dahlonega: What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?
- 04/01/11 02:06 AM
What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?As a licensed Home Energy Auditor, I am happy to extend my service to Home Buyers and Sellers. Energy Savings is more important than ever with the rising prices and keeping your home utility expenses low means more money in your pocket.
Lighting Assessment: Evaluate your exterior and interior home lighting using specialized software to determine home much your lighting cost is annually. Provide a detailed report showing annual savings for Compact Fluorescent Light upgrades for your home's exterior and interior verses Incandescent Light Bulbs. This report … (1 comments)
Springtime is a great time to list your home. People are ready to get out of the house and start something new. Summer is coming and this is the time of the year when many families are ready to make that move. My local areas of Gainesville, Dawsonville, Cumming and Dahlonega, Georgia is definitely seeing a jump in home sales. If you have been thinking about listing your home, now is a great time to get started. Pricing your home right is a … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Bear On the Square Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia. Great Spring Fun!
- 03/27/11 10:21 AM
Bear On the Square Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia. Great Spring Fun! Dahlonega, Georgia is full of fun festivals, great shops and historical sites. The Bear on the Square festival along with the Gold Rush Festival has no doubt put this little gold mining town on the map when it comes to North Georgia Events. Legend has it that the Bear on the Square Festival originated eight years ago when a local merchant spotted a baby bear in the tree in front of Brad Walker's Pottery on the square. The scared little bear slept in the tree that night and when quite, slipped back into the hills, … (0 comments)
Everybody is looking for a deal and when it comes the current market, you may now be ready to find your "dream home". The current real estate market offers foreclosures, REO's and short sale homes at great prices. Sometimes I still shake my head and do a double take when I check tax records and find that the home that I am showing has an assessed value of 349k, but my clients have won their offer of $265,000. There … (3 comments)
Bowl-A-Thon - Support Youth Programs & Camps - Stars & Strikes Family Cumming, GACome out and support the Reaping Nature Educational Outreach Foundation on Friday April 1st - 6pm - 8pm in Cumming, GeorgiaReaping Nature Educational Outreach Foundation provides environmental education "eco"camps at Cedar Hill Enrichment Center in Dawsonville, Georgia. Cedar Hill Enrichment Center in a non-profit organization and an asset to our local community. Cedar Hill has been bringing assistance to the less fortunate and farming education for over 30 years. In addition to enjoyable family events, Cedar Hill Enrichment Center supports other local non-profits to help provide a … (0 comments)
Our little mountain square in Dahlonega Georgia is known for quaint restaurants and shops with their own unique charm and Cranberry Corners is no exception. Cranberry Corners celebrates the Christmas season all year long, making this store the holiday enthusiast's paradise. Check out the one of a kind Santa's carved out pieces of wood, ornaments, stockings, lights and perfect gifts. Shop for Dawsonville's Georgia's ALS Pottery who specializes in raku pottery. Browse the beautiful jewelry and accessories made out of antique buttons. Antiques of all kinds, cards for all occasions, penny candy and so much more... Owner Kranberry Kathy represents several local artists … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Thinking about Spring & Summer Energy? Great Ways to Reduce Cost in your Home
- 03/01/11 01:54 AM
There are such great new ways to reduce energy cost in your home! If you're familiar with Georgia, you know that we have a short, mild spring and a sometimes brutal summer. Now is a great time to think about inexpensive upgrades in your home that can save you big time and keep you cool. As mentioned, there are some great new ways to reduce energy cost, but let's take a look an older way to reduce energy cost and keep your home cool. Attic Fans (AKA Whole House Fans): When I was growing up, there was no central air conditioning and our attic fan … (1 comments)
IKEA stores are first major retailer that has stopped offering the incandescent bulbs and sell compact fluorescent lamp (CFL's) exclusively. They are setting the stage for more solar products, energy efficient products and new earth friendly products to buy. IKEA now offers Solar-powered outdoor lighting fixtures, plus indoor table, floor and lighting tubes. Not only are these super chic and will look great in your modern or traditional home, but pretty darn innovative! They are selling spring garden lights shaped like bunnies and flamingos along with other super cute lawn products that are solar powered. Great solar products starting at … (4 comments)
dahlonega: Great Programs to Look Forward to at Cedar Hill - Gainesville, Cumming & Dawsonville Georgia
- 02/21/11 07:03 AM
Located central to Cumming, Dawsonville and Gainesville Georgia, Cedar Hill provides earth and farming education as well as enjoyable family events. These rolling 17 acres of woods and gardens are a great place to unwind and relax. Spring is an exciting time and Cedar Hill offers plenty of fun for the family!
Coming in March, the following programs will be hosted by Cedar Hill Enrichment Center:
Fresh Green Café THURSDAY, March 3 6:30-9:30pm $3.00 cover charge We'll be screening films and providing a forum for reasonable discussion on current issues that affect our community. This month's … (0 comments)
The best way to determine a price for your home is to use comparable homes from the Multiple Listing Service. Homes used for market reports are most like yours and in your immediate area, ensuring the best price to sell. I'm also a Certified Home Energy Auditor, so ask me about saving money and energy this spring!
dahlonega: Achasta and Bear Paw Ridge in Dahlonega, Georgia - Premium Living, Excellent Views!
