Undeveloped industrial/commercial property values go up but not home values.

Look it up. You need to do some homework on the subject.

The biggest home devaluing factor is heavy traffic congestion patterns in the immediate area. It's associated with crime and noise.

Managed growth is great. Unplanned haphazard development and rezoning put home values at risk. When a neighborhood is established and then something like the Fayette Pavilion moves in next-door, home values plummet.

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground. Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down.

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Which property are you talking about Go Gators? The residential property in that area and around Brooks is in great shape. I would attribute those great numbers to the less developed, more rural setting and the Starr's Mill schools.

I've got a old high school friend who had to pull his house off the market in the Braelinn area. He said the offers he was getting were much lower than the county appraisal on his home. He's got a nice house too. The trees keep the grass from growing strong in his front yard, so he put in big shaded flower islands.

Now the Lowe's might increase the value of the land along Highway 74 because every shopping center developer in the state is going to want to follow the big box retail over there. I don't think that's a great prospect.

Couldn't resist.

The only time property value increases is when the community is at build out and there is a waiting list of buyers.

Of course the community or city in question has to be unique in some way.

I see many homes on the market here, almost no "under contract" signs, and these homes have been on the market for a few months. Even when homeowners put up the reduced price signs, these homes aren't moving. The price will never go up if people can't sell the homes they have now.

Whishire wasn't clear cut. It was part of the cities new tree save plan and Centex was only allowed to clear single lots as the houses were sold.

As a matter of fact, the developer wasn't allowed to clear anything beyond 20 feet from the foundation.

What exactly were you smoking when you saw clear cutting?

I live near wiltshire estates and maybe centex homes was supposed to save trees....and they did save the straggly weak pines. Oh yeah, right, those count as trees.

Sorry while they were clear-cutting wiltshire, and in my opinion that is what they were doing. No one, but no one was watching or surperviseing the builder.
I came home from work at 12:30am to find my subdivision covered in thick smoke.....I panicked...as I got closer to my home it got worse.....I thought the whole subdivision was on fire.
Once home I took my dog out for a walk.....none of my neighbors homes were on fire....as I was walking I got closer to what is now wiltshire......guess what I saw??? Oh go on....guess???

A huge bonfire......not one firetruck, in fact not one person in sight....no one was watching or even pretending to be in charge of this bonfire and it was huge... at 12:30 am?? But I as a private resident have to get a burn permit and it has to be put out before dusk.......oh unhuh... Yeah, that's when I realized there are one set of rules for buisness and another set for you and me.....If you are a developer the rules are never enforced.

There was also a beautiful stream that was running through the whole northside of that subdivision, even during the drought that stream was beautiful and full. Until they put homes ontop of it.

Don't tell me about how conscientious that builder was, or the city for that matter.... that is a fantasy at best.

Go to wags to whiskers and get a new bone, I think this old one has gone bad on you....no pun intended.

All I can do is tell you what I have pictures of and what the "Tree Save" ordnance says. I can even show you a copy of the letter I had to submit to the building department, promising to replant large trees and the bill from the builder to have all of the pine trees taken out of my yard.

Then I can show you the letter from the county agent that forced the builder and the city to remove the pine trees that were infested with pine beetles.

Don't misunderstand me, the reason I was here every day is: One, I had already been living in PTC for 15 years. Two, the builder was a joke.

The only thing I was particularly happy about was the fact that Wilshire was the least profitable subdivision Centex had ever built. They had to re-do things 3, 4 and 5 times to get them right.

Give Tom Carty a call and ask him how much time he had to spend down here making sure things were done correctly.

The foreman for Centex were kinda like the folks on the Planning Commission, They try hard but don't have the experience or historical knowledge of how things should be done.

I care about what I saw with my own eyes.......and it told me everything I need to know about PTC officials and their developers.

They had a huge bonfire of trees at 12:30 am and I knew that there was not one thing I could do about it. You can't fight city hall, especially when it is as corrupt as this one.

Words and letters don't mean a thing, actions speak more loudly than words. Developers and politicians are never held accountable here.

I don't remember hearing anyone complaining about clear-cutting Kedren or the Stars Mill School complex.

Then again the PCDC pitched a fit about Stars Mill because that was their hunting property.

Know-body complained about what Lexington Circle looks like, still, or that high dollar neighborhood along the edge of lake Kedren.

I wasn't born in GA, but I've been here for a while.

You have little imagination if you can't think of anything to do for Braelinn to improve it!
Put Lowe's there, on other side) Build a huge ofice building in the woods, and on and on.

Where in my letter did I say I had no ideas for the Braelin center? I simply stated there isn't room for Lowes. I wouldn't be for it, even if there were. IF it's not a good idea for the area proposed, it's surely not a good idea for Braelin. The proposed site at least is on a state highway.

Back to Braelin, there was a proposed office building that didn't work out, I was for that. I'm even for some live/work type places in that area. I have read where the owners are planning some sprucing up of the center. I frequent this center, and as long as K-mart struggles (which I expect to continue) this center will struggle right along with it. IF K-Mart ever goes, then you would have many more options for re-development of that end of the center.