coker)

Click here for Mel Coker's exclusive Buying Guide for Columbia Real Estate.

Columbia, SC real estate: www.ColumbiaSouthCarolina.com/homes
Lake Murray: http://www.lakemurray-sc.com/

School Bells Ring!

Columbia, SC schools start this week...
Schools have started in the Greater Columbia area this week. Please be sure to drive carefully in the vicinity of schools and school buses. Slow down and observe lower speed limits near schools (the cops are watching) and remember to NOT pass a stopped school bus.

I have a "School Districts Links" page at my Columbia "A to Z" website with Columbia area school district links and much more. Click Here to visit.

On this web page you will find the following informational links:

• Columbia area public school districts
• Columbia area private schools
• S.C. Department of Education links
• "Cool" Homework assistance/Other educational links
• Links to "529 Plan" info, including the S.C. Future Scholar
  College Savings Plan, and South Carolian LIFE and HOPE scholarship programs

UPROMISE COLLEGE SAVINGS

If you're a parent of a child (especially very young child), you SHOULD investigate UPROMISE. Very simply, this FREE program turns your everyday spending into college savings for your child or children. Hundreds of companies (Amazon, Sears, Best Buy, Exxon, CVS, Publix, Piggly Wiggly and many more) will contribute to your FREE account when you make a purchase (some only with online purchases). Earn by registering your credit cards and grocery cards in your free online account or by shopping online. You can also get others registered in your account (like grandparents or others without their own children using Upromise) to help accumulate money for your child's college account. NOW is a great time to sign-up as UPROMISE has a $100,000 College Dream Sweepstakes effective through September 30, 2008. Visit my schools web page and click on UPROMISE to get started.

Ready to BUY or SELL a home in Columbia, SC?
Call (803) 749-5800 or email Mel Coker
Visit Mel Coker's Columbia Real Estate website

Columbia, SC - A Great Place to Live

Best Cities for Jobs!

Forbes Magazine recently posted information on their website related to Best Cities for Jobs in 2008. Columbia, South Carolina has ranked very well in this study. The top 100 cities are listed and Columbia ranks at #31 (the highest ranked South Carolina city). Other ranked cities in North Carolina and South Carolina: Raleigh, NC #7; Greenville, SC #37; Charlotte, NC #50; Greensboro, NC #66. Rankings for the TOP 100 cities for job growth are based on the following factors: unemployment rates, job growth, income growth, median household income and cost of living for full-year 2006.

Click here to see the rankings

Most Affordable Places to Live!

There is great news for the Irmo area also (my office is located in the Irmo area)! CNNMoney.com ranks Irmo #12 in their study of Best Places to Live / Where Homes are Most Affordable. The really cool fact is that Irmo is the #1 ranked Southern city! The top 11 positions are dominated by cities in Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. Irmo is located just minutes from downtown Columbia and only minutes from beautiful Lake Murray.

Click here to see the report

Read to move to Columbia? Ready to buy a home in the Greater Columbia area? To buy or sell, talk to Mel (Coker).

More Columbia area information:

http://www.columbiasouthcarolina.com/

http://www.lakemurray-sc.com/