New Village Listing - 26 Griffin Street

I've been in love with this home since the first time I saw it about four years ago.  The eventual buyers of it had searched with me almost every weekend for months to find a home in the area.  And then we did.  Lovely 26 Griffin came on the market and we were there!  They still had to fend off a multiple offer and sell their existing house.  I remember getting the call that they had won the bid.  It was incredibly exciting!

Now they are selling this home they worked on with joy and pride.  They are sad to leave it and would love to take it with them.  Unfortunately that is not possible.

These are some of my favorite photos....the home is rich with gorgeous hues, marvelous detail.  The seller tells me a story about someone who said "This house reaches out and hugs you!"

It's a Village home which means low Village electric bills, sewer and public water.  You can walk to Tops, the Post Office and all the shops and restaurants.  Once it gets warm, get an ice cream and wander down to the lake.  Walk a couple blocks over to the Creamery for their evening programs once a month.

Basics:  3-4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a 2-sided fireplace with one side in the kitchen and the other in the living room.  Other stuff that's important - new pex plumbing, low utilities, low taxes.  Those porches are divine!  The 4th bedroom could come by using the den in the rear of the home, combine it with the library and side porch plus the laundry/half bath and make an in-law suite, tucked away overlooking the fenced back yard.  Other things I love: the rear staircase, angles and nooks and crannies, charm!

There will be no open houses and there is no sign.  You can contact me or your agent to see it by appointment only starting tomorrow, Tuesday the 20th.  Gather your pennies - $379,000 - and make the call.  It is worth it, well worth it!  

For more photos, and a more objective description, please see the listing:  ML#S1104875.  

Skaneateles Real Estate - Not a Lot Happening Update

It's been about six weeks since the last update.  Frankly there hasn't been a lot going on in Skaneateles.  At first glance, that is.

Currently there are 17 - I have never, ever, seen it this low! - active single family listings in the Town of Skaneateles.  Three of these are in the Village, and four are considered waterfront.  Only one is new since the last report.  Looking at it from the Skaneateles Schools aspect which would include towns like Spafford and Owasco, there are 25 active listings.  Whoop-di-do!

We only have 9 homes under contract, waiting to close.

But then there are the sold and closed homes.  I thought I had read it wrong - 11 properties?  I went back and checked each and every one.  Yup - 11 in all since the beginning of the year.  Last year we had 10 by this time.  There were five in the Village last year and four this year.

So if you are thinking about listing, now is the time!  Your competition is low and certainly people are buying!  And oh yes - if you can't find the house of your dreams, please consider building.  I have 10 very beautiful lots left in Parcell Woods....all Skaneateles Schools and all over 2 acres.  Cable, gas and wonderful neighbors!  Town of Sennett - only four miles west of the Village.  Call soon - they are getting good looks from prospective buyers - and builders, too!