Gainesville, GA (PRWEB) — Personal circumstances are forcing a prominent Gainesville resident to sell his luxury home, situated on Lake Lanier, at a Highest Bidder Sale event on January 30.

The owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is working with Highest Bidder Sale to coordinate the event on his behalf. Chris Heekin, a Georgia affiliate of Highest Bidder Sale said, “We specialize in the marketing and promotion of unique, luxury properties. It’s becoming more common for ‘trophy properties’ to be sold with the Highest Bidder Sale method since traditional sales methods normally take too long for owners who want to sell quickly. Thanks to our program, there is tremendous interest in this property and we expect hundreds of bidders vying for the chance to buy this one of a kind luxury home.”

The contemporary three-story home was appraised two years ago at over $2.2 million. It is uniquely situated on almost 2 acres, with access to Lake Lanier at the rear of the estate, and a breath-taking view of another section of the lake in front. The luxury home features soaring ceilings and stunning hardwoods. Besides the four bedroom, four bath home, a separate mother-in-law suite with 1.5 baths also resides on the estate, as does a lakeside kitchen and pavilion. Reflecting pools, fountains, waterfalls, and fish ponds add to the majesty of the grounds. The property has been zoned for either commercial roadside or residential use, opening possibilities for use as a bed and breakfast or a restaurant.

The Highest Bidder Sale will be held Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 at the estate, located at 3967 Mt Vernon Road, Gainesville, Georgia. The home may be previewed on January 29 and 30 from 11 am to 4 pm, and will be sold to the Highest Bidder during Round Robin bidding to begin at 5 pm on January 30. The opening bid is set at $249,500, and bids will be accepted for the home during the preview.

For more information, contact Chris Heekin at Highest Bidder Sale at 770-301-6379, or you may email him directly at: c_heekin (at) bellsouth (dot) net. An online brochure is also available at: Luxury Home on Lake Lanier

Washington, DC (PRWEB) — Builderonline.com and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence broke new ground by launching a broad initiative to provide highly localized online information, analysis and news for builders.

Local Markets on Builderonline.com offers a deep dive into 359 U.S. markets, including data and trends on permit activity, employment, population and housing stock/density as well as local market news from BUILDER and around the web. The top markets also feature BUILDER’S annual Local Leaders analysis of the top builders in that market. Web site visitors can find the local market they seek by navigating through the appropriate Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) on the Local Market main page.

Local markets is a response to both builder and advertiser needs. Builders have expressed strong interest in getting more actionable business information about the markets where they are active. Advertisers would like to target specific markets where their opportunities for growth are strong. Local Markets meets both needs.

“We are pleased to provide more of the local-level content and data that helps our industry operate more effectively in the local markets where they do business,” says Peter Goldstone, President of Hanley Wood Business Media.

This new launch showcases the integration of Hanley Wood Market Intelligence and Hanley Wood Business Media. Builders will be will able to find highly localized information in additional reports available from Market Intelligence that include sales and pricing trends, economics, demographics, 3-year forecasts and other relevant housing data which are updated monthly.

“Local Markets on Builder is part of a broad initiative within Hanley Wood to marry highly localized data drawn from public and proprietary sources with relevant local content from our magazines,” says Andrew Reid, President of Emedia and Market Intelligence at Hanley Wood Business Media.

To view the introduction of the Local Markets section and a list of markets, visit http://www.builderonline.com/local-markets/.

About Hanley Wood
Hanley Wood, LLC, is the premier media and information company serving housing and construction. Through four operating divisions, the company produces award-winning magazines and Web sites, marquee trade shows and events, rich data and custom marketing solutions. The company also is North America’s leading publisher of home plans. Hanley Wood Business Media (Washington, D.C.), publishes more than 30 award-winning residential and commercial construction titles, including BUILDER, REMODELING, CUSTOM HOME, and residential architect. Hanley Wood Business Media also offers the construction industry’s foremost collection of Web sites, including BUILDER ONLINE, REMODELING ONLINE, and ebuild, the comprehensive online guide to building products, as well as the largest collection of house plans online through eplans.com and Dream Home Source.

Founded in 1976, Hanley Wood is one of the ten largest B-to-B media companies in the United States. Hanley Wood is owned by affiliates of JPMorgan Partners, which uses CCMP Capital Advisors to manage this investment.

Dunkirk, NY (PRWEB) — Chautauqua Woods, a U.S. manufacturer of custom-designed, hand-finished hardwood doors and entryways, has announced its ability to construct bullet-proof products.

“We can design and manufacture high-quality entries that have great appearance as well as offering ballistics resistance,” said vice president of sales Steve Dean. “The entire entryways are beautifully handcrafted and no one would know they can stop a bullet. These entries are available in various levels of protection, from handguns to rifles, depending on our customers’ needs. They are terrific in both attractiveness and safety.”

