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From left to right, ChrisAnn Johnson, John Waluskiewicz, Daphne Nelson, Christine Hammond, Adam Brunning, Ta’Tisha Gibbs, Laura Watkins, Lori Lane, Nicola Schwab, Beth Pruitt, Soo Cha, Michelle Sanchez, Cristian Perez of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties and Marketing Results.

Berkshire Hathaway leads OBIE Awards with 45 honors ATLANTA – The Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association recently hosted its 38th annual OBIE Awards during a ceremony at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties’ New Homes Division, its CITY HAUS condominium development division and its promotional team Marketing Results were the evening’s grand winners at the annual event, capturing 23 Gold Awards and 22 Silver Awards. The event honors excellence in building, remodeling, marketing and personal achievement in the homebuilding industry. After the company won an unprecedented total of 45 OBIE Awards for its builder/developer clients, President and

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Luxury living at Wescott Located in the highly sought-after Lambert High School District, Wescott is the latest luxury home community offered by award-winning builder, Patrick Malloy Luxury Communities. This luxurious enclave includes 61 homesites and top-notch amenities. Once finished, this exclusive lifestyle will include a gated entry, tennis courts, playground, swimming pool with water feature, gazebo, spa and many more activities throughout the green spaces inside the community. The community clubhouse will serve as a gathering place for friends and neighbors to enjoy summer evenings while listening to children playing outdoors. Located in affluent South Forsyth, Wescott’s location is idyllic for any family looking to live in award-winning Lambert High School. Rated one of the top high schools in the United States, it is located within walking distance and affords students a top-notch education along with Sharon Elementary and Riverwatch Middle Schools. Nearby is a bevy of high-end shopping and dining options. Centrally located to Avalon, The Collection at Forsyth and North Point Mall, Wescott homeowners can enjoy the finer things in life inside and outside their community. While being away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Atlanta, it is still conveniently located to commuter routes and major businesses across North Atlanta. For the avid golfer, some of Atlanta’s best courses are within a 20 mile radius. If golfing is not your weekend activity of choice, there are parks weaving in and around the neighborhood next to the Chattahoochee River that are great for some fresh air activities. Wescott offers 4 floorplans starting at 4,100 square feet on homesites from one third to one half acres with slab and basement options. These homes can be built with up to 6 bedrooms for large families. The model home is located at 690 Nichols Road, Suwanee and is a must-see.

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North Atlanta flooring trends for 2019 When it comes to flooring, most people want something that is stylish and practical…and not something that is too trendy and may fade out in a few years. Flooring is the foundation for your home decor, and you don’t want to have to replace it every few years. Remodeling Expo Center, in Roswell, is a market leader in flooring for North Atlanta and they see the trends that are on the horizon. John Hogan, owner of Remodeling Expo Center has his fingers on the pulse of what will be the Trends for floors in 2019 and beyond: Trend #1. Hardwood…almost everywhere. Dark hardwood flooring. Yes, hardwood continues to grow and it is the preferred surface in most rooms. In fact, many homeowners are converting their kitchen floors and entryways (as well as powder rooms to hardwood floors. Here’s what’s trending with hardwood flooring. Cool colors – dark browns, gray, white washes, wide planks and matte and satin finishes. Trend #2. Porcelain tile that looks like wood. As further evidence of the trend and preference towards hardwood flooring, it’s super interesting that now we have more and more alternative products that mimic the look (and sometimes the feel) of hardwood flooring. Tile wood-look planks are often used in areas that may have water or moisture (e.g. kitchens, bathrooms, basements) and on top of concrete sub-floors where it may be difficult or inappropriate to install solid hardwood flooring. These products have been on the rise because they look like hardwood and they are waterproof at the same time. Cooler colors such as whites, grays, espressos are most popular. Trend #3. Engineered Vinyl Planks/ Luxury Vinyl that looks like wood. This wins the gold star for being the breakout trend for the year. This new category began 5 or 6 years ago and it’s been

