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East Tennessee · Lake Life

Find your place
on the lake.

Homes, relocations, and lake life across East Tennessee, guided by someone who knows the area, and the people in it.

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Coming up around the lakes

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The Local Business Guide

Know the town before you know the address.

Restaurants, shops, marinas, and hometown spots across the lake corridor, photographed and visited in person. The local knowledge most agents keep in their head, published.

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Lake Living

The life people
move here for.

This stretch of the Tennessee River, Watts Bar and Chickamauga, is its own kind of place: wide, easy water framed by the Cumberland Plateau, with room to breathe and a slower way to spend a weekend. Here’s what to know before you settle in.

Explore every place Ivey serves

  • Waterfront & dock access

    Main-channel views, quiet coves, and the dock-and-slip details that actually matter on the water.

  • Lake communities

    Established neighborhoods with the amenities, marinas, and neighbors that make a place feel like home.

  • Four-season living

    Spring dogwoods to autumn ridgelines: homes you'll love long after the summer's over.

How it works

A calmer way to buy and sell.

Real relationships over transactions. The expertise speaks for itself — your job is just to enjoy finding the place.

  1. 01

    Start a conversation

    A real conversation with Ivey, not a form into the void. We talk about what you actually want, and what you don't.

  2. 02

    Get the local read

    Honest guidance on neighborhoods, lakes, pricing, and timing, from someone who lives here and knows the people in it.

  3. 03

    Find your place

    Tour, negotiate, and close with steady hands the whole way. No pressure, no hype. Just the useful thing, first.

Relocating

New to East Tennessee?
Start here.

Moving from out of state is a big leap, and the internet only tells you so much. The relocation guide is a plain-spoken, no-pressure look at what living here is really like, written for people deciding whether to make the move, not just where to buy.

In their words

Don’t take our word for it.

Coming to a state that we did not know, she was able to turn us into real Tennesseans! Through her incredible work she found us the perfect home. Always on call for us, always there! Truly exceptional!
Klaus & Chrissy Koch Relocated to Dayton
She was very sweet, professional and patient while we searched for just the right home on the lake. She was always available when needed and communicative throughout the whole process. We are so grateful for her!
Ashley B. Bought on the lake · Kingston
I had my property listed with another agent for years and it never sold. Ivey got it sold in less than six months. She's a go getter for sure.
A Spring City seller Zillow review · 2023
Ivey Hayes, East Tennessee real estate agent

Meet Ivey

Local knowledge,
spoken plainly.

No hype, no buzzwords. Just someone who knows Watts Bar and Chickamauga cove by cove, knows the small towns along them (Spring City, Dayton, and the rest) and will tell you the truth about a place, even when it’s not the answer you were hoping for. That’s what makes the right home actually feel right.

Based in
Rhea County, TN
Focus
Lake homes & relocations
Serving
Watts Bar · Chickamauga

Let’s talk

Thinking about a move?

From “just looking” to “we’re ready,” the first step is the same: a real conversation with someone who knows these lakes.

Start a conversation 423.285.7693

iveyhayesrealtor@gmail.com