This week, Neighborhood of the Week revisits one of West Knoxville’s oldest neighborhoods, which also happens to have a lot of Cool Homes You Can’t Afford in it: Sequoyah Hills.

Located off of Kingston Pike just a few miles west of the University of Tennessee campus, Sequoyah Hills sits in a bend of the Tennessee river and is known around town for its large, tree-lined main boulevard, its gorgeous lake views, its awesome parks, and its very expensive homes.

Sequoyah Hills proper dates back to around 1920 and the Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association has a prettythorough history of the development of the area from that time to present.

Like many neighborhoods that are developed over several decades,  Sequoyah Hills is very architecturally diverse. Styles include everything from English Tudor, English Cottage, and American Colonial to fifites and sixties ranchers, contemporary Frank Lloyed Wright inspired homes, and newer traditional homes.

Much like Holston Hills to the east, construction of larger homes came to a halt at the start of the Great Depression and homes built during and after the war tended to be more modest cottage style homes, so home sizes – and prices -  are also quite diverse in the neighborhood.

Sequoyah Hills is home to the George Berber designed Sequoyah School (now a public K-5 school), the Sequoyah branch of the Knoxville public library, Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Blackbird Coffeehouse, Sequoyah Hills Park and the Sequoyah Greenway.

Sequoyah Hills is easily accessible via Kingston Pike and I-40 and is a 5-10 minute drive to downtown or UT campus.

So if you’re looking for a historic home in a fairly self-contained community on the west side of town and have a good bit of money to spend, Sequoyah Hills might be a good place to hang your hat.

Here’s Sequoyah Hills by the numbers -

Sequoyah Hills*

Current On-Market Listings – 44
Average Asking Price: $830,211
Median Asking Price: $661,500
Average Square Footage: 3825
Most Expensive Listing: $3,389,000 (6 BR, 4 BA, 3 half bath, 7700+ sq ft on 1.3 acres)*
Least Expensive Listing: $219,900 (4 BR, 2 BA, 1700+ sq ft Bruce McCarty Home)
Middle of the Road: $1,100,000 (5 BR, 4.5 BA, 4300+ sq ft Italian Renaissance home on Cherokee Blvd)

Interesting side note: Both the most expensive and  the least expensive homes were on the market the last time I covered Sequoyah Hills on NOTK, a little over a year ago. The most expensive is still listed at the same price, while the least expensive has had a $29,000 price reduction.

Current Pending Sales -1
Asking Price – $399,500
Details – 3 BR, 3 BA, 2200+ sq ft built in 1950

Closed Sales – 3rd Quarter 2009 – 12
Average Sales Price – $416,792
Median Sales Price – $336,250
Average Days on Market -84

Closed Sales – 3rd Quarter 2008 – 9
Average Sales Price – $594,722
Median Sales Price – $398,000
Average Days on Market -133

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 11/24/08 for Sequoyah Hills proper, and does not include adjacent subdivisions, condos, PUDS or multi-family units.

As always, if you want any more information about any of these properties, or if you’d like to check one of them out in person, just give me a shout.

If you would like to receive a full list of properties for sale in this neighborhood, or if you would like to be notified of new listings, send me an email with either “Current Sequoyah Hills Listings” or “New Sequoyah Hills Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Spam is not where it’s at.

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The weekly poll is freezing cold. Go vote and try to warm it up a little.

This week’s topic is something has to do with your thermostat and where you set it in the winter when you’re at home.  I asked this same question about this time last year and it’s been by far one of the more popular poll questions in AAKT history. Hey, I guess folks want to know  what’s “normal” when it comes to the old thermostat setting. So I thought it was a poll topic worth revisiting, especially considering the fact that the cost of heating your house just never gets any cheaper.

So what about you? Where will you be setting your thermostat when you’re at home this winter? Are you putting on a sweater and leaving that dial way down on 60 or crankin’ it up to 80 and pretending to have Christmas in July? Cast your vote and let me know.

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This week Neighborhood of the Week heads all the way up to Halls  for the very first time to look at a ‘hood that has almost as many home styles as it has cul-de-sacs: Temple Acres.

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Located just off Maynardville Highway in the heart of Halls, Temple Acres is a large neighborhood that is a mix of old and new. The first homes there were built in the ’60s and ’70s , but there are several newer homes there as well.

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Homes in Temple Acres are a good size, but not huge by any means. There are also a fairly good mix of home styles, with everything from the ’60s split foyers and ’70s contemporary style homes, to more traditional — and much newer — 1 1/2 and two story homes.

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Temple Acres is in a super convenient location, as it’s just a few minutes away from nearly everything in Hall, including schools and shopping. It is easily accessible via Maynardville Highway, E Emory Rd, and I-75.

So if you’re looking for something up Halls way that’s super convenient with plenty of home styles to choose from, why not take a closer look at Temple Acres?

© 2009 Robert Stockdale, Photography, All Rights Reserved.

Special thanks to Robert Stockdale for all of AAKT’s Neighborhood of the Week photos. Without him, NOTW would just be boring old words.

Here’s Beverly Oaks by the numbers -

Temple Acres*

Current On-Market Listings – 6
Average Asking Price – $224,917
Average Square Footage – 2352
Most Expensive – $349,900 (4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3300 sq ft built in ‘05)
Least Expensive – $149,900 (3 BR, 2 BA, 1600+ sq ft built in ‘76)

Current Pending Sales -1
Asking Price – $159,000
Details - 4 BR, 2 BA, 1400+ sq ft built in ‘73

Closed Sales - 3rd Quarter 2009 - 2
Average List Price – $121,725
Average Sales Price – $114,900
Median Sales Price – NA
Average Square Footage – 1604
Average Days on Market – 97

Closed Sales - 3rd Quarter 2008 - 1
List Price – $154,900
Sales Price – $150,000
Median Sales Price – NA
Square Footage – 1798
Days on Market – 143

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 11/23/09 and does not include adjacent subdivisions, condos or PUDS.

