[graciegirl]

I think that it is a beautiful home, and it is in a great location. It is indeed unfortunate that you MUST look at other like models and what they have sold for and perhaps lower your asking price. New homes that are 1900 square feet are selling for about the same price.

Just trying to be helpful.

I have said it before and i will say it again. YOUR home looks as if it has been professionally decorated and it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. A home that backs on a street is an upgraded lot.

[cgalloway6]

Houses that back onto a street are promoted by the realtors as premium because you don't have neighbors with "kissing" lanais. We had a cottage home in Tamarind Grove with the back of the house on Tamarind Grove Run at an intersection, decided we wanted something larger and we got an offer in 3 days, closed in 3 weeks this past summer. Just depends on the buyer.

[NECHFalcon68]

When we bought our house that backs up to St Charles, I initially thought the street view was a negative. After talking to my neighbors and hearing concerns about privacy, landscaping, noise, etc, I think it is the best location in the neighborhood. Although you have the typical road noise during the day, by 7PM, it is pretty quiet, and since we moved in a year ago, I have never heard anything in the middle of the night. Plus we can wave at our neighbors as they pass by....

[Bobcuse]

Patience is a virtue. I have sold two houses in TV and both had lots of activity but no offers for the first couple of months. Then one day, someone from out of the area saw the home in an advertisement or on the TV internet site and we had an offer the next day in both cases. The old saying..."there's a house for every buyer and a buyer for every house" and it holds true. I doubt if the street is having a negative effect but rather is probably going to be the thing that attracts your buyer to make an offer eventually. Almost everyone starts with a kissing lanai, afterwhich your home looks VERY attractive. It is a beautiful home and it will sell soon. This is the best time of the year as all the renters are looking at homes while they are here. Patience...patience. Yoyr time is coming soon.

[Judith Ann]

Our home backs up to Bailey Trail, and we don't mind the traffic. We love having walkers, joggers, dog walkers, etc. going past. We had a patio villa before this, and I felt isolated.

[rubicon]

In some small respects picking a home is like deciding what type of room you want for that cruise you are taking.

On our first cruise there was constant chatter about room selection.

What I learned from that is people choose rooms in the same manner they do for picking a house.

An older couple told us they always chose a room with window(port) and a balcony because they dined alone and preferred to view crowds from afar.

We always chose two adjoinng outer rooms with a window(port) to accomodate our kids and to get a view when we were so inclined

Friends of our cruise continually and so they always choose inner rooms and request additional cots because they have several family members who party hardy and only use the rooms to shower change and head out again. When they do sleep they sleep fast because well they party hardy.

Likewise people moving here have very specific reasons for their purchases that accomodate their needs and plans.

[LvmyPug2]

one thing we never considered when buy our first home was how car/golf cart headlights hit the house at night. Fortunately, we didn't have a problem but friends of ours have a home on a curve and they have headlights flashing through the windows in the kitchen, front door and guest bedroom windows at night. They got used to it but it was annoying at first.

[geri317]

There will be 4 Open House events this month. First one is tomorrow, Saturday, 1/12, at 10:30 - 12:30.