North of Atlanta, a residential project is coming together that’s a unique take on infill development and (relatively) affordable housing.

National homebuilder Fischer Homes has opened sales for its first Dawsonville project, Villas at Gold Creek, with price points for new housing that are practically nonexistent in intown Atlanta and the city’s inner suburbs today. It’s the latest example of metro golf course land being repurposed into housing.  

Finished and forthcoming homes on what used to be Gold Creek golf course links start in the $310,000s and top out in the $380,000s in rapidly growing Dawson County, project reps tell Urbanize Atlanta. 

Overview of the Dawsonville former golf course in question before construction on the Villas at Gold Creek began. Fischer Homes/Villas at Gold Creek

All residences have two attached units per lot (what city folk might call duplexes), and each home has a separate entrance and two-car garage. It’s marketed as Fischer Home’s Paired Patio Home Collection. 

The two available floorplans—the single-story Wembley and two-story Hudson—have either two or three bedrooms and floorplans between 1,657 and 2,196 square feet. 

Gold Creek, formerly a 27-hole golf course, has been repurposed to 18 holes to make way for home development.  

Facades of the Hudson floorplan homes at Gold Creek. Fischer Homes/Villas at Gold Creek

Example of finishes inside the Hudson plan. Fischer Homes/Villas at Gold Creek

Other golf-course reclamation projects have taken shape in recent years in metro Atlanta suburbs. In Lawrenceville, for example, Gwinnett County’s oldest country club made way for apartments, while a luxury project with sprawling estates is replacing the former Trophy Club of Atlanta in Milton. 

In Dawsonville, the Fischer Homes project is located at 331 Gold Creek Drive, in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountain, about 60 miles north of downtown Atlanta. 

According to new U.S. Census estimates, Dawson County grew by 6.4 percent in the year ending July 1, which was good for No. 1 in the country among counties with at least 20,000 residents. 

Josh Brockman, division manager for Fischer Homes Atlanta Division, called the Gold Creek project the most affordable new home construction in the Dawsonville area. The residences are “delivering outstanding value without sacrificing quality,” Brockman said in an announcement this week. 

An LLC called Gold Creek Development is leading the project’s development. 

North Georgia Mountains loom in the distance beyond Gold Creek. Fischer Homes/Villas at Gold Creek

Villas at Gold Creek—set within the established Gold Creek neighborhood—includes HOA fees that cover all exterior maintenance and lawncare. Other perks are listed as proximity to North Georgia Premium Outlets and outdoor destinations such as Amicalola Falls State Park and the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain. 

Swing (get it?) up to the gallery for more Villas at Gold Creek context and project images. 

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