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Ahwatukee Custom Estates Home surrounded by Mountains

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Surrounded by stunning views of the prestigious South Mountain Preserve, this elegant Ahwatukee Custom Estates home, with its majestic curb appeal and breathtaking entry, offers a functional and versatile floor plan, with formal living room and dining room, open eat-in kitchen with soaring ceilings in the over-sized family room that is perfect for entertaining.

Adorned with a custom steel double-door entry, beautiful travertine tile and dramatic wrought iron staircase, this formal entry is spacious and inviting. The formal living room is comfortable and stylish with crown molding, plantation shutters, wood look tile flooring and that perfect shade of custom paint. Loaded with windows, the bright and spacious formal dining area offers views of the pool and sprawling, lush, grassy back yard lined with mature citrus trees.

The family cook will feel spoiled in this gourmet kitchen with subzero refrigerator, gorgeous, custom cabinetry with neutral glass subway tile backsplash, enormous walk-in pantry, island with veggie sink and plenty of granite countertops. Wide open to the large family room / game room with faux beamed ceilings, custom cabinetry and floor to ceiling windows.

Four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms are located on the first level. Split floor plan with two bedrooms have bathroom en-suites and the other two share a Jack and Jill bath. The large laundry offers plenty of cabinets, folding counters and space for an additional freezer or refrigerator.

The owners retreat, with loft and additional bathroom, is private and romantic with double door entry, stone fireplace and private exit to the extended covered balcony. Relax in the above ground spa or find the perfect spot for a cozy hammock. The giant master bathroom with double sinks, granite counters with room for a vanity chair and soaking tub also has a large, walk-in shower. The walk-in master closet has organizers, drawers, shelves and hanging rods with cedar wood.

This 18,600+ square foot lot offers an abundance of privacy and space for family and pets plus an extended covered patio with built-in BBQ, Pebble Tec pool with water feature and spa and plenty of mature trees including citrus.

The urban village of Ahwatukee offers easy access to the 10 and the 202 (which will soon connect to the west side). Located within minutes of miles and miles of jaw dropping hiking and biking trails in the South Mountain Preserve, within minutes of a tasty selection of restaurants and popular shopping centers, this area has so much to offer with a small town feel.

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Ready to Sell Your Home? Know What You are Choosing

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When selling your home, you have many options.  One of those options is an investor.  Investors come in all shapes and sizes and call themselves by many different names.  Whatever they choose to call themselves, they are still investors, and as such, pay lower than market value for your home.  After all, if they weren’t going to make money on it, they wouldn’t buy it.

My sister has a friend who recently chose to sell her house to one of those investors.  She needed to move quickly, and so she found the choose-your-own-closing-date, no-hassle, no-open-houses, no-blah-blah-blah option appealing.  Being a previous realtor and now in the lending industry, she was not shocked that they offered her approximately 80% of the home’s market value.  What was shocking was when in the 10-day inspection period, you know the period where the buyer can back out for any reason or no reason at all, they came back with a list of items they wanted repaired and the cost to repair them, what they called “deferred maintenance” of $90,000 to replace the roof, the AC, and other various repairs including the cost to update.  Thankfully, because of her previous experience, she was able to negotiate that list and ended up paying $16,000 for the deferred maintenance.  That amount came off of their original purchase offer, so she ended up selling her house to them for much less than she could have sold it otherwise.

When selling your home,  it is important to know what you are choosing, and have someone who knows the ins and outs of negotiating a purchase contract and who has your best interest at heart.

 

Happy 2019 for Home Buyers!

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We are preparing for a busy spring as buyers have started flooding back into the market taking advantage of decent interest rates and all the new pretty listings that have entered the market in the last few weeks. Call or text 480-250-0023 for information on buying or selling this spring.

Beautiful, brick and historic in Woodlea of Phoenix

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Located in the Melrose District of Historic Phoenix, minutes from Downtown, this 1939 historic masterpiece is full of character and convenience. Special care was taken to preserve the key elements from the past creating a unique atmosphere and effective use of space. The curb appeal is striking with double iron gates, brick exterior with black accents and a huge mature, shade tree. Feel welcomed by the warm glow of the oil rubbed bronze exterior fixtures, glass door and charming mail slot, one of the many hints of the homes historical attributes. Packed with natural light, the step down entry leads to the spacious living room with white washed and exposed brick walls, bright white, beamed ceiling and picturesque fireplace.

Step up into the kitchen and dining area with the view of the lush backyard through the back glass door. Classic white subway tiles, white shaker cabinets with oil rubbed bronze hardware and butcher block tops is pure utopia for the family cook. New, shiny appliances and fancy hood fan add tasteful finishing touches.

The inviting backyard offers mature landscaping and many versatile areas for that zen garden, artists nook or fire pit. This peaceful outdoor space even offers fruit trees and is surrounded by a tastefully painted block wall which perfectly adds to the relaxed environment complete with Edison bulb wrapped trees to set the mood.

Most everything has been rejuvenated or replaced from the new wood-look tile flooring throughout to the fresh custom interior paint, tall baseboards, new fixtures and hardware. The roof is new, the kitchen is all new, all new electrical, AC duct work and tankless water heater.

Back in those days, when the entire state of Arizona was only at a population of just under 500,000, Woodlea, named by Thomas MacKenzie back in the 1920’s for the many trees found on the property, was special because it offered paved streets, electricity and no city taxes. Years later it’s still special with its Historic District designation, close proximity to a bustling downtown that’s loaded with arts and entertainment, golf courses and some of the most popular restaurants offering delectable local fare.

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