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Why Living in Cherokee County is Great for Kids

Why Living in Cherokee County is Great for Kids

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With high ranking schools, awesome parks, and family-friendly communities, living in Cherokee County is great for kids!

Cherokee County is a metro Atlanta community just a short drive from downtown Atlanta. Removed from the hustle and bustle of city life, Cherokee offers families a great place to raise children in a safe and welcoming environment.

Several Cherokee cities including Woodstock and Holly Springs have been named some of the safest cities in the state of Georgia, and with that comes a thriving small town community feel. Historic downtown main streets in Woodstock, Canton, and Ball Ground are a wonderful place to take the family for a day out. With shopping, restaurants, and parks, these areas can make for a fun-filled family day! Not only do these areas have great downtown areas, they also host plenty of events and parades that are perfect for kids!

In addition to kid friendly entertainment, Cherokee County boasts some of the best schools in Georgia and the metro Atlanta area! No matter which school your child attends in Cherokee county, they’re sure to get excellent teachers and a learning-centered environment. You can’t go wrong with Cherokee schools!

If that weren’t enough, Cherokee County and its cities have TONS of parks that your kids will love! Heritage Park in Canton has built-in earth mounds, which are grassy hills your kids will love to run and climb on! Woodstock offers miles of multi-use trails as parts of its Greenprints trail system. You and your family can walk, run, bike, skate, or take the dog for a walk on these beautiful trails that weave through wooded areas and along creeks.

No matter which Cherokee city you choose to call home, you can be sure your kids are growing up in a great community!

 

Best Local Furniture Stores

Best Local Furniture Stores

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Your custom home is complete and it’s time to move in: here are some of our favorite local furniture shops around Cherokee County that offer more than your typical big box stores.

Woodstock Furniture and Mattress Outlet

The Woodstock Furniture and Mattress Outlet, located in Acworth off Highway 92, offers a range of classic and unique furniture options for those who are looking for the right addition to their home at a great price. From new classic to modern furniture, to one-of-a-kind unique pieces, to mattresses and interior decor, we recommend the Woodstock Furniture and Mattress Outlet if you’re looking for something a little more unique than your typical choices!

Woodstock Market

Want something totally unique, handcrafted, or antique? Woodstock Market, just down the road from Woodstock Furniture and Mattress Outlet, is a huge market with tons of different sellers. From antique sellers, to furniture restorations, to original new pieces, you’re sure to find the perfect furniture, decor, and furnishings for your new custom home!

Fun Finds & Designs

This Canton furniture and decor shop is a unique and fun store to visit, and is described as “an upscale furniture & home décor consignment shop with a splash of new.” Whether you’re looking for a unique new piece, or a one-of-a-kind refurbished treasure, this is a great place to hunt for your custom home’s new furniture and decorations!

Appalachian Home Furnishings in Jasper

This locally owned family business offers name brand furniture, quality products, and great customer service according to reviewers on Yelp. From handmade Amish rockers, to rustic and natural style mountain home furniture, to traditional furniture including recliners, rugs, and lamps, this is a great choice if you’re furnishing a mountain home!

Connect with us

Connect with Us Online!

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Learn about our custom homes and get an inside look at the exciting features of our builds, all without having to leave home!

 

1. Facebook
This is the best way to stay up-to-date on all our latest custom home projects, blogs, and news! We usually post about twice a week, and you’ll see everything from blogs to help you through the home building process, to examples of all the custom features our customers choose to include in their homes, to photo albums and 3D tours of our finished builds!

2. Instagram
Another way to keep up with Precision Custom Home Builders is to follow us on Instagram. There, we post a ton of stunning aerial drone footage of our building process! You can see what it looks like from high above our building sites. From foundation pouring to framing, to the final product, Instagram offers you a visually captivating look at what we do!

3. Houzz
For a closer look at our projects and reviews, Houzz is the place to go. Flip through more than 5 dozen finished project albums to see the range of custom home builds we’ve completed, and read reviews from customers about how it was working with us! We’re proud to have 5 Best of Houzz awards and a 5-star rating! Come check us out!

4. YouTube
You may not think a custom home builder would have a YouTube channel, but it’s a great way for us to share breathtaking drone footage of our custom homes with you! From gorgeous lakehouse and mountain home flyovers, to smooth interior tours, YouTube is a great way to see what our homes look like and imagine yourself in one!

