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Wayback Wednesday… Still Bickering…

Wednesday, 18 May 2011 08:49

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Last year I wrote about how Gwinnett County and 15 cities in the county were involved in a lawsuit. At that time, they only had days to get things straightened out before there were serious issues with the “Qualified Status” of the local governments.

A year later and they are still bickering over it.

There are a few changes… Some police departments were de-certified to use radar. The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department stepped in and ran radar. The lawsuits are continuing. The County could go bankrupt if the cities win. Residents in the cities could continue to face double charges for services provided by the cities.

This would be more fun if we could just break out the popcorn and watch without financial implications or worry about city and county service delivery.

For more…

Wayback Wednesday… Property Tax Valuations… (lanebailey.com)
Wayback Wednesday… Value Pack, a Twofer (lanebailey.com)
Wayback Wednesday… It Isn’t About The Money… (lanebailey.com)

Some Cool Garage Homes in Gwinnett County, GA

Monday, 14 March 2011 08:27

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These are starting under $100k. And, there is a grant available from Gwinnett Homestretch for up to $7,500. So, for people looking in Gwinnett, that are buying a house under $200k, with $1,000 available to put into the purchase… there are some possibilities.

McDaniels Bridge, Lilburn. This house is listed with a detatched 3 car garage, built in 1948. The pics are interesting. $115k Link

Munson Ct, Snellville. 3 car workshop and a 2 car attached garage. House built in 1982. Pretty standard split foyer home. I can send you a link that includes pics for this one, but there aren’t pics for GMLS on this house. $124,900 Link

Leighs Grove Way, Grayson. 2 car attached, 2 car detached. Another pretty standard split foyer, built in 1995. It is a nice looking house for $130k. Link

Biltmore Oaks Dr., Bethlehem. 2 car attached and a 26×30 shop out back. Ranch home built in 1997 and priced at $147,900. Link

The rest of these are priced over $200k…

Great Shoals Cir, Lawrenceville. This place looks pretty impressive and has a 4 car garage… for $229,900. 5br/3ba. Link

Tribble Walk Dr, Lawrenceville. Attached 2 car, detached 2 car… and I think there is a boat door in the basement. House looks pretty smokin’, too… and also at $229,900. Link

Kilpatrick Ln, Snellville. 6 car garage. I haven’t been out there yet, so I don’t know the layout. Nice looking house from the one crappy picture in the MLS. At $295k. Link

Whitney Pl, Duluth. This one looks like a 3 car detached with either a 1 or 2 car attached. There is also a pool and jacuzzi. Friends will visit… Looks interesting in the pics. $369k. Link

Keep in mind that I am not the listing agent for any of these properties. If you are interested, I would love to represent you for the purchase. I would have preferred to post pictures and so forth from the MLS, but MLS rules prevent me from doing that. If you email me or call me, I can set you up with a search, or send you info that is a little more detailed. Properties come into and off of the market every day.

Gwinnett County Public Schools Making Changes…

Monday, 07 March 2011 08:30

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I ran across a story in the Gwinnett Daily Post mentioning that Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) is getting ready to make a few changes for the 2011-2012 school year. Basically, they need to balance out the Peachtree Ridge and Duluth clusters, open the new Moore Middle School in the Central Gwinnett cluster and shift a couple of Elementary Schools in the Shiloh cluster.

Peachtree Ridge High School and Hull Middle School are both over capacity. The schools that will likely be affected are Peachtree Ridge High, Duluth High, Hull Middle, Duluth Middle, Mason Elementary, Chesney Elementary and BB Harris Elementary. And while GCPS is still working on the boundaries, they expect that less than 1,000 studtents will be affected. Maps should be available later today with the new boundaries.

In 2009, GCPS announced the new Moore Middle School in the Central Gwinnett High School cluster. This adds a second middle school for the cluster. Lawrenceville and Winn Holt elementary schools will feed into the new Moore Middle School, while Cedar Hill, Jenkins, and Simonton elementary schools will continue to feed into Richards Middle. Moore will feed to Central Gwinnett, as will Richards.

There will be a shifting of elementary attendance zones in the Shiloh Cluster as sections of Spain Road, Waterfront Place, Hadley Place and Forest Bend Road will move to Partee ES from Annistown ES. This change also was part of the approved redistricting in December 2009.

Source

Duluth, GA, Market Report, January 2011 (lanebailey.com)
Lawrenceville, GA Market Report, January 2011 (lanebailey.com)

Terra Sol by Pulte near Lilburn

Monday, 07 February 2011 08:56

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A few years ago this property was started. One home was built, along with the future clubhouse. The tennis courts were installed and the swimming pool was roughed in. Some of the streets had been laid, and many of the homesites had been prepped.

And that is how the property had sat for the last several years. It just wasn’t worth building out during the worst of the real estate meltdown.

Apparently that has changed now… Pulte has begun construction on the project again. The actually tore down the house that had been built onsite, cleaned up the entrance and begun building in more infrastructure.

It’s really nice to see activity on this project again.

Pulte’s Loss Widens (online.wsj.com)
Lilburn, GA Market Report, December 2010 (lanebailey.com)

Thinking of Scouting?

Saturday, 24 July 2010 08:53

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School is almost ready to start here in Gwinnett County. It is only a couple of weeks away… and that means that school activities will be starting, too.

Since one of mine is going into 1st Grade, he is old enough to start in Cub Scouts. He can be a Tiger Cub. And while the ‘Roundup’ is still a few weeks away, we actually found a Pack and started getting involved a few weeks ago. In fact, my wife and I volunteered to be Den Leaders.

The Pack that we found is part of the Sweetwater District of the NE Ga Council. And the Sweetwater District just rolled out a new tool on their website to help parents find a Pack, Troop, Crew, Team or Post for their Scout. Basically, if you are in the Sweetwater District, which covers Walton County and much of Southern Gwinnett County (east of I-85), you can use this tool to find the units that are closest.

Cub Scouts are arranged in Packs. Boy Scouts are in Troops. There are also Venturing Crews, Varsity Teams and Explorer Posts.

Scouting is a great outlet for boys and girls. It teaches responsibility, manners and confidence.

My son is looking forward to getting more involved in Scouting. We have been to a couple of events with the Pack, but no Den based activities yet (they generally are inactive during the summer, but the Packs often have several activities and there are also camp opportunities).

I think we are going to have a great year!

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