thunsicker
A luxury residential real estate agent working with Bershire Hathaway Home Services. I specialize in the Vinings and Buckhead areas, and have thorough knowledge of metro Atlanta for all my relocation clients. Atlanta is a great place to call home.
Smyrna Food Truck Tuesdays – It’s what’s for dinner!
After the scorching days we’ve had recently, today is the perfect day to head over to Smyrna’s Taylor-Brawner Park, enjoy the sunshine and have dinner. Smyrna Food Truck Tuesdays is exactly what is sounds like – a delicious variety of food trucks parked at Taylor-Brawner every Tuesday between May 7 and September 24. They are open from 5-9pm but it isn’t a bad idea to get there a little early, beat the traffic, and get some playground time in or snag a shady spot for your blanket before you eat. There is even live music!
The band playing this week is The Stoplight Roses, and the food trucks will be:
Freckled & Blue
Happy Belly
Blaxican
Pressed For Time
Buen Provecho
Soup’R Noodles
Yumbii
Mix’d Up
Ibiza Bites
Yum Yum Cupcake
King of Pops
Visit the Smyrna City page for weekly updates and for more information about getting there and parking. The address is 3180 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA 30082. If you live in the area, don’t be surprised to see your neighbors walking or biking over. It’s a great way to get outside, let the kids run on the playground or in the grass, and let someone else cook dinner.
SOLD: 5247 Vernon Springs Trail
Posted in Atlanta Real Estate on July 21, 2014
Sadly, my client is relocating and having to leave this fabulous home. Their loss could be your gain. This traditional style brick home is on almost 1 acre private wooded lot on a cul de sac street in prime Sandy Springs /Buckhead location. Gracious sized rooms with 9 ft. ceilings and full finished walk-out daylight basement are just a few features to see. The kitchen is newly remodeled as was the secondary bath upstairs. All hardwoods on main and up, gated driveway and fabulous backyard. This home is so close to private schools and award winning Heards Ferry Elementary School. Visit my site for the full listing.
Overview: 3,300 sq. ft., 5 bedrooms, 3 full/1 half bathrooms
Schools: Heards Ferry/ Ridgeview/ Riverwood
List Price: $782,500
5247 Vernon Springs Trail Sandy Springs, GA 30327
As always, please contact me if you have any questions or would like to see this home. I would love for this to be your future home!
Tina Hunsicker
tinahunsicker.com
(404) 931-3944
Reminiscing and restaurant changes in Vinings
Posted in Vinings on July 16, 2014
The other day, I received a text from a friend who was excited about some restaurant changes in Vinings. While I’m always happy for new additions, I was sad all day to hear about Garrison’s closing and her saying La Paz might be closing. So last night, my son and I went to La Paz to find out what was going on. I was relieved when the hostess explained that they weren’t closing but that the ownership was changing.
photo credit: viningsjubilee.com
These restaurants and shops in Vinings are part of our Village and my life and memories. I have come to enjoy the atmosphere, familiarity and tradition associated with both of these places. For as long as I can remember, when I have gone to the Vinings Tree lighting the first Thursday in December, I’ve met a group of friends either at Garrison’s or Mellow Mushroom. I’ve enjoyed many spring and fall days with laughter on Garrison’s patio. Margaritas on Friday’s at La Paz and Sunday night dinner with friends are something I can remember as far back as before my son was born. He’s been eating their queso since he was 2. It makes me really sad to think of these places, where I’ve made so many memories, going away.
photo credit: rantlifestyle.com
While reminiscing about life in the Village, I remember walking my dog to the Village Starbucks and sitting on their patio with him while I read the paper (long before the iPad gave me the news). There was Caribou on the corner next to where Suntrust now is. I actually mourned the loss of the regular employees that all seemed to have left this past year at Suntrust. I knew them on a first name basis – Chris the former manager; I remember my son as a baby kissing Katie when she gave him lollipops when he came in. Now it’s all new employees that I don’t know and don’t know us and it makes me not really care to stop in there anymore.
Remember the small local coffee shop that is where Café at Pharr now is? I have good memories of that as well. I preferred the Vinings Inn in the 90’s when it first reopened to the new ownership that took over in this decade. Oh well, things change and we’ll make new memories, but somehow they all seem to define a season of my life from when I was single and working in corporate America, to when my son came home and I was sharing the pictures from Russia with my friends on the board of the Vinings Historic Preservation Society. I’m now crying with all this flood of memories, but as my son grows and we continue to live here, the restaurants will keep changing and we’ll have new memories at those as well.
At which Vinings restaurants have you made great memories? For those of you who have been around here a while, are there any you particularly miss?
4046 Keswick Drive SE – SOLD
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2014
From the wood moulded brick to the Grand Manor Shingle roof, there is so much quality in this elegant Traditional Vinings home. With 5 bedrooms up, a nanny suite on the terrace level with several family game rooms there as well, cul de sac location and a level front lawn, this home is perfect for a large family to move right in. Formal rooms are large and gracious and the kitchen opens to the family room. Decks line the back of the home and, though currently wooded, there is plenty of room for a play yard. It has a whole house generator, two car garage, and permanent stairs to the 4th level.
Overview: 5,440 sq. ft., 6 bedrooms, 4 full/ 2 half bathrooms. Schools: Teasley/ Campbell/ Campbell
List price: $1,325,000
View the full listing here on my website.
4046 Keswick Drive SE Atlanta, GA 30339
Please contact me for more information or to view this beautiful Vinings home.
