“What’s Up With All Those Colored Flags in the Front Lawn??” When the home pictured above closed six weeks ago for $447,500, everyone’s assumption (including mine) was that the Buyer was going to do extensive updating. After all, the home — located on Basswood Road just two blocks west of Cedar Lake, in St. Louis...Read More
Out: Gaudy. In: Practical Hummer’s are out, BMW 3’s and 5’s are in. Auto’s, right? Those, too, but I was thinking about the housing market equivalent: well-built and updated homes with all the bells & whistles in high-demand Twin Cities neighborhoods like Tyrol (Golden Valley), Fern Hill (St. Louis Park), and Linden Hills (Southwest Minneapolis)....Read More
4200 Basswood Road in Fern Hill As promised, this post features the fourth (and final) virtually staged photo at my new listing in Fern Hill. The photo above shows the deck fully furnished — courtesy of what’s called “virtual staging”; the photo below is how the deck looks now. Left out of both photos: the...Read More
4200 Basswood Open 1-3 p.m Today! Charles Dickens famously published his novels in London magazines in serial form (the pace of installments reportedly accelerated whenever he was broke). In that spirit (minus the financial motivation), I’m offering the third installment of virtual staging at 4200 Basswood Road, just west of Cedar Lake in St. Louis...Read More
4200 Basswood: After (Above) and Before (Below) Perhaps the best application for virtual staging is a big, empty room – albeit one with unlimited potential. Like the Amusement Room in my new listing at 4200 Basswood Road, just west of Cedar Lake (see also, “Unmatched Potential!”). With over 1,100(!) square feet, a potential second Kitchen, a...Read More
4200 Basswood Road in Fern Hill Buyers with vision will see readily see the potential: Fern Hill’s most expansive walkout rambler, with 6 BR/5 BA and over 6,000(!) square feet on a private .39 acre lot just west of Cedar Lake. But just in case they don’t . . . the home is “virtually staged” to suggest...Read More
