Luxury Gated Townhomes – Phase One Closeout Sale

Turnberry Gates Luxury Gated Townhomes

Turnbury Gates is a stunning, private, gated enclave of 82 luxurious residences and select homes with golf course views that is currently in the Phase One Closeout Sale with units reduced up to $100,000. Boasting a beautifully landscaped pool, spectacular pavilion, stone fireplace and exclusive open-air entertaining area, Turnbury Gates was developed with an intimate yet captivating site plan in mind. This exclusive location affords easy access to it all; shopping, dining, entertainment and nightlife in Buckhead and Brookhaven; Lenox, Phipps and Perimeter Malls; Emory University and premier medical facilities including Northside Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Outdoor Fireplace

Inspiring architecture truly creates a charming feel throughout Turnbury Gates. Beautiful covered porches with standing seam metal roofs pepper the community’s board and batten siding, cedar shingle and brick exteriors for a darling atmosphere.

Kitchen

Each unit’s custom interior imparts the best of the best. Coffered and wainscoting ceilings are featured in the Great Rooms along with cozy stone surround fireplaces. Wide plank hardwood floors gleam throughout the main levels. Designer carpet selections cover both the terrace level and each bedroom. Ten foot ceilings on both the main and upper levels are complete with detailed trim for a rich ambience. The Chef’s kitchen is sweeping with must have items such as granite countertops with under mount sinks, under cabinet lighting, custom cabinetry throughout and stainless appliances.

Master Bedroom

Featuring a large walk-in closet, spa inspired master bath with walk-in shower and soaking tub with stone deck and granite or travertine vanity counters, the master suite is a perfectly luxurious retreat. The custom interiors are finished with Delta plumbing fixtures in oil rubbed bronze finish and designer paint colors throughout.

Living Room

With two and three bedroom plans now available starting at $269,000, Turnbury Gates is certainly the place to be for all things luxury and charming in Atlanta. These units will not last at the greatly reduced prices.

Debbie Pille and Charles Gerrick

Charles Gerrick & Debbie Pille

#1 Agents Companywide 2009, Small Team

Debbie Cell: 404.668.3465
Charles Cell: 404.218.8993
Office: 404.237.5000

Unbeatable value: Bank-owned Townhomes in Buckhead (Charles Gerrick and Debbie Pille)

 Just reduced! You can now own at Brownstones at Honour for 50% the orginal listing price!

 A luxury estate home development of 14 gated townhomes located in a signature Buckhead location. 

Remaining homes at Brownstones at Honour are now bank owned, offering incredible pricing, reduced $500,000+ from original prices, with the full support of the original builder.

Brownstones at Honour ~ Living Room

Beautifully crafted all brick exteriors, built by the award winning team from Brunning & Stang, each home features 3 bedroom and 3 ½ baths in a three level configuration. 

The community has a private HOA and has neighbor participation.  Your dues will cover maintenance of all surrounding grounds and townhome exteriors. Private trash service, termite bonds and all common area taxes are also included. 

Brownstones at Honour Fountain

These magnificently appointed homes offer everything you would expect and much, much more.

• State of the art kitchens with all Viking appliance packages
• Butler’s pantry with sinks and wine cooler
• Spacious open floor plans, 3,400-3,900 square feet with 23-26 foot widths
• Ten foot ceilings on all three levels
• Coffered ceilings and fireplaces in most living rooms
• Elevators servicing all floors
• Master suites with sitting areas
• Pre-wired for multi-sourced sound system
• Pre-wired family room for flat screen television
• Security system with three control panels
• Spacious porches with both covered and uncovered living space
• Relaxing landscaped courtyard with cascading water fountain
• 2 car garages with ample storage and parking

 

Brownstones at Honour ~ Kitchen

For more information on these Buckhead townhomes for sale that are bank owned, please contact sales associates at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty:  

Charles Gerrick, Founding Member

Charles Gerrick
404.835.9593
charles@atlantafinehomes.com     

Debbie Pille, Founding Partner

Debbie Pille
404.668.3465
debbiepille@atlantafinehomes.com     

     

     

 

Most Americans Say Now Is Time to Buy a House: Poll (Charles Gerrick)

 

 

Charles Gerrick, Buckhead Office , REALTOR®

Submitted by Charles Gerrick of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. Taken from cnbc.com

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the time is right to buy a house, with a majority believing prices will be the same or higher over the next year, according to a Fannie Mae survey released Tuesday.

 The 64 percent that said it is a good time to buy is just shy of the 66 percent that said the same thing in 2003 as the U.S. housing market was racing higher, said the survey.

However, most of the 3,451 polled said that it would be tougher for them to get a loan than it was for their parents.

The survey comes amid signs that the U.S. housing market is recovering after suffering the worst downturn since the 1930s.

But, while home prices in some regions are rising, soaring delinquency rates across the nation mean foreclosures will keep persistent pressure on the market, according to analysts.

Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. mortgage finance company, said that the public still “strongly believes” in upholding their financial commitments, though that weakens once people know someone who is defaulting.

