Papillon Real Estate and ReDevelopment LLCs offer full service real estate disposal and liquidation services for all of your real estate needs. We are licensed and insured Real Estate Brokers and General Contractors and have team members we work closely with to offer you one-stop shopping when a relocation, consolidation or loss of a family member means selling a home and it's contents.
We Offer
- Clean up and trash out
- Estate sale and liquidation of personal goods
- Handy-man services to fix up and prepare for sale
- Landscaping services to prepare for sale
- Maintenance during listing time
- Real Estate consultation and lisitng services
You have likely have many things to deal with, working with one firm who can manage all of these services will take the burden off of you, allowing you to focus on the things you need to.
We're here to help. Coral Gables, 786-252-4970
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Coral Gables is known for it's amazing architecture, especially Mediterranean Revival, which was one of the prevelant styles implemented during the birth of Coral Gables in the 1920s. The developer of Coral Gables, George E. Merrick, selected Walter C. De Garmo as one of the lead architects to design the public facade of the new City Beautiful.
De Garmo was a Coconut Grove resident, having moved to The Grove in 1903 after graduating from Cornell with a degree in architecture. He helped design the face not only of Coral Gables, but many other historic neighborhoods in South Florida including Miami Beach, Coconut Grove, Star Island, Belle Isle, Miami Shores and even futher locales such as Key Largo and Ft. Lauderdale.
De Garmo's most prolific years were from 1906-1926, during the Miami Boom times, slowing dramatically after the devastating 1926 Great Miami Hurricane.
De Garmo used Mission Revival and Mediterranean Revial styles in his design, with elements Coral Gables residents know well; stucco, open air loggias, courtyards, arches, Moorish influences, tiled flooring, barrel tile roofs, columns, etc.
Many of his designs are still landmarks throughout South Florida, both in public buildings and private residences. Here is a map of the areas you are most likely to find a De Garmo design.
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De Garmo homes still are available as residences and do come on the market from time to time. They are of course, sought after and anyone interested in looking for one should be prepared to wait diligently for one to hit the market, but the wait is well worth living in such a real architectural gem and piece of our own history. Here are few below...
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If you are looking for some great spots to visit in Southwest Dade, whether you are a local or a visitor, you will be sure to find some great locations on the Redland Tropical Trail and The Redland Riot.
Orchids, Alligators, Wine, Fruit, Monkeys, Stickie Buns and Tea are just a few things you might expect on your trip. Keep an eye out for such oddities as pythons, peacoks and more as you drive through the scenic and lovely rural agricultural area of Southwest Dade known as Redland (or The Redland or Redlands depending on who you speak to).
Here are a few prime stop offs
Here's a handy map of Redland
Viist Redland Tropical Trail Site --------------------------------------------------->>>>
and Redland Riot Tour for more info on these and more great stops
More on Redland, including Redland real estate market reports and lisitngs at the Redland Website
Coral Gables Active Listings - 561 (similar to last month)
236 are "luxury listings" (ie over $1,500,000) (same as last month)
52 are short sales (same as last month)
10 are foreclosures (less than last month)
Median List Price - $1,175,000 (up from last month)
Coral Gables Pending Sales - 80 (Way Up from 40 last month)
6 are "luxury listings" (same as last month)
19 are short sales (up from 15 last month)
14 are foreclosures (up from 8 last month)
Coral Gables Closed Sales - 10 (down almost 66% from last month)
3 were "luxury listings"
1 was a short sale (down from 4 last month)
0 were foreclsoures
Average List Price - $2,388,000 (three times as high as last month)
Average Sold Price - $2,082,000 (three times as high as last month)
List price to Sold Price Ratio - 89% (same as last month)
Higest Closed Listing - $12,900,000, a short sale (up from $2,500,000 last month)
Lowest Closed Listing - $440,900 (up from $123,000 last month)
What does this mean to you?
If you have a listing in the luxury market, there is stiff competition with over 1/3 of all listings in Coral Gables in the top 10% of Miami-Dades' pricing ("luxury listings"). Listings in the upper price point are selling at a much slower rate than the lower price points and there are 6 years of inventory on the market (a sellers market is closer to 6 months). In order to be a viable listing, the price must be correct and the marketing top notch. Without both, listings are having a slow time moving.
If you are on the hunt for a "bargain", they are out there, but they go quickly. Most foreclosures sell quickly and close to, or above list price. In order to have the best chance of snatching one of these deals up, work with an experienced Coral Gables Broker who is comfortable with foreclosures (like me, hint hint ;-). They will advise you as soon as a new property comes on the market or drops in price to be within your price range. They will also knows the special ins and outs of purchasing foreclosures.
Check back next month for the Coral Gables May month in review!
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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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