A couple came into the office this afternoon looking for a good place to eat. We showed them the office first, and the gorgeous deck and took their breath away before sending them down to Bluewater so they could marvel more at this beautiful lake. It never gets old.
I've been coming and going over the past couple weeks, and now I can hardly believe it's only been that long! We went off to join the kids in Bethany Beach (Delaware) and drove 8 hours down and 8 hours back. It's lovely - I personally know at least 6 families, the majority from this area, who were there that week. You just can't get "ocean" in Central New York! Each evening we had ice cream at a pretty little place...just the thing after a day on the beach! (I especially loved the raspberry truffle...)
We got home in time to get ready for their visit. The camp needed to be cleaned, the house set up for kids, the lawn mowed because it had finally rained a bit. I mowed at the lake - until the bees found me and chased me away. I heard they are "nasty" this year.
Then they came, and we spent literally 48 hours with them. Bob, Liam, Ollie and I walked out to the point on the lake, meeting our new neighbors in the cove. The water was so low we could walk most of the way around the front. I came back sooner with Ollie who wanted only to be in the direct way of Liam's casting.
Back at the house, Liam worked on the mulch in our front yard and then later Bob's new shed. He chose his pumpkin and walked Boo. It has taken years for us to feel comfortable with Boo and Liam together, but finally we did. I got a great shot of Liam with Boo lolling in his lap, quite content. He got walked a lot.
On Friday night Alex found the SU game on Watch ESPN and we continued the tradition of SU football. And they won!
Saturday was devoted to the Fair....hours and hours of the Fair! We avoided the Paw Patrol and its long lines, opting instead for the kiddie midway. The highlights only: Liam took his first roller coaster ride and loved it; Alex won a prize - hooray! Ollie "rode" a stationary car for about an hour. People came and went, and when someone complained that it wasn't going anywhere, Ollie said "We're stuck on the bridge." My NYC grandson!
Going away from here always reminds me about what we have....I paddled out this morning onto an absolutely still lake, then drove less than half an hour home. Only one stop light at East Lake. I am looking forward to new apples for a snack this afternoon before showing a sweet and affordable little house. I can sit at my desk and type - the lake is in front of me, the Village behind me. I'll have a local salad from Bailiwick tonight, perhaps, and finish with a bowl of raspberry truffle, their new ice cream flavor. It's all here, except that ocean part..... But I can rent that for a week every year, if I want.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Skaneateles Real Estate - The Dog Days Update
The heat has been phenomenal over the past couple weeks. We rarely have a need for air-conditioning, but this year I was glad we put in a room A/C. Even camp was hot - I slept with a fan going some nights! Boo has spent his days and nights lying in front of "his" fan. He walks grudgingly with me in the early morning, and sometimes just balks when Bob takes him out later. He goes though...keeps those old legs moving, then lies in front of the fan for the rest of the day.
Currently there are only 71 listings in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service. Of these, 28 are in the Village (an interesting number about which there will be more later), and 17 are considered waterfront. There are 4 that are both waterfront and Village.
The range in price is $50,000 to almost six million. The median is $370,000. If you look only at the Village, the price range is $160,000 to three million, with $399,000 being the median. Waterfront goes from $340,000 to 6M. Often agents list property not in Skaneateles proper as Skaneateles to attract more buyers. In this case, all but one of the waterfront properties under 900K are in other townships, like Niles and Spafford, but in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service. What this means to the buyer, is that if your criteria is to be within a few miles of the Village, you will most likely look at listings above 900K. The median for waterfront properties overall is 1.25M. Wow!
There were nine new listings since my last update of July 26th....2 of these were re-lists.
In the under contract category, there are 27 homes waiting to fulfill some contingency or waiting to close. They range in price from $85,000 to 1.5 million. The median is $365,000. Here's the interesting part that I referred to earlier: 11 of the 13 are Village properties. My goodness! And there are still 28 active Village listings! The lowest of these Village listings that have gone under contract, excluding a foreclosure, is listed at $350,000. Conclusions: People are buying in the Village and buying the higher-priced homes, plus there are many choices in that higher range.
To round this out, 69 homes have sold and closed this year so far. Eight of these are new closures. We are one home above where we were last year, and that was a record-breaking year.
Currently there are only 71 listings in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service. Of these, 28 are in the Village (an interesting number about which there will be more later), and 17 are considered waterfront. There are 4 that are both waterfront and Village.
