Atlanta Real Estate

Of course, once you live in Atlanta you will find that a great deal of what you can do is going to be influenced by your budget and by the amount of time that you have available.

When there is plenty of money, most adults then sadly find that they are hard pressed for free time.  For those who really love their work this often leads to quite a happy life and the shortage of free time is not so bad.

On the other end, often when there is plenty of time, there may be a shortage of money.  Children, students, and housewives are amongst those who often find this to be the situation. 

Creative Loafing in Atlanta is a resource designed to help newcomers discover what they can do for fun.  Of course, you need to have a bit of a ‘beginners mind’ in order to do this.  If you already know what you want to do, then this guide can help you to find it.  However, if one reason that you want to move is so that you can change how you have been living, then you will love this refreshing opportunity to discover new ways of having a good time.  Creative Loafing is available online.

Next time, its back to the real estate itself.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a downtown Atlanta real estate agent.

Now that we have seen a few more houses let’s review another important aspect of the market.  I mean the city of course, and how to live happily in it.

There are local guides that you can find to help you do this.  One is a local magazine, called Atlanta Homes Lifestyles.  This one covers quite a variety of information including home decor concerns as well as some of what we handle in this blog.  This comes in especially handy for women and for couples without children, although no man need feel guilty if he gets his hands on this magazine.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a Alpharetta real estate agent.

There is a new neighborhood in Greater Atlanta called the River Club.  This is part of a new trend that takes the same approach to the upscale homes as to those in the midrange:  there is a club that goes with your neighborhood.  The River Club community offers a private golf club of its own meant to rival other local country clubs.

This new development of fine upscale homes is bordered by a nature park at the Chattahoochee River.  Schools, shopping and major roads are near enough for convenience yet distant enough for privacy and quiet.

Prices range from the $900s to the $2Mil.

Let’s have another look at Atlanta’s market today.  This time we’re going to check out the price variation across a couple of zip codes in the city.

At zip code 30345, 30288 you can get 6 bedroom homes.  Some of the lots come with baby trees, but in these codes you can also get a home with some more mature standing trees of 30 to 40 years or older.  Multiple bathrooms in these houses are hovering around the half million mark.

Over those are places such as a 5 bedroom parkside home over in the Ansley Park neighborhood where the price tag is $1.5Mil.

Underneath, we have 3 bedrooms with 2 baths for $349,000.

You can pay for location and you can pay for the house.  It is up to you, but it is important to realize how much you do have choice on how you manage your budget in Atlanta.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a Ansley Park real estate agent.

Welcome back!  Today, we are going to look at what turns out to be a modestly priced home.  This is the kind of place that you have ‘taken for granted’ while growing up, then again maybe it isn’t. 

Today’s example home comes from Nikki Adair, who a currently active builder in the Atlanta area.  The price is $269,000.  Reactions will vary depending upon experience and budget.  What do you get for this price?  A great deal:  this a large house with a good sized urban lot of 1.4 or 1/2 acre.  You also get a full two car garage, which is great if you have a couple or couple with family. 

Here are another two features that makes this a powerfully attractive home.  One is the exterior red brick which gives us a fine color and of course, marvelous strength.  On the inside there are 5 bedrooms making plenty of room for a large family or for running a home business.  Along with this are 3.5 bathrooms, supporting a recent building trend to add more of these to reduce the frustrations associated with waiting.

If this sounds like your kind of place, be sure to tell your realtor: the zip code is 30331.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a Brookhaven real estate agent.

Today’s find is located in suburbia, but if you’re planning to move during the next few months this one will not do. If however, you are the organized type then you may have found a dream come true.

The place is called Crenshaw Park, located well within the Perimeter.  Right now, pre-construction prices are available making them a virtual steal at only $130,000 brand spankin’ new!

These are the latest in spacious brick front homes, with great lots and plenty of neighbors. 

The local high school called North Clayton and offers an impressive 16 to 1 student to teacher ratio, as well as healthy music and art programs.  If your little darlings are growing in this direction, all you have to do is get the timing right and your whole family will be happy campers!

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Okay, now that have finally found that home and taken the plunge of a purchase what do you do?  Well, of course you go ahead and live there unless this was an investment property.

Hm, there’s a chance that you might like to dress the place up and also to learn about taking care of your new home.

Two local great sources of information to help you do all of that are Lowes and Atlanta Lifestyles magazine.  Lowes has equipment and advice from on site personnel to publications sold at the stores.  The Atlanta Lifestyles magazine offers a variety of hints and tips ranging from the best type of curtain for your new home’s windows to which colors go best where in the place.

Tomorrow we will return once again to the homes themselves.

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Gorgeous…beautiful…fabulous…these are the types of words that spring to mind when one sees the interior of this place.  The two bedroom condo. is full of light, and light wood.  The floor plan is open and spacious.  The windows are large. 

This condominium two bedroom has an underneath parking garage.

The price range is a ‘high-low’ at $650,000 it is safely well below the Mil mark but well above the bottom.

Call your realtor with this address and you can cut to the chase.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a downtown Atlanta real estate agent.

Let’s have another showcase day, deep in the heart of the city.  Ansley Park is a happening, mid level neighborhood, meaning you don’t have to be rich to live here.

What you see on the outside is just a plain and very flat red brick row.  It is very straightforward, with the only variation being that some sections are a bit more forward than others.

Windows are flush with one another on the vertical plane, for three stories.

Internally, these places are also beautiful.  Reminiscent of the loft, there is at least one interior brick wall.  However, unlike the troubles of loft apartments, this place has a two-car garage and there is no industrial tubing to look at indoors.

30313 is the zip code, for those of you ready to release your realtor.

Since this may well be your new ‘home town’, there is a lot that you are going to want to know.  One facet of the entire Atlanta experience will be the schools.  Every now and then, we pay attention to this aspect the city.

 Of course the city has a public school system.  Today we’re going to observe a change: Atlanta’s elementary school Ed. Cook.  Four years ago, this school had slumped into poor performance despite the successful construction of a brand new building just 6 years ago.  Now, however, the school is operating at high standards, and has received an award to mark these improvements.  This just goes to show that you need to pay attention to your local schools and you need to ‘not give up on them’ even when there is a problem.

If you are looking for new homes in Atlanta, visit us at atlanta-homes-guide.com a downtown Atlanta real estate agent.