growing and breaking records each year. Early adopters loved it because it looks and feels so real…and because it’s WATERPROOF. It also has a cork underlayment for some extra cushioning and insulation. The technology has gotten so good that it can replicate the look of real wood on to the surfaces. For an even more authentic look and feel, many have embossed grainy textures and distressed styles. It looks and feels amazing, and it’s a floating floor which means that it can go on top of virtually any type of surface, including tile, as long as the surface is flat and level. Trend #4. Cool Toned Colors. Cool colors are in and warm colors are out. This seems to be true both for flooring and paint colors (and yes, the two go hand in hand). Cool color tones include grays, blues, greens, etc. and Warm color tones include yellow, oranges and reds (think colors of the sun). 2019 will see more of: Dark browns (without traces of red or yellow undertones), grays, concrete and industrial looks for tiles (and counter tops), grays over beiges for carpets and walls, and bleached and blanched colors – ashy white washed looks. The Reverse Trends: A. Bamboo – Not durable. Scratches and dents easily. Doesn’t hold up to water, B. Parquet – Ultra dated. Separates over time. Looks sloppy and makes space look smaller, C. Multi-width planks – Not practical as they will date your home and D. Wide grout lines – Very dated. Grout gets dirty and is more likely to crack with wider grout lines. Remodeling Expo Center has onstaff designers to help you to navigate through the maze of trends, colors and integration with all the elements in your home. Remodeling Expo Center, RemodelingExpo.com, 404 910-3969, 48 King Street in Roswell, GA, open all week except Sundays.

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Moving closer to the grandkids If you have moved to this area to be closer to your grandkids, welcome! We’re glad to have you. Moving is filled with to-do’s. You’ll be finding a new doctor, a new dentist, a new bank, etc. While you’re out finding all your new advisors, don’t forget to add reviewing your estate planning documents to your list. That means having an estate planning attorney review your financial power of attorney, healthcare directive, will or trust documents to ensure that they comply with Georgia laws. Every state has rules that are a little bit different from other states when it comes to estate planning documents. Avoid inconvenience or even crisis by checking your documents early – before you need to use them.

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Local entrepreneur opens Kitchen Tune-Up in Alpharetta 1-5 day kitchen updates now available in the Greater Alpharetta and Johns Creek area ALPHARETTA – Kitchen Tune-Up, a national kitchen and bath remodeling company known for its signature oneday wood restoration service, has arrived in the Atlanta metro; specifically in the Alpharetta and Johns Creek areas. Meeting the growing demand from homeowners seeking to update and upgrade the look of their kitchens, Atlanta’s Kitchen Tune-Up is serving communities throughout the greater Atlanta area with its customized services and eye-popping results. Local resident Jody Rosen has launched Kitchen Tune-Up’s operations along with the support of the company’s home office located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The award-winning company has established itself as the industry leader with more than 30 years of success behind it. “My goal is to make kitchen updates hassle-free for homeowners in Alpharetta and the surrounding communities,” says Jody. “I want to show my neighbors that making a change in their kitchen can be fun and easy. They’ll enjoy the experience every step of the way and will start dreaming of their next home improvement project the minute we finish.” Jody is a long-time resident of the area and is heavily involved in his community. His passion for helping people serves as the foundation to launch and grow Kitchen Tune-Up locally. “Jody is a fantastic addition to the Kitchen Tune-Up family. We have all the confidence in him to carry on the Kitchen Tune-Up tradition,” said Heidi Morrissey, president of the Kitchen Tune-Up Franchise System. “He is exactly the type of trusted partner homeowners in Alpharetta and surrounding areas need to support their remodeling project.” “I am proud to be part of such a respected company – one that has built its reputation on trust, top service and amazing results,” added Jody.

