Knoxville Neighborhood of the Week: Tan Rara Oeste

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This week Neighborhood of the Week heads a little further out in west Knoxville to visit a pretty nice community with an interesting name: Tan Rara Oeste.

Located off Fox/Emory Church Rd just southwest of the Pellissippi Parkway, Tan Rara Oeste (or just “Tan Rara” for short) is a subdivision that was orignally developed by Ralph Kinzalow after he bought the Fox family farm from Lou Mae Koon Fox in 1967. Kinzalow also gave the development its unusual name, which is Spanish and means “so rare in the west.” The Tan Rara Oeste Community Organization’s website has a lot of interesting history on the Fox family and the land where the subdivision now stands.

Although the neighborhood was originally developed in the late 60s, building has been almost continuous since then. With homes spanning 4 decades, there are a variety of home styles to choose from, although traditional brick 2 stories and more contemporary style ranchers are certainly the most popular.

Homes in Tan Rara are on the large side, averaging between 3000-4000 square feet and the lots also tend to be on the large side as well.

Tan Rara Oeste is easily accessible via nearby I-140, I-40 and Kingston Pike.

So if you’re looking for something a little larger in a unique neighborhood in West Knoxville that’s convenient to the Pellissippi Parkway and Farragut, Tan Rara might be right up your alley.

All Neighborhood of the Week pictures are provided by Robert Stockdale, photographer extraordinaire. You can check out more of Robert’s work at his website.

Here’s Tan Rara Oeste by the numbers -

Tan Rara Oeste*

Current On-Market Listings – 5
Average Asking Price: $339,220
Median Asking Price: $349,900
Average Square Footage: 3075

Most Expensive: $368,900 (4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3300+ sq ft built in ’92)
Least Expensive: $279,900 (3 BR, 2 BA, 2700+ sq ft built in ’79)
Middle of the Road: $349,900 (4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3500+ sq ft built in ’00)

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

Closed Sales – 2nd Quarter 2010 – 2
Average Asking Price – $372,700
Average Sales Price – $352,500
Median Sales Price – NA
Average Sq Ft – 5015
Average Days on Market – 30

Closed Sales – 2nd Quarter 2009 – 2
Average Asking Price – $403,950
Average Sales Price – $370,000
Median Sales Price – NA
Average Sq Ft – 3699
Average Days on Market – 149

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 8/09/10 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 Tan Rara Listings” or “New Tan Rara Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. Spam just ain’t my thing.

Neighborhood of the Week takes requests, so let me know what part of K-Town you’d like to see here next week and I’ll try my best to make it happen.

Tags: Neighborhood of the Week, Tan Rara, West Knoxville

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