Knoxville Neighborhood of the Week: Echo Valley

This week Neighborhood of the Week stays in West Knoxville to revisit a charming, older neighborhood with some seriously steep hills: Echo Valley.

Located just west of Gallaher View and just east of Ebenezer, and bounded by Gleason Drive to the north Westland Dr to the south, Echo Valley is an affordable West Knox neighborhood that has been built out over three decades. If you come in via Westland Drive, you will be in the newer part of the neighborhood, where most of the homes built in 1980s and 1990s are located. As you go up the (rather steep) hill towards Gleason, you start to see the 1970s portion of the neighborhood, complete with the requisite basement ranchers, tri-levels, and split foyers.

Being an older community, Echo Valley has tons of mature trees and lots of gorgeous foliage come springtime. It also has another advantage of older neighborhoods – roomier lot sizes, especially for the homes built in the 70s.

So if you’re looking for an affordable and conveniently located home in West Knoxville, complete with lots of mature trees, you might want to check out Echo Valley.

Special thanks to AAKT’s in-house photographer, Robert Stockdale. Without him, NOTW would be just a bunch of boring old words. Find out more about Robert’s work here.

Here’s  Echo Valley by the numbers -

Echo Valley*

Current On-Market Listings – 6
Average Asking Price: $214,133
Median Asking Price: $200,000
Average Sq Ft: 2771
Most Expensive: $275,000 (5 BR, 3 BA, 3500+ sq ft built in ’75)
Least Expensive: $169,900 (4 BR, 2.5 BA, 2500+ sq ft built in ’78)
Middle of the Road: $200,000 (4 BR, 2.5 BA, 2400+ sq ft built in ’77)

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

Closed Sales – 1st & 2nd Quarters 2010- 2
Average Asking Price – $193,900
Average Sales Price – $188,750
Average Square Footage – 2450
Average Days on Market – 80

Closed Sales – 1st & 2nd Quarters 2009 – 3
Average Asking Price – $219,600
Average Sales Price – $214,667
Average Square Ft- 2577
Average Days on Market -117

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 09/06/10 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 Echo Valley Listings” or “New Echo Valley Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Ix-nay on the am-spay.

I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting places to feature on NOTW. If you have a suggestion, I’d love to hear about it.

Tags: Echo Valley, Neighborhood of the Week, West Knoxville

Author: Suzy

Hard working Knoxville real estate agent by day. Intrepid Knoxville real estate blogger by night.