About This Home:
This is a beautiful and exceptionally spacious 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath corner condo for sale at The Carlton in Atlanta's Virginia-Highland neighborhood. Built in 2003, this home offers a low maintenance lifestyle without sacrificing space or style. You'll love the views of Midtown and Freedom Park and the great location close to everything that intown Atlanta has to offer. This unit has an open floorplan for entertaining and features: an entry foyer (with coat closet and powder room) with a gallery hall suitable for displaying artwork; a large living room with fireplace and big bay window; a separate formal dining room with French doors out to a private balcony overlooking Freedom Park and The PATH; a fabulous eat-in kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances, central island with breakfast bar, and separate sunny breakfast nook. Bedrooms are arranged in a roommate floorplan, with the master suite on one side of the unit and the remaining 2 bedrooms and full hall bath on the other side. The master suite features a spacious master bedroom with private door to balcony, walk-in closet, and luxurious private bath with soaking tub, separate shower, and double vanity. The other 2 bedrooms each have step-in custom closets and they share the large hall bathroom with tub/shower and vanity. This unit also has a full-sized laundry closet and comes with a large separate storage room just across the hall. Two deeded parking spaces are included -- one in the secure garage and one just outside the door to the building. The Carlton complex also has an outdoor swimming pool.
The Carlton is located in the hugely popular Virginia-Highland neighborhood. This is a vibrant part of town with lots of new development in addition to the popular existing neighborhood business districts. This location is very convenient to nearby shopping at Midtown Place (with multiple restaurants and shops including Whole Foods, Home Depot, and Borders Books) and is close to several neighborhood business districts, including all the great shops and restaurants along North Highland and Ponce de Leon. You'll find additional shopping opportunities in nearby Midtown, Little Five Points, and at the Edgewood Retail District -- a major multi-use development featuring national retailers including: Lowe's, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Office Depot, and much more. In addition to existing business districts, there are large new developments in the works for the area. Nearby City Hall East is slated for redevelopment as Ponce Park -- a $375 million multi-use mall and condo development that will feature a fabulous new park to replace existing parking lots. This location is also near the proposed Beltline, which will connect 45 intown neighborhoods with parks, transit and trails for commuters, bicyclists and pedestrians. [Detail map.]
In addition to The PATH, intown's multi-use urban trail, which is just across the street, there are numerous parks in the area, including: John Howell Park (great neighborhood park a few blocks away); Piedmont Park (Atlanta's largest park and home to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Lake Clara Meer, and many of the city's biggest festivals and special events); Candler Park (home to a public executive length golf course, swimming pool, sports fields, and a new playground); and Goldsboro Park (featuring tennis and basketball courts). This location provides an easy commute to Downtown as well as Emory University, and is served by MARTA. This area also has easy access to the interstate via Freedom Parkway to I-75/85 and continuing on to GA 400, I-20, and I-285.