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Five staging mistakes that make or break a home sale Brought to you by –BILL RAWLINGS Senior Vice President & Managing Broker, North Atlanta Office Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Once you decide to list your home, you might think your primary objective is to make it look appealing to prospective buyers. However, that’s Rawlings actually not the right goal. Your goal isn’t simply to impress people with your home — it’s to help them see it as their home. This is where effective home staging comes in. Let’s look at five specific staging mistakes you should avoid like the plague. Failing to Clean, Declutter and Touch Up. This point seems glaringly obvious, but you would be surprised at how many sellers cut corners on basic cleaning and spruce-up tasks. Cluttered spaces create an instant bad impression and make people feel like they have intruded on your “lived-in” home. Dirty windows, “dust bunnies” on the floor and stained walls — these all convey to a buyer that you don’t care enough to clean or to impress them. And if you don’t care, why should they? Too Much Décor Don’t confuse showing your home with turning it into a show home. Leaning too heavily toward a deco-

rating style like modern, industrial or country French will limit your audience. Likewise, filling your space with eye-popping details might land it a photo shoot in House Beautiful, but it will not bring you closer to selling because you are making it difficult for buyers to see their own furniture in the space. Remember, you are not trying to draw attention to the décor but to the home itself. Don’t make the decoration a distraction. Over-personalizing Over-personalizing your home can take many forms. It can be an overabundance of family photos, a stack of mail on the desk, repurposing a spare room for an exercise or storage space, a shade of paint only you and a handful other people would appreciate … the list goes on. Anything you leave out that identifies the home as distinctly yours makes it more difficult for a buyer to see it as distinctly theirs. Overdoing “Neutral” Yes, it is possible to “over-neutralize” a space. We are taught to avoid bold color schemes and dramatic details when staging, and that point is valid — but if you make everything too white, beige or light grey, you risk making the space invisible. Keep it mostly neutral, but don’t be afraid to add an accent here and there just to keep the eye interested. Making it Too Sparse Effective staging usually means removing a few unnecessary furniture pieces, but you can also err in

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Hillandale’s Southern charm Located in historic Roswell, Hillandale is an intimate enclave of 36 homes built by Patrick Malloy Homes’ Luxury Collection. Inspired by the streetscapes of Charleston, South Carolina, these homes bring their own charm to an already attractive lifestyle near downtown Roswell. The community was spared no expense when pebble stone driveways were chosen to complement the pebble stone walkways for each home, as well as the community sidewalks. It is easy to imagine a warm summer’s evening spent on the gracious front porches that include gas lighting on select plans. Once inside the homes, their grandeur alone is breathtaking. Accompanied by huge living spaces, these homes include such features as double-sided fireplaces and master retreats with free-standing soaking tubs. To ensure maximum entertainment capacity, Patrick Malloy Homes is proud to introduce the latest in indoor/outdoor living concepts. An entire wall of windows slips into a pocket to create a complete indoor/outdoor living space between the family room and the covered patio. The patio also includes a fireplace in case there is a chill in the evening. Once the wall of windows is open to the back yard, each home’s private garden is a clear reflection of the homeowner’s style. With a choice of several garden ideas, each homeowner can meet with a landscape architect to design a unique garden experience of his/her choosing. With so many choices, each garden is sure to be unique and inspiring for the avid gardener. For homeowners with pets, we have ideas to pamper them as well. Hillandale offers custom pet packages to allow extra storage and space for your furry, fourlegged friends. These packages include a consultation with a professional pet space designer. Hillandale is in close proximity to many private schools and is now building your home ready for move-in late summer 2018.

