CENTRAL VINTAGE AUSTIN SPECIALIST
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In 1990, I purchased my home in Travis Heights, one of the great neighborhoods of central vintage Austin. I fell in love with the storybook cottage lines of its 1930’s construction...even though it had been unoccupied for over a year, and needed everything! My friends called it "Chateau DePress!" My son asked, "Mom, are we really going to live in this dump?" Six months later, it had been transformed into a dreamy and nostalgic cozy little nest which I adore.
My specialty is central vintage Austin, a niche totally different from suburban residential real estate. For buyers, it requires patient diligence from a knowledgeable, experienced, and hardworking Realtor. Accessibility and availablility are extremely important; regardless of impressive credentials, if your representative cannot respond quickly, you will find yourself having to choose from the picked over list of homes. The Realtor must also do the legwork in advance—not just provide you with addresses. This means previewing those new listings immediately as they become available and getting you to the right ones first!
For sellers, the goal is to maximize proceeds while minimizing time on the market by correct pricing, marketing, and presentation. Pricing is much more complicated for vintage homes than for newer construction, and requires careful analysis best achieved through many years of experience. Regarding presentation and marketing of your home, please look at "Current Listings" in this website as an example of excellence in this important category.
Austin has been my home since I entered The University of Texas in 1963. I have been active in Austin real estate on a full-time basis since 1992, and opened Landmark Properties in 1994. It gives me great pleasure...and sometimes an interesting challenge...to be a part of Austin real estate.
My real estate philosophy involves working with a limited number of buyers and sellers, on a one-to-one basis rather than through an army of assistants. Together we have great adventures in real estate...and spectacular results!
"Buying or selling a home is much more than a real estate transaction; it represents your hopes, dreams, emotions, and often the largest investment you will ever make."
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CLIENT COMMENTS
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| "Most of all, I appreciate your unfailing patience and concern that we have just what we wanted and needed. We love our new home!"
"I sold my former home at a price that allowed me to move into the neighborhood I had longed to live in, and net some cash as well. I appreciate your careful market research and hours that you spent in educating me to the market. It allowed me to make an informed decision that I felt comfortable with prior to the start of that process. The results are more than I ever hoped for. Thank you for helping me get a new home/life!"
"After looking at 5 or 6 houses with me, you seemed to know just what I wanted. I won’t forget the morning you called me, and said, ‘I think I found it!‘ Your intuition was right on track! You are the quintessential real estate/mentor/friend."
"The homework you obviously did prior to showing us property saved us hours. Once you established our requirements, we didn’t see a single house that was inappropriate for us or beyond our price range."
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