Life Style Denver by Gretchen Faber

HouseLogic Answers Your Home Maintenence & Renovation Questions

Have you ever wondered how often you need to clean your gutters? Or how to winterize sprinklers? The HouseLogic site provides a terrific resource for home maintenance questions.  You'll find resources for calculating the net benefit of some home improvement projects, for going green at home and for landscaping and gardening. Create a profile, and you can build a home improvement plan for the future, get ideas from professionals and share pictures of your projects.  If you're house obsessed, or just in...Continue Reading!

Denver Real Estate Statistics | October 2011

Sellers - this is not the winter you want to take your house off the market for the holidays. The Denver metro area inventory is the lowest it's been this entire millennium. Buyers are searching for homes and sellers are holding back. This level of inventory is about half what it was in the busy times. If you're getting your house ready to sell, get it ready now.  And get it on the market.  The weekly sales rate of 5.62 percent in...Continue Reading!

221 South Garfield Street in Denver’s Cherry Creek

SOLD: January 2012, $307,500. (Above Full Price.) Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood has been called the "Gold Coast" of Denver real estate. You can live the Cherry Creek lifestyle for a bargain in your own renovated condominium at 221 South Garfield Street #105.  The price for 1,580 square feet in the heart of Denver is $319,900.  The unit has 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 underground parking spaces and a lovely patio. The owners have recently repainted, re-carpeted and added new kitchen appliances.  You'll...Continue Reading!

1254 Monaco Parkway in Denver’s Historic Montclair

Situated on the lovely and historic Monaco Parkway in Central Denver, the Montclair neighborhood is a classic.  1254 Monaco Parkway is a home you will not want to miss. Step across the threshold and feel right at home.  The modern conveniences combined with historic charm accentuate the architectural integrity and livability. Wood floors, Wolf gas range and Sub-Zero refrigerator in the renovated gourmet kitchen and a formal dining room give the heart of the house warmth. French doors to the patio from the...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate Statistics | March 2011

Real Estate is like a box of chocolates.  Sometimes you get nuts. The nuts have been our foreclosures, our short sales, our underwriting issues and our tough appraisals. Real Estate is like a roller coaster.  Sometimes you go up, and then you fall fast.  It takes longer to go up than come down. Interestingly, last year's tax credit made our first half of the year incredibly busy. Then third quarter we fell off a cliff.  It was so quiet!  We all went to...Continue Reading!

Gretchen Faber Presents 2600 South Madison – University Park

You’ll find all of today’s modern conveniences in this 2005 custom-built home.  Observatory Park is among Denver’s most popular neighborhoods and boasts leafy trees, quiet walks, parks and paths – you’ll be thrilled to call this house home. Every element of this outstanding home was designed with today’s lifestyle in mind.  The main floor is open, roomy and wraps around the dramatic central stairway.  Each room is large and comfy. The modern kitchen is complete with slab granite counters, high-end finishes,...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate | Top 5 Ways to Move Your Listing to First Place

Many home sellers are finding themselves heading into the Fall and Winter months with their house still on the market. "Why?" They ask, "My home is wonderful and I love it, why doesn't someone else? Why are we missing the bullseye?" Denver real estate is very segmented right now with some segments selling much better than others. Many home sellers are on their second or even third listing agent and have reduced their price along the way. They're wondering where they go...Continue Reading!

3 Open House Requirements

It's time to hold an open house and your real estate broker has scheduled the date and time. You may not realize that there are a few essential preparations you need to be making prior to that day. 1) Clean as if your life depended on it. My sister and her husband called me recently as they left an open house. They'd admired this home for a few years, and when it was finally held open, they were excited to see...Continue Reading!

9276 East Vassar Avenue

 SOLD - $1,375,00 - February 2009 Lovely golf course home in Cherry Creek Country Club exudes elegance. Custom built in 2006 by Landmark Custom Builders with attention to detail.Wood and tile floors, stunning mill-work and slab granite kitchen counters. The house backs to the 2nd fairway with views off the deck to the southwest and the mountains.   Visit the home's custom website for specifics and interior photos.Continue Reading!

Selling Your House for What You Need!

In today's Wall Street Journal section of The Denver Post is a column written by Jeff Opdyke. "A Trip - And a Change of Heart" tells the story of his unfortunate experience in trying to relocate to Hong Kong. Unlike the New York Times, WSJ blocks out online readers unless they subscribe, so I don't have a link to the column. Opdyke tells of the difficulties of selling his home, of finding the proper school situation for his children, and of...Continue Reading!