Building them bigger in Fayette - It’s so big, it’s almost causing traffic to come to a grinding halt on Gingercake Road.
Building fun and education go hand in hand
By Mac McKinney, President
Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia Brightly colored blocks, Lincoln Logs and LEGOs -- something about building has fascinated children for generations. However, building is about much more than placing blocks on top of one another, and home builders across the country are teaching youth of all ages the intricacies of constructing a home. From preschool to high school, children are learning about everything from safety to the environment to the amount of money it takes to build a home. Help for homeowners with storage problems You have just sold your house and you have to be out in a few days, but the new home you are building won’t be ready for another two weeks. New faces in new places in local real estate Trevor Barbee, a Jonesboro area resident, is a new sales associate with the Jonesboro/Clayton County office of Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty. Builders to meet March 18 The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia will have its annual Table Top Night Thursday, March 18, from 4:30-9 p.m. at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City. Groundbreaking today at Lake Martin Russell Lands, Inc., officially breaks ground today with The Ridge Builders Program at The Ridge on Lake Martin. The Ridge, a Russell Lands development, is one of the largest developments on Lake Martin offering many high value features and amenities. Home sales at SummerGrove on record pace January and February are traditionally slow months for homes sales in the real estate industry, but it has been anything but slow at SummerGrove in Coweta County. With over 63 homes sales in the past two months, SummerGrove is on its way to having another record-breaking sales year. Fayette Realtors join Collins campaign Rep. Mac Collins, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, announced recently that Fayette County realtors Josh Bonner, Michael Amos and Linda Amos have endorsed his campaign by joining the Realtors for Collins Statewide Steering Committee. Home Source honors award winners Susan Fitzgerald, Linda Byrd, Jane Young, Angela Cole, and Sherry Stone Blackmon are top agents for 2003 at The Home Source Realtors, who made the announcement recently at an awards dinner at The Palmer Club at Starr’s Mill. Wilson elected 2004 CRS Pathways president Win Wilson, broker associate with Re/Max Around Atlanta Results, has been elected 2004 President of the local CRS Chapter known as CRS Pathways. Neese named to Hall of Fame Fayette County has another Hall of Fame member as a resident. Sims named top office manager Pamela M. Sims, who is both an office manager and a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty, has added another title: award winner. New course superintendent named at River Forest Gary Wilder, one of the South's top golf course superintendents, has been named course superintendent at River Forest, the new golf and equestrian community in Monroe County between Atlanta and Macon just off I-75. Arbor Springs Plantation posts record sales Arbor Springs Plantation, the upscale golf course community, had a record year for sales during the past year. Prudential Georgia Realty posts record sales year Prudential Georgia Realty posted another record year in home sales for 2003, exceeding $1.8 billion in sales and posting 8,000 closed transactions. The company’s average sales price per home was $225,000. South Hills now open Gramm & Associates has announced the grand opening of Scenic Homes’ newest new home community, South Hills. The new home community offers 320 homesites in two phases, priced from the $120’s-$150’s Final opportunities announced at Lakeside on Redwine Only ten opportunities remain at Lakeside on Redwine, Wieland’s master-planned club neighborhood conveniently located off Redwine Road in Fayette County. Remaining homes in The Summit at Lakeside on Redwine are priced from the mid-$300s. Basement homesites are still available. Cedarcroft now in second phase Ravin Homes is now accepting homesite reservations for Phase II of its Cedarcroft community. Construction underway at Muir Field Gramm & Associates, a full-service real estate development and marketing company specializing in new home communities, has announced the construction of single-family homes by AJ Muse Construction in the small community of Muir Field at River’s Edge Plantation. The community, located in Hampton, minutes from the Fayetteville city line, will consist of 10 homes on golf course premium lots. Cedar Grove Village selling well The Knight Group has already recorded 35 new home sales in Cedar Grove Village, its 350-acre development in South Fulton County. Three new neighborhoods open at SummerGrove Just in time for the peak home buying season, Pathway Communities, the developer of SummerGrove announces the opening of three new neighborhoods. Gann, Parrish ignite sales at SummerGrove for Weekley David Weekley Homes has chosen Jena Gann and Verkina Parrish as the company’s exclusive marketing agents for its Imagination Series in the SummerGrove neighborhood of Rolling Green. Down to 11 in Silverstone Only 11 new homes, including the decorated model home, are still available for sale at Silverstone, Brayson Homes’ 80-home community on Hwy. 19-41 (Tara Boulevard) in Clayton County. Hampton Place underway in Henry County Woodland Homes Inc. is presenting three new home styles in Hampton Place, a community located one mile south of Hampton in Henry County. Housing market changing, state official says The state of Georgia, including the area served by the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia, is experiencing a changing housing market, according to Jane Massey of Georgia’s Department of Community Affairs. PruGeorgia wins award Prudential Georgia Realty was voted a “Best in Class” company in the Executive Home Sales category to win a 2004 Consumers’ Choice Award. Metro Atlanta consumers and business executives were asked to rate the best area businesses in 122 categories in the survey. Preparing your home for sale Does your home make a good first impression? Does it make a strong statement to neighbors and to potential buyers? Click here to view complete listing of articles for this edition of The Citizen News | 