Lakemoor Hills

...the quiet side of the river...

Buy your tickets now for LHHA’s first Sip and Snoop home tour and wine tasting

Buy your tickets now for LHHA’s first Sip and Snoop home tour and wine tasting

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The fundraiser is October 12, from 5:00 to 8:00.  Six incredibly unique homes will be open along with a different wine to sample at each.

Here is a peek inside the Hill House:

This 1955 house designed by Atlanta architect Herman Millkey is one of Knoxville’s finest examples of mid-century modern architecture.  While it was love at first sight for the owners, the house has proven to be a tough mistress.

The Hills moved to town in 1994, built a traditional 4000 sq. ft. home in West Knoxville, and never really felt the house was home.  Mark has MCM style in his DNA as both of his brothers own MCM homes.  The families can visit among the three homes and always feel at home.  In 2003, the couple turned their backs on their West Knoxville home, leaving behind everything except the piano and their artwork.

Mark and Cathy are fortunate in that they agree on most design questions, making the renovation project easier.  They have been deeply devoted to preserving the integrity of the design that was on microfilm at the Millkey firm.  No central heating and air?  No problem, run the needed ductwork on the roof where it is largely invisible.  Compromised windows, septic problems, and a leaky pool were met with equal tenacity.

The space and simplicity of this glass and concrete pavilion drives the couple’s love affair.  The colors in the handmade Tufenkian rugs, the largest of which is in the living room, are the basis for the color scheme in the entire house.  The colors complement the leaves, bark, and sky readily visible through the walls of windows.

About every two years, the Hills have undertaken another project.  Over the last six years, projects have included construction of a separate office/studio and workout area, a completed remodel of the lower level, and a kitchen renovation.  The master bathroom still looms.  Knoxville architects Ron Hutchins and Chris Joice, and interior designer Connie Hutchins have directed all the work on the house.

Cathy and Mark love the house and never take it for granted.  The mistress has been well worth her unrelenting demands.

A limited number of tickets are available for $40 each for LHHA members. E-mail Linda Haynes at [email protected] to reserve your tickets.

Sneak a Peek at one Sip and Snoop House

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Buy your tickets now for LHHA’s first Sip and Snoop home tour and wine tasting event.  The fundraiser is October 12, from 5:00 to 8:00.  Six incredibly different homes will be open along with a different wine to sample at each.

Here is a peek into one:

THE COPELAND HOUSE

 

Designed by Baumann and Baumann, Knoxville’s first architectural dynasty, the newest owners are devoted to celebrating the integrity of this masterpiece.  After selling their Maryville home in 2015, the owners looked a bit further north, saw a picture, and it was love at first sight.  Some of the second and third sights were challenges during the year and a half renovation.

It was heartbreaking but necessary to demolish interiors.  It was well worth it when sight lines opened all across the back of the house from the kitchen to the sunroom.  Design details and layers of colors and materials delight the eye.  Tanya and her sister Donna worked together to reflect the owners’ taste, all the way down to the custom switch plates.

Buz enjoyed most of the challenges.  Getting it right in the design of the garage addition meant seeking the best way to fabricate and install the cast concrete garage entry that replicates the one on the original house.  Less enjoyable was installing the chimney pots.  Buz isn’t fond of heights, so his solution was to begin the work at night to avoid seeing the height.

Take your time and look for the house’s original secrets, like the functioning servant bell system and the trash chute to the basement where there was an incinerator.   To savor the house’s warmth is to understand why it has felt like home from day one.

A limited number of tickets are available for $40 each for LHHA members.  Buy yours at the September 19, LHHA meeting or e-mail Linda Haynes at [email protected] to reserve your tickets.

LHHA Membership Meeting Tues, Sept. 19 at 7 PM

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Our first Lakemoor Hills Homeowner’s Association meeting of the season will be held on Tuesday, September 19 at 7 PM at Lake Hills Church.  Our guest speakers will address the changes resulting from the Alcoa Hwy construction.  Doug Bataille from Knox County Parks and Recreation will give us an update on the Greenway connection through the neighborhood and Leslie Fawaz, from the East TN Community Design Center will present the landscape proposal that her team has developed for us this summer.  In addition to this you will hear from our membership about upcoming events this year and meet our newest board members and residents.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Alcoa Hwy: September 11, 2017

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Contract CNQ029 Alcoa Highway SR 115 (US 129)

September 11, 2017 Project Update

The above photo is from the cut area above Wall #8. From this view you can see the cuts near Barber Hill and the fills at Mt. Vernon. Vegetation is starting to grow in these areas as well as above the wall. You can also see from this photo the crews working on the wall. At this time the wall is the critical activity of the project. Crews are continuing to work on other construction activities along the route as well, including storm drain installation and utility relocations. Crews will also start working on Collector Road #1 at Maloney Road beginning Monday, September 11, 2017. Motorist should expect to see detours to Ginn Dr.

 

Below are a close-ups of the Wall #8 construction.

 

First Event – “The Quiet Side of the River – Sip & Snoop!”

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Lakemoor Hills Homeowners Association presents 

“The Quiet Side of the River – Sip and Snoop!”

When: Thursday, October 12, 2017 from 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: 6 of our lovely neighborhood homes

As you tour, wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served at each home. A limited amount of tickets for this event will be available for purchase.

LHHA members $40.00 per ticket, all others $50.00 per ticket.  All proceeds go to the Lakemoor Hills Homeowners Association.

Contact Linda Haynes using one of the methods below to purchase your tickets! It is an event that you won’t want to miss!  Lakemoor Hills Homeowners Association plans to make Sip and Snoop an annual event.

1) Use the website menu link Resources > Membership List (Website membership required to view).

2) Use the website Facebook icon in upper right corner, and message Linda Haynes from here (Facebook group membership required).

3) Use the website Email icon in upper right corner to send a message to the general mailbox.  You don’t have to be logged in to the website.

Here are the fantastic homes that we are featuring this year:

Cartwright / Stoess house on Maloney Road
Coffey house on Maloney Road
Copeland house on Maloney Road
Graf house on Bluff Point Drive
Hill house on Montlake Road
Shell house on Trillium Lane

Membership Meeting Sept. 19 at 7 PM – Alcoa Hwy Landscape Proposals

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The September meeting of the LHHA will be held at Lake Hills Church at 7 PM on September 19.  Leslie Fawaz, from East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC) will present the work her team has been doing on our behalf this summer.  The drawings that are attached to this announcement are proposals for the intersections with Alcoa Hwy at Montlake, Mount Vernon (Martha Washington Heights) and Maloney.   These proposals include landscaped round a bouts and different types of landscape treatments for areas adjacent to the three bridges.   Come to the meeting to learn more about these ambitious ideas.