About Pickens County, GA

The trends for Big Canoe and the jasper area are as follows;

Average Listing Price:	$376,710	-0.06%
Average Listing Price/Sq Ft:	$129.00	0.05%
Total Listings:	766	2.61%
Total Listings Previous Months: August July	212 214	-0.01% -0.02%
The numbers reflect the whole Jasper area including Big Canoe. However for Big Canoe you can see listings are 212. That is a number lower than we have seen in over 1 year. What this means is the Big Canoe inventory as part of the whole Pickens county area is being reduced. Good news for buyers is that prices have been significantly reduced. This is due to a re-alignment of prices in Big Canoe to the total mountain market. Big Canoe is a great buy right now . The other think is broken out the Big Canoe Sort Sale and Foreclosure numbers are about 3 percent of our market. this indicates a strong community. NOW is the time to buy in Big Canoe. The folks at All Mountain Realty are your Big Canoe and North Georgia Mountains specialists.

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Many Home owner today look for places to store their important papers. Many home Owners wear a Belt. What I mean by that is they go out and buy a safe and use it to store papers in. They look at the safes rating and decide that it is fire proof and in case of a fire their important papers will be saved. But they need to where suspenders too!

The suspenders in this case are making sue the safe is also WATER PROOF ! What do folks who fight fires use to put them out? That's right water. As a Volunteer here in the North Georgia Mountains I can tell you that some times the safe was saved but the contents looked like a big spit ball. So you have the belt, wear the suspenders too. If you are not sure about your fire proof safe being water proof use oven bags to store your things in. They should give yo the water proof protection as well as be heat resistant and not melt.

Thank you Jennifer Chiongbian for the idea for this post

Folks looking to buy or sell in Big Canoe often have questions. In this series I will as a Realtor who works in Big Canoe as well as the North Georgia Mountains do my best to provide answers to the most asked questions.

Why are the association fees so high in Big Canoe ?

The Association fees in Big Canoe are approximately 225. 00 per month. The main reasons for these fees are simple:

ROADS In a gated community in Georgia the community is responsible for the roads. In Big Canoe there are over 100 miles of mountain roads that need to be maintained. Drive any other mountain community and you will soon see why Big Canoe spends on Roads

SECURITY and FIRE PROTECTION In Big Canoe there is 24/7 EMT service as well as security and fire protection. I fact you will save close to 500 a year on your home owners insurance because of the great protective services in Big Canoe. When one considers this reduction against the cost it makes the fees in Big Canoe very reasonable.

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3 days a week I go to a 7 am class in the fitness center in Big Canoe. In the winter it is dark on the way there. But coming back at 8 am it gets pretty crossing the dam over lake Petit and watching the day start.

The sun in ths pictue is just coming up over lake Petit. The lake is 95 acres and just clean and beautiful.

When one turns around you can see the sun reflecting on the mountains. Now it is winter here but can you see any homes? They are there. Big Canoe does a great job through architectural control of making sure homes blend in with nature. In this photo there are actually some 4 and 5 bedroom large homes. You do not see them easily.

If you look the other way you see Cox mountain in the distance. below is a ball field ? walking track. In addition the tennis cours are near by as well as the fitness center. Big Canoe is a place where you can enjoy nature and be active

The mountains are great . This is part 2 in a series of mountain living tips. This part applies to Gated communities like Big Canoe or Bent Tree as well as areas not in these types of communities.

Bears

Bears are beautiful things to see. But you really do not want them on your front porch. There is nothing to get you going in the morning like looking out a window and seeing a pair of fuzzy eyes looking back at you . Trust me. It is better than an espresso to get the juices going. The black bears in the mountains are usually not aggressive. But they are bears so......

1 Never, never, never, get between a mama and her cubs. If you have dogs make sure they will obey you when they are left off a leash. One of my favorite bear stories here in Big Canoe is about a lady who had two little dogs who saw a cub and chased it. The cub ran to mama. This brought the dogs to a complete stop . And I am sure they said the dog equivalent of "oh S%$#$#T" ! as the mama bear chased them. Of course they ran back to their human mama. She saw them coming with a bear behind( there is a joke in there some where). The human mama said OH S&%^%$T! and neighbors came out in time to make the mama bear realize that she had made her point and she stopped.

2 Never leave food out. You can have Racoons as well as larger animals on your porch. We tell folks here not to leave out bird feeders between April and Oct. Baffles work for squirrels but nothing bigger.

3 If you cook outside in a green egg or barbecue one of our tricks is to use moth balls around them The critters do not like the smell and it usually stops them.

The Mountains are great and you will really enjoy seeing the Natural life. I just thing ther is space for them that is theirs and space that is ours. Let the folks at All Mountain Realty show you why we love living in the North Georgia Mountains