Alpharetta Real Estate Homes for Sale

Martha Stewart is coming to Georgia. Actually, she is already here, south of Atlanta in Fairburn. Martha and KB Homes have formed a partnership combining KB’s national home building experience and her design and decorating experience. They are starting their second development in GA. Their first development here has apparently been well received at Hampton Oaks in Fairburn, south of Atlanta. Now they are moving north to Woodstock and planning a development called Wynchase off HWY 92 and Neese Road, not too far from “downtown” Woodstock. This location is close to the I-575 corridor, but also makes communiting to Roswell and Alpharetta feasible. Wynchase will offer six different floorplans ranging from 2,700 to 3,800 square feet and 3-6 bedrooms. (Hampton Oaks offered 17 plans from 1,900 to 4,600 sq ft.) The floorplans are KB’s, but Martha comes in with designing both the elevations, how the exterior of the house looks from the street, and the interiors. The team has developed three elevations, or styles, based upon Martha’s own homes. The Katonah is based on Stewart’s Katonah, NY home and is the “traditional” design. The Lily Pond elevation is based on Stewart’s Long Island beach cottage and has shake single siding accents and brighter colors. The Skylands elevation is the contemporary design with stacked stone accents, craftsman windows and is modeled after Stewart’s stone house in Maine. On the interior, Martha has had her hand in appointing the colors and molding, wainscoting, cabinets, flooring and othe design aspects. I believe that homeowners can select which upgrades to put in the home. I’m not sure how this is drastically different from what other builders allow homeowners to do when selecting options in their design centers. It is just in this case, all your options have been determined by Stewart and mesh with the other design elements of the house. Finally, there is the landscaping, one of my favorite areas and the area that is so often skimped on by builders. It was Stewart’s gardening expertise that first appealed to me many years ago. When buying one of the KB-Stewart homes, you can select a landscaping package designed by Stewart’s personal gardener. It is not clear yet what the pricing will be in Wnychase. I suspect that it will be similar to Hampton Oaks, which offered 3-4 bedroom homes below $300,000. At that price, and with the allure of Stewart’s design, I suspect that these homes will be hotter than Martha’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes. Not only does the KB-Stewart team have an eye on design; they also seem to have a good eye on the demographics and house market in our area.

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