About This Home:
This is a stunning 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath home for sale in Atlanta's popular Virginia-Highland neighborhood. Built in 2005, this 2-story home with full finished basement offers great space and light combined with fine finishes and a wonderfully liveable floorplan. On the main level, it features: an elegant entry foyer; large living room with fireplace and French doors out to a spacious front balcony; a beautiful dining room; a fabulous chef's kitchen open to a cozy family room with French doors out to two back decks. There's also a full-sized laundry room and guest powder room on this level, and an elevator off the back hall serves all 3 levels. Upstairs, you'll find 4 large bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. The master retreat includes a vaulted master bedroom with fireplace, his and hers custom walk-in closets, and French doors to a private balcony. The private master bathroom features a charming clawfoot tub, separate walk-in shower, and double vanity. There's a second full suite plus 2 additional bedrooms joined by a spacious Jack & Jill bathroom. The basement level has been finished to create a 2-room suite with wet bar and full en suite bath. This space makes a great inlaw suite or could be used however best fits your lifestyle -- billiard room and office, media room and gym, playroom and guest bedroom, etc. Also on this lower level, there's a 2,000 bottle, climate-controlled wine tasting room as well as additional storage, and a basement entry from the drive-under 2-car garage. This home also has a fenced backyard with 2 large decks.
Virginia-Highland is an exceptionally attractive and popular intown neighborhood. It boasts one of the city's most appealing intown business districts, great parks, charming architecture, and easy access to just about everything. The active Virginia-Highland Civic Association stays on top of issues affecting the community and maintains an excellent web site. This home is just blocks away from of the Virginia-Highland business district, with its great shops, restaurants and nightspots. From this location, you are also close to the shopping districts at Amsterdam Walk and Midtown Promenade. Both Ford Factory Square and Midtown Place are located on nearby Ponce de Leon Avenue, as is City Hall East (soon to be redeveloped as Ponce City Market with a mixture of retail, dining, office and residential space). Funky Little Five Points is just down Briarcliff (which becomes Moreland Avenue after it crosses Ponce), and beyond L5P is the Edgewood Retail District with major national chains including Best Buy, Office Depot, Lowe's, and Target, as well as a Kroger grocery store and many other businesses. Of course, all of Midtown, Downtown, Decatur, and Buckhead is only a short drive away.
There are a number of excellent parks nearby as well, including Orme Park (directly across the street) and John Howell Park. Both of these neighborhood parks are well-loved and well-used by neighborhood residents. And just a few blocks away you'll find Piedmont Park, Atlanta's largest park and home to many of the city's biggest concerts and festivals. This location is also very close to The PATH, a greenway urban trail for runners, cyclists, rollerbladers and skateboarders. Nearby Candler Park (with a public golf course and swimming pool) is also only a short drive.
This area is exceptionally convenient to the Centers for Disease Control and Emory University and offers an easy commute to Downtown Atlanta, Midtown, or Decatur. From here you have easy access to I-75/85 via nearby Freedom Parkway, and GA 400 and I-20 are just a few exits north and south. This area is well served by MARTA bus routes and is only about 1 mile from the Inman Park/Reynoldstown or Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA rail stations.
