Windy Hill Road in Smyrna? (Decatur: sale, foreclosures, condo)

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by lorilove

I am not a fan of Cumberland Mall for shopping but the area is by far not as bad as some of you state. Akers Mill has vastly improved recently and the Cobb Energy Performance Center is a great addition to the area.

The problem with Cumberland Mall is that is is unicorporated Cobb County - not Smyrna, not Vinings. It is primarily commercial.

Vinings is also unincorporated, as are many areas with a Smyrna address.

[lorilove]

Smyrna does touch Cobb Parkway just north of 75 but that is a very small portion of the city. Also, north of Windy Hill is also a very small part of Smyrna.

Here is the city map http://www.ci.smyrna.ga.us/Modules/S...x?documentid=8

There are definitely older apartments in Smyrna that don't attract the young professional types but there has been no new apartments in the area as long as I can remember (late 80's or early 90's). Smyrna was the first to have an apartment moritorium and that lasted for many years.

There are several apartments in Cumberland inside the perimeter but most of these were built in the 80's or earlier. Cumberland was a hot single scene in the late 70's early 80's and there were waiting lists to get into those apartments.

[Atlantan4Life]

@blakeas I'm considering a townhome in City Of Decatur as well, I'm just laying out all of my options. and yes, Decatur has THE BEST public school system in GA imo.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by BringBackCobain

Aren't there a lot of apartment complexes on the other side of 285, both to the right and left of 75? I would consider that area Cumberland.

Not sure. There are some.

[Atlantan4Life]

and although this is sort of off-topic, Do you think that I could negotiate the price of a $340k townhome down to maybe 240k? This seems outlandish, but the property has been standing for 4 years and hasn't sold half of it's inventory. and it's a high chance that the property will be foreclosed on in the near future if sales don't pick up over this upcoming selling season.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by BringBackCobain

Yeah, but that's "Smynings". Besides Smynings, which is definitely nice, I don't see the appeal of Smyrna.

I think the appeal of Smyrna, for me, gets less and less as one gets further north and away from the East/West Connector and closer and closer to Pat Mell, mostly because I'm generally not a fan of inexpensive apartment complexes. I like the older and/or small houses, though.

As a student, such apartment complexes were great, and I had no issues with the ones by campus when I was in college a few decades ago.

As a older property owner, however, they're a potential threat.

[stvincent]

Originally Posted by Atlantan4Life

and although this is sort of off-topic, Do you think that I could negotiate the price of a $340k townhome down to maybe 240k? This seems outlandish, but the property has been standing for 4 years and hasn't sold half of it's inventory. and it's a high chance that the property will be foreclosed on in the near future if sales don't pick up over this upcoming selling season.

We could all speculate all day long on a question like that but this is where your realtor earns his/her money, negotiations.

[RandyWatson13]

Windy Hill Rd is not Smyrna...just a small part of it. Smyrna rocks!!!

[Atlantan4Life]

Randy, The part that I'm looking at is considered Smyrna...What do you think about that immediate area?

[blakeas]

also, if you are worried about return on investment, You should not pick smyrna. even if it did improve u would only get a modest return on investment. Another reason we chose decatur...