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Inside Our Fifth Annual Whole Home in Atlanta
For our fifth annual Whole Home project, we tried something new: Instead of building a house from the ground up, we found an historic Atlanta home in need of some TLC. Then, we asked a team of forward-thinking designers to bring it back to its former glory with modern family living in mind. The first step for our project, set atop a lush tree-filled lot in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, was partnering with Ladisic Fine Homes and architectural firm Pak Heydt & Associates to breathe new life into the historic Chastain Park Tudor. Renovating an existing property for our annual Whole Home build felt especially meaningful in today’s limited…
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Restoration honors Black Atlanta postmaster
Real Estate News The owners are determined that anyone who walks through the house is aware of the legacy. This Old House” host Kevin O’Connor records the home improvement show in Atlanta on Aug. 10. An Atlanta couple is restoring the Victorian home of civil rights activist Luther Judson Price. (AP Photo/Michael Warren) The Associated Press By MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press September 7, 2022 | 7:38 AM ATLANTA (AP) — Most contractors told them they would tear it down. A two-story five-bedroom Victorian built around 1900, it was abandoned and collapsing, with vines reaching its rafters. Elegant features were scavenged long ago. The house’s place in American history was at…
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Former Atlanta Falcons LB Brandon Copeland’s next venture is a real estate reality show
Brandon Copeland sat in the corner chair as the seller came walking into the middle of the open-stage set. Almost immediately, it felt like the NFL linebacker-slash-real estate investor was the point guard, trying to get the conversation going. On the new Netflix reality series Copeland is a part of, “Buy My House,” the 31-year-old’s personality is on full display. The show, which debuted Friday, is sort of like ‘Shark Tank,’ — the set even looks somewhat similar with the show’s four investors, Copeland, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, Corcoran CEO Pam Liebman and real estate mogul Danisha Wrightster in a semicircle around a carpet sitting in comfortable chairs — but…