About Fayette County, GA

These pictures are some before and after photos of a vacant home I recently home staged in a small, prominent Peachtree City neighborhood. Peachtree City is located South of Atlanta in Fayette County, that neighbors Fulton County in Georgia. Fayette County public schools are touted among the highest ranked in the State of Georgia.

Peachtree City's claim to fame is its exceptional 90 miles of recreational multi-use pathways designed for golf carts, bikers, walkers and runners. The path system is the largest in the U.S. and leads to most every home, restaurants, schools, churches, shopping and businesses.

Printable Street and Recreational Path map

Ya' all come visit sometime!

www.PeachtreeHomeStaging.com

Fayette County Georgia was once a bustling agricultural community, and the planters that grew corn and other grains required the services of a miller to prepare their crops for consumption.

The historic Marker at Starr's Mill reads: "The property that became Starr's Mill was owned by Hananiah Gilcoat who built the first mill here before his death in 1825. This site, on Whitewater Creek, was less than a mile from the boundary between Creek Indian lands and the State of Georgia. Hilliard Starr, who owned the mill from 1866 until 1879, gave the site its current name. After the first two log structures burned, William T. Glower built the current building in 1907. The mill operated until 1959, using a water powered turbine, instead of a wheel, to grind corn and operate a sawmill. The Starr's Mill site also included a cotton gin and a dynamo that produced electricity for nearby Senoia."

As time moved on, these industries ceased to be economically viable, and one by one, the mills began to disappear. Starr's Mill survived as a pay fishing lake, and became a popular spot for anglers and picnickers. Fayette County officials, realizing the significance of this treasure, purchase the property and created a county park for it's citizens. It is run under the auspices of the Fayette County Water Department. If you are in the Atlanta area, and would like to visit Starr's Mill, just take I-75 South to Georgia 85 ( NOT Interstate 85) South, through Riverdale and then Fayetteville and the Mill is about 5 miles past the courthouse square on the right. It is plainly visible from the road so you can't miss it.

Plan on spending all day. It's a nice place for fishing, wading, picnicking, walking and of course, taking photographs!Fayette County also boasts Georgia's oldest courthouse, and a popular park at Lake Horton, but those are subjects for future musings!

Richard Weisser, Broker, Associate Broker, Auctioneer, E-Pro, CE Instructor Era United Realty, Newnan Georgia, Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc. Serving Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, South Fulton, Pike and Spalding Counties 770-827-6225, 770-683-8400 X364, 770-683-8401 (FAX) All content, including text, original art, photographs and images, is the exclusive property of Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc., and may not be used without the expressed written permission of Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc. Copyright 2003-2008.

FINALLY! Here it is!

Oh, sorry, you haven't been waiting for it - I have!

The post I have hoped to do; hoped I'd envision; hoped to lay out there to my colleagues. Finally . . .

Actually, it begins as only relevant to me, but I hope you will read on; as my intent is to be relevant to you! Attention, Stage It Forward and Realtor Active Rain Member, it's all about you!

I'll explain in due time. Dilemma? What to do? What to do? Do I do a "Why Home Staging is Invaluable" post, or maybe "Do your sellers know Home Staging may quicken the home sale?" post? Or maybe this is a good time to display my multitude of before and afters from vacant home stagings in Atlanta that I have been so busy doing in March and April of '08. Or, the value of occupied home staging that now seems to be consuming all my time?

Yada, yada, yada, couldn't decide. Till today. Then I realized, it's all about YOU!

So how fun - it is all about STAGE IT FORWARD and the REALTORS! You as REALTORS and STAGE IT FORWARD members, tell me quick!

What should be my 101st post be? All I want to do is PAY IT FORWARD. You see, this is my 100^th post and I have hemmed and hawed, deliberately not posting till I had a plan.

You are now assigned to determine my 101st post!

So, should it be about how great Stage it Forward is; what I have learned there in the last year? Maybe it should be how much I have learned from the Realtors and their perception of home staging. Maybe it should be a post about all the great connections and friends I have made as a result of Stage It Forward, the Realtor group, and Active Rain. Maybe it should be about how my Web site benefits from Active Rain and the support from colleagues; or maybe my 101 should be about my business and your business, because if you are here with me, we together are better off!

You suggest, and I will write! Thank you for this small but relevant milestone can't wait to start out the next 100 with relevance.

Regards, your colleague, Karen

Thanks for keeping me marching forward on Active Rain!

Everyone love statistics, and I've got to admitt . . . I love mine!

In Peachtree City, Georgia there are currently 274 homes for sale. The average home for sale is $367,000. It is a great place to live, without a doubt. It was recently ranked as the 8th best place to live in the U.S. And, I eagerly second that!

Okay, back to the Peachtree City Stats . . . here's what flips my skirt and makes me smile, over and over again!

• 274 homes for sale
• 109 average days on the market

Wish I could say I staged 274 homes in Peachtree City, but I didn't. I did however recently stage 3 homes.

I absolutely changed the the stats for average number of days on the market, wouldn't ya' say?