Oh My Word!: Gary's Blog: OPEN HOUSES in the Crieve Hall area this Weekend

OPEN HOUSES in the Crieve Hall area this weekend include four homes that show a wide range of what Crieve Hall has to offer, including affordability, level of finish of the home, location, and nearby amenities that add to the experience of living in this part of Nashville, Tn.

The Crieve Hall area lies just south of Nashville along the corridor of I-65 between the Harding Road exit, and the Old Hickory Blvd exit at Brentwood. It is bound on the north by Caldwell and Abbay Hall, similar neighborhoods just north of Harding Road, and on the east by Edmondson Pike. The zip codes for this area are 37211, and 37220.

These Open Houses range from $219,900 to $299900 in price and square footages from 1425 to 2168. Danby, Barrywood, Hogan, and Oakley are all very popular streets in this neighborhood and showcase all that Creive Hall has to offer with mature trees, creeks and even Ellington Agricultural Center which houses the Tennessee Agricultural Museum.

The agricultural museum, located on the spacious grounds of the Ellington Agricultural Center, has an extensive collection of home and farm artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries along with rural Tennessee prints. Textiles, a woodworking collection, buggies, wagons and large items like the McCormick reaper and Jumbo steam engine are exhibited in a renovated plantation barn. Log cabins, a small farm house, kitchen/herb garden, perennial garden and nature trail are also part of the museum tour.

The ranch style homes in the Crieve Hall area were generally built in the 1960's and 70's and are hallmarked by traditional and simple layouts, including extensive sand and finish hardwoods and sizable lots, now only seen in higher price bracket homes.

Another great feature of this area is the central location it occupies. One is virtually 15 minutes from everything in Nashville. When these were built, they were on the outskirts on downtown Nashville, and in fact , the first Nashville area mall, One Hundred Oaks Mall was quite near to this beautiful tree-lined area.

The Nashville Zoo is also right next door on the northern boundary, and has great walking trails for a day visit. Another great place to visit close by is Radnor Lake Natural Area and Wildlife Refuge just across I-65, but that will be the subject for the next blog.

Come out and drive through Crieve Hall. You might just find your dream home and we still have time to take advantage of the 2010 Home Buyers Tax Credit.