About This Home:
This is a magnificent newer (2006) 5 bedroom, 5.5 bath 2-story home with full-finished basement and 2-car garage set on a large lot and featuring a spectacular backyard with pool, spa, and outdoor kitchen. On the main level, this home features: an elegant entry foyer; fireside formal living room with French doors to stone terrace; a grand formal dining room with French doors out to a large deck overlooking the backyard; a fabulous gourmet kitchen with granite counters, high end appliances, and a sunny breakfast room; a vaulted great room with stacked stone fireplace and French doors out to a beautiful vaulted screened porch; a mudroom, utility pantry, and laundry room; a stylish guest powder room; and a master suite with vaulted bedroom that opens out to the stone terrace, a big custom walk-in closet, and a luxurious private full bath with jetted tub, separate shower, and dual granite vanities. Upstairs, you'll find 2 large bedroom suites, each with walk-in closet and private full bath; another large bedroom with oversized closet; a full hall bathroom; and a big bonus room (great office, playroom, etc.) with 2 closets. The terrace level features: a huge guest suite with bonus sitting room and adjoining full hall bath; a fabulous home theatre with theatre-style seating for 8 (2 rows of 4) and a large kitchenette; a massive wine cellar with travertine tile flooring; and a bonus room that makes a great home gym with French doors out to the amazing backyard featuring a gorgeous heated salt water pool with spa, waterfall and fountain; a huge stone pool deck; a fabulous outdoor kitchen; and professional landscaping featuring a large lawn, and beautiful plantings with landscape lighting and a built-in irrigation system. This home also features an attached 2-car garage.
The Lavista Park neighborhood is just north of Emory University and is close to all the best intown shopping, dining, and cultural venues. There's a great Whole Foods as well as a Starbucks just a couple of blocks away, and there are many shopping districts near this house, including: Briar Vista Shopping Center, Loehmann's Plaza, Toco Hill Shopping Center, Cheshire Square Shopping Center, Sage Hill Shopping Center, and Emory Village. This location is also exceptionally convenient to Lenox Square Mall, Phipps Plaza, and all of the Buckhead business district featuring many of the city's finest shops, restaurants, and clubs.
The Lavista Park Civic Association is active and maintains an excellent web site (lavistapark.org). In addition to Emory University, this area is very convenient to Downtown Atlanta, Midtown, Buckhead, and Downtown Decatur. Georgia Tech is also just a few minutes drive. The area is served by MARTA bus routes and is convenient to the Lindbergh rail station. This location also provides easy access to I-75/85 and GA 400.
Children living in this neighborhood attend DeKalb county public schools, including Briar Vista Elementary (Pre-K through 5th grade public Montessori school); Shamrock Middle School (6-8 grades); and Druid Hills High School (a partner with Emory University in the Druid Hills Community Consortium). Also nearby are Kittredge Elementary (a public magnet school for high achievers in grades 4-6), DeKalb School of the Arts (a public high school combining academic subjects and performing arts); The Frazer Center (private infants - kindergarten); Waldorf School of Atlanta (private pk-8); The Paideia School (private pk-12); and The Ben Franklin Academy (private high school for ages 15-18), as well as a number of religious private schools.