Tina Hunsicker
tinahunsicker.com
(404) 931-3944
SOLD: 2858 Orchard Knob SE
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2014
Built in 2007, this Vinings Village home is classic Vinings style. At 6,779 sq. ft., it offers 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths, 2 half baths and enough living space to meet all your needs. It has a charming front porch, 3 car garage, and exterior porches galore. The kitchen is complete with high-end, professional appliances and on the main level, you’ll be pleased with the study and formal living room or music room and a bedroom and full bath as well. The basement is finished with a second kitchen, another guest bedroom and a full bath. List price is $1,449,000, but they are looking for an offer!
You can view the full listing here on my site.
This home is Cochise Club, swim team and tennis eligible. It is zoned for Teasley Elementary and Campbell Middle and High Schools. If you have any questions or would like to see this home, please let me know. I would love to show it to you!
Tina Hunsicker
tinahunsicker.com
(404) 931-3944
Play time in Atlanta
Posted in Buckhead, Living, Neighborhoods, Vinings on June 18, 2014
Summer is here and we are all looking for things to do with our children. I ran across this great article – a list of Atlanta’s Top 10 Parks and Playground. Some of these might be old favorites, but it’s always good to learn about new parks when you need to mix up your summer routine.
Run, Swing, Slide: The 10 Best Atlanta Playgrounds
Before summer starts to swelter here in Hotlanta, it is time to take this outside, parents. We scoured the city and rounded up 10 playgrounds that are a breath of fresh air and a guaranteed boredom buster. These parks have something for everyone—even the grown-ups. Consider this your bitty’s bucket list. Enjoy!
While our local Vinings/Smyrna playgrounds didn’t make the list, I’ll add my own recommendations:
Vinings: Cochise Riverview Club (members only): we have our own great playground by the pool.
Smyrna: There is a great playground by St Benedict’s. It is very clean, and young and older kids both enjoy this one.
Smyrna: Just up Atlanta Road is Taylor-Brawner Park. Besides having a great playground, it is also the site for Smyrna Food Truck Tuesdays. Take your kids for the playground and stay for dinner or popsicles.
Buckhead: Beaverbrook Park. It’s very quiet and has a lot of shade for these hot, summer days.
Rainy Days: We’ve all used McDonalds and Chick Fila in a pinch or on a rainy day – can’t beat it.
Smyrna’s Taylor-Brawner Park
Are any of these your favorites? If not, where are your go-to playgrounds or parks?
April 2014 Real Estate Market Update
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2014
Here is the real estate market update for April. These stats are very general by area. Various price points are moving much faster than others. In Vinings, the over $2M price point had about a 4 year inventory in January, and while it is finally moving, it’s still at about a 2 year inventory level. Because of this, I see those prices continuing to drop, while the lower price points are holding steadier now.
This link will take you to the Vinings Market Update, but you can browse areas throughout Atlanta and the state of Georgia here. As always, if you have any questions about this update or anything real estate related, please contact me.
February 2014 Market Update
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2014
Click the video below for the latest real estate market upate for the Vinings area. You may also view additional video reports for many of our local markets. I’ve included links directly to the Buckhead update as well as the Smyrna update.
Please contact me with any questions regarding your real estate needs. As part of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, I have access to proprietary information resources that are not available to the public and can help you understand the real facts in your area.
Better information leads to better decisions!
SOLD: 2095 Cooper Lake Drive
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2014
2095 Cooper Lake Drive
The finishes and quality of this home are those more fitting to a multi-million dollar home, however, 2095 Cooper Lake Drive is priced under a million and still boasts high-end appliances, a built-in ice maker and a custom 6k + square foot floor plan. It also offers simple access to interstates and Buckhead is at the tip of your fingers.
The stately presence of this home is best experienced while sitting on the grand front porch. Just inside the double front door is a large entry hall leading to both a formal dining room and coffered ceiling living room. The dining room is filled with natural light, a fulfillment of the original plan from Norwood Architects. Gleaming hardwood floors flow throughout the home – from the dining room through the butler’s pantry (home of the ice maker) to the incredible kitchen. The large central island resembles a piece of heirloom furniture and provides ample prep space as well as room for company to pull up a stool to the counter. Many other upscale amenities are found here including a Viking range and stove-side pot-filler.
With so many special rooms in this house to experience, the current owners wanted to make sure accessibility was never a problem, so there’s an elevator that accesses all three levels. One of the best rooms to find while using the elevator is the interior family room. It’s kind of like a sitting room for the private areas of the house. This room is located on the 3rd level in the middle of all of the family bedrooms. In the past, this room was used for middle-of-the night feedings and includes a refrigerator and sink for drinks or a coffee bar.
A coffered ceiling in the living room is just one example of the upscale finishes in this home.
The ice maker’s home is in the Butler’s Pantry.
A beautiful kitchen is the perfect setting to make memories in this wonderful home.
As you might expect in a home of this quality, the master bedroom has ample space and a unique barrel-vaulted ceiling. Additionally, a soaring ceiling in the master bathroom creates an airy feel among the raised double vanities, soaking tub, and large walk in closet.
Barrel vaulted ceilings are unique and fun to look at – and especially cool in a master bedroom.
Elegant master bath
A gated neighborhood is rare find in Cobb County, and it, along with a private street, is found here at Holden Estates. For metro Atlanta owners who travel, this secure environment is key. And traveling from this location is a breeze. It’s about a minute to I-285 (west of I-75) and about 20 minutes to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Closer to home, you’re just a stroll away from Oakdale Park, and less than a mile away to One Ivy Walk – home of many great restaurants and boutiques.
6 bedrooms, 1 half bath, 5 full baths
Offered at $849,000
2095 Cooper Lake Drive SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
As always, please contact me with any questions you may have or to see this beautiful home.
Tina Hunsicker
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices – Georgia Properties
(404) 931 – 3944
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