About This Home
This is a wonderfully spacious, 2 bedroom, 1 bath top floor condo for sale in the quiet Emory Garden community near Emory University. This unit features many upgrades and a fabulous floorplan with a huge living and dining area; renovated kitchen with laundry closet; master bedroom with huge walk-in closet; 2nd bedroom with spacious closet; and renovated hall bathroom. There's plenty of parking just outside the door in the large parking lot and the complex has a pool and grill area as well as a paved sidewalks through a lovely greenspace.
Emory Garden is located just outside the city limits of Decatur in unincorporated DeKalb county, which means you'll pay lower property taxes than nearby homes within the City of Decatur or City of Atlanta. You'll love the close proximity to Emory University, which offers some excellent amenities accessible to the local community, including: the Center for Lifelong Learning; the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts; the Michael C. Carlos Museum; an excellent fitness facility; and much more.
The Emory Garden complex is also across the street from the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA, which offers a wide variety of aquatics, sports and recreation programs. You'll also love the convenience of having shops and restaurants nearby, including a Publix grocery store less than a block away. Other nearby amenities include: Fernbank Forest (a 65-acre woodland with walking paths); the Olmsted Linear Parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue (with access to The PATH, Atlanta's urban bike and walking trail); Medlock Park (with sports fields, a new children's playground, and a public swimming pool); Mason Mill Park (with the excellent DeKalb Tennis Center); the Clyde Shepard Nature Preserve (a 28-acre wildlife sanctuary); and Glen Lake Park (with a tennis center, a pool, a basketball court, and several sports fields). Additional area amenities include: the Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Fernbank Science Center, and the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
There's plenty of nearby shopping in the City of Decatur as well as Emory Village (soon to be redeveloped -- find out more). This location is also convenient to Virginia-Highland, Little 5 Points, the Edgewood Retail District, North DeKalb Mall, Lenox Square, and the Buckhead shopping district.
Children in this neighborhood attend DeKalb county schools, including the excellent Fernbank Elementary School (next door to the Fernbank Science Center); Shamrock Middle School; and Druid Hills High School.
