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July 15th, 2008 Categories: OUR LISTINGS, Paradise Crest

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I’m going to try something different today. We’re going to do  simultaneous open houses ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

The two homes are polar (bi-polar?) extremes from each other.

1720 S. 15^th Street

Some agent friends of mine will be at my listing at 1720 S. 15^th Street. It’s been done over and upgraded and I’ve given details on it before.

It’s on the Fabulously gorgeous 15^th Street south of Oakey in the Marycrest Neighborhood. All the pictures from when it was furnished are on the V-flyer, along with our other listings.

 

 

 

704 Canosa Ave.

This is the mid century modern, fixer upper, bank owned repo that I’m all gung-ho about. I’ve blogged about it last week, and showed some of the fun little fixtures in that series.

We’ll be at both houses from 2 to 5pm today!

Stop by and say hello.

I’ll point out all the mid century modern elements and talk to you about anything you want.

 

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Beautiful Marycrest Home Back On The Market

July 8th, 2008 Categories: Marycrest, OUR LISTINGS

Many of you are new to VeryVintageVegas, but I want to tell you again about a very special property on 15^th Street in the Marycrest Neighborhood of Downtown.

I’ve been involved with this home for just about a year now. It’s been a year of  high hopes, sad disappointments, and lots of behind the scene drama. The foreclosure and lending crisis of the last year has taken it’s toll on a lot of really nice people. I’m not telling all the details, except for the parts that are public record.

There’s many of you who have seen the home. It’s been staged and emptied and staged again. It gone from ugly to gorgeous and now the landscape is in need of a spruce up again. The inside is just as beautiful as always. It’s had it’s price lowered and raised and lowered again and again. It’s been listed with me, and then with someone else.  

I’ve got the listing again, and this time we’ve priced it below market to get it sold immediately. In the past it was a constant battle of chasing the market down. I’ll get the flyer made up today and posted in our featured homes section, but I wanted to let you all know that it’s back on the market at 325,000. That’s well within the range of an FHA loan and considerably less than the recent appraisal.  

The pictures are from when it was staged with furniture. It’s vacant now, and ready for a fast closing. The utilities are back on, and the landscapers are starting this week to get the lawns and shrubs greened up again.

I will tell you that $80,000 was spent to put in the new Ikea kitchens and baths, the hardwood floors, the new dual pane windows and doors. Lots of thought and attention to detail was given to the makeover of this home. The folks who did the makeover went for functionally modern, while maintaining the charm and character of a home on one of the premier streets of Vintage Vegas.

If you’ve considered it before, want to see it for the first time, or know someone who would love it at this price, just give me a call.  

  

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Drastic Price Reduction On 1700 Chapman

June 26th, 2008 Categories: Las Vegas Real Estate News, Market Conditions, OUR LISTINGS

If you’ll remember, or click back here to take a look at our listing on the corner of Chapman and Oakey.

It’s truly a remarkable example of Retro Chic in a downtown mansion. It hasn’t gotten the kind of attention it deserves and those who did see it always told me that it was just too high priced. The seller now agrees, and we reduced the price yesterday by $100,000!

All of the pictures as well as all of our current listings are available to be seen in our featured property section in the left column. Of course all of our listings, as well as anything in the MLS are available to be seen in person by calling or emailing your favorite realtor (that’s me, in case you think I’m only a blogger).

If you EVER said to yourself “why didn’t I buy something before the big price runups 2 and 3 years ago”….

Well, you’ve got a second chance. We’re absorbing the inventory, new foreclosures are slowing, the builders are barely building anything, there’s still 5000 people a month moving to Las Vegas, and there’s still 50,000 new jobs coming on line just with what’s under construction on the strip right now.

It won’t be like this for long. If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, give me a call or send me an email.

It’s a buyer’s market IF you can get a loan. With just fair credit and a provable income, you don’t even have to have much money.