The range in price is $50,000 to almost six million. The median is $370,000. If you look only at the Village, the price range is $160,000 to three million, with $399,000 being the median. Waterfront goes from $340,000 to 6M. Often agents list property not in Skaneateles proper as Skaneateles to attract more buyers. In this case, all but one of the waterfront properties under 900K are in other townships, like Niles and Spafford, but in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service. What this means to the buyer, is that if your criteria is to be within a few miles of the Village, you will most likely look at listings above 900K. The median for waterfront properties overall is 1.25M. Wow!
There were nine new listings since my last update of July 26th....2 of these were re-lists.
In the under contract category, there are 27 homes waiting to fulfill some contingency or waiting to close. They range in price from $85,000 to 1.5 million. The median is $365,000. Here's the interesting part that I referred to earlier: 11 of the 13 are Village properties. My goodness! And there are still 28 active Village listings! The lowest of these Village listings that have gone under contract, excluding a foreclosure, is listed at $350,000. Conclusions: People are buying in the Village and buying the higher-priced homes, plus there are many choices in that higher range.
To round this out, 69 homes have sold and closed this year so far. Eight of these are new closures. We are one home above where we were last year, and that was a record-breaking year.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
188 East Genesee Street - Skaneateles
So it takes two blogs to write about this home.....it's worth it!
I "met" this home years and years ago through a friend whose father lived there. It reminded me of my own house, growing up. It was built in 1915 and ours was built in 1920. There was an economy of space...and by that I mean that all space was used well and with a purpose. No huge front halls, like we have now in our 1989 home. No straight up and down staircases, but rather a landing with a window. My family's house in Syracuse had a back stair that joined the front at the landing, then went up from there. I liked it, but didn't realize how special that was. But it brought me to an appreciation for landings.
Three bedrooms in both houses, with one full bath upstairs. The previous owners of 188 East Genesee carved out a half bath downstairs. They told me that with six girls in the family their father needed a place to shave so he made the half bath. I was an only child, so there was no need. My mother refused to put one in - she cited that as a reason to move in with us, instead!
Yes, I met a good part of the 6-girl family at the last open house I held there. I had heard stories but found it hard to believe. They used the attic (our attic was strictly for storage), but as you can see in the previous blog the attic of 188 East Genesee makes a great playroom.
Everything back then was hardwoods, or at least wooden floors. Each house had a fireplace that was in part ornamental and part useful. Living rooms and dining rooms of course. Both houses have sconces on the walls. Both have wonderful sunrooms, although I am envious of the Skaneateles home's sunroom. So large, with French doors! I could see myself basking away in there on cold but sunny winter days.
Kitchens were smaller back then and not the focal point they are now. Both mine and this one are eat-in possible, for those casual breakfasts and lunches. Each house had a little back porch, for hanging out in the summer or stomping snow off in the winter before going into the kitchen. Basements were for laundry, although 188 had the washer and dryer moved into the kitchen for convenience.
But while we lived on a street bordering Thornden Park, 188 East Genesee is just a short walk from the lake and all the stores. We went to Westcott Street and the University; in Skaneateles you can go to the Sherwood Inn or the festival in August!
So check it out on Sunday. I will be showing houses elsewhere, but Jeannine Larose from our office in the Village will be your host. It's a solid house, and a good price for Skaneateles. Don't forget those low taxes! As always, tell her you read my blog - I love it when you do!
I "met" this home years and years ago through a friend whose father lived there. It reminded me of my own house, growing up. It was built in 1915 and ours was built in 1920. There was an economy of space...and by that I mean that all space was used well and with a purpose. No huge front halls, like we have now in our 1989 home. No straight up and down staircases, but rather a landing with a window. My family's house in Syracuse had a back stair that joined the front at the landing, then went up from there. I liked it, but didn't realize how special that was. But it brought me to an appreciation for landings.
Three bedrooms in both houses, with one full bath upstairs. The previous owners of 188 East Genesee carved out a half bath downstairs. They told me that with six girls in the family their father needed a place to shave so he made the half bath. I was an only child, so there was no need. My mother refused to put one in - she cited that as a reason to move in with us, instead!
Yes, I met a good part of the 6-girl family at the last open house I held there. I had heard stories but found it hard to believe. They used the attic (our attic was strictly for storage), but as you can see in the previous blog the attic of 188 East Genesee makes a great playroom.
Everything back then was hardwoods, or at least wooden floors. Each house had a fireplace that was in part ornamental and part useful. Living rooms and dining rooms of course. Both houses have sconces on the walls. Both have wonderful sunrooms, although I am envious of the Skaneateles home's sunroom. So large, with French doors! I could see myself basking away in there on cold but sunny winter days.
Kitchens were smaller back then and not the focal point they are now. Both mine and this one are eat-in possible, for those casual breakfasts and lunches. Each house had a little back porch, for hanging out in the summer or stomping snow off in the winter before going into the kitchen. Basements were for laundry, although 188 had the washer and dryer moved into the kitchen for convenience.
