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On Sale: Basswood Road

Chain-Reaction “For Sale” Signs It’s one of those anomalies that you see from time to time — and that understandably gives Buyers pause: a block where every other house seems to be for sale. At the moment, that phenomenon seems to characterize Basswood Road, a 3 block-long street just west of Cedar Lake that straddles...
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What’s Selling . . . Fern Hill

From Dowager to Belle of the BallWhere: 2820 Huntington Ave. South, in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhoodWhat: top-to-bottom renovation of what had formerly been a 1 1/2 story home with less than 2,000 FSFWhen: listed August 6; closed Sept. 20.How (much): asking price = $859,900; sold price = $840k (purchased last Winter for $390,000).Who:...
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What do you do with dead space?

(Knowing When to) Open it Up What do you with a space, like the one pictured above, that feels claustrophobic and cut off from the rest of the home? Open it up. So, what was once a seldom-used Den — technically, a legal Bedroom — is now annexed to the sweeping, new Living Room. In...
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"We-Might-as-Well" Remodeling

How Budgets Get BlownI ran into someone at my open house last Sunday who explained how their remodeling budget doubled: as the project unfolded and the contractor(s) suggested ways to improve the original plans — as well as correct problems that became apparent once the walls were opened up — the owners repeatedly found themselves...
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Bigger Isn’t Better

The Rehab “White Elephant” When isn’t bigger better? (Try saying that 3 times!). When it’s a major rehab. The dividing line seems to be about 3,000 finished square feet. Below that, and “bringing up” a house with the proverbial good bones can be done for as “little” as $150k or so, spent strategically (Kitchen: $40k;...
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Home Focus: 110 Kentucky No. (Lion’s Park in Golden Valley)

“No Surface Left Untouched” Where: Lion’s Park neighborhood in Golden Valley (west of 100, between 394 and 55)What: almost 2,500 totally remodeled square feet, 3 Bedrooms, 3 all new baths; great floor plan and flowWhen: Broker open — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (6/16); public open — this Sun., 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (6/21)....
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