About This Home:
This is a wonderful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home situated on a large corner lot (Faith @ Florida) for sale in Atlanta's popular Ormewood Park neighborhood, just blocks from the delightful East Atlanta Village shopping and dining district. This home has been completely gutted and renovated and has a wonderful, open floorplan ideal for entertaining. It features: a rocking chair front porch; a spacious living room with decorative, double-sided fireplace open to a separate formal dining room; a huge designer kitchen with granite countertops, chestnut cabinets, glass tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and door to the back deck and backyard; and a separate laundry closet. The master suite features a generous master bedroom and private master bathroom with a double vanity with black granite tile countertop and vessel sinks, and an oversized, walk-in shower with slate tile surround. There are 2 additional bedrooms as well as a full hall bathroom with a vanity and tub/shower. This home has a driveway off Florida Ave. for off-street parking.
Ormewood Park is a great intown neighborhood that offers excellent location, value and amenities. It sits between Grant Park to the west and East Atlanta Village to the east. Major streets include Moreland Avenue, Glenwood Avenue, Boulevard, and Confederate Avenue, and you have very easy access to I-20 and I-75/85. The neighborhood is served by MARTA bus routes and is convenient to both the King Memorial and Inman Park/Reynoldstown rail stations.
This home is only a couple of miles from Downtown Atlanta's central business district, and just a couple of blocks from the funky shops and restaurants of East Atlanta Village. Brownwood Park and Recreation Center is nearby, as is the wonderful Grant Park (with Zoo Atlanta and the Cyclorama). The location is minutes from Turner Field, Philips Arena, and the CNN Center, and is also convenient to the proposed Beltline, which will connect 45 neighborhoods with 22 miles of new transit, 33 miles of multi-use trails, and an interconnected system of 40 new and existing parks, providing new mobility options for Atlantans where they live, work, and play.
New commercial and mixed used developments are being built throughout this area as well. Just a few blocks down the street, the new NeoUrbanist development, Glenwood Park, offers a mix of shops, restaurants, and office space to complement new single family homes and condos. This location is also very convenient to the Edgewood Retail District off Moreland Avenue, with 500,000 sq. ft. of retail space including major national chains such as: Best Buy, Lowe's, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, Kroger, and Target.
Children in this neighborhood attend Parkside Elementary School (one of Atlanta's newest elementary schools). In addition to the traditional public schools, children in this neighborhood are eligible to attend a popular charter elementary school (Neighborhood Charter School) and the Atlanta Charter Middle School that opened in 2005. Both schools feature a hands-on, project-oriented curriculum focused on ecology and conservation, with a partnership with nearby Zoo Atlanta. The middle school also includes a strong community service component in its curriculum. There is a 3rd, brand new charter school in the neighborhood as well. The 2007-2008 school year was the first for the Imagine Wesley Charter School, which serves children in grades K-7 (expanding to 8th grade by 2010), and uses the International Baccalaureate Primary and Middle Years curriculum. Additionally, the school has single-gender classes for core curriculum and offer daily Chinese lessons for all grades. In addition to these schools, there's also a Cooperative Preschool that uses the Reggio Emilia approach. The Grant Park Parent Network is also quite active.
