Are you looking for an easy living ranch style home in a wonderful location? This is the one! Only minutes from downtown Decatur, Emory, CDC, shopping and restaurants. Home has been recently updated with modern kitchen & bath cabinetry. Hardwood floors in living room, dining room and bedrooms and ceramic tile floors in kitchen, baths and mud room. Enjoy your own professionally landscaped backyard oasis, with a privacy fence, pergola and extended brick patio. Extra large mud room is now laundry room and storage, but can be a perfect space for an office, gym or sitting area. Roof 2/19. Ready to move-in.
Single-familyProperty Type
1953Year Built
8,712 sq ftLot Size
$333Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
Listed by KAREN LICKAY• Virtual Properties Realty.com
Bought with Kimberly Eslinger• Ansley Real Estate
Source:FMLS #6730631
Redfin Estimate
$475,413
$109K since sold in August 2020$15K since August
Recently sold homes
Estimate history
Homes for sale
This home's estimate is 5.5% lower than the average sale price ($503K) of 6 comparable homes.
Are you looking for an easy living ranch style home in a wonderful location? This is the one! Only minutes from downtown Decatur, Emory, CDC, shopping and restaurants. Home has been recently updated with modern kitchen & bath cabinetry. Hardwood floors in living room, dining room and bedrooms and ceramic tile floors in kitchen, baths and mud room. Enjoy your own professionally landscaped backyard oasis, with a privacy fence, pergola and extended brick patio. Extra large mud room is now laundry room and storage, but can be a perfect space for an office, gym or sitting area. Roof 2/19. Ready to move-in.
FMLS #6006051
Jun 12, 2018
Sold
$350,000
$245/sq ft
May 21, 2018
Pending
—
May 15, 2018
Contingent
—
May 3, 2018
Listed
$350,000
$245/sq ft
This Medlock Park three bedroom home with one full and one half bath lives large with this updated ranch floorplan. You'll find fresh paint throughout the home as you enter into living room with picture window, flowing into the separate dining area and into the updated kitchen with breakfast bar and built-in wine rack. Large mud room with washer/dryer accesses the beautifully landscaped, quiet and private backyard; the tranquil oasis you've been waiting for. Fantastically located just minutes from Emory, CDC, downtown Decatur and tons of shopping/restaurants.
GAMLS #8372872
Jun 12, 2018
Sold
$350,000
$245/sq ft
May 15, 2018
Pending
—
May 3, 2018
Listed
$350,000
$245/sq ft
Public Records
May 27, 1994
Sold
$103,200
$72/sq ft
Public Records
Jan 10, 1986
Sold
$67,900
$48/sq ft
Public Records
Apr 23, 1984
Sold
$49,700
$35/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$5,786 (+4.5%)
$49,240 + $151,080
$200,320
2024
$5,539 (+10.1%)
$49,240 + $151,080
$200,320
2023
$5,031 (+2.3%)
$49,240 + $131,920
$181,160
2022
$4,920 (+4.7%)
$45,440 + $109,600
$155,040
2021
$4,698 (+13.4%)
$44,000 + $101,440
$145,440
2020
$4,143 (−7.6%)
$44,000 + $101,440
$145,440
2019
$4,482 (+44.2%)
$44,000 + $88,520
$132,520
2018
$3,108 (−3.9%)
$22,800 + $69,600
$92,400
2017
$3,234 (+19.2%)
$22,800 + $69,600
$92,400
2016
$2,714 (−2.1%)
$22,800 + $82,520
$105,320
2014
$2,773 (+10.4%)
$22,800 + $56,880
$79,680
2013
$2,512 (−4.5%)
$22,720 + $54,360
$77,080
2012
$2,631 (−5.2%)
$22,720 + $54,360
$77,080
2011
$2,774 (+5.5%)
$19,680 + $59,232
$78,912
2010
$2,630 (+11.9%)
$23,400 + $59,360
$82,760
2008
$2,350
Tax history for 850 Gardenia Ln
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$5,786 (+4.5%)
$49,240 + $151,080
$200,320
2024
$5,539 (+10.1%)
$49,240 + $151,080
$200,320
2023
$5,031 (+2.3%)
$49,240 + $131,920
$181,160
2022
$4,920 (+4.7%)
$45,440 + $109,600
