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Exceptional In Town Birmingham VALUE!

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Completely renovated from top to botton. Custom dream eat-in kitchen with large island and breakfast nook. Arched doorway to family room with stone fireplace. Library with built-ins. Mud room with half bath off kitchen. Hardwood floors. Master suite/nanny's quarters or loft on the 3rd floor. New bathrooms. Fully finished lower level with 2nd kitchen and wet bar featuring granite counters, dishwasher and microwave, exercise room and full tiled bathroom. Slate tiled back porch and secluded hot tub. 2 car detached garage and beautiful paver driveway. Extra deep 164 ft. lot. Tasteful landscaping with decorative fence in the front yard. This home combines historic charm with high end modern amenities. Exceptionally priced (the list price at the time of purchase was $1,395,000)!

Features

Bedrooms:	4
Bathrooms:	4.1
Year Built:	1916
Subdivision:	Downtown Birmingham
Lot Size:	48x164
Garage Size:	2 car
School District:	Birmingham
Square Footage:	3781
Agent Name:	Maureen Francis
Broker:	SKBK Sotheby's International Realty
MLS #:	28183377

Location

731 South Bates Street Birmingham Michigan 48009

vFlyer Id: 2013856

Posted by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit on 12/23/2008 05:47 PM

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Originally posted at: Dmitry & Maureen: Moving Metro Detroit: Exceptional In Town Birmingham VALUE!

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4 Comments on Exceptional In Town Birmingham VALUE!

DEC

Enchanting! With the square footage and old world charm I have a feeling this beauty won't last long on the market.

Happy Holidays to you and your family Maureen. It has been a pleasure getting to know you this year :-)

DEC

Have you thought about adding in "Green" features? Energy saving devices ect... just a helpful thought...

Thanks for your helpful suggestion Angie. This home is owned by a relocation company, so I do not know too much about specfic features of the home. Are you seeing a lot of demand for green features in Flint? I have not seen to much for it here in Metro Detroit.

I am assisting my clients by advising and providing them of the info. We now have green features in the MLS. I am training the office to take pictures of the energy information of furnaces, put which way the home is facing and things like that.

This is something I am just starting myself. I was in an MLS meeting requesting the Green fields and a fellow agent said, we are in MI we don't need that. I thought to myself we have all seasons, we need it more than a 2 season state.

I am just trying to get my business ready to the next trend and be ahead of the game. I took the EcoBroker classes and was amazed at what I didn't know. I have taken the NAR Residential elective course, I hope the core course is better. I learned a lot more from the EcoBroker classes.

So, don't know that there is a demand persay, I am starting to provide that information to assist both buyers and sellers.

(Okay, it makes me look smarter than agents that don't address these issues (; ) hahaha... I will only share these tips with Rainer's, our local agents here are to busy to blog, hahaha

One more thing, I don't know if you know this, there are special mortgages with various rates and cost for energy efficient homes. The purchaser can borrow more because the lender factors in they are saving money on utilities. Like I said, I couldn't believe how much I didn't know.

ECO-All-Stars~ GREEN Resources, Trends & Friendsis a good rainer's site.

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