Find the Poshest Amenities in Atlanta’s Homes
By Mary Booth Thomas
Walk into a home in one of Atlanta’s upscale communities and you’re likely to say “wow” when you see the huge rooms with soaring ceilings, elaborate trim, opulent stone, exotic wood floors and other eye-popping details.
But it’s what you don’t immediately notice that truly distinguishes high-end homes from their lower-priced counterparts.
Most luxury homes these days are pre-wired for whole-house audio systems with speakers behind the wall providing music in the living room, great room, keeping room and kitchen.
They have the wiring for “smart house” technology that allows homeowners to turn lights on and off or operate the thermostat in any room of the house with just a touch of a button.
“One of the key standards in luxury homes right now is user-friendly electronics throughout the home,” says Tim Ryan of The Paddocks Group, a luxury home building company that builds just a few homes a year, like its 17,000 square foot, $4.5 million speculative home at Echelon. “Today’s technology is designed to make it easier to live in the house. To walk through a 17,000 square foot house and turn off all the lights would take half an hour. With the touch screen, you can touch one button and turn them all off.”
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