Winter Sunrise over MLK

If you are coming from downtown Chattanooga, cresting the hill on MLK going toward Highland Park & Missionary Ridge, this is what you’ll see. I will not even pretend that I get up all raring to go and take photos of gorgeous downtown Chattanooga. I have a child who goes to school at Brown Academy [...]

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Fort Wood Diamond in the Rough

Pocket doors & clawfoot tubs & transom lights, OH MY! Crye Leike is scheduled to auction the former home of Lula Adeline Rackley at 862 Oak St. Chattanooga, TN 37403 (smack dab in the middle of the Fort Wood historic district) on February 11, 2010 at 5pm. For its age and lack of updating, the [...]

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Chattanooga Images: Coolidge Park Carousel

Even though it’s cold outside, baby, it’s warm inside the carousel at Coolidge Park in North Chattanooga. One dollar per person per ride and it even accepts credit cards. Interested in the history of the grand old lady? Click here. Check out this link to see current operating hours for the carousel. Think you might [...]

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Downtown Chattanooga, MLK & Southside Market Stats for December 2009

Brand spanking new report for your viewing pleasure. I haven’t done a downtown market report before. Many of these sales are going to be condos & lofts with a few single family homes sprinkled in for good measure. These statistics are for the downtown, MLK & Southside areas. The boundaries I’ve used are the river [...]

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North Chattanooga Real Estate Stats for December 2009

Stats listed are coming from the 37405 ZIP code. In other words, if you’re a North Chatt snob purist be forewarned that this is going to include Stringer’s Ridge, a little of Red Bank and some of Signal Mtn Blvd too. All Northshore/North Chattanooga Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as [...]

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Adventures in Historic Homeownership – the Yucky Stuff

What, what, WHAAAT? There’s yucky stuff in home ownership, Jules? How could that possible be? One of the pitfalls into the money pit that CAN be historic homeownership is the sewer line, the mother of all yucky stuff. Anyone who knows me knows that I LURRVE old houses. Along with that love comes a price [...]

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North Chattanooga Real Estate Market for November 2009

Stats listed are coming from the 37405 ZIP code. In other words, if you’re a North Chatt snob purist be forewarned that this is going to include Stringer’s Ridge, a little of Red Bank and some of Signal Mtn Blvd too. All Northshore/North Chattanooga Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as [...]

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Chattanooga area events this weekend

Walking Ghost Tours through downtown Chattanooga or Bluff View Art District Friday, October 9, 2009 $13 adults; $8 children under 12; group rates available http://www.chattanoogaghosttours.com / (423) 821-7125 USA Dance: Ballroom Dance Friday, October 7, 2009 The Choo-Choo Chapter of USA Dance Inc. invites you to join us for a fun night of ballroom dancing [...]

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Chattanooga Images – Memo’s

This sign makes me smile every time I drive by it. Which is quite a lot since it’s close to my boy’s school. I mean, who doesn’t love chopped weiners with their pit bar-b-q? Contact me for more information about anything you see on this blog. Visit my website to search for homes. Subscribe to [...]

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Stand up for Chattanooga

Chattanooga Stand is close to reaching its goal of 25,000 surveys completed by Chattanooga area residents. Do you live in the Chattanooga metro area (including Cleveland and northwest Georgia)? Have you taken the Stand survey? Well, you should, because if you don’t I’m not listening to any whining about not liking where the city is [...]

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