5 Beautiful New Homes In Cherokee

6 Reasons Families are Moving to Cherokee County, GA

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Families love Cherokee County because of its highly rated schools, affordable home prices, great community culture, businesses, and tons of recreational opportunities.

There’s so much to love about Cherokee County, it’s hard to cover it all in one article! In fact, multiple Cherokee County cities have been named Georgia’s best to live, work, and play in. Here’s a look at why families love this North Georgia county.

1. The Schools
One of the top metro Atlanta school districts in Georgia, the Cherokee County School District boasts some of the highest SAT scores in the state, and consistently ranks above average for graduation rates and college preparedness. No matter what school your children attend, rest assured they’ll get a quality education!

2. Home Prices
The price to buy land and build a home in Cherokee County is far less than it might be closer to the city. Still close enough to commute to work in other metro Atlanta areas or the city itself, Cherokee offers a more affordable option where you can get more bang for your buck.

3. Cherokee is all about community
From the great schools, to low crime rates, to safe walkable downtown areas in Woodstock, Canton, Ball Ground, and beyond, Cherokee County has a great community culture.

4. City of Woodstock
Downtown Woodstock, easily accessible from anywhere in Cherokee, offers a community centered historic downtown area, without sacrificing any of the high quality restaurants, shops, and entertainment you want in a downtown area.

5. Job Creation
Cherokee County cities have earned awards for job creation and the community prides itself on being good for business. In fact, the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce is even considered “an entrepreneur friendly community.”

6. Recreation
When it comes to parks and recreation, it doesn’t get much better than Cherokee County. As a resident (or visitor), you can enjoy the Cherokee County Aquatic Center with pools, slides, and outdoor play area, Woodstock’s lengthy multi-use trail system that winds in and out of the city, passing through Woodstock Dog Park, or Canton’s beautiful Etowah River Park with trails snaking through the canopy and great open field space for anything from kite flying to soccer.

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New Homes

5 Beautiful New Homes In Cherokee

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We’ve built tons of custom homes in Cherokee County, here are 5 of the most recent ones we completed!

1. This beautiful new home in Canton, GA features hardwood floors, a modern white and gray kitchen with stainless appliances, a large laundry room with wink and storage, brick fireplace, gorgeous bathrooms, and plenty of natural light.

2. Unbelievable lake views, built-in shelves, stone fireplaces inside and outside, and a warm dark wood kitchen are featured in this beautiful Lake Arrowhead home we built.

3. This Waleska home in the Lake Arrowhead community has custom art displays, an open living space that brings the outdoors in, plenty of outdoor living space, and luxurious modern features!

4. With a rustic exterior and warm interior design, this beautiful Waleska home has hardwood decks, stone features, dark wood floors and kitchen, and welcoming tile colors.

5. A touch of elegance can be felt in every room of this beautiful Canton custom home. With hardwood floors, stone features, custom tile work, stone fireplace, and vaulted ceilings, you’ll love this gorgeous house!

Contact Precision Custom Home Builders to discuss your new home building dreams.

Lakehouse Lake Arrowhead GA

Lakehouse Lake Arrowhead

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One of North Georgia’s hidden treasures, Lake Arrowhead, is the perfect place to build your custom lake house dream a reality.

With so many wonderful cities, neighborhoods, and communities to choose from in North Georgia, it can be difficult to decide where to put your family roots when building a new home. Whether you’re looking for a location with great schools or somewhere with peaceful vistas, Lake Arrowhead may be the perfect lakefront paradise you’re looking for.

With two lakes inside the gated community, this neighborhood has plenty of lakefront and lake view lots where you can build your custom home. Enjoy nature trails, a beautiful golf course, playground and park, the community pool, or just sit back and relax on your own deck and soak in the view!

Lake Chickasaw is the smaller of the two lakes, and doesn’t have a boat ramp – but there’s plenty of space to enjoy a trip around the lake in your paddle boat, canoe, kayak, or standing paddle board!

Looking for more adventure? Then the bigger Lake Arrowhead is a perfect place for a day out fishing on the lake, water skiing, and swimming. Lake Arrowhead had a boat ramp with access for residents, as well a boat dock for those who prefer to keep their boat in the water year-round.

The community offers absolutely stunning lake views from different vantage points all around the lake, from waterfront to mountainside. With years of experience building beautiful custom houses in the Lake Arrowhead community, Precision Custom Home Builders is excited to help you build your own custom lake house!

Here are a few examples of recent lake homes we’ve built in Lake Arrowhead and beyond!

