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Brilliant observation. The bigger the tree the older the house!

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Do you ever feel as if you've just discovered something?

All of a sudden you're driving from the new subdivision with beautiful new houses with lawns that are perfect and flower beds that don't have to have the leaves blown out and you can take perfect pictures of the houses for your MLS photos.

Then you move to a 30 year old subdivision and you can hardly take a picture because of the trees that have become so big that they cover your view.

Then you go to a 50 year old subdivision and the picture is impossible. Fergit it!!

So here comes the brilliant observation!!! Ready!!! Drum-roll please.THE BIGGER THE TREE THE OLDER THE HOUSE!!!

Today I went to our little railroad town of Kensett Arkansas. Notice the old house above with the railroad track right in the front of it! Two blocks away there is a railroad track (a very busy one too) that runs right through the town.

I'll be marketing this foreclosure property and made lots of pictures to prepare for my market analysis.

But back to my epiphany of the bigger the tree the older the house. This tree on the left and the garage are having a real struggle for dominance. The tree is slightly splitting in the center. The next big wind may end the struggle. Both tree and garage could be over.

The bigger the tree, the older the house!!

Barbara S Duncan

Hopefully, your chosen agent in

Searcy Arkansas!

www.barbarasduncan.com

Posted by Barbara S. Duncan, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR on 07/22/2009 08:58 PM

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35 Comments on Brilliant observation. The bigger the tree the older the house!

JUL

2009

Barbara that is so very true in many areas, here in Southwest Austin the builders build around the old oak trees. It makes instant grand subdivisions. The subdivisions that are treeless are planting as fast as they can. :)

Gail, we have very few builders that leave a tree in a subdivision. I guess the land size is too small and they'd quickly end up looking like my tree/garage battle. Thanks for comment!

Barbara, I dread seeing a tree cut down. We had to cut down two huge oaks a few years ago and I could have cried. Some local persons said the trees were over a hundred years old. But they had too much damage to them, so down they came.

JUL

2009

That tree by the garage seems destined to go or soon it will be knocking over the garage.

Barbara: This looks like a great property for you, and I am sure you'll do well once you start marketing it. The tree and the garage ? I'm pretty sure the tree will win. Not a doubt in my mind.

Barbara: you need to take a picture of the garage behind Margaret Pope's former house on Center Street, if it's still there. Margaret parked her Mercedes (proabally in the early l950') in the garage, which didn't have a door.....a tree grew up behind it, therefore she couldn't get the car out. Not that she wanted to. When she died, I think it was Tommy Key who bought the car, but had to cut down the tree to get to the car. Bob my husband, went to Tangelwood, Mass. and NYC with her one summer before that in her old Studebaker. Margaret was one of Searcy's "characters", ala Madie Armstrong.

Anita Fuller

A light bulb moment for you Barbara. That same analogy goes for dogs, the bigger they are the harder they bite.

I never quite thought of it that way.. how are you going to market the home....so close to the railroad track? "Close to Commuter Train?"

James, I laughed out loud at that dog comment!! It is so appropriate! Actually, I figured that one out a long time ago and avoid big dogs! I'm beginning to see the relationship between little houses and big dogs. Seems the smaller the house the bigger the dog and the worse the dog damage. LOL

Konnie, I think I'll use this. "Children can test their balance skill by walking on the convenient railroad track and also have lots of pennies flattened by putting on the track for the train to smash. Fun, fun, fun for the whole family!!"

Anita, I tried to take a picture of the Margaret Pope house several weeks ago. Guess what? Trees are so big I can't get a good one. Here's what I have, however, and I need to do a special blog about the house if you'll help. I'd like to know some of her eccentric stories.

Margaret Pope Estate

As your daughter will tell you, Barbara, Sacramento is a city of trees. The inner core. Our tree-canopied streets are one of the reasons people like to buy homes here. But when you drive out to the suburbs such as Natomas, there are parts of Natomas that have bigger trees because they were built about 10 years ago. The parts with the smaller trees aren't as lovely but the homes are newer. It's a tough choice for some buyers to make -- older home and bigger trees or newer home and smaller trees?

What some don't realize is that older trees eventually die, and you could end up with no trees at all. I have a 100-year-old Japanese maple in my yard that's about to bite the dust. And I can't save it.

Mrs Barbara,

Email me privately. I am an expert on trees. PS -- that mean Mrs Kate is dissing you on other people's blog posts.