$155,040
2021
$4,698 (+13.4%)
$44,000 + $101,440
$145,440
2020
$4,143 (−7.6%)
$44,000 + $101,440
$145,440
2019
$4,482 (+44.2%)
$44,000 + $88,520
$132,520
2018
$3,108 (−3.9%)
$22,800 + $69,600
$92,400
2017
$3,234 (+19.2%)
$22,800 + $69,600
$92,400
2016
$2,714 (−2.1%)
$22,800 + $82,520
$105,320
2014
$2,773 (+10.4%)
$22,800 + $56,880
$79,680
2013
$2,512 (−4.5%)
$22,720 + $54,360
$77,080
2012
$2,631 (−5.2%)
$22,720 + $54,360
$77,080
2011
$2,774 (+5.5%)
$19,680 + $59,232
$78,912
2010
$2,630 (+11.9%)
$23,400 + $59,360
$82,760
2008
$2,350
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
3
Baths
1.5
Stories
1
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
9,583 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
2012
Sq. Ft.
1,428
Year built
1953
Style
Single Family Residential
County
DeKalb County
APN
18 062 08 037
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Sep 14, 2026.
R-75
Residential Medium Lot-75 District
The purpose and intent of the board of commissioners in establishing the R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) District is as follows: To provide for the protection of neighborhoods within the county where lots have a minimum area of ten thousand square feet; To provide for compatible infill development in neighborhoods; To provide protections for existing development as new subdivisions are created; To provide flexibility in design on the interior of new development while protecting surrounding development; To assure that the uses and structures authorized in the R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) District are those uses and structures designed to serve the housing, recreational, educational, religious, and social needs of the neighborhood; To provide for appropriately sized accessible and useable open space in new developments for health, recreational and social opportunities for county residents; To implement the future development map of the county's most current comprehensive plan.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Equestrian facility
Livestock production
Garden center
Housing-Single unit
Public service
Golf related
Communications tower
Property details
Parking
Parking Information
Parking Features: Driveway
Open Parking: Yes
Interior
Virtual Tour
Bathroom Information
# of Full Bathrooms: 1
# of Half Bathrooms: 1
# of Main Level Bathrooms: 1
Master Bathroom Features: Tub/Shower Combo
Bedroom Information
# of Main Level Bedrooms: 3
Bedroom Features: Master on Main
Interior Features
Interior Features: Low Flow Plumbing Fixtures
Common Walls: No Common Walls
Appliances: Dishwasher, Disposal, Electric Water Heater, Gas Range, Microwave, Refrigerator
Utilities: Cable Available, Electricity Available, Natural Gas Available, Sewer Available, Water Available
Location
School Information
Elementary School: Fernbank
Middle Or Junior School: Druid Hills
High School: Druid Hills
Location Information
Directions: From 285 - take Hwy 78 towards Decatur - becomes Scott Blvd - right Woodbridge Dr - left Gardenia Lane - house on right.
Road Surface Type: Asphalt
Road Frontage Type: Other
Dekalb - GA
Community Information
Community Features: Street Lights
Public facts
Beds: 3
Baths: 1.5
Sq. Ft.: 1,428
Stories: 1.0
Lot Size: 9,583 square feet
Style: Single Family Residential
Year Built: 1953
Year Renovated: 2012
County: DeKalb County
APN: 18 062 08 037
Home facts updated by county records on Sep 14, 2026
Around this home
Schools
Fernbank Elementary School
Public PreK-5 • Assigned • 2.6mi
8/10
Druid Hills Middle School
Public 6-8 • Assigned • 1.3mi
5/10
Druid Hills High School
Public 9-12 • Assigned • 2.0mi
6/10
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