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Lakehouse Lake Arrowhead GA

Lakehouse Lake Arrowhead GA

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Classic Blue Color of the Yearer

Classic Blue Color of the Year 2020

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Pantone announces 2020 Color of the Year as Classic Blue

For more than two decades, the Pantone Color Institute has annually named their Color of the Year after assessing new color trends. As a new decade begins in 2020, Pantone announced the Color of the Year as PANTONE 19-4052, also known as Classic Blue.

 “A timeless and enduring blue hue, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era,” Pantone wrote.

 In the past, Pantone’s color trend forecasting has led trends in clothing, design, and home decor. This color trend forecasting can also help give you ideas for your new home! Think about things such as accent walls, tile choices, and paint. If you like this year’s Pantone color (or any from the past!), there are plenty of ways to integrate it into your custom home design.

 Executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, Leatrice Eiseman, said this hue of Classic Blue provides an anchoring foundation in a changing world.

 “We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of consistency and confidence that is expressed by PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on,” Eiseman said.

 As this new decade begins, you may consider anchoring your new home with this beautiful blue, whether you choose to include it in built-in features, or home decor.

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Frozen Pipes

Frozen Pipes

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Nobody wants frozen pipes. Here’s how to prevent frozen pipes and what to do if it happens to you.

When temperatures drop to 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below, pipes that are exposed to the cold risk freezing. Homeowners in the south, where temperatures rarely drop below freezing for long enough to freeze pipes, are especially at high risk for frozen pipes in the winter, which can end up being a costly problem to fix.

But as a homeowner, there are a few things you can do to prepare and help prevent frozen pipes. If temperatures are expected to drop below freezing, here are a few preventative steps you can take at your home:

  • Close the garage doors in case there are exposed pipes
  • Open kitchen and bathroom cabinets to help heat circulate around the pipes
  • Let your faucet (which may be fed by exposed pipes) slowly drip cold water overnight to help prevent freezing
  • Keep your thermostat consistent during day and night time, no lower than 55 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Consider adding insulation to your home’s attic, basement, garage, and crawlspace, to help maintain heat where there may be exposed pipes

But, even when you do everything possible to prevent frozen pipes, it can still happen to anyone. What should you do if you think you have a frozen pipe?

A telltale sign that you might have a frozen pipe, is if you go to turn on a faucet and only a trickle of water comes out. The thawing process can be tricky, and might reveal an even bigger problem – a burst pipe. When a pipe freezes, the water inside the pipe expands, and can cause a pipe to burst. If this happens, thawing out a pipe can mean a major water spill or leak in your home.

If you think you might have a frozen pipe in your home, we recommend shutting off the main water valve to your home to prevent further leakage during the thawing process. It’s always best to call a licensed plumber, especially if you’re not sure what to do after shutting off the valve.

For those who have dealt with frozen pipe before, you might be able to locate the frozen pipe and determine if it has burst or not. If the frozen pipe has not burst, you may be able to safely thaw it yourself. Apply heat to the frozen pipe, such as moving a space heater into the room or wrapping a heating pad around the pipe where the suspected frozen area is located. As the pipe begins to thaw, you might choose to turn your water valve back on to let water slowly run through the pipe and speed up the thawing process. Once your faucet is running with full water pressure again, the pipe has thawed.

Maintenance

Maintenance Tips

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Once your custom home is completed and you move in, here are some maintenance tips to remember to stay safe and keep your dream home in good shape!

 

Check and replace smoke detector batteries annually. It’s important to make sure your smoke alarms are in working condition in case of emergency. Don’t like keeping up with the annual chore of replacing smoke detector batteries? Now you can purchase 10-year smoke alarms and CO2 detectors that are good for up to 10 years without needing battery replacement.

Replace your furnace filter quarterly or as recommended for your furnace model. Not only will this improve your home’s air quality, it will also help your HVAC system run more efficiently and last longer before needing replacement. In the winter, it can also save you money.

Vacuum lint buildup from your clothes dryer vent. A buildup of lint can be a fire hazard and should be cleaned out regularly to prevent blockages.

Prune trees and shrubs to keep them off the house. Bushes and other plants might look nice landscaped near the house, but it’s important to keep them pruned back to avoid excess moisture near your siding or foundation. Trees and shrubs should be trimmed back to keep squirrels and other animals away from your attic, and to minimize gutter clogs, and landscaping plants should be kept trimmed so they don’t touch your house.

