Thomas Echea
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3354 E 1st Street
Principal & Founding Agent at Compass | 25+ Years in Real Estate
📍South FL & North GA
09/07/2026
One deck. Six Saturdays. 🏔️ Dinner under cedar, coffee at the rail, a stone hearth for October. 44 Staurolite Mountain Rd, Blue Ridge GA — come see it with me.
09/06/2026
Sold: 101 Falling Rock Rd, Blue Ridge, GA. Offered at $995,000.
We were honored to represent this distinctive mountain lodge and to guide it to the right owners. Congratulations to all involved.
Behind a closing like this is a deliberate process: a precise valuation, a refined marketing strategy, and a level of service designed for discerning clients. It is the standard we hold on every property we represent, and the reason clients return to us.
For those considering a move in the Blue Ridge market, we would welcome the opportunity to represent your interests with the same care.
Presented by Thomas Echea and Aurielle & Ryan Billings | E+E Group at Compass
Two private residences. One wooded retreat.
130 Country Hills Road, Ellijay, GA 30540 — built in 2024 on 1.53 private acres with no HOA. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3,444 square feet. Offered at $874,900.
The main residence features vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, a floor-to-ceiling stacked-stone wood-burning fireplace, a chef's kitchen with a 40Ă—64 island, and a 49-foot rear deck overlooking the woods.
Beyond the main home, a detached garage with epoxy floors, independent climate control and a private gym — and above it, a fully appointed ~900-square-foot guest residence with its own kitchen, full bath, private entrance and deck.
Designed for family, guests, a private home office, or independent living quarters.
To arrange a private showing, send us a message.
More: https://thomasechea.com
MLS #10839055 (GeorgiaMLS)
Presented by Thomas Echea | E+E Group | Compass
08/30/2026
Picture it: you crest the last wooded rise off the Blue Ridge highway, and there it stands — the steep black silhouette of an A-frame roofline cutting into a Georgia-pine sky, wraparound light spilling across 3,300 square feet of your own private hideaway.
This is North Creek. Seven A-frame homes, built as one quiet, gated micro-community on wooded acreage in Mineral Bluff, GA — just 10 minutes from downtown Blue Ridge. Each home is roughly 3,300 sq ft with 4-to-5-bedroom layouts, designed by State and Season Home Design.
Here's what makes this rare: there are only seven. And the floor plans and individual homesites are available right now — meaning you don't buy a finished box, you choose the homesite and the plan that becomes yours. Wake up to fog burning off the ridge. Coffee on the deck. Room for every kid, every guest, every holiday. All of it, ten minutes from the shops, trout streams, and mountains of Blue Ridge.
Seven homes. One of them could be yours — but not for long.
Which homesite fits your family? Send us a message (DM us) and we'll send you the floor plans, current homesite availability, and pricing.
Floor plans + homesites → link in comments.
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AT LAST — the Blue Ridge retreat you've been quietly picturing is newly to market. 🏔️
Picture it: 6pm, the steel fireplace on the covered deck is crackling, something's searing on the built-in grill, and 19-foot tongue-and-groove pine ceilings soar overhead toward walls of glass full of forest. This is 103 Dry Branch Rd — $2,399,000, offered fully furnished, on 4.17 private, forested acres.
Wake up in a spa-style primary suite with heated floors, its own fireplace, a soaking tub, and a private patio. Cook in a chef's kitchen built to show off: a 48" Ilve range, dual dishwashers, a quartzite island, Spanish cabinetry. Then unwind — whirlpool bath spa, barrel sauna, and an oval fire pit under the trees.
4 bedrooms · 4 baths · built 2024 · porte-cochère with EV charger. Five minutes to downtown Blue Ridge, under a minute to Lake Blue Ridge.
Homes like this don't sit. 👉 Message us "DRY BRANCH" or DM us directly and we'll send the full gallery + private 3D tour.
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Just outside Blue Ridge in Ellijay, The Falls is a 70-acre hideaway with its own waterfall, a koi pond, and a farmhouse-elegant dining room serving filet with truffle mash and wild mushroom pappardelle. Cocktails at the Conservatory Bar first — closed Mondays, smart casual only. If you know, you know.
Save this for your next Blue Ridge weekend.
🎬 Coming soon…
I recently sat down with Joe Fava for Living in Luxury to talk about what it really takes to bring a client's dream home to life — from that first design conversation all the way to the final walkthrough.
So grateful for this partnership, and I can't wait to share the full episode with you all. Stay tuned! 🏡✨
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