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Jeff DePaola
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This is a wonderful and spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with family room and detached studio for sale in the popular Loring Heights neighborhood of Atlanta (between Midtown and Buckhead). Built circa 1940 it has been updated and expanded, and features: a spacious living room with wood-burning fireplace; a separate sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows; a separate dining area; a renovated kitchen with Corian countertops, white cabinets, and breakfast bar; a fabulous family room with built-in entertainment center and patio doors to the large back deck and backyard; a full bathroom off the family room with vanity, tub/shower, and linen closet; and a full-sized laundry room. There is a large master bedroom as well as 2 additional bedrooms and a full hall bathroom with pedestal sink and tub/shower. Steps from the back deck lead up to a detached studio with 2 storage closets, attic storage, and a balcony overlooking the deck. This home has a driveway to a parking pad for off-street parking.

Loring Heights (loringheights.org) is a charming intown community about 1 mile north of the Georgia Tech campus. From here, you have easy access to I-75/85, GA 400, and I-285. At the intersection of Deering Road and Peachtree Street is the Brookwood Place development, which features a 2-story Kroger, Borders Books, and a Spa Sydell day spa. There are more boutiques and excellent restaurants all along Peachtree Street both north and south.

This home is only blocks from Atlantic Station, a multi-use development that features residential, entertainment and retail components as well as hotel and office space. Businesses at Atlantic Station include (among many others): a 16-screen movie theatre with stadium seats; Dillards; Banana Republic; Old Navy; Gap; Victoria's Secret; DSW; IKEA; Bath & Body Works; a great Target and an LA Fitness plus a wide variety of restaurants and cafes. There's also a Publix supermarket and Washington Mutual bank as well as a full-service dry cleaner.

Loring Heights Park is a lovely greenspace with duck pond tucked into the middle of the neighborhood. In addition to Loring Heights Park, this home is approximately one mile from Atlanta Memorial Park (home to the Bobby Jones Golf Course and the Bitsy Grant Tennis Center) and Piedmont Park, and it's just a short drive to Chastain Park. The new Loring Heights dog park provides a safe and convenient exercise spot for neighborhood dogs (and their people).

• 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms
  
• Renovated and expanded 1940s bungalow
  
• Low-maintenance front yard with walkway and steps up to the covered entry portico
  
• Front door opens to the spacious living room [alt view 1 - alt view 2] with oversized windows, built-in speakers, and a wood-burning fireplace with ceramic tile hearth and wooden mantelpiece
  
• Stained oak hardwoods throughout entertaining areas with neutral carpeting in bedrooms
  
• Crown molding throughout
  
• Wide opening from the living room to the bonus sunroom [alt view ] with floor-to-ceiling windows with transoms, ceiling fan, and French door to side entry
  
• Cased opening from living room to the separate dining room [alt view]
  
• Peninsula with breakfast bar separates the dining room from the kitchen
  
• Wonderful, contemporary kitchen features Corian countertops, white cabinets, recessed lighting, and ceramic tile flooring
  
• Black and stainless steel appliances included: Kenmore refrigerator with freezer on the bottom; Jenn-Air gas cooktop; GE wall oven; and dishwasher
  
• Oversized, porcelain double sink with garbage disposal
  
• Large family room [alt view 1 - alt view 2] with windows on 2 walls, skylight, ceiling fans, a built-in entertainment center, and patio doors to the back deck
  

• Big back deck with a walk-in storage closet and steps down to the backyard
  
• Full bathroom located off family room features an oversized vanity, tub/shower with tiled surround and glass block window, linen closet, and ceramic tile flooring
  
• Full-sized laundry room
  
• Back hallway with pull-down steps to attic storage
  
• Spacious master bedroom [alt view] has windows on 2 walls and a reach-in closet
  
• 2nd bedroom has windows on 2 walls, built-in bookshelves and cabinets, and a reach-in closet
  
• 3rd bedroom has oversized window and reach-in closet
  
• Full hall bathroom has a pedestal sink, tub/shower, ceramic tile wainscoting, and ceramic tile flooring
  
• Staircase from back deck leads up to a bonus studio [alt view] with ceiling fan, 2 storage closets, door to attic storage, and private balcony
  
• Driveway to a parking pad for off-street parking
  
• Close to new dog park [alt view] and Loring Heights Park (with duck pond)
  
• Blocks from Atlantic Station development
  
• Convenient to Buckhead, Midtown, Downtown, and Georgia Tech
  
• Easy access to I-75, I-85, GA 400 and I-285
  
• Convenient to Arts Station MARTA rail station and Brookwood Amtrak station
  

• Where is this house? This house is located at 1561 Steele Drive NW in the Loring Heights neighborhood of the City of Atlanta (Fulton county 30309)
  
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• Local Government: Fulton County - City of Atlanta - NPU-E
  
  
• Public Schools: E. Rivers Elementary, Sutton Middle School, North Atlanta High School - For information about City of Atlanta Public schools, visit the official web site
  
  
• Other Nearby Schools: Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia State University - Emory University
  
  
• Neighborhood Association: Loring Heights
  
  
• Nearby Amenities: Atlantic Station; Loring Heights Park; Atlanta Memorial Park with Bobby Jones Golf Course (public) and Bitsy Grant Tennis Center; Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech; Woodruff Arts Center; High Museum of Art; Piedmont Park; Brookwood Place; Peachtree Road shopping district; Bennett Street shopping district; Peachtree Battle Shopping Center; Brookwood Amtrak Station; Arts Center MARTA rail station