The Cherokee County Master Gardeners will be teaming up with Cherokee County Animal Shelter on Saturday, May 1, to raise funds for our local homeless pets. If you’ve been waiting to plant this Spring, this will be the perfect opportunity to pick up your annuals, perennials, natives, veggies, and gardening books all in one spot [...]
Woodstock Residents Pay Twice as Much Water & Sewer Fees
According to the AJC, City of Woodstock residents “pay double what their Cherokee County neighbors pay in water and sewer fees because of rising prices, falling city revenue and new expenses.” Why? “Costs are high because the city buys water from the Cherokee and Cobb county systems, which together raised rates a total of three [...]
Phone calls should be answered by People, not Machines
Maxsell Real Estate features 24/7 Live Answering Phone System Our signs, flyers, and web marketing all have our local brokerage number which is answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year-round, including holidays. Each call is routed directly to the agent representing your property. We do not have auto-attendants [...]
Band Sister Hazel Kicks off Woodstock Concert Series on May 8
Sean Mullins sings to fans at last year’s Woodstock Concert Series. The Woodstock Concert Series begins its thirteenth year with a stellar lineup of musical acts, including Sister Hazel with opener Memory Dean on May 8th. The free concerts in the downtown City Park showcase both locally and nationally-recognized bands and include a healthy variety [...]
Your Contract is Your Bond – guest post by Justin Daniels, Atlanta Real Estate Attorney
I have fielded several phones calls lately with the same lament: “The lease I signed is not what the landlord promised.” I am sure you have heard the phrase “My word is my bond”, today that really means “Your contract is your bond”. Most lease boilerplate contains a clause that says the lease supersedes any [...]
Downtown Woodstock Shops Put “Spring” in their Steps
Go Be Free on Main Street Here’s the scenario: There are short-sleeves, little umbrella drinks, and flip-flops in your very near future. So why spend your Saturdays trapped in a stuffy, enclosed mall when you can be free with the sun on your face, strolling through shop doors propped open to let in the spring [...]
Maxsell’s “Eat Local” Dish of the Week: Vingenzo’s Margharita Pizza
Local Restaurant Vingenzo’s Stirs Italian Nostalgia I remember a little place, barely more than a shack, on a mountainside in Northern Italy. You wouldn’t even know it was inhabited if not for the thin plume of woodsmoke rising from its chimney and the scent of baking dough escaping from its door into the open countryside. [...]
Maxsell Real Estate Welcomes Brent Ellis
Maxsell Real Estate welcomes Brent Ellis to the 2010 team. Brent is a true real estate professional and is involved in, well, everything! Brent is a Local Director for the Cherokee Association of Realtors, Chair for the Cherokee Association RPAC, Leader in the Green Home Building Movement, a huge supporter of Downtown Woodstock, and an [...]
Top 4 Man-Dates in Cherokee County
What’s A Man To Do? Plenty! I can write about girly things to do in Cherokee County ad nauseum (and I probably will at some point.) But what of our men? When they’re let loose from their weekly toils, what local manly pursuits await? I was curious about this very thing, so I asked my [...]
Georgia Property Owners Score Victory
::Press Release:: ATLANTA (March 12, 2010) – The most sweeping overhaul of the Georgia property tax system in decades has won unanimous (54-0) approval in the Georgia Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers’ (R-Woodstock) Property Tax Assessment and Appeals reform bill is aimed at ensuring all Georgia properties are properly assessed at Fair Market Value [...]
