Tredyffrin, PA

Myths and Dragons of Home Selling Once, Twice, Thrice

On our Chester County Main Line Pa Today Real Estate Blog we talk about tips for selling your home and home buying tips in the Philadelphia Main Line and Chester County Pennsylvania area. One of those myths and dragons of real estate is the idea that you only have to sell your home once, to the buyer.

Two Spring Festivals, Chinese New Year and Mardi Gras coincide with the arrival of our Spring real estate market. And like fire breathing Dragons, real estate myths can burn up a sale really fast if you’re not careful. Some real estate myths

See MainLinePaToday.com for more about the Myth of Selling a home just once here:

The Myth of Selling A Home Once

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Many Chesterbrook Townhomes and Condos Sold in 2008 Tredyffrin, Chester County Pa in the past year.

Have you heard anyone say about Real Estate that, “nothing’s selling”? Well that’s a common myth these days. Throughout Chester County, and Tredyffrin Township, the perception has been that selling a home in this market is all but impossible. But the truth is that there were actually 98 Townhomes and Condos that sold in Chesterbrook between January 2008 and January 2009.*

See MainLinePaToday.com for more about which 8 townhomes sold in December and which 6 townhomes sold in January 2009:

Chesterbrook Townhomes Sold-2008 Market Report

The US Green Building Council

Here in Chester County and the Main Line area I’m reminded of the “trend” towards “going green” in home design and new construction. Right after the financial crises, it’s one of the hottest real estate topics of our time. The US Green Building Council has developed the Leeds Guidelines for homes and construction planning on “going green”. Public Buildings and Municipal Buildings are trending to going Green. Several local Builders are picking up the trend as well.

Kermit The Frog sang the song, “It’s Not Easy Being Green” in another context. But as we look around our local landscape, we’re curious about how easy it is to find environmentally friendly Green Home Design here in Chester County and the Philadelphia Main Line Area.

Visiti MainLinePaToday.com for more real estate Green Living Tips:

Chester County Homes Going Green?

Cape Style Home For Sale In Sought After Tredyffrin Pa

One of the features that makes 766 Hedges Lane in Wayne,19087 Tredyffrin Township so appealing is the location and the Cape Style. A Cape Style Home offers all of the benefits of one level living with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths on the main level, plus 2 additional bedrooms and 1 bath on the second level. It’s the best of both worlds. Teens and college age family members love the privacy of the second level. And the private location at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac makes this home appealing to young families. Offering a total of 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, a family room and a Country Eat-in Kitchen, 2 car garage Stone Patio and .82 acre private lot in sought after Tredyffrin Easttown School District

See MainLinePaToday.com for more pictures of the new listing at 766 Hedges Lane in Tredyffrin Township:

766 Hedges Lane, Wayne,Tredyffrin, Pa

Thirty homes are available in Chesterbrook for sale right now, all are apartments or townhomes. Last year, 2008, just over one hundred homes sold in Chesterbrook from 1 bed room apartments to single family homes. Only two of the sales were single family homes both four bedroom homes in the Green Hills section of Chesterbrook; all the other homes were townhouses or apartments.

Trying to see a pattern of sales one notices they split up into several price points for specific types of homes, although location, updating to bathrooms, kitchens and having a garage does make a difference obviously.

One and two bedroom apartment style homes and smaller town homes are priced up to about $250,000; some are priced a little higher than this but not much. These homes tend to be in Washington Place, Valley Stream, Rittenhouse Ct, Le Forge Ct, Headhouse Ct, Flintlock, Cheswold Ct, Mountain View Dr. etc. Within these locations there are some exceptions that sell at higher prices for specific reasons as we have mentioned.

Above $250,000 to about $350,000 are three bedrooms townhomes with some larger two bedroom homes with two and one half bathrooms, and some four bedroom town homes. These Many of these are located off Bradford Road in Bradford Crossing or Bradford Hills and Main Street Village.

Certain developments in Chesterbrook because of larger floor plans and two car garages in some instances demand higher prices such as Newport Village, Landmark, Militia Hill, Painters Lane and The Ponds and these homes bring prices above the $350,000 price range.

One of the reasons for quicker sales and higher prices today is often that the homes is move in ready with little or no work needing to be carried out by the buyer. Location with views over Open Space, or proximity to open space with walking trails abundant throughout Chesterbrook and close proximity and access to Valley Forge Park also helps homes to sell in Chesterbrook as well as homes having garages. Parking in certain sub-developments of Chesterbrook is limited and having a one car garage certainly helps, although even these are limited with many homes having no garages.

We have sold homes through out Chesterbrook and can answer any questions you may have. It is a great place to live with its own on site hotel, offices Wilson Farm Park and local shops everything you need is close by with easy access to major routes and public transport easily accessible.