- 02/14/11 06:02 AM
Dahlonega, Georgia originally won its place on the map the site of the first US gold rush at the base of the Appalachian Mountains. Today,Dahlonega is also recognized as a city that offers exceptional wines and dining at one of the many great local restaurants on the square. Dahlonega is a small community that offers resort living and exceptional views of the mountainside. Achasta is Dahlonega's premier location for a day at Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Golf Course while listening to the steady flow of the Chestatee River. Living in Achasta is offers unsurpassed amenities and miles of walking trails with easy access to highway GA 400. Achasta … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Georgia's Wine Country - Things go do in Dahlonega, Georgia
- 02/14/11 05:25 AM
Living in Lumpkin County Georgia means being close to majestic mountains, over the past few years, it also means sprawling wine vineyards. The luxury of Italy can be found in these hills and the elegance of Europe is captured in the fine dining and ambiance offered by several wineries. Montaluce Winery & Estates was featured by Public Broadcasting Service recently in a segment regarding fine dining and luxury at it's best. Le Vigne Restaurant at Montaluce has achieved the honor of best Ambiance and Most Romantic.
Three Sisters Winery, noted for the First Family, Farm Winery also offers wine tours … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Dahlonega, Georgia - Gold Mines, Great Wines and Mountain Town
- 02/12/11 08:29 AM
Most Georgians know that Dahlonega, (derived from the Cherokee word - Talonega) is North, Georgia's "Gold City". Our little town's history goes back to the days before the Cherokees. Even before officially documented, historians state that Hernanado De Soto found gold in Dahlonega in the early 1540's. Historians claim that the Spanish mined alongside the Cherokees until the early 1700's.
Dahlonega, Georgia is the home of the first major gold strike in the United States and gold fever ignited a craze that brought 15,000 miners running for the North, GA hills. Some 871 thousand ounces of gold from 1830 … (2 comments)
dahlonega: Buying a Home After a Foreclosure, Short Sale or Bankruptcy - The FHA Can Help! (
- 02/01/11 10:45 PM
Going through a bankruptcy, short sale or foreclosure may seem like a life sentence of bad credit... Although it is true that a bankruptcy will appear on your credit for 10 years, the good news is that the FHA (Federal Housing Administration), will loan again to you after three years after a foreclosure with as little as 3.5% down. The best news of all, the rates for FHA loans remain lower and there is more flexibility in calculating household income and payment ratios. In fact, the FHA has loans for those buyers looking to buy "fixer uppers", these loans add the repair cost on … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Good News for First Time Buyers in Dawsonville, Georgia
- 01/29/11 08:06 AM
Buying your first home is a big step and you want to save money and take advantage of all the available resources for getting started. Finding the programs you qualify for is probably at the top of your list for things to check on. It's great to know that almost every state have programs to help first time buyers with their down payments. Federal programs and grants for first time home buyers are available to help you get started in home ownership. Dawsonville, Georgia is a great location and offers scenic views along with great neighborhoods and townhome communities. Another thing that makes Dawsonville … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Solar Energy and the Economy - The Future is Looking Brighter for Georgia!
- 01/27/11 05:40 AM
The Solar Foundation conducted a recent survey predicting that solar companies are implementing new jobs at a higher rate than the rest of the economy. There is no doubt that we are living in a "greener" world where the interest and need for alternative energy is surging along with our power bill rates. The Georgia Solar Energy Association is on a mission to promote the economic benefits of solar energy across the board through education and support. The Georgia Solar Energy Association www.gasolar.org -is a great resource for locating solar water heater installers and general solar panel installers as well as just leaning more about solar power and its … (0 comments)
dahlonega: Simply Tastebuds in Dahlonega, GA - Organic, Gluten Free and Gourmet Food
- 01/26/11 11:49 AM
Last October I was shopping for my mom's birthday present and decided to stop by Simply Taste Buds in Dahlonega, Georgia for the first time. What a treat! I was able to make a gift basket from assorted items ranging from crock pot chili to gourmet cookies from Savannah, GA. Other items to fill your baskets with range from specialty foods, jellies, gluten free soups/foods to organic meats and cheese and way more! I was excited to find out that Simply Taste Buds also have themed and prepared gift baskets for any occasion. Check out their website coupons, deals and online shopping - www.simplytastebuds.com … (1 comments)
dahlonega: New Laws for Home Lighting – IKEA Leads the Way
- 01/15/11 09:17 AM
If you've shopped in the warehouse stores or been in Wal-mart, you know that CFL bulbs are the new trend and continues to grow in popularity. These amazing fluorescent minis pack a whopping 10,000 hours of use as opposed to the standard incandescent life of only 1,000 hours. There is no doubt that this method of lighting is here to stay and thanks to new federal laws, we're about to see the end of incandescent light bulbs all together. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 legislation require that all stores begin to phase out incandescent bulbs over the next … (0 comments)
What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?As a licensed Home Energy Auditor, I am happy to extend my service to Home Buyers and Sellers. Energy Savings is more important than ever with the rising prices and keeping your home utility expenses low means more money in your pocket.
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