After decades of weekend visits to Lake Martin, Sandy and Beth Pitman made the decision to move to the lake permanently when they began working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the last of four children graduated from high school. When the level lots on calmer water in The Willows became available, they bought one during the initial offering from Russell Lands and built their beautiful custom home.
“I’ve been on this lake all my life. I grew up coming to the block cabin my dad built in 1963 on the Dadeville side of the lake; then, brought my own family there. We moved to Willow Glynn in 2013, but with our children grown, we were really ready for fewer steps from the house to the lake,” Sandy Pitman said.
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