Sally English Atlanta Real Estate: Georgia: Milton

Tim's family owns a farm in North Fulton County in the city of Milton.  It is a bit of an anomaly as the farm is surrounded by subdivisions.  But that hasn't kept his father, J.L. English, from continuing to organically grow vegetables and fruits.

We had a big gathering of family and friends at the Farm on July Fourth and a good time was had by all.

As soon as the Peachtree Road Race runners arrived, we feasted on Barbeque ribs, slow smoked pork butt, smoked chicken, slaw, potato salad, deviled eggs, cucumber tomato salad, baked beans, fresh green beans from Mr. Englishes farm and a squash casserole made by Mrs English from fresh English farm squash.

Desserts included home made ice cream, banana pudding, coconut cake, peach cake, red velvet cake, chocolate chip cookies.

Tim had small bottled cokes, diet coke, iced tea and cold water for us to drink.

After the lunch we lounged under shade trees and had good conversation.

Once our food had digested we picked blueberries, figs, squash, zucchini, green beans, bell peppers, poblano peppers, serrano peppers and cucumbers from Mr. English's garden and orchard.

Bird watchers would have enjoyed Mr. English's purple martins dip and dive as they caught mosquitoes and flies in mid air.  Mr. English says about half of his 50 or so nesting pairs have already left for South America.

We also saw goldfinch, hawks, blue hereon, blue birds, blue jays, cardinals, crows and a lot more I could not identify.

Flowers in bloom included roses, day lilies (almost gone), hydrangeas, butterfly bush, crepe myrtle (a really strong flowering year for them, daisies, rose of Sharon and lots more.

We saw Monarch butterflies and lots of smaller butterflies.

I often get asked who I recommend to do remodeling in my former clients Atlanta homes.  After families have lived in a home a few years they usually find there are a couple of things they would like to change.  They love the home but they just want to update some aspect of it.  Maybe the master bathroom has a basic tub/shower combination and lime green ceramic tile.  Or perhaps they just want to finish out the basement and have a Rec room and teen suite to take advantage unfinished basement space.

I have just the answer for clients and friends who are looking for someone to counsel them about a remodeling project.  My brother-inlaw, Paul English, is a professional homebuilder who is doing remodeling full time because of the current economic conditions.

Paul has been building homes since 1983.  Before the current economic slow down, Paul's specialty was homes in the $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 range built to the customer or architect's specifications,  Thankfully, Paul was not building speculative homes so he did not get caught in the economic crunch when that new home market essentially evaporated.  But, he did have to change his focus from building new homes to remodeling existing homes.

Paul gets most of his work by word of mouth.  (His building company is English Builders, Inc. if you see a sign in some ones front yard). 

Paul was president of the DeKalb County Chapter of the National HomebuildersAssociation, has appeared in three episiodes of HGTV 's Curb Appeal and is fully licensed and insured.

Paul does not cut corners so he will not be the cheapest bid you receive for a project.  He honors his warranties so he uses materials and subcontractors that result in a finished product that will withstand the test of time.

Paul and his wife Dani live in Milton, Georgia, near Alpharetta.  They have two children who attend Milton High School.  Which is coincidentally where my husband Tim and his brother Paul went to High School.Between football, baseball and girl's softball games they stay pretty busy on the weekends!

Paul and Dani live on a 5 acre farm where they have horses and lots of other animals and pets. 

Call Paul English at 770-480-4081 to get more information about your Atlanta Remodeling project.

You can also visit Paul's English Builders website: http://www.englishbuilders.net/

There is an email address for Paul on his website.

If you contact Paul, tell him his sister-inlaw, Sally English, said to treat you like family.