Dean said the company’s ballistics-resistant entryways are being specified by architects and contractors for new-build and remodeling projects for courts and other government buildings, hotels, universities, condominiums and customers such as senior corporate executives, professional athletes and entertainers who want both high-quality appearance and maximum security.

“Because our doors and entryways are custom-designed and individually handcrafted, the outstanding relationship we have with contractors, developers and architects continues to grow,” he said. “We have a high referral rate; those who recommend us have total confidence in the distinctiveness, integrity, and quality of the finished product we deliver.”

Chautauqua Woods, www.cwdoors.us, offers complete in-house design and engineering services. The company can meet international demand through its ability to work in metric units and transmit computer-aided-design drawings electronically anywhere in the world.

The firm’s sales and marketing staff travel throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia to assist project design and development.

Wood and glass artisans at Chautauqua Woods work with many quality hardwood species and a wide range of glass textures to produce stunning doors, sidelites and transoms. Exterior and interior hand-rubbed finishes are available in a variety of stains to meet any design requirements.

“Our doors and entryways have all the character and craftsmanship required to meet the needs of the most demanding customer worldwide,” Dean said. “We produce to very exacting standards, and take pride in our customer relationship every step of the way.”

Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) — Accent Realtors, Tulsa Oklahoma, announced today that for the second consecutive month, company sales were almost double that of the same time period last year. So, are tax credits offered by the federal government stimulating the real estate market in Tulsa, Oklahoma? The Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors (GTAR) reported last week that October 2009 sales were up nearly 14% from October 2008. According to Harriet Dunham, President of GTAR, the sales increases may have been due to the original deadline for the first time home buyer tax credit of November 30.

Experts have claimed that Tulsa is weathering the recession better than other parts of the country. Accent Realtors, a Tulsa real estate company, is optimistic that the announcement of the extension of the first time homebuyer tax credit and the additional tax credit offered to long time homeowners will continue to provide a necessary incentive for qualified buyers.

Tulsa has a relatively stable housing market. Home values never take the large swing that both coasts do, but the area has definitely seen a proportional increase in the number of short sales and home foreclosures. According to Paul Wheeler, owner and one of the Tulsa Realtors at Accent Realtors, “The market is changing. In order to service the market successfully we must be flexible and adjust our way of doing business to accommodate the changes’” For this reason, Mr. Wheeler has obtained the Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation and is uniquely qualified to help homeowners interested in selling their homes as a short sale, avoiding the foreclosure process. Once rarely accepted by lenders, in today’s world short sales are becoming an increasingly viable option. A short sale is not a typical real estate transaction, as many additional parties are involved in the transaction. As a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Mr. Wheeler has the expertise to communicate and negotiate with these other parties, including the lender or loan servicer and its’ representatives

Earlier this year, Forbes named the Tulsa area “No. 2 in the midsize category for being among the Best Cities for Job Growth, No. 5 in the category of America’s Most Livable Cities, and No. 12 in the category of America’s Fastest-Recovering Cities.” Tulsa has also been ranked the “Top Place to Live in the Country, out of 100 cities and towns,” according to a list from Relocate-America, a company that helps home buyers and sellers access relocation resources that make moving easier. As sales in the Tulsa area and nationwide increase and the local inventories of Tulsa homes for sale decrease, both Dunham and Wheeler are expecting homes sales in the Tulsa market to continue to improve.

About the company
Paul Wheeler, owner/broker of Accent Realtor has been selling Tulsa homes for over 17 years and is the only realtor in Tulsa that advertises to the public that he will sell your home in 90 days GUARANTEED. This confidence is based on the Accent team’s ability to get homes sold, over 200 homes each year – 40 times the average Realtor nationally. Accent ranks in the top 1/10 of 1% of the nation’s Realtors. Paul Wheeler leads THE ACCENT TEAM with energy, experience and vision for the future with a better business model for the Real Estate industry. For more information on Accent, Realtors visit www.accentrealtors.com.

Tuiss.co.uk is unique to the UK offering affordable luxury and strong environmental ethics. Their blinds are manufactured from the very finest materials in the latest designs which are made from recyclable components sourced from environmentally responsible suppliers. Furthermore, Tuiss uses recyclable paper and packaging for all its products and samples and encourages all their clients to reuse or recycle.

Covetable yet affordable, every single Tuiss blind is beautifully made to measure in the UK with care and attention to detail and in addition they provide an exceptional customer and sampling service.

“Nobody as far as we could see was designing beautiful blinds, displaying them on an equally beautiful and friendly website and selling them at affordable prices. What’s more we believed that the blind industry were behind other industries in taking up the green mantle. As a result Tuiss and our three touchstones: ‘Affordable Luxury’, ‘Greener by Nature’ and ‘Better by Design’ were born,” says Mark Bramley, Tuiss’s Managing Director.

