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by Ryan Watkins
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March 01, 2013 00:00 |
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For Angel Poventud, what began as a home renovation project in October 2011 has become a vision for a full-blown community revitalization effort in southwest Atlanta.
“I really believed that I would be living in the house within six, at most nine, months,” Poventud says after providing a tour of his ongoing project.
There are no walls or fixtures. The floor is uncovered and there are pieces of the house’s exterior siding stacked throughout the house. There’s still a lot of work to be done.
But a new roof, a new interior frame, new windows and doors, new front porch, new primary support beam, new electrical wiring, new central heat and air ducts, and many other completed jobs show real progress on a house that once could have been condemned.
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by Dyana Bagby
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March 01, 2013 00:00 |
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Located near the corner of Boulevard and Memorial Drive, a small blue building with a beveled glass front window and “The Livery” painted over the front door is a splash of gentrification in a stretch of road most have given up on.
Right at the cusp of Cabbagetown, a stones throw from Oakland Cemetery and just a hop, skip and jump from the local Mexican food favorite Mi Barrio, The Livery — now the home of Libby Quattrocchi — was once a broken, vacant building covered in ugly graffiti.
The front door wouldn’t open. The back yard was waist-high in weeds that hid many strange objects that Quattrochi, who is gay, discovered when excavating.
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by Jeff Hammerberg
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March 01, 2013 00:00 |
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There are several mistakes that first-time home buyers make that are easily avoided. The idea is to not be impulsive or succumb to wishful thinking. Even though a home may seem like a dream house it could, in reality, be a nightmare if you do not carefully consider everything such a major purchase entails.
Follow these tips to steer clear of some of the biggest pitfalls:
Check out the neighborhood thoroughly. Remember that there are real estate agents in the business of selling you a home however they can, and if that means telling you that you are about to live in a gay-friendly neighborhood that actually is not that friendly at all, then they may — intentionally or not — do their job and “get you into a home.” Working with an LGBT real estate agent, or an agent with experience working with LGBT clients, can help prevent this.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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March 01, 2013 00:00 |
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Buying a home with a partner can be a thrilling time in your relationship. But it is also an important time to talk frankly about how much each of you will contribute financially to down payments, moving costs, mortgage, home upkeep and more.
And while it isn’t as romantic as picking out paint colors for your new shared bedroom, it’s also critical to discuss clearly what you would do with the property you are about to buy if you break up or when one of you dies.
It’s important for all couples, but especially important for same-sex couples, who can’t get married in Georgia. That means you can’t rely on a divorce court to divide your property if your relationship ends, and unless you have wills, you will be considered legal strangers for inheritance purposes.
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by Staff
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March 01, 2013 00:00 |
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Looking for a new home? We asked five LGBT Atlanta real estate agents to help us identify two homes in each of four price ranges to show the diversity of sizes and styles you can get in different locations in the metro area.
3 bed/3 bath in Tucker or 1 bed/1 bath in Old Fourth Ward: $100,000 - $150,000
Who helped us: Kathy Kelly, Coldwell Banker Intown
4126 Idlevale Drive
Tucker, GA 30084
$129,900 | Neighborhood: Tucker
Bedrooms: 3 | Bathrooms: 3
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