Hello Everyone!

So I wasn’t able to head out and see any homes Thursday because I was busy on my listing on Alta Wood. Though it seems like I didn’t miss much! There was hardly anything on Caravan which was why I was so busy on my listing! I am hoping that people just decided not to list last week because of the rain and this week because of the Superbowl and hopefully we will have more homes to talk about next week!

I do have to say that this time of year plays out like it always does! I was talking to an agent who had a listing on the market in late October and there was hardly any interest. They brought it back on the market a few weeks ago and now they are getting a lot of attention and accepted an offer! The buyers get very distracted over the Holidays, but then in January they are ready and out there desperately waiting for good homes to hit the market! Unfortunately, there are just not enough sellers on the market yet to satisfy that demand. Therefore, the houses that are on the market are getting their undivided attention. Last Saturday I had over 200 people through my open house and even in the rain on Sunday I still got over 100 people!

71 Laurel Dr. Altadena

$1,075,000 3bd & 2ba 1,509 sq.ft 7,263 lot

Open Saturday & Sunday 2-4 pm

Now for the only cute looking home close to a million this week! Laurel is a street that only connects between 2 less traveled streets so it is a really quiet street! I always have to use my GPS to find it! It is definitely a lot of house for the money with 1500 sq.ft! It looks to be well maintained and even though the kitchen and baths don’t have the latest upgrades….they have been upgraded! I like the look of the layout with the open living & dining space and you should be able to open up the kitchen to the dining area to create more of a great room feel! I think the dining room is screaming for some French Doors that lead out to the backyard! Too bad the backyard isn’t larger. It is an average sized lot, but I guess because it sits on the corner you’re loosing a lot of space to the front yard. Still maybe there is a way to capture some of that front/side space for the backyard.

3755 Canfield Rd., Pasadena

$1,425,000 3bd & 3ba 1,870 sq.ft 11,325 lot

Open Saturday 11-5 pm & Sunday 10-3 pm

I love Lower Hastings with their sprawling ranches on large lots! This one seems to have been very well-maintained over the years and would just need some tweaking to give it a more contemporary feel. I sure hope there are hardwood floors under all that carpet! I can see that the living room used to flow to the outside, but at some point a sun room was added…..I would want to turn that back into a covered patio just to give the home a more indoor/outdoor feel! The backyard is spacious, but I would have to plant trees or something to hide the church or school that is back there!

1848 E. Mountain St. Pasadena

$1,450,000 3bd & 3ba 1,762 sq.ft 8,780 lot

Open Saturday 10-4 & Sunday 11-1 pm

I love this style of Traditional with the rock work on the entryway! I just know that it will have more character than your typical traditional style home. The living room has that bank of expansive wood frame windows and then even more windows on either side of the fireplace! I love that the dining room and kitchen flow out to that vine covered patio…..sooo charming! The kitchen and baths have been tastefully redone although a little too much glass tile for my taste in that master bath…..still you can move right in and enjoy all the love and care that this home has obviously had over the years!

402 Virginia Ave. Pasadena

$1,765,000 4bd & 3ba 1,965 sq.ft 7,759 lot

Open Saturday 1-4 pm & Sunday 11-2 pm

I am curious to see what happens to this house. It came on last year and it didn’t sell obviously…..but now that it has come back when there are so many buyers looking and so few houses…..it just might sell! Especially now that they have done some virtual staging…..I am sure that will help….not really….not at all! The pictures look so fake and when you get to the house to actually see it and there is no actual staging …it will feel cold and ugly. Good staging gives life to a home and distracts from all the faults of the home. I am not a big fan of the finishes…..but you can do some tweaking so that it doesn’t look so dated. I do love the location and that when they replaced the windows they chose high quality wood frame windows that match the period of the home.

That’s it for this week!