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This week, Neighborhood of the Week revisits one of West Knoxville oldest and finest neighborhoods, 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.

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Sequoyah Hills proper dates back to around 1920 and the Kingston Pike Sequoyah Hills Association has a pretty thorough 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.

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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.

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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.

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Here’s Sequoyah Hills by the numbers -

Sequoyah Hills*

Current On-Market Listings - 37
Average Asking Price: $750,673
Median Asking Price: $579,000
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: $248,900 (4 BR, 2 BA, 1700+ sq ft Bruce McCarty home)
Middle of the Road: $558,000 (4 BR, 3 BA, 3300+ sq ft ranch)

Current Pending Sales -2
Average Asking Price - $489,500
Median Asking Price - NA

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

Closed Sales - 3rd Quarter 2007 - 10
Average Sales Price - $388,600
Median Sales Price - $345,000
Average Days on Market -92

*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.

Have I missed your neighborhood? Let me know about it and you might just see it featured here in the coming weeks.

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This week Neighborhood of the Week heads back west and way down Northshore Drive to a little lakeside neighborhood with some awfully big homes: Montgomery Cove.

Nestled in the “v” formed by Northshore Drive and Choto Road, Montgomery Cove is a waterfront community that backs up to Turkey Creek.

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Residents who don’t live in one of the neighborhood’s lakefront homes can still enjoy the water at Waterside Park, a four acre community area complete with a Stephen Fuller designed clubhouse, a lakeside dock with fishing pier, a 25 meter swimming pool, a gazebo, a playground, and basketball, vollyball and tennis courts.

In addition to its lakefront amenities, Montgomery cove also features sidewalks and streetlamps throughout the neighborhood.

Homes in Montgomery Cove are large and tradtional - some might even say grand - and many have large porches and columned entrances.

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Even though Montgomery Cove is way out on the far southwest stretch of Northshore Drive, it is still easily accessible via Kingston Pike and I-40 to the north or I-140 to the east.

So if you’re looking for an upscale and idyllic lakefront community in the upper price range and don’t mind adding a few extra minutes to your daily commute in order to get it, Montgomery Cove might just be your cup of tea.

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

Here’s Montgomery Cove by the numbers -

Montgomery Cove*

Current On-Market Listings - 15
Average Asking Price: $779,287
Median Asking Price: $749,900

Average square footage:4750
Most Expensive: $1,250,000 (4 BR, 4 1/2 BA, 4400+ sq ft lakefront home with dock)

Least Expensive: $474,900 (5 BR, 4 1/2 BA, 4500+ sq ft, on 1/2 acre)

Middle of the Road: $749,900 (5 BR, 4 1/2 BA,  6000+ sq ft)

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

Closed Sales - Jan 2008 - June 30 2008- 3
Average Asking Price - $639,967
Average Sales Price - $605,000
Median Sales Price - $600,000
Days on Market -187

Closed Sales - Jan 2007 - June 30 2007- 6
Average Asking Price - $612,400
Average Sales Price - $591,267
Median Sales Price - $569,950
Days on Market -95

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 9/15/08 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 Montgomery Cove Listings” or “New Montgomery Cove Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. No. Spam. Ever.

Know of a neighborhood that’s Neighborhood of the Week material?  Let me know about it and I’ll do my best to feature it as soon as possible.

This week Neighborhood of the Week heads back out West to little lakefront neighborhood called Riversound.

Located just off of Northshore Drive a little over 2 miles west of the Pellissippi, Riversound bills itself as “an exclusive lakefront development with the comfort and atmosphere of family living.”

The community sits on 96 acres on the north shore of Fort Loundon Lake and not only are several homes there actually on the water, many homes in Riversound have incredible lake and mountain views. There’s also a community boat dock with some private dock slips available for homeowners. There are, however, not enough for all homeowners, and when a slip goes up for sale, I hear it goes pretty quickly

Other neighborhood amenities include a 5000 sq ft neighborhood clubhouse, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, and newly resurfaced tennis courts.

Riversound is also located just up the road from quite a few county parks, including “The Cove”, or Concord Park, Admiral Farragut Park and Carl Cowan Park.

So if you’re looking for an upscale lakefront community that’s convenient to I-640 and Turkey Creek, has it’s own neighborhood pool and tennis courts and is also close to some really nice public parks, Riversound might be a good place to call home.

Note: Even though the condo community “The Breakers” is located within Riversound, I’m only going to focus on the single family homes in this NOTW.

Here’s Riversound by the numbers -

Riversound*

Current On-Market Listings - 7
Average Asking Price: $744,371
Median Asking Price: $764,900
Most Expensive: $896,000 (5 BR, 5 BA, approx 5000 sq ft on about an acre)
Least Expensive: $619,900 (4 BR, 4 1/2 BA 4200+ sq ft )
Middle of the Road: $764,900 (4 BR, 4 1/2 BA, 5700+ sq ft )

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

Closed Sales - Jan 2008 - June 30 2008- 3
Average Asking Price - $628,133
Average Sales Price - $611,667
Median Sales Price - $600,000
Average Days on Market - 38

Closed Sales - Jan 2007 - June 30 2007- 1
Asking Price - $1,175,000
Sales Price - $1,115,000
Days on Market - 38

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 7/28/08 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 Riversound Listings” or “New Riversound Listings” in the subject line and I’ll take care of the rest. No spam - scout’s honor.

Live in a great neighborhood you think is worthy of some attention? Let me know about it and you might just see it featured here in the coming weeks.

Since last week’s NOTW was Sequoyah Hills, I thought Lakemoor Hills would be interesting to look at this week. Also known as the “poor man’s Sequoyah” or “Sequoyah South” due to its location across the river from Sequoyah Hills, Lakemoor Hills is a beautiful, established community just off of Alcoa Highway at Maloney Rd. But don’t let the nicknames fool you - with over 250 homes, many with lake frontage, lake views, or ample acreage, Lakemoor Hills is by no means a second class neighborhood.

Lakemoor Hills*

Current On-Market Listings - 6
Average Asking Price: $474,943
Median Asking Price: $369,900
Average Square Footage: 3437
Most Expensive Listing: $995,000 (5 BR, 5 1/2 BA, over 6500 sq ft on over 4 acres)
Least Expensive Listing: $229,900 (3 BR, 2 BA, approx 1833 sq ft)

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

Closed Sales - February 2007 - 1
Average Sales Price - $495,000
Median Sales Price - NA
Average Days on Market - 160

Closed Sales - February 2008 - 0
Average Sales Price - NA
Median Sales Price - NA
Average Days on Market - NA

*Data taken from KAARMLS on 3/24/08 for Lakemoor Hills proper, and does not include adjacent subdivisions, condos or PUDS.

What neighborhoods would you like to see featured in the future? Any other stats that you’re itching to have?