Charlie Ragonesi Big Canoe Realestate's Blog: Georgia: Big Canoe

The Mountain Real Estate Report is back . We are streaming live every Thursday on WYYZ Radio. The new show is totally on line and is gathering listeners around the world. You can listen to the show by clicking the link at the bottom of this blog. It will send you to this weeks show. I do the show with Linda Carrig and we have a good time as well as provide information to buyers sellers and investors in our beautiful North Georgia Mountains.

The only downside to the show is that it is radio. So when we talk about where we are it doesn't always show through. But the first show was done with the following in the back ground.

Yes that is what it looked like the day we recorded the show. We are looking toward the start of the Appalachian trail in Amicolola. This is off Linda's back deck. Interested in the North Georgia Mountains? We are beautiful and affordable. This on April 2 by the way. So we are already into a mountain spring. Enjoy

It is Spring in Our North Georgia Mountains. Driving through Big Canoe is always a great experience in the Spring. You never know what is going to happen when you round a bend.

These gentlemen were leisurely crossing the road. Now the interesting thing about them was they would all stop at the same time stick out their necks and gobble. They were in perfect sync. I had never seen that before. So I stopped and watched as they went away

They walked across the road and up a hill and out of sight. But then I looked back to the left and ....

This gent was in full display. As a child of the 60's I thought "This must be the jive Turkey". Sorry could not resist . Have a great holiday weekend all

Big Canoe is a beautiful place to live. I post about it and our mountains all the time. But there may come a time when you leave Big Canoe. Reasons for leaving vary

1 The roads have become too tough to drive as you age.

2 You want to be closer to family

3 You need to be closer to medical facilities

4 You have a new job and it involves commuting a lot

If any of these reasons take you to the greater Atlanta area All Mountain Realty can help you. We have an office and a sister company in Atlanta. You can see Dan Johnson on our web site. He is our Atlanta guru. Dan has lived in Atlanta and is a native Georgian for many years. So if you are leaving our beautiful mountains All Mountain Realty  can assist you in selling your home here and helping you find your new home closer to town

NAR and major sites all do studies of how long people look at a listing. The time is in seconds but if you have pictures , and I mean good pictures of your listing and a lot of them folks will linger longer.

Today I had rather an interesting experience. I was showing a home in Big Canoe to some folks. This was their first time in Big Canoe. As we were in the house the wife said, " I have been in this home before ! I recognize this art work" Now I am thinking, they said they had never been in Big Canoe before what gives? The husband said you have been in this home virtually.

The wife had seen it on line and the quality of the pictures were good enough for her to recognize the interior. This created a feeling of familiarity and ease. It made the showing go very well

We at All Mountain Realty do at least 25 pictures( the max for our MLS) as well as use virtual tours and a professional photographer. Why? Because we want folks to know our properties and see them. Pictures may be low tech but they are critical to your listings.

The picture above is of the pink marble Tate house. Looking at this picture wouldn't you want to know more? It is NOT for sale but it is beautiful

We have 2 great homes for sale on Lake Petit in beautiful Big Canoe. What makes these homes so special is that they are both some of the best priced lake front homes in Big Canoe

The first home is 1148 Thrush Turn;

This is a 3 bed room 3 bath home sitting right on a secluded cove of Lake Petit. There are some large windows in this home that look out to the lake and the mountains

But if a lake view is not enough;

You can sit out on your deck and enjoy the Mountain views as well. This home is priced at $385,000. Lots on Lake Petit, if you can find them sell at 300,000. This rare lake property is FMLS 4330525

The second Grest home we have on Lake Petit is 1049 Thrasher Way This lovely home is 3 bedrooms 2 and 1/2 baths.Want to sit on your property and enjoy the view?

You can follow the path on the property and sit by the water and enjoy this fabulous view.

How Lovely is this home !!!! It is a great mountain cottage yet it has tons of space inside. It has been very well kept.

This is the view from your dining room. What a great place to enjoy a meal. This home is offered at 429,000. Making it and the home on Thrush Turn two of the best priced lake homes in Big Canoe , or on a major lake in the North Georgia Mountains . Fmls number is 430992

Want to know why folks love living on Lake Petit. 1 It is 95 acres of beauty.  2 the only boats allowed are electric motor or hand paddled.  So you always have quiet. and 3 you can just sit back and enjoy  the sunset

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

We have a great New listin in Big Canoe. It is on Lake Petit at 1049 Thrasher way. It is on Lake Petit. It is 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths. It is a lovely mountain cabin. The pictues say it all . It is pricd at 449,000 !! When one considers lots on Lake petit sell in the 300,000's if you can find them and a smaller house sold 1 1/2 years ago at 699,000  this house is a great buy. MLS number is 4320992

From the deck you look out onto the 95 acre lake Petit

Looking Down from the loft you can see the wonderful mountain great room

There are decks and porches all around the home. If you are looking for water front property in a great home this is an excellent buy.

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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