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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
SEARCH LAKE CREST HOMES FOR SALE HOOVER AL MLS
5131 Lake Crest Circle Hoover Alabama 35226
Lake Crest subdivision in Hoover, Alabama is situated in a prime location between Shades Crest Road and Highway 150, with quick access to I – 459, Highway 31, and I – 65. The hilly terrain affords this neighborhood with abundant basement lots, considered to be very desirable in the Birmingham, Alabama real estate market. With a mix of attached townhomes and single family homes for sale, there is plenty of variety for the homebuyer.
Home pricing currently ranges from the $230,000′s to over $640,000.
Lake Crest is a planned community that includes a neighborhood homeowners association.
Some of the amenities homes for sale in Lake Crest have to offer include:
- Homes with Basement Lots
- Homes with View lots
- Homes with Water Views of the Lake
- Lake Crest Clubhouse
- Lake Crest Community Swimming Pool
- Lake Crest Tennis Courts
- Lake with Fishing
- Walking Paths
- Convenient access to shopping, including The Grove Shopping Center, and the Riverchase Galleria
- Quick Access to Downtown Birmingham, Alabama
- Close to Regions Park Sports Stadium, home of the Birmingham Barons baseball team
- Hoover City Schools – zoned for Gwin Elementary School, Simmons Middle School, and Hoover High School.
Directions: Take I-459 North to Exit 10. Take a right onto Highway 150. Take a right on Lake Crest Drive.
Shannon Holmes, REALTOR® : cell (205) 706-3975
email: shholmes@realtysouth.com
109 Inverness Plaza
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed.
Please contact Shannon Holmes for any questions about Birmingham, Alabama real estate and homes for sale in the Lake Crest, Hoover, Alabama MLS.
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
SEARCH BALLANTRAE HOMES FOR SALE MLS PELHAM ALABAMA
104 Kilkerran Way, Pelham, AL 35124 Ballantrae home for sale
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BALLANTRAE SUBDIVISION
Ballantrae Clubhouse - Pelham, Alabama
Ballantrae Subdivision is a community of upscale homes in Pelham, Alabama. Homes for sale in each separate neighborhood have a defined look and feel, from cottages to stone and mortar-washed brick homes of distinction. How appropriate that the country that invented the game of golf should provide the Scottish Castle theme seen throughout the Ballantrae Subdivision. Ballantrae Golf Club fits so naturally into the rolling landscape, and has one of the most beautiful golf courses and clubhouses in the Birmingham real estate market.
Left View Ballantrae Golf Clubhouse Pelham Alabama
Ballantrae Community Pool - Pelham, Alabama
Amenities that attract home buyers to Ballantrae include:
- Planned community
- Wide variety of home pricing
- Beautiful wooded setting
- Fire station within the community
- Neighborhood pool
- Scottish Castle Clubhouse with turret
- Ballantrae Golf Course
- Homes for sale with high end features such as hardwood floors, granite counters, and outdoor kitchens
- Close proximity to I-65
- Minutes from several retail shopping areas, including the Colonial Promenade Alabaster
- zoned for Valley Elementary School, Riverchase Middle School, and Pelham High School
Ballantrae Directions: Take I-65 South to Exit 242. Left onto County Road 52. Turn Right at the CVS Pharmacy. Right at the dead end onto Highway 11. Left into Weatherly. Continue up the hill into Ballantrae.
SHANNON HOLMES, REALTOR® (205) 706-3975.
Email: shholmes@realtysouth.com
109 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Contact Shannon Holmes for any questions about Birmingham, Alabama real estate and homes for sale in the Ballantrae MLS, Pelham, Alabama.
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Real Estate Expert Shannon Holmes has an Open House Tip for you to make your home memorable for the right reasons.