Those who know someone in default are more than twice as likely to have seriously considered stopping payments on their own mortgage, Fannie Mae said.

Top 10 Sales in Atlanta Residential Real Estate in 2009

Congratulations to the sales associates at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty for participating in seven out of the top sales sales in metro Atlanta in 2009! 

Significant Sales in Atlanta 2009

In a new blog category called “Significant Sales”, we are going to celebrate the important transactions in Atlanta residential real estate.  Homes featured in this section will be single family homes sold for more than $3 million or condo/loft/townhomes that have sold over $1 million.  These sales will cover the entire Atlanta market, including those sold by agents who are not with our company. 

 

In an effort to “catch up”, we are listing the single-family homes in Atlanta that have sold for more than $3 million since the first of the year.   Homes are listed below in descending order by sales price.

 

Please click here to see our related post on Significant Sales over $1 million in the Atlanta condo market.

 

 

Descante in Buckhead on Tuxedo Road

This is the most expensive recorded sale in the history of Atlanta residential real estate (as per First Multiple Listing Service). This grand European estate is located at 3650 Tuxedo Road in Atlanta’s upscale area of Buckhead.  The home was listed at $16,900,000. Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty real estate agent Betsy Akers of the Vawter Group represented the buyer in this transaction. 

 

70 Valley Road, Buckhead

 70 Valley Road in Buckhead was sold in June of 2009 with an original list price of $7,000,000.  The agent representing the buyer was  Comer Jennings of Harry Norman, REALTORS.

 

 

3435 Woodhaven Road in Buckhead

 

 

3435 Woodhaven Road in Tuxedo Park was sold in June 2009 with an original list price of $5,900,000.  The listing agent and selling in this transaction was Carol Young of Harry Norman, REALTORS.

 

 

200 Londonberry Road

200 Londonberry was sold in May 2009 with an original list price of $4,500,000.  The listing agent was Ursula Henry of Harry Norman, REALTORS.  The agent representing the buyer was Carter Bell of Carter Bell Properties.

 

320 West Paces Ferry in Buckhead, A Philip Shutze design

320 West Paces Ferry in Buckhead, in Buckhead (also known as the Southern Center for International Studies) was sold in June 2009 with an original list price of $5,495,000.  The listing agent was Wendy Zoller of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty and selling in this transaction was John Woodham of Woodham and Associates. 

 

3474 Nancy Creek Road in Buckhead was sold in March 2009 with an original list price of $4,995,000.  The listing agent was Patti Junger of Coldwell Banker and the agents representing the buyers were the Heery Brothers of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. 

 

4870 Northside Drive

4870 Northside Drive was sold in July 2009 with an original list price of $4,750,000.  The listing agents were Charles Gerrick and Debbie Pille of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty.  The agent representing the buyer was Shiwana Reed of Allure Realty Group.

 

4380 Harris Trail in Buckhead

4380 Harris Trail was sold in June 2009 with an original list price of $4,4450,000.  The agent representing the buyer was Toni Itkin of Coldwell Banker.

 

4781 Northside Drive was sold in January 2009 with an original list price of $3,695,000.  The listing agent was David Hutchins of ReMax Greater Atlanta.  The agent representing the buyer was Diana Schilling of Harry Norman, REALTORS.

 

4440 Northside Drive

4440 Northside Drive was sold in September 2009 with an original list price of $4,000,000.  The listing agent was Marcia Weinhoff of Harry Norman, REALTORS.  The agent representing the buyer was Jan Brownfield of Coldwell Banker. 

 

174 Peachtree Battle

174 Peachtree Battle Avenue was sold in April 2009 with an original list price of $3,795,000.  The listing agent was Clay Willcoxon of Coldwell Banker.

Town Brookhaven Signs Four Anchor Tenants

Charles Gerrick, Founding Member

Submitted by Charles Gerrick, REALTOR®

By Rachel Tobin Ramos and Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Disputed Brookhaven project gets lift

Developers of a large retail project in Brookhaven say they’ve signed four anchor tenants and plan to start construction this fall, even without a controversial tax break in hand.

Sembler Co. Rendering of Town Brookhaven, a retail development by Sembler, which recently signed four anchor tenants: Costco, Publix, LA Fitness and Cinébistro.

Sembler Co. An aerial shot of Town Brookhaven, showing Georgia clay where retail tenants soon will rise. Construction on new anchor tenants will begin this fall.

Thursday’s announcement by Sembler Co. shows retailer interest in the Town Brookhaven mixed-use project, where apartment buildings now sit ringed by red clay.

But it doesn’t end the Florida developer’s bid for a larger tax break that the firm says it needs to finish the project with restaurants and boutiques.

Sembler said it signed leases in recent weeks with Costco, Publix, LA Fitness and CinéBistro, an upscale dinner-and-a-movie house.

Sembler Co. An aerial shot of Town Brookhaven, showing Georgia clay where retail tenants soon will rise. Construction on new anchor tenants will begin this fall.

