About This Property:
This is a charming 3 bedroom, 3 bath home for sale in the wonderful Springlake neighborhood of the City of Atlanta. Built circa 1937, this is purported to be one of the oldest homes in the neighborhood. You'll love the solid construction (including the granite foundation) and the lovely original details such as oak hardwood flooring, elegant moldings, and multiple archways. On the main level, this home features: a large fireside living room; separate formal dining room; spacious kitchen open to a cozy den; and 2 large bedroom suites on opposite sides of the house. Upstairs, there's a 3rd bedroom suite with a bonus sitting room and a wall of custom built-ins. This home also has a bonus office on the lower level with exterior entry. There's also a full, unfinished basement with drive-under garage and fabulous granite walls. It makes a great workshop space or could be finished for additional living space. The house sits on a nice lot with a level front yard, wooded backyard with fenced dog run, plus beautiful raised bed gardens (with granite retaining walls) on one side.
Springlake is a lovely residential neighborhood situated between Howell Mill Road and Northside Drive just south of Buckhead. From this location, you have easy access to I-75/85, GA 400, and I-285. Atlanta Memorial Park (with Bobby Jones Golf Course and the Bitsy Grant Tennis Center) is located on the eastern border of the neighborhood. This part of town offers you lots of recreational opportunities. In addition to Atlanta Memorial, this home is convenient to Piedmont Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Nearby Chastain Park is home to the Chastain Park Amphitheatre, an outdoor entertainment venue that hosts some of Atlanta's finest concerts. Chastain Horse Park occupies 13 acres of parkland and provides hunter/jumper riding instruction and horse boarding as well as a therapeutic riding program for the disabled. The North Fulton Golf Course is a public 18-hole course at Chastain Park. And the Atlanta Beltline goes through Tanyard Creek Park just a few blocks south. When complete, the Beltline will provide a network of parks, multiuse trails and transit along a 22-mile corridor circling downtown and will connect 45 neighborhoods directly to each other. The Midtown arts district is only a few miles away down Peachtree Street. There you'll find the High Museum of Art, the Woodruff Arts Center, and the Fox Theatre, as well as a number of other major arts venues.
There's lots of nearby shopping, including the fabulous boutiques of the Buckhead shopping district. There's a shopping center at the intersection of Howell Mill and Collier Road with a post office, grocery store, drug store, video store, and restaurants (including Fellini's and Salsa). Both Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza are just a short drive away, as is the Brookwood Place development (which features a 2-story Kroger, Borders Books, and Spa Sydell day spa) and The Peach shopping center (anchored by Barnes & Noble). The District at Howell Mill is another large shopping center nearby. It features major retailers including: Wal-Mart, Ross, TJ Maxx, PetSmart, Starbucks, and more. This location is also convenient to 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. The Westside Provisions District is also just a short drive down Howell Mill Road and features an extraordinary selection of shopping and dining options.
Children in this neighborhood attend City of Atlanta public schools including: Morris Brandon Elementary (2007 Georgia School of Excellence, International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, and Ga. Dept. of Education Platinum Award 2005 & 2006), Sutton Middle, and North Atlanta High School. This area of the city is also home to many of the city's finest private schools, including: The Suzuki School; The Epstein School, First Montessori School of Atlanta, The Galloway School, The Heiskell School, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, The Lovett School, Marist School, Pace Academy, Shreiner Academy, Trinity School, and the Westminster Schools.