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SHANNON HOLMES (205) 706-3975
RealtySouth
109 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Situated in the very heart of the Highway 280 Corridor and encompassing more than 1650 acres, are beautiful homes for sale in the neighborhoods of Inverness Subdivision in Birmingham, Alabama: Inverness Applecross, Inverness Cobblestone Square, Inverness Country Club Village, Inverness Cove, Inverness Gardens, Inverness Green, Inverness Highlands, Inverness Kerry Downs, Inverness Kirkwall, Inverness Point, Inverness Selkirk, Inverness Woodford, and Inverness Wyngate.
2023 Wilmington Place Birmingham AL 35242 in Inverness
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A master-planned community with tree-shaded parkways welcoming you to the beauty of a woodland setting, the Inverness community provides amenities any homeowner could want:
- Wide Array of Home Prices in Inverness to Fit Nearly Every Budget
- River View Lots
- Lake View Lots
- Golf Course View Lots at Inverness Country Club
- Garden Homes
- Luxury Homes
- Lake Heather with Boating and Fishing (by permit)
- Cahaba River
- Inverness Country Club with Championship Golf Course, Dining Facilities, Swimming Pool, Fitness Center (private club)
- Inverness Racquet Club
- Jogging Trails
- Inverness Community Fire Station
- Day Care Center is nearby
- Post Office is Conveniently Located to Inverness Subdivision
- Corporate Offices, Retail Shopping, and Commercial Businesses are Nearby to Inverness
- Luxury Apartments in the Inverness Area
- Upscale Senior Living Nearby – Danberry at Inverness
- Convenient Access to Highway 280, Interstate 459, and Highway 31
- Minutes from Downtown Birmingham, Alabama
- Just down Highway 280 from The Summit Luxury Retail Center
- Zoned for Inverness Elementary, Oak Mountain Middle School, and Oak Mountain High School
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SHANNON HOLMES, REALTOR® (205) 706-3975
109 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Please contact Shannon Holmes about Inverness Subdivision homes for sale Birmingham, Alabama real estate.
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Highland Lakes Home For Sale - 1055 Bluestone Way Birmingham AL 35242
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As you crest the ridge of Oak Mountain past Greystone on Highway 280, you will find the gated luxury home community of Highland Lakes Subdivision in Birmingham, Alabama. Many upscale homes for sale, located on over 1700 acres in a private wooded setting, descend from the foothills of the Appalachians across the ridges and down into a lake-filled valley.
Consisting of mostly resale homes, there are still a few new homes for sale in Highland Lakes Subdivision. Four distinct areas make up the neighborhoods of Highland Lakes:
- Highland Lakes Dunnavant Place from the mid $200,000′s
- Highland Lakes Ashland Place from the mid $300,000′s
- Highland Lakes Regency from the mid $300,000′s
- Highland Lakes Estates from the upper $300,000′s
SEARCH HIGHLAND LAKES HOMES FOR SALE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA MLS HERE
Some of the amenities in the Highland Lakes Community are:
- Four Stocked Lakes for Fishing
- Picturesque Gazebo Structures Overlooking the Lakes
- Neighborhood Parks
- Sidewalks
- Streetlights
- Walking Trails
- Playgrounds
- Mountain View Lots
- Water View Lots
- Association Management for Highland Lakes
- Immediate Access to Highway 280 Corridor Shopping, Entertainment, and Commercial Businesses
- Zoned for Mt. Laurel Elementary, Chelsea Middle, and Chelsea High School
Directions to Highland Lakes Subdivision Homes For Sale: Travel Highway 280 East past Interstate 459 until you crest Oak Mountain. Turn left at the traffic signal into the subdivision.
SHANNON HOLMES (205) 706-3975
109 Inverness Plaza
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information is deemed realiable but is not guaranteed.
SEARCH THE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA MLS HERE
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Contact Shannon Holmes for information on Highland Lakes homes for sale or any other Birmingham, Alabama real estate questions.