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More About The Liberace Townhouse That’s For Sale In Forest Hills

May 26th, 2008 Categories: Forest Hills, Las Vegas History, OUR LISTINGS

All the pictures are now posted in the Featured Properties Section in the left Column. What I didn’t tell you on Friday was that it’s priced at only $280,000. I have a feeling from some of the comments, that you expected a much bigger price tag than that. Sorry if I misled you.

Forest Hills is one of the hidden treasures of Vintage Vegas. That’s were Susan from Spokane will be moving into next week once we get her deal closed. She bought a stunning 1 story townhome, partly because of the community landscape with it’s giant trees, and hanging shrubbery.  

There’s 2300 sf of gorgeous living space. All the furnishings can be bought separately. The Tiki themed patio is one of the largest in the complex, and it’s right beside the community pool and spa.

 

 

I don’t want you to get the impression that it’s ALL about the Stained Glass Mural. It’s also about the piano shaped platform for the baby grand piano, and the sunken tub under the mirrored ceiling and chandelier in the master bathroom. It’s about the formal dining room that could seat 12, and the stone fireplace which is bordered by more stained glass windows.

It’s about affordable elegance that I can’t duplicate for you anywhere else in Vintage Vegas. 

 I’ll let the rest of the pictures do the rest of the talking. Take a look.

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The Downtown Neighborhoods Of Las Vegas Are A Great Place To See The Many Variations Of Mid Century Modern Home Designs

May 23rd, 2008 Categories: Decorative Concrete Block Designs, Mid Century Modern, OUR LISTINGS

Four circles in a square is about as simple as it can get. Pattern 36 is pretty unique, as I’ve only found it on one home in the Southridge Neighborhood.

 

 

The yard is usually pretty unkept, so I cropped as much as I could, but you still get a broom in the picture. Sorry.

The house itself is built from square blocks, which are the same size as the blocks with the holes in them.

 

 

 

 

 

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1013 Francis Ave. In The Historic Huntridge Neighborhood Of Vintage Las Vegas

May 11th, 2008 Categories: Huntridge, Las Vegas Real Estate News, OUR LISTINGS

We’re pleased to have been chosen as the listing agent for 1013 Francis Ave. We’re starting to see some of the really nice homes in the vintage and historic neighborhoods come on the market.

Now that prices seem to have stabilized, we can actually figure out what a home is worth, and what it will sell for. We’ve taken into account the new dual pane windows, the new roof, the parquet wood floors, the custom concrete countertops, the lovely front and rear landscape, and all of the other factors that we use to gauge value. We’ve priced this at $255,000. and you or someone you know ought to give me a call to see it.

The “non-investor” buyers are buying again, as we’ve mentioned, and the nicest of the homes are starting to sell.

If you’re buying in Vintage Vegas, you have a huge range of homes to choose from. Most of the foreclosures, are pretty beaten up and broken homes. Some of the homes are so–so, and some, like 1013 Francis have been well loved and well taken care of.

 

 

All of the photos are in the gallery of our featured properties, but I wanted to give you a peek into this legally expanded Huntridge home on a corner lot.

I mentioned the “legally expanded” because that’s not one of the most common things we see in the Huntridge homes. They’ve had every sort of room addition, or carport conversion that you can imagine. Some of them, such as 1013 Francis were done with permits, and the new square footage is reflected in the tax records.  Our MLS system requires us now to only use the square footage that shows in the assessor’s records. Appraisers and buyers alike are not giving as much value to non-permitted additions as they once did.

Our new listing really is 1904 square feet, and all the extra space is distributed evenly thru out all of the rooms. The master bedroom is 11×20 and the other two bedrooms are 11×16 and 12×16.

Give me a call. I’d be happy to show you this lovely home, or to help you with any other.

 

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Curb Appeal Is The First Impression - The Neighborhood Is The Second Impression When Looking At Custom Homes In Downtown Las Vegas

April 14th, 2008 Categories: Crestview, OUR LISTINGS

A few weeks ago, we went ahead and put 1700 Chapman on the Market. I really thought the new front yard landscape was going to be done within just a few days. Unfortunately, it took a few weeks.

