Knoxville Neighborhood of the Week: Forest Brook

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By popular request, this week Neighborhood of the Week heads to the Rocky Hill area in West Knoxville to take a look at quaint little community known as Forest Brook.

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Located off Northshore just west of Lyons View, Forest Brook is a small-ish mid-century neighborhood. Most of the homes date from the 1950s, but building has continued over the years and is still occasionally ongoing on fill-in lots.

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Being a mostly mid-century neighborhood, Forest Brook features many ranch style homes as well as many charming cottage style residences. There are also more traditional two stories, mostly built during the 1960s, and more modern 1 1/2 story homes built in the late 90s.

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Recreation-wise, Forest Brook residents have it made, as they are just minutes away from one of the most popular walking trails in West Knoxville: the 2.1 mile loop located in Lakeshore Park.  The neighborhood is also just up the road from the Rocky Hill Ballfields.

Shopping is pretty sweet for Forest Brook homeowners as well, as they are just minutes away from all the boutique and grocery shopping in Bearden, the mall shopping at West Town, and of course, the smaller mom & pop shopping and excellent dining choices in Rocky Hill.

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Forest Brook is easily accessible via Kingston Pike, I-40 and I-140.

So if you’re looking for something quaint on the west side of town that’s convenient to lots of good shopping, recreation and dining, why not take a closer look at Forest Brook.

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Here’s Forest Brook by the numbers -

Forest Brook*

Current On-Market Listings – 7
Average Asking Price: $361,866
Median Asking Price: $339,900
Average Square Footage: 2583
Most Expensive: $549,500 (2800+ sq ft, 3 BR, 4 BA, built in ’58)
Least Expensive: $229,000 (3 BR, 1.5 BA, 2400+ sq ft built in ’55)
Middle of the Road: $328,000 (3 BR, 2 BA, 2300+ sq ft built in ’58)

Current Pending Sales - 1
Asking Price:  $353,500
Details: 5 BR, 3.5 BA, 3600 sq ft, built in ’95

Closed Sales – 1st Quarter 2010- 3
Average Asking Price – $227,933
Average Sales Price – $214,167
Median Sales Price – $255,000
Average Square Feet – 1719
Average Days on Market – 96

Closed Sales – 1st Quarter 2009- 1
Asking Price – $249,000
Sales Price – $237,000
Median Sales Price – NA
Square Feet – 1950
Average Days on Market – 101

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 5/03/10 and 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 Forest Brook Listings” or “New Forest Brook Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Spam? We don’t need no stinkin’ spam.

Know of a neighborhood that is NOTW-worthy? Let me know about it and you might just see it featured here one day soon.

Special thanks to AAKT’s resident photographer, Robert Stockdale, for the great shots of Forest Brook. If you would like to learn more about Robert’s work, please visit his website.

Tags: Forest Brook, Mid-Century, Neighborhood of the Week, Rocky Hill, West Knoxville

Author: Suzy

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