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
SEARCH BROOK HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE MLS BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HERE
3325 Brook Highland Circle Birmingham AL 35242 Home For Sale
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One of my fondest memories of the beautiful Brook Highland Subdivision off of Highway 280 was working with a very large and lovely family with seven children. Supervising everything from paint colors to furniture and accessory placement, I was able to turn their house into a home. We became great friends, and periodically, I was asked to help with little updates to their home because of my Interior Design background. When a job transfer occurred a few years later, they were forced to sell their much loved Brook Highland home in a slow winter selling season during an economic downturn. With the advantage of professional home staging, their home sold in only 47 days.
Beautiful, livable homes are just one of the things that draw residents to real estate in Brook Highland Subdivision.
As a neighborhood, Brook Highland has wonderful amenities that give this area great appeal:
Directions: From I-459 North towards Atlanta/Gasden via Exit 250, merge right onto U.S. Highway 280 East towards Childersburg. Turn left onto Highway 119 / Cahaba Valley Road and travel 0.5 miles. Enter the subdivision by taking the second left onto Brook Highland Parkway.
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Shannon Holmes 205-706-3975
Inverness Office
109 Inverness Plaza
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Please contact Shannon Holmes for any real estate questions about homes for sale in the Brook Highland Subdivision MLS in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
What makes a neighborhood a great place to buy? As a REALTOR®, I cannot stress enough the number one rule for home buying – location, location, location! Though this is excellent advice, there are also several other important things to consider when choosing the right home for you in a great neighborhood. Because all homes eventually get sold, it is important to keep in mind these factors that will affect resale:
- Schools
- Short Work and Shopping Commutes
- Curb Appeal
- Number of Bedrooms and Bathrooms
- General Appearance of the Area
- Extra Amenities that Make this Neighborhood Stand Out
- How Fast Homes Are Selling in this Neighborhood
- Price that You Can Afford
Perhaps you do not have children, have no plans to have children, or your children are grown. If you think that good schools will not affect your property, guess again. People will sacrifice almost anything to give their children the finest education, so when resale time comes it will be very important to be in a desirable school district.
Distance to work and shopping can make life convenient and pleasant, or add hours of stress, time, and gasoline costs to your day. Buying in an area with quick and easy access to businesses, shopping, entertainment, and schools will increase your enjoyment of your new home, and likely make your home more appealing when it is time to sell.
Always try to buy the home with the most curb appeal on the block. A charming facade will make you smile every time you pull into the driveway, and will be sure to attract home buyers at resale.
Once you are inside the home, be sure it has the right number of bedrooms and bathrooms for the area. Most people agree that a home needs at least 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms to live comfortably.
The drive into your neighborhood should have a pleasing appearance of neatly kept homes. How well your neighbors maintain their homes will definitely affect the value of your home now, and in the future.
A great neighborhood will often offer extra amenities such as a swimming pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, golf club, walking trails, and community parks. The universal appeal of these “extras” will make a home with great amenities more fun to own.
A good sign that your neighborhood is a great one is how quickly and consistently homes sell in your area. Check recent home sales before you buy. Even in an economic downturn, homes in a great neighborhood will sell if priced competitively.
After location, the most important factor to consider when making a home purchase is how comfortably you can afford the price. If every month is a struggle to make your house payment, you will never be able to truly enjoy your home, so never buy more house than you can afford. Job changes and temporary times of unemployment are sometimes a fact of life, so plan ahead to keep your mortgage payment reasonable enough to allow for savings for a rainy day.
Follow these guidelines to home buying, and you will find the right house for you in a great neighborhood!
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SHANNON HOLMES (205) 706-3975
109 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Contact Shannon Holmes for more information on Birmingham, Alabama real estate, and how to buy the right house for you in a great neighborhood.
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
SEARCH HOMES FOR SALE IN THE RIVERCHASE HOOVER ALABAMA MLS
2082 Royal Fern Hoover AL 35244
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Straddling the line between Jefferson and Shelby Counties is the 3,000 acre neighborhood of Riverchase Country Club Subdivision in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. Begun in the 1970′s, this popular Hoover community continues to have homes for sale occasionally being built on scattered lots, and real estate consisting of older homes, which often have had updates to make them look new inside.
