  Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 423 Registered: 11-2003 |
Historic Boston-Edison area home with tons of potential! -Year built: 1915 -home just approved for NEZ property tax breaks for the next 15 years!!! -2,400 sq. ft. -5 bedrooms (finished 3rd floor) -1 full bath (clawfoot tub w/shower), 1 half bath -New roof in '05 -New copper plumbing -Oak hardwood floors throughout (re-finshed in '04) -Natural fireplace -forced air heat -Sold As-Is $125,000 *Seller is willing to listen to offers.* Pre-Qualified buyers only please. email eric@oconnordetroit.com for more info or a showing.    | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 895 Registered: 11-2003 |
I would "entertain" that if I was in the market. That is a steal @ 125 in BE | ||
Scs_scooter Member Username: Scs_scooter Post Number: 9 Registered: 07-2006 |
What a beautiful home! Just for giggles...how much ARE the taxes? | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 424 Registered: 11-2003 |
Thanks for the positive comments on the house so far. I've done most of the work myself except for the roof. I stripped all the oak wood work on the first floor with a heat gun, but it all still needs to be cleaned up with some stripper and re-stained. The house does still need quite a bit of paint work on the first floor as well. Overall it's a really great house with a ton of potential for someone who's a little handy. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 425 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oh, about the taxes; I was paying just under $4,000 a year before I got the NEZ tax break. Next year I'm told it will be at least $1,500 less with the NEZ. | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 2724 Registered: 10-2003 |
nice place, nice price, chub! | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1087 Registered: 02-2004 |
Chub, Why are you selling? | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 440 Registered: 11-2003 |
I might be taking a great job offer in LA. We'll see... Right now I have a few friends renting three of the five bedrooms month to month. If I can find two more renters, I won't sell. Or, if I get an offer to buy the house anytime soon, the friends I have renting at the moment said they could move out in 30days no problem. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 166 Registered: 11-2005 |
Chub, I'm in the market, but locked in a lease until May. How soon are you needing to sell. I'd love to take a look. I'm not THAT handy, though, so painting I can handle. Refinishing wooden floors... ehhhh, might have to farm that out.  Give me a call or reply here if you can sit on it that long. -Dan 313-820-4112 | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2003 |
Price just dropped to $115,000 !!! ALL APPLIANCES STAY. | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1246 Registered: 11-2003 |
A house for $115k?! In the bay area that would buy me a shack. That looks like quite a nice home. That price seems very low. I'm sure someone will be interested. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 455 Registered: 11-2003 |
Well, the house does still need paint and plaster repair in some of the rooms, but yes, I think it's a great deal. Someone who's a little handy could finish what I started and really have a very nice place. I also should mention to everyone that if the house doesn't sell very soon, I'll be looking to rent 2 of the rooms. So if anyone here knows of a good potential renter, let me know. Each room will rent for $380.00 with utilities included. The house does have high speed internet and on-site laundry as well. I just took a job out of state, so I need to make something happen, one way or another soon. | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 208 Registered: 08-2006 |
Are you still listing with the same agent? I don't see your property on their web site. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 456 Registered: 11-2003 |
Are you speaking of O'Connor Realty? I'm an agent at O'Connor, but I have never listed it, and it has never been on the O'Connor website. The property is being sold by me "For Sale By Owner". If you have any other questions, feel free to call me at (313)963-9891 ext.12 or email me at eric@oconnordetroit.com | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 209 Registered: 08-2006 |
Thanks Chub; I was mis-inferring, since the contact info was with an agency. I've been forwarding these posts to a colleague who is in the market and was specifically interested in BE; I just wanted to make certain she had the right contact info. | ||
Ypsirocks Member Username: Ypsirocks Post Number: 26 Registered: 03-2004 |
Jesus, this is what I just bought in Oakland, CA for almost 4 times the amount: www.5410marketst.com | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 779 Registered: 03-2004 |
<<<<<<<<<<< Fellow Oaklander here, ypsirocks! | ||
Ypsirocks Member Username: Ypsirocks Post Number: 27 Registered: 03-2004 |
Where in Oakland? I obviously live on Market St. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 781 Registered: 03-2004 |
ypsirocks: I live up in the hills, off of Broadway Terrace - on Gwin Road. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 458 Registered: 11-2003 |
Price just dropped to $99,900 !!!!! Grand Piano from 1905 included. | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 195 Registered: 11-2006 |
Damn it, can you wait three more years?? Ill take it then hah | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 461 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sale Pending | ||
Bostonedisonrocks Member Username: Bostonedisonrocks Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2007 |
For Your Information: This home is in an historic district and is governed by R-1 Zoning -- which means, you cannot rent this home to numerous un-related individuals (IE: college students). Homes in this neighborhood are one-family homes. They cannot be rented out as rooming houses. You cannot rent out individual rooms. As the owner you can live in the house and have one unrelated roommate - or rent to an unrelated couple -- but you cannot rent to 3 or more unrelated folks. There are plenty of neighborhoods in the city that are R-2 and R-3 zoned where you can rent out your home as a boarding house. Boston-Edison is not one of them. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 466 Registered: 11-2003 |
Well, it doesn't matter now. The house has been sold. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 813 Registered: 03-2004 |
Chub: Any details you can share about the new owners, and what attracted them to the neighborhood? | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 467 Registered: 11-2003 |
Honestly, I don't know. I haven't even met them, as I am living in Cali. now. Sorry I can't give you any more info. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 4765 Registered: 11-2004 |
Congrats on the sale of an uber cool place. Hopefully the new owners will take care of the place and send us some of that glorious Cali weather while we're at it. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 468 Registered: 11-2003 |
Thanks Smogboy! I do miss having a nice big house with a fireplace and all. The weather, well yeah...I don't miss it so much. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1095 Registered: 11-2004 |
Congrats on your move Chub. Glad to hear you landed on your feet out in Cali. | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 314 Registered: 08-2006 |
Chub--I saw the house posted for rent, again; did your sale fall through, or is that the new owner? |