But while we lived on a street bordering Thornden Park, 188 East Genesee is just a short walk from the lake and all the stores. We went to Westcott Street and the University; in Skaneateles you can go to the Sherwood Inn or the festival in August!
So check it out on Sunday. I will be showing houses elsewhere, but Jeannine Larose from our office in the Village will be your host. It's a solid house, and a good price for Skaneateles. Don't forget those low taxes! As always, tell her you read my blog - I love it when you do!
Open House Alert! 188 East Genesee Street
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| 188 East Genesee Street |
OPEN SUNDAY, August 21st
12:00 to 2:00
ML#S358766
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| The sunroom |
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| The attic |
Friday, July 29, 2016
The Third Twenty - May 15th through July 15th
How lovely to walk through the Village early this morning on my way to the office and floor time. It was a moving post card: the hanging flower pots, Legg Hall's beautiful brick walls, the height of M&T bank. A woman in a flowered, flowing dress walker her little dog towards Thayer Park. A remembered video in my head.
So here they are, in an order I bet no one will figure out.....
4723 Jordan Road Town $100,000
12 Heritage Woods Village $353,400
767 Sheldon Road Town $72,000
50 State Street Village $950,000
1055 Butters Farm Town $556,102
102 Orchard Road Village $529,000
2 Ramble Wood Village $517,500
10 Academy Street Village $385,000
1014 Autumntree Ct. Town $372,000
26 State Street Village $350,000
2074 East Lake Rd. Spafford $290,000
4205 Jordan Road Mottville $205,000
55 Onondaga Street Village $133,500
4499 Jordan Road Town $76,500
1254 Oak Bluff Town $285,000
2360 West Lake Rd. Town $280,00
3908 East Street Town $252,500
2536 East Lake Rd. Town $186,000
863 Milford Drive Town $253,000
2450 East Lake Rd. Spafford $345,000
So here they are, in an order I bet no one will figure out.....
4723 Jordan Road Town $100,000
12 Heritage Woods Village $353,400
767 Sheldon Road Town $72,000
50 State Street Village $950,000
1055 Butters Farm Town $556,102
102 Orchard Road Village $529,000
2 Ramble Wood Village $517,500
10 Academy Street Village $385,000
1014 Autumntree Ct. Town $372,000
26 State Street Village $350,000
2074 East Lake Rd. Spafford $290,000
4205 Jordan Road Mottville $205,000
55 Onondaga Street Village $133,500
4499 Jordan Road Town $76,500
1254 Oak Bluff Town $285,000
2360 West Lake Rd. Town $280,00
3908 East Street Town $252,500
2536 East Lake Rd. Town $186,000
863 Milford Drive Town $253,000
2450 East Lake Rd. Spafford $345,000
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Skaneateles Real Estate - The Up Late Watching the Convention Issue
So I am tired....and I am going out to show a property at 6;30 tonight. Then on to the lake, to sleep, I hope! Tomorrow an old friend is coming into town for about 24 hours and I want to be ready to run around and do things in this beautiful weather.
The update: There are currently 77 single family homes in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing system, of which 37 (such a high number!) are in the Village. Only 16 are considered waterfront....(and more about that later.)
Fifteen of the listings are new. Eight are in the Village and 2 are new waterfront listings.
There are 24 homes waiting to close in the under contract category. Ten of these just sold in the past 35 days since my last update. That's pretty good considering the temperatures were above 80 most of the time, and going out to look at houses can be a very sticky business.
We now have 61 sold and closed single family homes this year. Hooray! On my next stint in the office I will write and publish the Third Twenty. We are doing quite well!
About those waterfront properties....I was showing waterfront homes on Owasco Lake and ran into a fellow Realtor who does most of his business over there. I commented that there were twice as many lakefront listings on Owasco than on Skaneateles, even though the lake is much smaller. He disagreed....said there about 100 on Skaneateles. Since all this was playing out in front of my clients, I allowed that I may have been mistaken. As of today, there are 23 - only 23! - waterfront listings on all of Skaneateles Lake according to the multiple listing service. Of these, 9 are priced at a million or more. Owasco Lake has 45 listings.
The upshot of this is that there is such low inventory. Or so it seems. When I first started 15 years ago it was worse...very few homes came on the market. Everyone had long lists of buyers, and when a property appeared it was a race to bring them in to see it and potentially write an offer. We are not quite there yet....the prices are so much higher than 2001 when there was only one 'real" million dollar house. The higher the prices, the fewer the people who can afford them of course. Just a discussion on a lazy afternoon in the Village. Your thoughts are welcome!