Work should start in November, with the stores opening in late 2010, Sembler said. The 54-acre project is near Oglethorpe University and the Brookhaven MARTA Station in DeKalb County.

“I feel great about our leasing efforts,” said Jeff Fuqua, president of Sembler. “To open stores in this environment is not easy to do.”

Sembler generated political heat in May by seeking a 100 percent property tax abatement. It was initially valued at $52 million over 20 years, though the estimated value has since been reduced to $42 million. Sembler asked the DeKalb Development Authority for the expanded break , after the authority had already granted a 10-year abatement worth $20 million.

Fuqua argued that the tax breaks would be offset by the $181 million in sales tax revenue and 1,100 jobs the site could generate. Critics said it would deprive DeKalb and its school system of tax money needed during the recession, and that the sales tax boost could come at the expense of other merchants.

The Development Authority in June indefinitely delayed a vote while it reconsiders its policies on tax incentives.

Fuqua said Sembler still wants an additional tax break, though it may ask for less.

DeKalb County Commissioner Jeff Rader, a steady critic of the subsidy, said Sembler’s success with anchor tenants means it should be less dependent on taxpayer money now.

Rader contends that there is no shortage of retail space in DeKalb. A public subsidy for Sembler would be unfair to existing building owners who would stand to lose tenants to the Sembler project, he said.

“Those anchors should help [Sembler] in attracting the smaller tenants,” Rader said. “So do we need to give them another advantage over existing locations?”

Fuqua said he needs the tax break to help attract about 40 smaller retailers and local restaurants. He said he has a bank loan and investor capital, but the tax break will give him more money to build customized tenant spaces and lower lease rates.

The project calls for a “Main Street” spine with street-level retail. Fuqua said he wants it to be like Virginia-Highland, and that the additional abatement will help him attract the right mix of shops and eateries.

He said the anchor signings give DeKalb officials proof of Sembler’s commitment to the project.

“We are confident that they will be fair with us,” he said, “and give us an appropriate abatement that will help us finish this project the way it should be finished.”

The Development Authority’s former chairman, Eugene Walker, quit this month in the wake of the controversy over Sembler’s donations for his school board run. He had championed the additional tax break for Sembler while on the board.

The new chair, Judy Turner, couldn’t be reached for comment on Thursday. A spokeswoman for DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said he doesn’t expect a new tax incentive policy to be in place until at least October.

“He’s hoping Sembler is going to take full advantage of the ($20 million abatement) deal that’s already been presented to them.”

A prolific developer in Atlanta, Sembler has retail projects including Edgewood Shopping Center, Perimeter Place, and Lindbergh Plaza.

It announced Town Brookhaven in 2006, but the overall project was scaled back as the economy soured, with fewer apartments and retailers than originally envisioned. Fuqua said he expects to sign two more anchor tenants by the end of the year.

Most Expensive New Home Sale in Atlanta for 2009

Northside Drive

A new estate home, listed with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, sold in Buckhead for $4,750,000 on July 27, becoming the highest priced new home sale in Atlanta to date in 2009.*

Northside Drive ~ Dining Room and Foyer

A stately presence, the estate is located on Northside Drive, about 1 mile inside of I-285, sits on approximately 2.5 acres and has over 15,000 square feet of living space on three finished floors.

Northside Drive ~ Keeping Room

The stunning home includes seven bedrooms, eight full bath rooms, two half bath rooms, an elevator, three kitchens, and media room.

Northside Drive Pool with Cascading Waterfall

Outside is its own oasis including a salt water pool with cascading water features, 400 square foot outdoor pavilion, and four car garage with porte cochere, among its many features and amenities.

Debbie Pille and Charles Gerrick, of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the builder as listing agents.

Charles Gerrick, Founding Member

“The combination of an amazing property, extensive international marketing exposure and diligent hard work enabled this to be one of the few high priced estates to sell thus far in 2009”, said Gerrick.

Debbie Pille, Founding Partner

“As we do with all of our properties, we gave it the same personal attention, commitment and effort we would provide as though it were our own,” Pille added.

* According to First Multiple Listing Service data as of date of sale

 

 

 

 

Charles Gerrick
404.835.9593

Debbie Pille
404.668.3465

Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty
3290 Northside Parkway NW Suite 675
Atlanta, GA  30327

Congratulations to Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Agents

Who Represented Their Clients in Buying or Selling a MILLION DOLLAR PLUS home in 2008!

Betsy Akers
Sam Bayne
Elizabeth Baxendale
Sandra Carey
Margaret Cox
Carol Dean Davis
Dede DeYonker
Suzanne Dils
Charles Gerrick
Heery Brothers
Peggy Hibbert
Letty Hicks
Tom Hicks
Diane Higgins
Tina Hunsicker
Toni Hurst
Ally May
Kevin McBride
Debbie Pille
Sarah Bentley Powell
Cheri Riley
Leslie and Bill Ransom
Mary Stovroff
Wendy Taylor
Burma Weller
Frank Wynne
Wes Vawter
Wendy Zoller