Clean out leaves, dirt, and debris from your gutters and downspouts. Proper drainage is vital to keep your house from being exposed to excess moisture and to keep your roof in good condition. Regularly clear debris from your gutters and downspouts, or invest in gutter guards to prevent the buildup of debris.

Save Money

Save Money and Stay Warm

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For most families, winter means higher heating bills. Here are 5 free or inexpensive ways to save money while staying warm!

1. Use ceiling fans to circulate air. Heat rises, so warmth can get stuck up high near the ceiling. Turn your fan on low, circulating air up toward the ceiling. This will push warmer air down, making your space feel warmer and allowing you to turn the thermostat down a degree or two. And each degree you can lower your thermostat is money saved!

2. Don’t heat a room you don’t use. Have a storage room connected to the HVAC system in your home? If you won’t be in the room, why spend money heating it? Close the vent and shut the door, and you’ll be paying to heat one less room.

3. Regularly change the air filter in your furnace. Not only will a fresh filter improve the air quality in your home, but it can also save you money. A clean filter means your furnace can push air through your HVAC system easier, allowing it to work less hard. Over the long run, regularly replacing the air filter will lengthen your furnace’s life.

4. Make sure all the air vents in your home are unobstructed. Sometimes a rug, sofa, shelf, or other items can block the air input or output vents, making your heater less efficient. This can lead to higher thermostat settings and lost money. So make sure to check that all your vents are clear!

5. Have a fireplace you aren’t actively using? An open chimney flue is like an open window – you’re losing significant amounts of heat and causing your heater to work overtime to keep your house warm. By closing the flue when your chimney is not in use, you prevent hot air from escaping up the chimney and save money on your heating bills!

Build of Buy

Build or Buy

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The advantages of building your own custom home start to add up when comparing the pros and cons of building vs buying.

The home you live in is a big part of your life. With so much time spent there, it’s important to have a home that fits your needs. Here are some reasons why we think building a custom home has some major advantages over buying what’s currently available on the market.

Everything is custom. From the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, to the size of your living space and kitchen, to the floor plan and square-footage. Have a big family and need a big kitchen and walk-in pantry? Love outdoor living and want to build an outdoor seating area and fireplace? Want a built-in library in your den? If you’re building custom, getting to choose details like these is a major benefit you miss out on by buying an already built house. 

More than just getting to choose personalized details in your home, building custom means you can plan your house around the exact functionality you’ll need. You can create a home office, a gym room, kids’ playroom, or mother-in-law suite. The options for customizing your home and it’s functionality are almost endless!

Another benefit to building a custom home is that you get to choose your neighborhood and your lot. If you prefer a secluded lot in the woods, you can build whatever home you like on that lot. Rather than being stuck in whichever neighborhood a pre-built house happens to be in, you get to intentionally choose your community.

In addition to choosing your home’s functionality, customization, personality, and location, you also get to have a say in the materials that go into making your home. You can choose energy efficient materials for windows, doors, insulation, and more, to save money on energy bills. You can choose brick siding to minimize maintenance. Want hardwoods or specialty tile? With custom, the choice is yours!

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Experience Precision

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With Precision Custom Home Builders, you can expect more than just a typical home building experience.

From our personal communication, to our focus on quality and customization, you can expect more from us here at Precision Custom Home Builders than you might get with most average builders.––

 Typical home builders are the type you might see driving around in a pickup truck with your home’s blueprints thrown in the back, phone ringing but no time to answer. We like to do things a little differently. We take professionalism seriously. To us, that means being available to take your calls and answer any and all questions you have during the home building process. It’s your home, and it’s a big investment, so we want to make sure you feel as comfortable as possible throughout the process.

Not only will we begin your home building project with an in-depth planning session including a full design process, but we will keep you updated all along the way with progress about your new home. We also make forms available online so you can easily make a change request if needed.

Some builders will take every job that comes their way, overloading their schedule. We build about 12 homes per year, and focus all of our energy on each build, making sure to deliver homes we are proud of. We specialize in designing and building custom homes for people who own vacant lots or land, and we build a lot of homes in the North Georgia area.

No customer wants just a typical experience, they want more. Here at Precision Custom Home Builders, no customer is typical to us, each client and each home is unique, and we will make sure your experience is as wonderful as possible!

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Pickens Lots

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Looking to build a custom house in Pickens County?

You can search for available lots right from our website!

