It's started.

You've lived in your home - the home you once thought so

spacious you'd never be able to fill it - for several years

now and are starting to feel claustrophobic owing to the copious amounts

of "stuff" you've accumulated over the years. Maybe

your kids leave their toys out, your teenager never hangs up his or

her clothes, or there is nowhere to put your craft or garden supplies.

Classic

Tour of Homes starts Saturday

Someone shopping

for a home in the next two weeks could end up with a free one

Beaverbrook

Estates introduces first homeowners

The Lee family recently

became the first homeowners in Beaverbrook Estates, a new Fayette community.

The home was built by Martin Homes and marketed by Jan Trammell Real

Estate, agent Robin Weaver.

Builder

group meets Oct. 16

Ed

Phillips from the Home Builders Association of Georgia will speak about

phase two of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System at

the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia's October meeting.

Lake

Overlook selling briskly

Lake

Overlook, Brayson Homes' neighborhood on Highpoint Road in Union

City, is proof positive that a sought-after location is a factor resulting

in healthy home sales.

Foxchase

model now open

GT

Communities announces the opening of its newest designer model, the

Aberdeen at Foxchase in McDonough, one mile north of the square off

Hwy. 23/42 and Huntington Drive.

Tullamore

celebrates first residents

Tullamore,

Pathway Communities' first foray into Tyrone, is emerging as one

of the top neighborhoods in the area. More than 10 homes are already

under contract and the community is celebrating its first residents.

Davidson

Landing opens model

GT Communities proudly

announces the opening of its newest designer model, the Georgetown,

at Davidson Landing, located in Stockbridge off Ga. Highway 138. and

Walter Way. Davidson Landing, a single-family community of 72 homes,

features a variety of ranch, two-story and split-foyer traditional homes.

New

faces in new places in local real estate

Rachel Barton is

a new agent with the Newnan/Coweta County office of Coldwell Banker

Bullard Realty.

Realtors

helping with YPH

Harry Norman Realtors'

Peachtree City office is assisting the Fayette Youth Protection Homes

with fall cleanup and painting.

Clearwater

Pointe now in development

The model home and

21 other homes marketed by Brayson Homes are under construction in Clearwater

Pointe, a new community on McGarity Road, which runs off Ga. Highway

20 East in the McDonough area of Henry County.

Jones

makes Top 25 list

Tim

Jones Communities is once again included in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's

listing of "Atlanta's Top 25 Home Builders."

Bullard

agents named to International Sterling Society

Fifteen

sales associates from Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty have been honored

as members of the Coldwell Banker International Sterling Society. The

distinguished membership is limited to the top 28 percent of the more

than 90,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates worldwide.

Metro

Brokers Financial promises five-day contract-to-close

Metro

Brokers Financial has become the first retail mortgage lender in Atlanta

to guarantee loan closings within five days of a qualified loan applicant

signing a contract to purchase a home.

2004

Street of Dreams to showcase River Oaks

The Street of Dreams

luxury housing tour will be returning to the Atlanta area in the fall

of 2004 to the River Oaks neighborhood in Tyrone.

River

Forest releases 70 more lots

Ninety-six lots

already sold in Monroe Co. community; first homes now under construction.

Boda

attends seminar

Sandy Boda, executive

office for the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia, recently

attended a five-day educational seminar in Vancouver, British Columbia,

given by the National Association of Home Builders' Executive Officers

Council.

McCrary

earns GRI

Sandra

McCrary was recently awarded the Graduate Realtor Institute designation.�She

joins other top producers in the residential real estate industry across

the nation who hold the designation.

Builders

assn. installs new officers

Mac

McKinney of McKinney Builders Inc. was installed as president of the

Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia at the organization's

September meeting, held at RCS in Fayetteville.

The

Arbors offers affordable way to enjoy Eagle's Brooke experience

The

Arbors at Eagle's Brooke, a neighborhood of 74 homesites, provides

homebuyers with an affordable way to experience the lifestyle of Eagle's

Brooke, Killearn Properties' master-planned community near Locust

Grove.

Follow

the recipe for a successful remodeling project

If

you wanted to bake a cake like a professional pastry chef, you would

follow a good recipe, right?

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