About Madison's Crestwood, Glen Oaks, Merrill Crest, Hill Farms

This house has lovley extensive perennial gardens and cedar siding and is adjacent to a park. A lovely living room with windows overseeing the neighborhood. Quirky but charming

And many challenges!

50 years of heavy smoking (lots done to re-mediate but smell still present), small bedrooms and one altered by adding a darkroom which cut the bedroom in half.

No definable dining and very tiny eat in space allowing two small chairs. No garage.

Second bathroom in a little room adjavecent to the furnace with a removed metal shower stall skeleton. It looks rather like an afterthought in a factory.

Only really appropriate for 2 or 3 people at the most. Very little storage.

Gardens require lots of maintenance.

In spite of it all, I received 3 above listing price offers within a week. How did that happen? Mostly excellent pricing and a very realistic seller. It was very well staged and advertised immediately in the local papers, personal mailings and extensive Internet presence before the first well attended open house. In this odd marketplace, good pricing is a must. This was also a in first time home buyer category. Unfortunately, it is all the more challenging with higher end properties. I am not addressing those in this post.

I just took a survey of homes in the greater Madison area and over 200 which were listed June 1, 2010 and beyond in the price range of $300,000 or below, had offers or had closed. There is a margin of error with re-listed homes here, but the percentage of obvious short sales was small.

If you are considering selling you home, call text or email me and we can chat abut your goals and your dreams. MadisonWIRealEsate@gmail.com