500 E Mary Street in Travis HeightsTravis Heights area classic bungalow styled home originally built in 1935 offers classic details and updated features. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and is 1,394 square feet (tax record.) The house sits on a large corner lot with live oaks trees and carport with storage.
Local area attractions include Stacey Pool and the SoCo (S. Congress) shopping and retail area of Austin. Travis Heights is located about 2 miles south of downtown, Austin.
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This is a quintessential Travis Heights updated classic. Rare carport and off street parking! Large backyard with plenty of shade.
Directions to 500 E Mary: From Congress go east on Annie, then rt on Newning, then left on Mary. On corner of Newning and East Mary -where it deadends in to Eastside Drive @ Stacey Park.
Doreen Zelma
REALTOR, GRI
Sky Realty Austin
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Austin Neighborhood Market SpotlightsI have selected some random neighborhoods in Austin below and listed some current real estate market data.
Understand this data is specific to single family houses. The selected neighborhoods all show healthy days on market timelines. Please note higher and moderately priced neighborhoods are showing similar days on market. Low interest rates are certainly influencing homes sales.
If there is an area you want me to spotlight -please let me know.
Number of Active Homes on the Market: 14
Average Days on Market: 40
Median Home Price: $ 442,000
Number of Active Homes on the Market: 14
Average Days on Market: 91
Median Home Price: $ 178,900
Number of Active Homes on the Market: 27
Average Days on Market: 93
Median Home Price: $ 534,450
Number of Active Houses on the Market: 46
Average Days on Market: 78
Median Home Price: $ 174,700
Number of Active Houses on the Market: 45
Average Days on Market: 87
Median Home Price: $ 444,500
Number of Active Houses on the Market: 11
Average Days on Market: 71
Median Home Price: $ 645,000
Upgrades are often priced for a moment in time, and aren’t going to add any profit 10 years from now, so choose them for you. I went on a listing appointment where the owner was pointing out all of the upgrades he paid for 10 years ago. Though certain features add substance like crown molding, other things just don’t. You may have paid $500 more for an upgraded bathtub 10 years ago, but understand it is now 10 years old. When I work with buyers on new construction, I ask this question. Are you doing this for you or the next owner? In all likelihood, the next owner isn’t going to be impressed with your upgraded light switch plate. Spend money on the things that will bring you joy, instead of trying to anticipate how someone might appreciate them in the future.
As an Austin Realtor, I see many houses. Do you ever walk into a house and wonder what they were thinking? Well, I do it all of the time, often when it comes to the placement of utility rooms or closets. The truth of the matter is that ‘they’, were not thinking. I experienced this during my own custom build. You get so caught up in designing the kitchen and master bedroom, that the utility room becomes an after thought. The placement of the washer and dryer often become a matter of where you can fit it, in relation to the plumbing. People with children open their washing machine, almost as often as they open the refrigerator. If the secondary bedrooms are on the upper level, you are not going to walk the laundry downstairs, across the kitchen to a hallway, which holds the washing machine, but the back door to the house as well. Families need room to do laundry.
Last week I went on a tour of homes in zip code 78704. The tour covered Travis Heights to Barton Hills. I saw some pretty interesting properties including a 1904 farmhouse which was moved here from Trall, Texas. If you like older homes, it was absolutely amazing from the beaded trim on the doors, to the soaring ceilings. It is truly something special. Here is the link, along with some of the other properties I viewed. 78704 homes The pictures do not do the farmhouse justice.
On Sunday, June 27th, I will be holding one of the homes open on the tour, from 1 – 4pm. 500 E Mary street is located in the Travis Heights area of Austin, and has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and is 1,394 square feet (tax record.) The house sits on a large corner lot with live oaks trees and carport. Click the tour link above for more details.
Last weekend, I went to Brenham, Texas for the first time to attend the wedding of a former client and now friend. She will be sharing her first home with her wonderful new husband. I have a few clients having babies right now, and it is an honor to watch their families grow and homes be filled with joy.
No, I don’t sell houses in Brenham. The furthest I’ll go east is Elgin, but I did find myself in Jonestown, Buckingham Estates, Sunset Valley, and Rob Roy last week. Where’s that plane? Maybe I’ll just settle for helicopter, then I could do roof inspections at the same time.
I also, helped someone move last week. Let’s talk about moving. I promise you have 3 times more than you think. When you pack, it’s like adding water to a sponge. It grows. Take vases for example. In your cabinet, they take up 4 cubic feet. When you wrap them in newspaper and pack them, they now take up 8 cubic feet. They only things you own, that really don’t expand when packing are linens.
So here’s my advice. Purge first. If you haven’t finished that project in 3 years, you probably won’t. If you haven’t worn it in a year, you probably won’t, unless it’s a special occasion outfit. Oh – and if you still haven’t opened it, just bring it to Good Will. Think about it, just because you are moving to a new house – doesn’t mean you are going to wear it, use it or even open it.
Also, it will take you 3 times longer to move, and 12 more car loads that you think. I always recommend you hire a mover. They really do take the stress off at the end of the day when you are out of steam from packing. You’ve spent thousands of dollars on your new home, spend the extra $500 on movers. Get grandma’s desk delivered in tact, instead of loading it in the back of Uncle Harry’s pick-up truck praying it will get there in one piece, and hating on him when it doesn’t.