Building a custom home can feel like a lot to manage, but finding a lot is as simple as using the search feature on our website. Go to https://precisioncustomhomebuilders.com/, and look for the top navigation bar to find the “Lot Search” option. Hover over “Lot Search” and a drop-down menu will appear with search options for lots in Cherokee, Bartow, and Pickens counties! Whether you know exactly where you want to find a lot, or are still searching, this is a great tool to aid in your search!

Because of our partnership with the local Path & Post Real Estate team, we offer you the most efficient and easy search for available lots! Using our website, instantly search for lots, view photos, and customize your search criteria depending on the acres, location, price, and other features you want!

Once you find the lot search page for the county of your choice, you can access features on the Path & Post search engine, including confining your search to a custom drawn area on the map. With this search feature, you can make sure to stay in a certain school district or see only areas you’re interested in.

The real estate market can be tough, so if you don’t immediately see the perfect lot for your new custom home, the site allows you to set up a saved search and get notifications when a lot matching your criteria goes up for sale. Whether you already purchased your lot or are still looking, give us a call and we will help you build your custom dream home!

Looking for examples of some of our previous work? Here are a few of the custom homes we’ve built for our clients!

 

To see more photos, visit our Facebook album for this home: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PrecisionHomes/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10157705749458648

 

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Click here for more images of this house: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PrecisionHomes/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10157653738483648

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Bartow Lots

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Want to build a custom home in Bartow County but don’t have a lot yet?

Searching for available lots is easy on our website!

Looking for a lot in Bartow to build on? Visit our site at https://precisioncustomhomebuilders.com/, look for the top navigation bar and find the “Lot Search” option. Hover the mouse over “Lot Search” and a drop-down menu will show up, with search options for lots in Cherokee, Bartow, and Pickens counties!

Through our partnership with Path & Post Real Estate, we can offer you the most efficient and easy search for available lots! From our website, you can instantly search for lots, view photos, and customize your search criteria depending on the acres, location, price, and other features you want!

Once you’ve navigated to the lot search page for the county of your choice, you can utilize several useful features on the Path & Post search engine, such as confining your search to a custom drawn area on the map. If you need to be in a certain school district or make sure you’re only seeing certain areas you’re interested in, this is a great feature!

If you can’t find the perfect lot for your custom home, you can set up a saved search. This allows you to get an email when a new property matching your criteria is listed for sale! Once you’ve found your perfect lot, give us a call and we will help you build your custom dream home!

Looking for examples of some of our previous work? Here are a few of the custom homes we’ve built for our clients!

To see more photos, visit our Facebook album for this home: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PrecisionHomes/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10155727167983648

 

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Cherokee Lots

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Looking for a Cherokee County lot to build your new custom home on? Look no further!

Did you know, you can search for available lots directly from our website?

It’s simple! From our site at https://precisioncustomhomebuilders.com/, just use the top navigation bar to find the option for “Lot Search”. Hover your mouse over the text and a drop-down menu will appear with options to search for lots in Cherokee, Bartow, or Pickens counties!

We’ve partnered with Path & Post Real Estate to bring you the most efficient and easy way to search for lots! Not only can you search all available lots, you can also see photos, and customize your search based on lot size, features, and price.

In addition to an easy search engine, you can also switch to a map view, and search for lots only in a custom drawn map area! This is great when you want to be in a certain school district or make sure you only see lots in the exact area where you’re interested in building!

Don’t see the lot you want? No problem! You can also set up a saved search, and request an email the instant a property matching your criteria is listed for sale! And once you’ve found the perfect lot, we will help you build your dream home!

 What can a custom home in Cherokee look like? Here are some of the recent custom homes we’ve built for our customers in Cherokee County!

More photos of this home are available at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PrecisionHomes/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10157705619223648

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Stunning Custom Bathrooms

Stunning Custom Bathrooms

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You spend a lot of time in your home’s bathroom, from getting ready in the morning to a relaxing bath.

A spacious and expertly designed custom bathroom can take your home to the next level!

Here are a few of our most recent custom bathrooms we built for our clients. We love how unique each design is, from tile, stone, and glass, to tubs with a view and luxurious showers.

Sometimes our clients want a naturally lit bathroom with a rustic luxury feel, and other times they’re looking for a crisp bright design. No matter what your personal style and taste, we can build the bathroom of your dreams, whether it’s part of your master suite or the other restrooms in your house.

Want something special custom built in your new home? Check out some of our latest builds then give us a call!

Stunning Custom Bathrooms

Stunning Custom Bathrooms

Stunning Custom Bathrooms

Stunning Custom Bathrooms

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