As always, if you want any more information about any of these properties, or if you’d like to check one of them out in person, just give me a shout.

If you would like to receive a full list of properties for sale in this neighborhood, or if you would like to be notified of new listings, send me an email with either “Current Temple Acres Listings” or “New Temple Acres Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Spam? No ma’am!

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photo credit: quinn.anya

The weekly poll is gettin’ hungry for some turkey and dressing. Go vote and promise it some of your leftovers

This week’s topic is about Thanksgiving and more specifically where you’ll be spending it.  Turkey Day is a big family day, which means it’s also a big travel day, with lots of folks hitting the road to share quality time — and a whole lot of food — with their loved ones. But that also means that a lot of other folks are going to be staying home and doing an awful lot of cooking and cleaning this week.

So what about you? Are you already cooking in preparation for the big spread you’ll be laying at your house come Thursday? Or are you just going to jump in the car and head to somebody else’s place for turkey? Or maybe you’ll just hit the all you can eat buffet? Cast your vote and let me know.

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This week Neighborhood of the Week heads north to Fountain City to a small neighborhood with some pretty nice  homes: Beverly Oaks.

Beverly Oaks is a smallish, newer neighborhood tucked away off Tazewell Pike in an area of mostly older homes. Most homes in Beverly Homes were built in the 1990s and most are on the large side: average square footage for the homes there is around 3600, with the largest home in the neighborhood being  just above 6200 square feet.

Homes in Beverly Oaks tend to be somewhat grand and  range from the traditional to the slightly contemporary. Home styles include basement ranchers as well as many 1.5, 2, and 2.5 story homes.

Many of the homes sit on larger estate sized lots, several of which are more than an acre.

So if you’re looking for a larger, newer home in a small, out of the way neighborhood, Beverly Oaks might be just what you’re looking for.

Special thanks to Robert Stockdale for all of AAKT’s Neighborhood of the Week photos. Without him, NOTW would just be boring old words.

Here’s Beverly Oaks by the numbers -

Beverly Oaks*

Current On-Market Listings – 2
Average Asking Price – $429,450
Average Square Footage – 4073
Most Expensive – $459,900 (4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3400+ sq ft)
Least Expensive – $399,000 (4 BR, 3.5 BA, 4700+ sq ft)

Current Pending Sales -0
Average Asking Price – NA
Median Asking Price – NA

Closed Sales – 2007 – 1
List Price – $629,900
Sales Price – $618,000
Days on Market – 54

Closed Sales – 2008 – 0
Average Sales Price – NA
Median Sales Price – NA
Average Days on Market – NA

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 11/16/09 and does not include adjacent subdivisions, condos or PUDS.

As always, if you want any more information about any of these properties, or if you’d like to check one of them out in person, just give me a shout.

If you would like to receive a full list of properties for sale in this neighborhood, or if you would like to be notified of new listings, send me an email with either “Current Beverly Oaks Listings” or “New Beverly Oaks Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Spam is yucky.

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photo credit: just.Luc (just.Censored)

The weekly poll is digging out the Christmas decorations. Go vote and help it trim the tree.

This week’s topic is about holiday decorations and when — and if — you plan to put yours up. Normally, I would think it’s way too early to even start thinking about lights and ornaments, but some of my neighbors already have Christmas wreaths on their doors and I even saw one fully trimmed tree through a window last night. So much for waiting until after Thanksgiving to haul the boxes of ornaments out of the attic, huh?

So what about you? Will you be waiting a while before getting in the holiday spirit or have you had your tree up since mid-October? Or maybe you never took your lights down from last year? Cast your vote and let me know.

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So if you’re looking for a contempary pad out west that’s convenient to lots of shopping and parks, but is still an easy commute in to campus or downtown, why not check out Tierra Verde.

Here’s Tierra Verde by the numbers -

Tierra Verde*

Current On-Market Listings – 3
Average Asking Price – $232,567
Median Asking Price – $229,900
Average Square Footage – 2675

Most Expensive:$289,900 (4 BR, 3 BA, 3400+ sq ft built in ‘01)

Least Expensive: $177,900 (3 BR, 2 BA, 2300+ sq ft built in ‘92)

Middle of the Road: $229,900 (4 BR, 3 BA, 2200+ sq ft built in ‘76)

Current Pending Sales - 0
Average Asking Price: NA
Median Asking Price: NA

Closed Sales - 3rd Quarter 2009- 0
Average Asking Price – NA
Average Sales Price – NA
Average Square Footage - NA
Average Days on Market – NA

Closed Sales - 3rd Quarter 2008- 2
Average Asking Price – $189,900
Average Sales Price – $187,450
Average Square Footage - 2215
Average Days on Market -  71

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 11/09/09 does not include condos, PUDS, adjacent neighborhoods or multi-family units.

As always, if you want any more information about any of these properties, or if you’d like to check one of them out in person, just give me a shout.

If you would like to receive a full list of properties for sale in this neighborhood, or if you would like to be notified of new listings, send me an email with either “Current Tierra Verde Listings” or “New Tierra Verde Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest.  Spam is for suckas.

Do you live in a great Knoxville neighborhood you’d like to share with the world? Tell me about it and you might just see it featured here one day soon.