Living in Peachtree City, GA - TJ McGraw, Realtor brokered by REAL

07/31/2026

Attn: New Listing! 🙌

🏠The Villas at Gingercake is an established 55+ community near the center of Fayetteville, close to Piedmont Fayette Hospital, downtown Fayetteville, and everyday shopping.

🪴Inside, you'll find shiplap accents, granite countertops, hardwood floors, and a tile backsplash in the kitchen. The lot backs up to green space, giving you a private setting that's harder to find in most 55+ communities.

🏡Exterior finishes include Hardie plank and stone, and the home offers a 2-car garage for extra storage. Homeownership in the community INCLUDES EXTERIOR AND LAWN MAINTENANCE!

🌳For everyday life, City Center Park is one of the best nearby amenities, with walking paths, a playground, and a dog park. Town at Trilith is a short drive away for restaurants and shops, and Hartsfield-Jackson is roughly 20 to 30 minutes out depending on traffic.

🛠This home is a good fit for anyone who wants low-maintenance living without being isolated.

Thinking about buying a new home? Contact us now to get more info about this home.

07/04/2026

Happy 4th! From all of us at Living in Peachtree City Real Estate Services.

07/03/2026

🏠Closing costs are one of the biggest surprises buyers encounter in a Georgia real estate transaction, and they tend to hit hardest when buyers are already juggling down payment logistics and mortgage paperwork.

Here's a quick breakdown of what Fayette County buyers are actually looking at:

➡️Georgia requires a licensed real estate attorney to preside at closing, and the buyer pays that fee, typically $500 to $900. Buyers moving from title-company states are often caught off guard by this.

➡️Lender fees are the largest single category, often 0.5% to 1% of the loan amount in origination charges alone, plus prepaid items (first-year insurance, prepaid interest, escrow reserves) that can add $3,000 to $5,000 more.

➡️Fayette County-specific items include property tax escrow funding tied to the county's annual billing cycle, survey requirements on older lots in neighborhoods like Kedron and Aberdeen, and HOA transfer fees that vary widely by subdivision.

➡️What's negotiable: Lender origination fees (shop at least two or three lenders) and seller concessions on purchase price. What isn't: transfer taxes, title insurance rates (state-regulated), and attorney fees.

The full post walks through each category with realistic dollar ranges and a worked cash-to-close example at a $500K purchase price. Link in comments

07/01/2026

A lot of people shopping homes on Atlanta's southside end up with Peachtree City and Senoia in the same search. They're close to each other and appeal to the same general buyer -- but they feel completely different once you spend time in both.

PTC is planned around the golf cart paths, the villages, the lakes. Everything is connected. Senoia has a real historic downtown and a small-town character that you can't get from a master plan.

Prices in PTC tend to cluster in the $400K-$550K range for solid village homes. Senoia runs a bit lower and often delivers more lot size -- but there's less to choose from at any given time.

Commute shapes the decision more often than anything else. I broke it all down in the latest post.

Read the full article. Link in Comments.

06/30/2026

🚗If you have been sitting through that light at SR 54 and SR 74 and wondering when it is going to get better, the answer is soon.

🛻GDOT's Displaced Left Turn project has been under construction since spring 2024 and is scheduled to finish by summer or fall 2026. The short version: signal phases drop from eight to four, evening rush-hour delays are expected to fall by about 30%, and the intersection goes from a failing grade to something more functional.

🚙The new design does require a little learning. Left turns on Highway 74 will happen at a separate signal before the main intersection, not at the main light itself. Once you do it a couple of times, it will feel normal, but worth understanding before it opens.

🏪The Avenue is also getting improvements, including a better entrance off Marketplace Boulevard.

🔗Link to the full breakdown in the comments, including the traffic numbers and a step-by-step guide to using the new intersection:

06/23/2026

🏘️Here's something we're seeing a lot right now: two homes in the same neighborhood, similar size, similar price, and one sells in two weeks while the other sits for two months. The difference almost always comes down to pricing and condition, not the market itself.
⚖️Fayette County has settled into a real balanced market, which means negotiation is back for both buyers and sellers. Buyers have room to ask for inspection repairs, closing cost help, and reasonable timelines. Sellers with strong homes, especially ones with cart path access, still have leverage and don't need to give it away.
💰We put together a full breakdown of what's negotiable right now across Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Brooks, and Tyrone. Link in the comments

If you're thinking about buying or selling and want to talk through your specific situation, message me anytime!

06/12/2026

🏡If you're buying your first home and you haven't talked to a lender yet, that's the first call to make, before you start scrolling listings.

✍️Our latest blog post is a roadmap for first-time buyers in Peachtree City and Fayette County. It covers getting properly pre-approved, understanding how different Peachtree City's villages (Kedron, Glenloch, Aberdeen, Braelinn) feel compared to Tyrone, Fayetteville, Brooks, and Senoia, what to look for when touring, and what to expect from offer to closing, including Georgia's due diligence period and attorney-led closings.

Link to the full article in the comments.

If you're getting ready to start your search and want to talk through your options, reach out anytime.

06/10/2026

Thinking about selling your Peachtree City home this year? Cart-path access is worth more in your listing than most sellers realize, and it's not the only feature that's quietly moving the needle on offers right now.

The five features buyers are paying extra for in PTC in 2026 are covered in the latest post on the blog. Some are what you'd expect (kitchen condition, outdoor living space). One or two will probably surprise you, especially if you haven't been out shopping lately.

Questions about what your home is worth in today's market? Slide into my DMs!

06/03/2026

Trilith looks like no other neighborhood in Fayette County, because it was built to work differently than the rest of Fayette County.

Before you spend a Saturday in the model homes, there are a few things worth knowing: the HOA is more comprehensive than what you'll find in most local subdivisions, new construction contracts favor the builder, and Trilith's internal paths don't connect to Peachtree City's golf cart network.

School zone assignments should be verified directly with Fayette County Public Schools. Zone lines in a growing community can and do change. However, Trilith also has two additional options on site: The Forest School, a private preK-12 micro-school built around self-directed learning, and Utopian Academy for the Arts, a tuition-free public charter middle school open to any Georgia resident.

None of that makes it the wrong choice. For buyers who want a walkable, well-designed community with a town square on their doorstep, it's hard to beat. It's just a different kind of purchase than the rest of the county offers.

Read the full article, Link in the comments.