Looking for Green Cleaning options in Coral Gables? Try STEAM! Topsteamer provides green and steam cleaning services for all of your cleaning needs. They provide a whole host of cleaning services for Miami-Dade and Broward residents and use the power of steam and environmentally friendling cleaning solutions.
That the us EPA(Environmental Protection Agency) recommends frequently cleaning your carpet to have a better indoor air quality. Here are some of the cleaning frequency guidelines:
If you follow these guidelines you will have a healthier home for you and your family and a carpet looking its best.
Here are a list of green cleaning services they provide:
"I have a dog in my apartment Top Steamer has beencleaning my carpet every three weeks for the last three years. They are very good, professional, reliable and trust worthy. I truly recommend them."
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Merrick Park
Coral Gables, Fl.
Top Steamer provides a whole host of cleaning ideas on their blog
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Cocoplum is, without question, one of Coral Gables' most exclusive real estate communities. The Islands of Cocoplum is a gated community on on the waters of Biscayne Bay. 440 estate homes sprawl throughout 350 beautiful acres, all on 15,000 square foot or larger lots, most with direct access to the bay. Residents enjoy a club house, pool, gym, 24-hour manned guard gate, full service yacht club and luxury living in this master planned community. There are no bridges to bay, giving homeowners easy access to the waters of Biscayne Bay.
Cocoplum goes back to the Coral Gables beginnings in the 1920s. There was originally a beach, called Cocoplum Beach (now Tahiti Beach, in the deep heart of Cocoplum) which is mentioned in numerous historical newspapers during the early years of Coral Gables' Real Estate development.
There are currently 44 homes for sale in Cocoplum, Coral Gables
5 homes sold in 2009 to date in Cocoplum
Here is a link to the Current Homes for Sale in Cocoplum
(note: did you know Cocoplum is in the top 10 most wealthy communities with a large Latin/Hispanic population in the country?
People always ask us if there are any foreclosures in Coral Gables. Sellers want to know if their property values are protected and buyers want to know if there are deals to be had in one of Miami-Dade's most prestigious addresses. Yes, but they come on the market infrequently and the competition is fierce. The stability of the Coral Gables has mostly protected it from foreclosures. There have been short sales, but due to the desirable address, they normally do not make it all the way to foreclosure and are sold at the short sale stage. Even those are not nearly as common as they are in the rest of Miami-Dade County.
Let's compare the numbers: Coral Gables Foreclosures vs Miami-Dade Foreclosure and see how they compare
Total Listed Single Family Homes
Total Listed REO Single Family Homes (Foreclosures)
Total Closed Single Family Homes 2009
Total Closed REO Single Family Homes 2009 (Foreclosures)
As you can see by the numbers above, foreclosures make up only a fraction of the market in Coral Gables (only 1.4% of active listings, 4 times lower than for the Miami-Dade market). They also make up a significantly smaller portion of actual closed sales (only 17% vs 59% in Miami-Dade as a whole).
Finding a foreclosure in Coral Gables is golden. You are assured of it's value due to the stability of the community and if you are one of the lucky ones to buy one, you make money the minute you walk out the door of the closing. The average foreclosure in Coral Gables is listed for $652,000 (there are only 7 currently) and the average actively listed home is priced at $2,227,000. This is not to say that REO's in Coral Gables are priced at 25% market value, but you can find them at significantly reduced numbers.
Case Study: We recently sold a client an REO for $410,000. He has updated it using our sister company, Papillon ReDevelopment and will be putting it back on the market in the mid $800s next week. He DID not put $400,000 into it, so he has managed to buy, renovate and still come out on top. Most of the foreclosures in Coral Gables are in need of renovations as they were going to be fix and flips which were purchased right before the market turned. We have sold several of these at great discounts. The one caveat is (as with many foreclosures), if they need repair, you might need to be a cash buyer as they will not meet loan criteria.
If you would like to be added to our Coral Gables Foreclosure List, please email me at janie@janiecoffey.com
Here is a list of the current Foreclosures in Coral Gables. Remember, our sister company is a licensed and insured General Contractor specializing in Coral Gables Historic homes, so we can work with you from start to finish.
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Going green in Coral Gables can be easier than you think! Just looking around with eyes wide open, you will see lots of opportunities to green your day. Lets take a shor tour to see what we might find:
Here are the Top 10 Ways to join the Galbes goes Green Movement
1. The trolley travels the North/South Ponce de Leon Boulevard Route runs along Ponce de Leon Boulevard from the Douglas Metrorail Station to Southwest Eighth Street. This service runs every 10 to 15 minutes from Monday-Thursday: 6:30 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday: 6:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
2. Trade in your Clunker for a Smart fortwo for as low as $99/month.
3. Have a meal or have one catered by Green Gables Cafe, where they use fresh and the most organic ingredients.
4. Use OXXO dry cleaners, where they use Green Earth Cleaning products. Visit Coral Gables TV for more info on OXXO.
5. Rent offices spaces in the new Miami Green Office building.
6. Practice Yoga at the Green Monkey!
7. Treat yourself with a Green maid by MaidGreen!
8. Get your green bags for your shopping at Publix.
9. Stay at the Westin Colonade (a De Garmo design!) for a wonderful relaxing vacation. The Westin Colonade belongs to the Breathe fresh air program.