Nutsy

Ms Barbara, it is so exciting. (and btw, Nutsy is lying) But back to what I am excited about. I found Nutsy's mother while I was hiking in Red Rock. I took her photo, it is a really good one of her and will be posting it on AR, maybe tomorrow. Just a head's up. Kate

PS That house looks just like my grandma and grandpa's after they sold the farm and moved to "town". Looks a lot like Southern Illinois.

Elizabeth, my daughter moved to an area with huge trees. I put the roots on my blog about this time last year. She loves the shaded yard and the old house she lives in. Me? I'll take new and no trees. I'm sorry your're losing the Japanese Maple. Aren't they the ones that cost a fortune now when you buy one?

Nutsy, I'll try to call you off-line. I'm about to decide that Ms Kate is out of control.

Kate, don't you dare go bad-mouthing Nutsy's mother. Remember the old country song that goes, "Now you just leave my momma out of this," when the wife was calling him bad names. I'll check and see if the picture you show is as lovely as Nutsy.

JUL

2009

Well, I can tell you right now she does not hold a candle to his godmoma. I'm also a little suspicious now that I've looked over her picture again so I'll look to you for an opinion of course to the veracity of her claim. Kate Ford, LineageRUs LLC

I have no idea how much Japanese maples cost. I planted a red maple in my front yard, and it was free. The Sacramento Tree Foundation gives away 15-gallon trees. People say you can't even grow Japanese maples in Sac, but you can. But a huge tree to replace a 100-year-old maple, I dunno, probably thousands. It's a matter of spending the money or waiting years for the tree to grow, and I don't have a lot of patience.

Dear Mrs Barbara,

I am posting a stunningly eloquent rebuttal to Mrs Kate right here.

Dear Mrs Kate,

My rage against you, as a result of the mean untruths you have said about me and my mama, spew forth from me like molten lava from a raging volcano.

Nutsy

Gee Nutsy, you discovered the thesaurus.

PS Fashion Tip #10. a woolen scarf will beef up your neck circumference so your mid section won't look as tubby. Wool is known to protect against molten lava also. Whoooosh!

Nutsy finds a thesaurus

Mrs Kate,

What you say is way over my head.

Nutsy S. Wallenda, Godson of Mrs Barbara and her favorite

JUL

2009

Elizabeth, my husband went out and bought some Japanese Maples for our front yard. I asked about they cost and was stunned! He's such a tightwad, as am I, that I couldn't believe he'd pay that for three trees. Sounds as if you're a free-spender!

Nutsy, I'm in the dark about what Ms Kate said about your mother because she must have hidden it somewhere on the blogsite. I loved your eloquent expression of rage however!! I think you have a "tiger by the tail" with this lady! She's one rugged enemy. I've noticed an unusual number of squirrel victims on the road lately. You don't think she's got extra forces out there running down the poor squirrel population do you?

Ms. Kate, I like your red-starred heheh but just feel bad that it was aimed at my sweet little godson. I am also so busy these days that I don't have time to join in the battle very often, blog or make comments. Be kind!

Couldn't resist showing some old houses or trees.

These homes are reputed to be 700 years old or older in Iran. Trees are definitely not a way to gage their age.

700 year old houses

Now this tree is much older than the building that rests in it's branches.

Tree house

All these pics came to me by e-mail in the last few days.

Ms Barbara, I am always kind. I will watch out for your godson with the tough love that is necessary while you are too busy to even take a breath. No worries. Ms. Kate

Don, Those are eye catchers. Kate

Don, wonder how old that one was that now holds up a business? Thanks for putting up some of the pictures. Perhaps you could do a close up of some of those dirt ones for activerain bloggers to see.

Barbara - I don't think the garage stands a chance against mother nature.

Here's your views of some of the houses.

700 Year Old Houses Iran

Whoa, fourth to the right! now that's hangin' out there. Love the interior shot. Got any more interiors? Kate

Only one more interior just for you Kate.

Interior

Thanks, Don. I'd like to have the rug on the floor in the last shot.

Carol, the tree is bigger in person than it looks in this picture! Watch out, garage!!

Don thank you for such a stupendous picture. In spite of varied cultures, homes around the world have a lot in common.

Barbara, I like that rug too! Red is my favorite color.

Barbara, at some point someone will have to figure out which is holding up which:)

AUG

2009

Barbara,

That last one reminded me of a restaurant in Sienna, Italy. It was actually a cave. Boy, it was hot down there that night just the same.

Steve, you'd think a restaurant in a cave would be cool! I loved the pictures that Don provided for this blog.

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