What’s the difference between a “Tudor” and a “Revival Tudor?” As far as I can tell . . . none. In fact, “Revival Tudor” appears to simply be the more formal name for what everyone commonly refers to as plain old “Tudor.” Here’s a good working definition: “The essential characteristics of a Tudor Revival house...Read More
St. Louis Park’s Most Expensive Home (Still) If only because the Twin Cities doesn’t have many gazillion dollar homes, you seldom see six figure price reductions (more than $100k) on homes listed for sale on MLS. Which is why a $500k price drop yesterday on 2545 Huntington Ave. South — from $5 million to $4.5 million...Read More
How Many Square Feet is THAT?!? At first blush, the home pictured above looks like it has something like 30,000 finished square feet, not the relatively puny 4,400 FSF listed on MLS — and is worth A LOT more than the $2.15M asking price (even in the affordable Midwest, genuinely palatial digs cost more than that). Looking more closely,...Read More
“New on Market July 1” Supposedly, the only month in which there’s no recorded snow anywhere in Minnesota is July (and I’m not so sure about that). So, it’s obvious that this Craftsman-style Bungalow (above) in Minneapolis’ Kenwood neighborhood didn’t really just debut on the market this week. In fact, according to MLS, the home’s Cumulative...Read More
New 2nd Story (and new 1st Story, Too!) In a post a year ago, I speculated that the Dean Parkway rambler (pictured above) was a prime candidate for a popped roof (that is, a 2nd story addition). See, “2nd Story Coming Soon?” That was based on both the home’s terrific location just north of the...Read More
Included: $2 Million Guest House On the coasts, $5 million is nothing for a home. Here in the Twin Cities, however, that’s still quite a bit. Especially for a home NOT on a lake. One Two-of-a-Kind To be sure, the home in question — just west of Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake — boasts stunning lake and skyline...Read More