10. Have Machiko cut your hair, she only uses all-natural and organic products, so you can walk away with sun-kissed highlights without breathing in harmful chemicals.
If you look around, there are all kinds of little (and big) ways you can go green in Coral Gables, and more are on the way. Just one or two things can lead to three of four and before you know it, you'll be green all over, just like our City Beautiful. Just call me Jane of Green Gables!
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Coral Gables, FL is the home to 5 of the top 10 Wealthiest Hispanic Communities in the Country (and Miami-Dade has 21 of the top 25 in the Country!). (Note; 9 of these are in Miami-Dade! Key Biscayne, Pinecrest (2) and Miami Beach make up the additional 4)
www.Higley1000.com is a website the covers integration in the country's most wealthy communities in the country. Dr. Higley is the an Associate Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Montevallo and the author of "Privledge, Power and Place"
(ranked by percentage of households that are Hispanic in the neighborhood or suburb)
1: Cape Florida-Mashta Island - 51.8% (Higley #584) (Key Biscayne, Miami)
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2: Biltmore Golf Course - 48.6% (Higley #992) (Coral Gables, Miami)
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3: Granada Golf Course West - 47.9% (Higley #672) (Coral Gables, Miami)
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4: Southern Colonial Village-Riviera Country Club - 43.4% (Higley #469) (Coral Gables, Miami)
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5: Coco Plum-Gables Estates - 42.7% (Higley #64) (Coral Gables, Miami) DETAILED BLOG ON COCOPLUM
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6: Deering Bay - 39% (Higley #326) (Coral Gables, Miami)
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7: Rockdale Estates-Cutler Bay Estates - 38.5% (Higley #25) (Pinecrest, Miami)
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8: El Paso Country Club - 33.4% (Higley #573) (El Paso, El Paso)
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9: Mitchell Manors-Collins Heights - 31.9% (Higley #482) (Pinecrest, Miami)
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10: Star Island-Hibiscus Island - 31.8% (Higley #755) (Miami Beach, Miami)
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Coral Gables, with all of it's communities, is a beautiful place to live, and it is no wonder our nickname is "The City Beautiful" and it is not surprising that people with discriminating tastes choose to call it home.
Here is a link which tells you the countries most represented by the residents in Coral Gables, FL.
If you'd like to read more about Coral Gables, visited our other posts, we'd love to hear from you!
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Papillon is a boutique real estate brokerage and development firm based in Coral Gables. From equestrian properties in the country to waterfront properties by the sea, we love all properties in SoFl.
Papillon is well versed at short sales. We can help you negotiate these uncertain times and help find a soluiton with your lender to get you out of a loan and or property that you can no longer maintain. Call us today to find out more!
Diversity is my middle name! I thrive on knowing and experiencing new things and am constantly in flux of what I am working on, researching and discovering. A passion for real estate and design has led me on a winding path to today. College in Richmond VA (go Spiders) provided me a B.S. in Business Administration and a springboard to my first job as Asst. Project Manager at The Oliver Carr Company, which later became the Mammoth REIT, CarrAmerica, now a national Commercial Property owner, manager and developer (back then it was still private and we still worked with Mr. Carr). After a few years there working my way to project manager and nearly completing a degree in interior design, I headed off to Germany where I lived with my then-husband and still-daughter, for 5 years.
Returning to the US and moving to Miami started my next life, this time on the general contractor side building the interiors of the commercial spaces I used to manage while with Carr. Five years and many beautiful spaces later, my husband Cliff and I decided to go out on our own, and we started Papillon Redevelopment, a general contracting and development firm in Miami. A year later Papillon Real Estate followed with my partner, Shelly Montalvo.
My passions are many, and I have miraculously managed to tie many into my work: real estate, horses, Florida history and off-the path locations, reading, technology and the web, mentoring, farm life, yoga, ancestry, historic preservation and architecture, writing and more.
I truly believe that if you dream it, you can do it. Two years ago I completed the Goofy Challenge, Disney Marathon's Great Challenge of a 1/2 marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday. I won't tell you it was easy, but I dreamed it and I did it. Real estate, as is everything in your life, is the same, only YOU create your barriers which means you have the power to break through them.
My favorite quote -- "The universe tends to unfold as it should" from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and, and in the famous words of NPR..."This, I believe".
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