Stylish Minnetonka Colonial With $100k(!) Updates for $434,900 Where: 10901 Sumac Lane just northeast of Hopkins Crossroad (Co. 73) and Cedar Lake Rd. What: 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath Colonial with over 2,800 finished square feet on a .31 acre corner lot. When: listed April 14 (days on market = 3). How much: $434,900 Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty – City...Read More
Holiday Slowdown & the Domino Effect It may not take a village to get a home prepped for market, but there can be a lot of people — and contractors — involved. You don’t realize how many until one or more are missing. “Not Quite There” — x 1,000(?) So, one home I’m about to list is delayed because...Read More
“Full Plate” Syndrome (Unrelated to Thanksgiving) When a old, undersized house in a hot neighborhood for tear-downs and new construction fails to sell right away, what might be the explanation? In fact, just such a home debuted on the market near Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake this week. One possibility is that the home is overpriced. Theory...Read More
Curves, Swirls & Sleek Lines What do you get when you combine “authentic Mission and Art Deco details mixed with modern features?” A (very) cool-looking house — in this case, a 4,300 square foot, 3 BR/4 Bath home in Minneapolis’ Kenwood neighborhood, just northeast of Lake of the Isles. Style Mash-Up In particular, I love...Read More
Thanks to Hopkins City Inspector Colleen Rybak, who emailed me a copy of the city’s inspection report late last night. As in, “Sunday night” — after she’d been out-of-town for the weekend. I needed the report first thing this am, to go with my new listing at 738 Drillane Circle, and would have had to...Read More
How Much Do You Discount for THAT?? I got a chuckle looking at the backyard photo (above) for this new list in St. Louis Park’s “first alphabet” neighborhood — better known as Fern Hill. If you look closely, you’ll see a shiny, silvery object looming above the fence in the center left of the photo. The explanation? The...Read More
