214 South Ave SE (house, ~1,800 SF) + 0 South Ave SE (vacant corner lot, 3,016 SF). Two separately deeded parcels, sold together.
Last updated: September 16, 2026
This property includes two legal parcels: 214 South Ave SE and the adjacent vacant corner parcel at 0 South Ave SE in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood.
The property sits on a natural slope typical of this portion of Summerhill. Nearby redevelopment projects have successfully incorporated similar grade changes into modern multi‑level homes with drive‑under garages and elevated terraces.
This topography can support creative architectural design that takes advantage of the site's elevation and corner positioning.
Buyers may choose to maintain the existing configuration, pursue infill development, or explore administrative lot consolidation with the adjacent parcel (subject to city review).
The property includes two adjacent parcels totaling approximately 6,100 SF of combined site area.
City staff indicated that administrative lot consolidation with the adjacent parcel may be possible, potentially creating an approximately 50-foot frontage site.
0 South Ave SE is referenced in City of Atlanta records as 212 South Avenue SE. Both refer to the same parcel, 14 -0054-0009-011-4 (City format: 14 00540009011). “0” is the standard county designation for a vacant lot with no assigned structure number.
As-is. Remaining known items: dated bathrooms and kitchen cabinet touch-ups. Contractor quotes available.
Known items: kitchen cabinets need touch-ups; bathrooms date to the 2010 renovation. Contractor quotes available.
Both parcels are zoned R-4B-C under the Summerhill rezoning (Z-06-24 / Ordinance 06-O-0567). The City of Atlanta has confirmed in writing that 0 South Ave SE is a legal lot of record, buildable as-of-right for a single-family structure.
Two conditions shape what can actually be built: a 20-foot minimum house width that is not variance-eligible, and corner-lot setback treatment. Consolidating the parcels satisfies the width condition. The table below summarizes each path.
| If a buyer wants to | What it requires |
|---|---|
| Build a duplex | Rezoning to R-5. Legislative — NPU-V, Zoning Review Board, City Council. Not a variance. |
| Build an accessory dwelling unit with its own kitchen | Rezoning to R-4, R-4A or R-5. Not permitted in R-4B-C at any size. |
| Build a new house on the vacant parcel standing alone | A change of conditions to modify Section 6(a)'s 20-foot minimum width, AND setback variances for the roughly 11 ft x 90 ft envelope. Two separate processes. |
| Consolidate the two parcels | City staff indicated administrative consolidation may be possible. No public hearing. Not reversible without a subdivision. |
| Enlarge the existing house | Nothing, if the addition stays within the setbacks. A BZA variance if it does not. Section 6(a) is already satisfied — the existing house exceeds 20 feet. |
| Add a guest house (no kitchen, under 30% of the principal structure) | Permitted as an accessory structure. Not subject to the 20-foot minimum width. Must sit behind the principal structure on a consolidated lot; placing it between the house and the street requires a BZA variance. |
Buyers must independently verify all zoning, setback, and development parameters with the City of Atlanta Office of Zoning and Development.
Georgia law taxes property at 40% of fair market value — statewide, on every property. Following a sale, the county typically resets fair market value to the purchase price for the following tax year, so a buyer’s tax bill is based on what they pay, not on the seller’s prior assessment.
Both parcels convey together.
A 2026 assessment appeal is pending on the basis of the disclosed deferred maintenance.
Proposed projects are noted as proposed. Current status should be verified independently.
Fulton County tax assessor record search: Property Records Search .
I bought this house in 2010 through a neighborhood stabilization program, after looking at twenty-five others and watching several short sales fall apart. It was five years old and it looked like a dollhouse to me. Sixteen years later it’s been the most charming place I’ve lived — a historic Black neighborhood on Atlanta’s south side, a dog I adopted from across the street, and a location that has done nothing but open up. I’m selling because I’m an MBA student now, living and working between cities, and the house deserves an owner who’s here.
The first thing I thought when I saw it was that it needed a wraparound deck. Then I spent a year working nights on a TV show. Somewhere in there I built it — all 1,100 square feet.
Trees have come down since, and the sun found the deck. It gets hot up there now. It wants a pergola. That one’s for the next person.
We put in gardens during COVID. A pear tree is still out back. Things grow here.
It isn’t a finished house. It’s a house with room left in it.
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