Jim Chapman Communities will break ground on its new active-adult gated community in January. The community, McEver Mill, in Hall County, Ga., has 105 lots and will feature ranch townhouses that start from the high $100s.
The 14 acres in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area is one mile from Lake Lanier, in Oakwoad, Ga.
“I know that there is a large number of 55+ buyers who are looking for well-priced single-level living,” says says Jim Chapman, president of Jim Chapman Communities and incoming president of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. “Right now, no active-adult builders are catering to this booming segment of the market, so I decided to take my expertise and experience in building successful active adult communities and build exactly what today’s price-sensitive 55-plussers are looking for.”
The 1.5 story attached ranch townhouses will be approximately 1,450 square feet each and feature three bedrooms and two baths, including a master on the main level, covered front and back porches, individual driveways. and one-car garages.
“Our buyers want an age-restricted community, one-level living, and a central location, often not too far from their families,” adds Chapman. “McEver Mill is close to everything Atlanta has to offer – including a variety of outdoor activities, and offers a lock-and-leave, low maintenance lifestyle. McEver Mill is geared to careful consumers, both singles and couples, who may have a second home on the coast or out West, and who want to live worry-free at this stage of their lives.”
Jim Chapman Communities’ homes comply with the HBAG-sponsored ALL Home Program, promoting accessibility via wider doorways, ample maneuvering space in showers, and zero-step entry from the garage into the home.
Gearing up to launch McEver Mill, Chapman also notes today’s increasing acceptance of smaller homes, including so-called ‘tiny houses,’ and points out that right now, sales of higher priced homes are stagnating due to increasing land costs in the area. “There is great pent-up demand in the Atlanta market for homes with a lower price point,” he says. “Boomers want to invest wisely, and we are here to give them what they want in their next new home.”
