Communities
The Farm at Brookstone
County: Cobb
Information: 404-641-4857, www.clubrealtyhomes.com
Price range: $450,000s-$465,000s
Taxes: About 1 percent, or $4,500 on a $450,000 home
Homes: 96
Style: Custom-built traditional
Square footage: About 3,000-4,600
Lot sizes: One-third to one-half acre, on average
Standard features: Full basements; custom cabinets, tile work and floors
Amenities: Lake, optional membership to The Brookstone Swim and Tennis Club or The Brookstone Golf and Country Club
Homeowners fees: $575 a year
Developer: Willoughby and Sewell
Builders: Brown Building, Recon Builders
Broker: Club Realty
Schools: Ford Elementary, Durham Middle, Harrison High
More on schools: schools.ajchomefinder.com
Getting there
Take I-75 north to Exit 269 (Barrett Parkway) and turn left onto Barrett Parkway. Turn right onto Stilesboro Road. Turn left onto Mars Hill Road. Turn right onto Burnt Hickory Road. Cross County Line Road. The Farm at Brookstone will be on the left.
The homeowners: Ted and Angela Curtis moved last fall from San Diego with kids, Nicolas, 5, and Sofia, 4, to metro Atlanta for Ted’s job with the Home Depot and searched for a home with Barbara Brown of Harry Norman, Realtors. The builder added a variety of granite countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, and they personalized their home by choosing warmer colors such as chocolate brown and burgundy. “The craftsmanship is really fantastic, compared to what you get in California, for sure,” Angela said. “I think we got a really great deal, and we got a lot for our money. Where we came from, it would be $1 million.”
For sale
$450,000: 1804 Farmview Circle, Acworth 30101. A new five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home on a cul-de-sac with custom cabinets in the kitchen and a two-story family room with a coffered ceiling.
$450,000: 6402 Farmview Drive N.W., Acworth 30101. A new five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home on the lake with a master on the main and a vaulted keeping room with a fireplace.
Housing trends in ZIP code 30101
Sales of new homes: 87, up 1 percent
Sales of existing homes: 533, down 1 percent
Median price of new homes: $192,147, down 26 percent
Median price of existing homes: $154,000, down 10 percent
Source: AJC’s Metro Home Sales Report, 2009 data
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