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Life in balance at Skyland Skyland Brookhaven is a new townhome community priced from the $500s and designed with your lifestyle in mind. We are proud of the “Life in Balance” that we have created in this enclave of homes in sought-after Brookhaven, only minutes from the town’s entertainment-filled center. Skyland’s thoughtful floorplans spared no details in interior upgrades with the latest in style. Beautiful aesthetics and space that works harder was the goal achieved in these three-bedroom townhomes that include flex space to be used with your imagination. Using quality craftsmanship from custom builders, these homes are also technologically enabled for state-of-the-art living spaces. We have recently started construction on our luxurious amenities that include a sophisticated clubhouse with 24-hour fitness facility and a great hall with fireplace. Included in our amenity area is a gorgeous salt water pool and landscaped pocket parks throughout, just steps from your front door. This dog-friendly community includes street-lighted sidewalks with wide streets and ample visitor parking for all homeowners. Skyland Brookhaven offers easy access to downtown Brookhaven’s bustling city center with great restaurants and entertainment for the whole family, as well as all of Atlanta. We are convenient to upscale shopping at Lenox Square with its brand name stores, Perimeter Mall and Northlake Mall. With easy access to I-85, Skyland Brookhaven is positioned to allow for shorter commutes to work and play in and around all the excitement that Atlanta has to offer its residents. Come see Brookhaven’s quickest selling new townhome community before it is sold out. Visit us at SkylandBrookhaven.com or call 770-254-5363 to set up a private showing today.

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Exterior shutter trends for 2018 Exterior Shutters plays an important part in the overall look and feel of your home. Let’s explore some of the popular trends we see for 2018. Simplicity: Try using simple shutters for a pure, uncluttered effect to allow other beautiful features on the outside of your home to shine. It is in line with minimalism, where you incorporate clean, refreshing looks, while adding a nice touch to your decor. To follow this trend, use shutters with sharp lines, minimal details and neutral colors. Here we will propose something like a flat panel shutter, and/ or a shutter with one large single panel, or even a board and batten style with no battens (horizontal pieces). Lighten up: Color plays a big role in the overall appearance of your home, and while exterior shutters are typically dark colored, we’ve seen an uptick in lighter colored shutters. This works especially well when trying to modernize the look of an older building. Light colored walls, combined with shutters in a slightly darker hue seems to be the norm. Whites and greys works very well and is a trend that will be with us for a while. Stick with the basics: Exterior shutters should never overpower the look of your house and not all homes lend itself to the exotic. There’s nothing wrong with some traditional Raised Panel style shutters or even Louvered shutters to give a traditional, formal house a neat and tidy look. Board and Batten shutters works well on a

house with a mix of exterior surfaces (brick and stone, or siding and shingles). For Raised Panel style shutters, make sure the panels mimic the windows, for Louvers you can try a wider slat, and with Board and Batten shutters we see a trend to use more, but narrower Boards (vertical pieces). Add flair and personality: Another subtle way of giving you home a one-of-a-kind appearance is to add custom cutouts to your shutters. Let your home’s personality shine with just about any shape you can imagine, from stars and crescent moons to palm trees and hearts. Go bold and traditional with a full cutout, or subtle and interesting with only a small relief cut on the outside corner. This obviously only works on paneled or Board and Batten style shutters. The exterior of your home is the first impression for people coming up to your house. Shutters play a crucial role in making or breaking that first impression. It makes sense to ensure you incorporate the shutters to form a pleasant and unified appearance. Dupbel Millworks Inc. manufactures exteriors shutters using only weather resistant materials. Our core business is shutters made from a composite wood material that is rot, insect and weather resistant. We manufacture a series of shutters styles and are fully equipped to help you design the specific look you desire, and every shutter is custom made based on your house, windows and design.

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those who need 24/7 medical care will benefit from the care provided at The Memory Center Atlanta. We are proud to have Dr. Gary Figiel, M.D., a locally and nationally renowned expert in the field of geriatric healthcare, as the Medical Director. Dr. Figiel works with our team of Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants to provide 24/7 care within the comfort of your loved one’s new home. Don’t let a crisis determine where your loved one can receive care. Deciding on memory care early enough, will allow your loved one the opportunity to have the best quality of life and that decision is priceless. Schedule a tour of The Memory Center Atlanta and learn more about how our entire team works together to provide a seamless transition

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