The update: There are currently 77 single family homes in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing system, of which 37 (such a high number!) are in the Village. Only 16 are considered waterfront....(and more about that later.)
Fifteen of the listings are new. Eight are in the Village and 2 are new waterfront listings.
There are 24 homes waiting to close in the under contract category. Ten of these just sold in the past 35 days since my last update. That's pretty good considering the temperatures were above 80 most of the time, and going out to look at houses can be a very sticky business.
We now have 61 sold and closed single family homes this year. Hooray! On my next stint in the office I will write and publish the Third Twenty. We are doing quite well!
About those waterfront properties....I was showing waterfront homes on Owasco Lake and ran into a fellow Realtor who does most of his business over there. I commented that there were twice as many lakefront listings on Owasco than on Skaneateles, even though the lake is much smaller. He disagreed....said there about 100 on Skaneateles. Since all this was playing out in front of my clients, I allowed that I may have been mistaken. As of today, there are 23 - only 23! - waterfront listings on all of Skaneateles Lake according to the multiple listing service. Of these, 9 are priced at a million or more. Owasco Lake has 45 listings.
The upshot of this is that there is such low inventory. Or so it seems. When I first started 15 years ago it was worse...very few homes came on the market. Everyone had long lists of buyers, and when a property appeared it was a race to bring them in to see it and potentially write an offer. We are not quite there yet....the prices are so much higher than 2001 when there was only one 'real" million dollar house. The higher the prices, the fewer the people who can afford them of course. Just a discussion on a lazy afternoon in the Village. Your thoughts are welcome!
Thursday, July 21, 2016
New Listing! 8805 Horton Street
It's been exactly a month since I was able to write this blog. So many sales, closings, almost sales and almost closings, and now new listings. I hope to make up for the lack of writing over the next week.
Horton is a little (936sf) home in the Village of Weedsport. The seller bought it a few years ago and it was a mess! Over the course of the past years she and friends have renovated it beautifully. You can see from the photos above that the kitchen and bathroom are virtually new. Yes, those are cherry cabinets. The light fixtures in the full bath are quite lovely (I like the dining room lights best though). The bottom photo is a view of the upstairs bedroom. When it was purchased, there were two small bedrooms. Now it's all one big one that takes up the second story along with storage. In order to improve it, the seller tore out the old stairs and put in new ones.
Things I like:
The laundry is located on the insulated back porch - so, first floor laundry!
There is a garage. How handy!
The yard is fairly private and no house is between it and Route 34.
There's an island in the kitchen that provides more counter space and a place to sit and talk to "the cook."
The sunporch needs a bit of work still, but it's all windows on two sides and has a natural wood ceiling.
There are windows everywhere!
The price is $62,000......amazing! Definitely cheaper than renting!
Take a look - drive through pretty Weedsport. Horton is sort of on the way out of the south end of the Village, but you can certainly walk into town for ice cream, maybe an antique at the Purple Monkey, or a coffee at Dunkin' Donuts. (ML#S357862 for even more photos and comments.)
When I was single and living on my own, I rented a carriage house in Syracuse. Absolutely loved it...and this reminds me of it. So, investors, maybe you could lease it out to another young person who wants to be on her own?
Horton is a little (936sf) home in the Village of Weedsport. The seller bought it a few years ago and it was a mess! Over the course of the past years she and friends have renovated it beautifully. You can see from the photos above that the kitchen and bathroom are virtually new. Yes, those are cherry cabinets. The light fixtures in the full bath are quite lovely (I like the dining room lights best though). The bottom photo is a view of the upstairs bedroom. When it was purchased, there were two small bedrooms. Now it's all one big one that takes up the second story along with storage. In order to improve it, the seller tore out the old stairs and put in new ones.
Things I like:
The laundry is located on the insulated back porch - so, first floor laundry!
There is a garage. How handy!
The yard is fairly private and no house is between it and Route 34.
There's an island in the kitchen that provides more counter space and a place to sit and talk to "the cook."
The sunporch needs a bit of work still, but it's all windows on two sides and has a natural wood ceiling.
There are windows everywhere!
The price is $62,000......amazing! Definitely cheaper than renting!
Take a look - drive through pretty Weedsport. Horton is sort of on the way out of the south end of the Village, but you can certainly walk into town for ice cream, maybe an antique at the Purple Monkey, or a coffee at Dunkin' Donuts. (ML#S357862 for even more photos and comments.)
When I was single and living on my own, I rented a carriage house in Syracuse. Absolutely loved it...and this reminds me of it. So, investors, maybe you could lease it out to another young person who wants to be on her own?
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