August 7 week in review and more...

Yet another week comes to a close here at Auben Homes, as we reflect on all of the little "adventures" we undertook - or, in some cases, the ones that undertook us - over the last five days.

Early in the week we put the brass tacks into 3913 Creekwood, a contemporary home in the Clairmont subdivision. A 3/2 with high-end frise carpet, tile and hardwoods underfoot everywhere in the home (not to mention tile countertops in the kitchen, wood paneling on the ceiling of the dining room, an absurdly large backyard with a massive deck and a sick great room with a fireplace) it's the kind of house you really cringe at putting on the market. Because soon it will be gone, and out of our lives forever. And we all wanted to move into it.

We spent a large portion of the week servicing our rental homes - putting carpet in this one, taking care of a leaky faucet (on the double) in that one.

Then, it was on to 808 Lake. This is the kind they don't make anymore, but should. It's a solid little bungalow just on the fringe of downtown North Augusta. I love that area. You can see half the state of Georgia from just about any standpoint, and there's always a breeze. Yet, there you are, walking distance from an ice cream parlor (The Pink Dipper) and a great wine shop (Wine World), not to mention North Augusta's Greenway, a 10-mile foot and bike trail that winds through some of the most serenely beautiful riverfront land anywhere.

And the house itself sits snugly in the Hammond Hill area, where apparently the city had a stern law that no houses could be built unless they adhered to a quality code. Some are six bedroom palaces, some are bed and breakfast-style mansions, and interspersed are lots of smaller cottages with great yards. I could go on all day. The house itself is an all-hardwood (though we're putting in lots of tile in the kitchen and bath) 3/1 with tons of potential, which we plan to maximize over the next week as we put the finishing touches. Check our website in a week to catch the snapshots of the finished product.

Beyond that, we've got lots of great rentals, wholesale deals and retail houses coming up. Check back often, we get new houses everyday, almost. Have a great weekend, all.

--Auben Homes