New Riverchase Listing! 942 Chestnut Oaks Cir. Hoover, AL 35244
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An impressive entrance and long winding drive down the tree-studded parkway make this Hoover neighborhood a favorite place to live in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
The many amenities of Riverchase Subdivision include:
- Large Lots with Trees
- Approximately 1800 Homes in an Established Neighborhood
- Many Homes with Basement Lots
- Large Variety of Home Prices – from about the $180,000′s to over one million
- Riverchase Homeowner’s Association
- Riverchase Country Club - Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Clubhouse
- 12 Acre Park w/tot lot
- Hoover Schools – zoned Riverchase Elementary, Berry Middle, and Spain Park High School
- Fire Station w/ Paramedics within the Community
- Nearby Churches
- Close to Hospitals and Medical Clinics
- Convenient to the Riverchase Galleria (the largest mall in the state), The Grove Shopping Center, and the Colonial Promenade Shopping Center
- Convenient to the Hoover Municipal Complex- Library, Senior Center, Police Department
- Approximately 25 minutes to the Birmingham International Airport
- Convenient access to interstate ramps for I-459 and I-65
- Bordered by Highway 150 and Highway 31, two prime commercial and retail districts
Riverchase Home on Baneberry Lake
The newest neighborhood in the Riverchase area is the gated section known as Arbor Hill, which can be found immediately adjacent to Riverchase Elementary School. This private neighborhood has its own Homeowner’s Association.
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SHANNON HOLMES, REALTOR® (205) 706-3975
109 INVERNESS PLAZA, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35242
Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Please contact Shannon Holmes with any questions about Birmingham, Alabama real estate, or to view any Riverchase homes for sale in the Hoover, Alabama MLS.
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
4067 Paxton Place Vestavia Hills AL 35242 Liberty Park Home for Sale
CLICK FOR DETAILS OF 4067 PAXTON PLACE VESTAVIA HILLS AL 35242 LIBERTY PARK HOME FOR SALE
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Homes for sale in the 4000 acre master-planned community of Liberty Park Subdivision in Vestavia, Alabama range in price from about the $350,000′s to $1,000,000+, and have a host of fabulous amenities to offer:
- Liberty Park Community Pool
- Lakes with Fishing
- Parks
- Sidewalks
- Playground
- Vestavia Sports Complex
- Trails
- Green Spaces
- Two onsite neighborhood schools – Liberty Park Elementary and the new Liberty Park Middle School (Homes for sale in Liberty Park are also zoned for Vestavia Hills High School.)
- Old Overton Club
- new construction homes in the Provence sector just opening
- Homes for sale in gated area of Old Overton in Liberty Park
- Homes for sale with view lots
- Homes for sale with golf course views
- Hotel
- Commercial Offices
- Retail Space in the Prominence Shops at Liberty Park with a Bank, Dry Cleaners, etc.
- Community Activities such as “Art in the Park”, a Pumpkin Patch, and a Christmas Party, sponsored by the Ladies of Liberty Park organizaton
- Easy access to I-459, Highway 280, I-65, & Highway 31
- Close to shopping at The Summit, Brookwood Mall, and the numerous shopping choices that the Highway 280 Corridor has to offer
- Convenient to most of the wonderful amenities that Birmingham, Alabama, (the largest city in the state) has to offer. For more information on activities and amenities in the Birmingham area, please refer to “FUN & ENTERTAINMENT LINKS WHEN MOVING TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA”.
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SHANNON HOLMES, REALTOR® (205) 706-3975
109 Inverness Plaza, Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Information deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
SHANNON HOLMES is a Birmingham, Alabama native who attended Vestavia Schools as a child. Her vast knowledge of the area could prove a valuable asset to the home buyer or seller. Always happy to answer questions, please contact Shannon for any real estate information about Liberty Park Subdivision, Vestavia, Alabama or its amenities.
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