The Tuiss Green Team reviews all aspects of their operations working with bodies such as the Carbon Trust and envirowise to make sure that their business is as responsible as it can be whilst also ensuring every single blind is made with care and designed with an obsession to detail.

Indulge your home and be kinder to our world. Join Tuiss in working towards a greener future.

Prices start from just £21.66 for venetian blinds, £22.53 for roller blinds, £25.17 for wooden blinds and £44.95 for roman blinds all made to measure in the UK from tuiss.co.uk.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) — Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West, the world renowned architect’s former winter home, studio and architectural laboratory, is preparing to undergo some major remodeling. However, it is not the actual home of the famed architect that will experience the renovations, but rather the pool, which was a special request of Wright’s wife Olga, at the time the house was built. Renovations are set to begin soon and Aquavida Pools of Phoenix has been awarded the contract for the pool remodeling.

Taliesin West was designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937 as a winter home for himself and his third wife Olga. It was at Olga’s request that a pool was added to the design plans for Taliesin West and the 600-acres upon which it sits. A real estate broker at the time warned Wright that the land was virtually worthless because it had no water and tried to sway him away from the purchase. But Wright could not be deterred, believing if he just dug deep enough he would find water. And he was correct.

Wright felt comforted by the sight and sounds of water and chose a triangular-shaped reflecting pool at the front of the main building to fulfill Olga’s request for a swimming pool. Olga’s beloved pool juts out from the terrace, which provides sweeping views of Paradise Valley. The property also boasts additional water features, including a circular fountain, which graces the center of the courtyard. At the entrance to the visitor’s center another Wright-designed metal dish fountain sits raised high on a wall.

The pool at Taliesin West has not been altered since the early 1960’s. Aquavida Pools plans to remove the existing pool interior “plaster” and resurface the pool with white plaster that includes a pozzolan admixture for strength and durability. The existing waterline tile will be removed and an exact “period correct” 6″X 6″ deco aqua blue tile will be added, keeping the pool true to its original design. Taliesin West, just like its sister property, Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, is listed as a National Historic Landmark, so great care has to be taken to maintain the integrity and original design, making the job just that much more challenging. We are honored to be involved with the Wright foundation and an American icon of modern design, says Thomas Lopez, Owner of Aquavida Pools.

The project is scheduled to start the second week of January and will take two weeks to complete.

About Aquavida Pools:
Aquavida Pools is a family owned Arizona pool remodeling company specializing in pool resurfacing, acrylic deck applications, water features, depth conversions, sun-shelves, equipment upgrades, consulting and design. They have been in the swimming pool business in Arizona since 1993. They are licensed, bonded and insured and are members of the Better Business Bureau and The Association of Pool & Spa Professionals and The National Plasterers Council.

Canton, OH (PRWEB) — Schumacher Homes, specialists in custom home design and on-your-lot custom homebuilding, has just released a completely redesigned Web site that is more interactive and simpler to navigate. The virtual tour Web site can be used to create custom home designs.

Recognizing that the home design and building process can be a daunting one, Schumacher has broken the process down into 3 easy to follow steps. These steps will help the visitor narrow their choices and visualize their home, while also helping them realize exactly what it will cost to build their new custom home.

The new virtual tour Web site includes a comprehensive sort section that will help them narrow their home design choices down to just the size and style they want. The visitor can sort by square footage, number of bedrooms, price range and many more categories to make their search as focused and simple as they want it to be.

Schumacher has also added an extensive interactive floor plan section to their virtual tour Web site. This section allows the visitor to add custom options to their floor plan right on the site, helping them imagine how these changes will affect their design. Visitors can add a 3 car garage, a large sun room, a bigger great room and many more floor plan options. They can even add furniture to help visualize how it will fit in their room.

Schumacher has approximately 30 model homes, including their two newest ones at their Greenville, SC site and 20 Design Centers that build in 14 different states. A customer can view over 300 floor plans on the Schumacher Homes intuitive, user-friendly and informative Web site. Each floor plan can be customized to meet the buyer’s needs. Schumacher offers their customers new homes in multiple styles, including one-story, two-story, American Tradition, Craftsman, French Country, Coastal and Mountain-Cabin styles.

Schumacher builds homes from the low $100’s to over $750,000 and 1100 sq. ft. to over 8000. They are committed to a straightforward custom home building process and are the first home builder in the country to use Smart Board technology in the design and pricing of a custom home. They have developed the Best Value Price Quote™, a state-of-the-art price quote program that presents hundreds of standard and optional features, showing all pricing, descriptions, and images of the selections made. And their custom home design Web site is second to none.

About Schumacher Homes
Founded in 1992, Schumacher Homes is one of the country’s leading on your lot custom home builders and has built over 6,000 custom homes. They have Design Centers serving Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Additional information, a virtual tour and interactive floor plans can be found at www.schumacherhomes.com.