Homes Fort Mill SC

The York County Regional Chamber of Commerce with support of local municipalities, launched a year-long campaign asking York County residents to shop within the county. May 26 is the first York County Buy Local Day, where residents are challenged to make their shopping choices in the county. There’s an ongoing challenge for residents to spend $20 on the 20th of each month in York County, which leaders say would have a $4.5 million impact. (more…)

We know 5 home owners in the Baxter Village and Tega Cay Lake Shore subdivision that have had water pipe leaks in their homes recently. Some of the home owners have had significant water damage to their home. If you think you may have CPI brand Dura Pex water pipe tubing installed in your home, please listen.

The information we have been able to gather about the water tube leaks are linked to Consolidated Plumbing Industries (CPI) Dura Pex tubing manufactured between 2001 and 2004. NIBCO purchased CPI in 2006 and performed tests on CPI manufactured Dura Pex tubing because of higher than normal reports of water tube failures in the Charlotte metro area.

NIBCO claims the tubing tests showed low gel content and poor oxidative stability. In addition, they claim the water especially in York County SC and Union County NC is considered to be “aggressive” and coupled with high pressures are accelerating material degradation and causing the failures. I am not sure what aggressive water means but several of the reported leaks are occurring near the hot water heater which see higher pressures because of the expanding hot water.

So what should you do if have the terra cotta flex tubing manufactured between 2001 and 2004 installed in your home? I would first inspect the tubing to see if you can see if the CPI manufacture stamp on the tubing especially near your hot water tank.  If you’re not able to determine the manufecturer you can always call your home builder or plumber and speak to them about the type of plumbing pipes installed in your home.

Price Brothers, Inc. is a local plumbing company that many of the builders used in new construction, especially in the Tega Cay Lake Shore subdivision in the early 2000’s. Price Brothers recommend replacing approx 20 foot of pipe leading to your water heater if your home has the CPI made defective tubing. We have found the CPI tubing installed in our DR Horton built home and are having Price Brothers replace the pipe near our water heater as a preventive measure.

I found the following online forum conversation about CPI manufactured tube failures with other home owners in the area if you want to read more.

Online report outlines alternatives to foreclosure for distressed homeowners in Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Lake Wylie, Rock Hill, Ballantyne, South Charlotte.

Fort Mill, SC CDPE-designated agent, Carmen Miller of Century 21 First Choice, has added to her HomesFortMill.com website, information describing several opportunities for homeowners to avoid the negative financial impact of foreclosure.   (more…)

Have you ever driven by the old Jim and Tammy Bakker built “Hertiage Towers”? The towers are located in Fort Mill SC Regent Park off of US Hwy 21. Is the tower an eyesore for nearby Fort Mill home owners or a diamond in the rough for future senior citizens? If you have not seen Heritage Towers, you’ll find a high rise tower located in what seems to be an odd location for such a tall 21 story structure. There is a fence around the building shielding anyone from falling bricks off of the building. Basically the tower and some areas around the tower look like an un-kept, decaying,  unfinished safety hazard. (more…)

With the upcoming warmer weather, I thought the following festival information would be interesting to share. I found a website by a publisher with a festival magazine focus for the Carolinas and neighboring states.  Here is a short list of “featured” North and South Carolina Festivals:

March 30-31, 2012 Newport Pig Cooking Contest Newport, NC

April 12-21, 2012 Come-See-Me Festival Rock Hill, SC (more…)

Here is a list of upcoming 2011 Christmas parades for cities in York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties SC.

Friday Dec 2nd

Rock Hill SC – starts at 6:30 p.m. starts on on Oakland Avenue in front of Winthrop University and ends downtown.

Saturday Dec 3rd

Fort Mill SC – starts at 11 a.m. at Unity Cemetery and travels down Tom Hall Street to Main Street.

Hickory Grove SC – starts at 3 p.m. near the old Oxford plant and travels down Wylie Avenue to the VFW building.

Sunday Dec 4th

Tirzah SC – starts at 3 p.m. on Tirzah Road between S.C. 4 and S.C. 161 in York.

Clover SC – starts at 3 p.m. at Old North Main Street, travels down Main Street and ends near Ultra Avenue.  (more…)

Store Opens March 16, 2012 – 2468 Cross Pointe Dr. (at Red River Rd.) Rock Hill, SC 29730. Store Hours Mon-Sat 8am-10pm, Sun 9am-8pm 

Sports fans are you ready for a new sporting goods store in Rock Hill? Development company Warren Norman Co, Inc, announced it has signed a lease for a new 71,829 sq ft Academy Sports + Outdoors. The new sporting goods store will be located at a new shopping center called High Point Crossings at the corner of Dave Lyle Blvd and Red River Road.

The talks and negotiations between the Developer and Academy began over 4 years ago. The lease singing secures a major anchor tenant for the new 40 acre, 225,000 retail square footage development with a projected real estate value when the center is completed at over 35 million dollars. (more…)

As of June 21 (a month later), the death toll from the Joplin MO May 22 Tornado is approaching 155 and counting. Century 21 First Choice , Stockbridge Commons Shopping Center, and the Crossing Church have been collecting donations for victims of the Joplin devastating tornado.

Two Century 21 First Choice agents Kim Efird and Kelli Voss have been spearheading the donation drive for weeks. Their main donation event including a band is planned for Saturday June 25th from 10am to 2pm next to the Lowes Food store.

Visit their Facebook page for more info. The page is called Helping Neighbors and Beyond Tornado Disaster Relief. (more…)