But it’s in place now, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE!

 

 

 This is the “BEFORE” shot with the weeds, and rough lawn. Now it’s water smart, and looking good.

Inside is freshly painted, and move-in clean. There’s a whole banquet of Retro and Vintage going on, and it deserves a second look.

As to the street…. It’s on Chapman Avenue, which is part of the Crestview Neighbhood of Downtown Las Vegas.

Take a drive thru Crestview, and the adjacent terrific neighborhoods of Morning View Hieghts, Marycrest, Becke Circle, Concordia Circle.

I took some pictures this morning just on Chapman Ave. 

 

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The suburbanites and Las Vegas newcomers deserve to know that there’s neighborhoods and streets like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you told anyone lately? Send them a link to this. Help me spread the word that what we have in the historic neighborhoods is rare and wonderful, and totally unknown to the vast majority of Las Vegas residents

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Retro Details Make This Downtown Las Vegas Custom A Very Special Property!

March 24th, 2008 Categories: Crestwood, Las Vegas Real Estate News, OUR LISTINGS

Thanks to all of you who stopped by the open house at 1700 Chapman. 8 readers who I’ve never met before stopped by to say hello, as well a lot of friends.. About 10 people from the neighborhoods dropped in when they saw the signs, just because they were curious.

 

 

One thing that really made my day was that most of the folks who saw the house really appreciated the original bathrooms, and everyone loved the kitchen, the doors, the hardware and the yard and pool. Only 1 of the approximately 20 people said they’d “have to rip out all 3 bathrooms” to make them look like one of those new homes in the suburbs.

When I showed some of the details in the post on Saturday, I didn’t have a close up of the inlaid wood mosaic accents in the kitchen counters, but I grabbed a good picture during the open house.

One of the other great retro features that everyone liked was the tufted leather bar and matching barstools in the what we’re calling the “Elvis Game Room”. The entertainment space in this home is terrific.

The flyer which shows all the great retro themes of this home  is now in our GALLERY OF FEATURED HOMES, which is always in the left hand column.

While you’re looking thru them, who do you know that’s thinking of buying or selling in the historic pre 1970’s Las Vegas?

Your referrals are always appreciated! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Details Make This Retro Custom Home In Vintage Las Vegas Into A One Of A Kind Statement

March 22nd, 2008 Categories: Crestwood, Las Vegas Real Estate News, OUR LISTINGS

While Steve’s busy building the brochure for our gallery of featured properties, I thought I’d share some of the finer details that make 1700 Chapman Ave. so special. We put it into the MLS today at $595,000. We priced is at slightly less per square foot than what 1701 15^th and 1908 Chapman Sold for. In it’s own unique ways it’s just as special if not more so.

Original Antique Doors And Hardware That Have Been Lovingly Preserved Are Hard To Find Even In Vintage Las Vegas

Every door in the home makes a statement. The interior doors are opaque french glass with antique hardware.

 

 

 

Untouched Retro Bathrooms Are The Hottest Selling Feature In The Historic Neighborhoods Of Las Vegas.

No one’s ever seen a bathroom like this before except in Vintage Vegas. It’s only one of the 3 retro bathrooms.

There’s a matching jetted tub in what we’re calling the “Liberace Suite”.

 

 

 

 

 

Inlaid Mosaic Inserts In The Counter Tops Are A Custom Feature Rarely Found In ANY Home For Sale In Las Vegas

 

Counter space like this is truly a rarity even in the biggest of homes.

This is truly a custom one of a kind kitchen.

 

 

 

 

I’ll be holding an open house on Easter Sunday from 2:30 to 5pm.

YOU’RE INVITED to stop by and say hi, whether you’re in the market or not. I love meeting my readers, or having an opportunity to say hi again. 

Until they’re gone, we still have some VeryVintageVegas car window stickers. You’re welcome to stop by and grab one of the last of them.

Oh, by the way, this is the same home where the estate sale was held last weekend. It’s on the corner of Oakey and Chapman, just east of Maryland Parkway.