A few months ago when we realized we were moving to Oregon we put our house on the market in LA and a lot of you have asked what’s the deal??? Has it has sold yet. A totally reasonable question – you need closure (US TOO, Y’ALL US TOO). We got into escrow quickly, a great offer but being a 100-year-old house a few things came up in inspections that we didn’t know about (or didn’t know the extent of). It got into escrow immediately a second time, and the same thing happened. It made sense – both families had two extremely busy working parents, with demanding jobs and two very small kids – they didn’t want to have to deal with fixing some problems and I totally get that.
So instead of dropping the price or dealing with credits, we decided to take it off the market and invest back into the house and fix these problems. Part of this was honestly my personal pride and integrity and I was NOT going to sell our home, that I loved so much, to someone else with having problems they would have to deal with. The issues we had to fix surrounded the chimney and drainage – by the way, for the most part they didn’t affect us while we lived there, but when you inspect something the report often sounds much worse than it actually is. So we spent the next couple of months to make this house practically brand new. It actually feels really good to know we can hand over the keys to someone without any foreseeable problems, ready for them just to enjoy and live in it.
Here’s a fun full house tour video courtesy of our real estate company Nourmand & Associates for your viewing pleasure! (Just wait for the ad to play through and ignore the fact there are no branches on the coffee table but a rogue umbrella stand on the patio:))
So this week we are finishing it all up, then I’ll go back down to restyle it and make sure it’s in perfect form. It will likely be back on the market in two weeks. A 100-year-old home usually comes with issues, now this one does not. Not a one. In case you missed it the first time it’s a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath with a living/dining/kitchen and den. There is an attached (but separate entrance) daylight basement that works as a home office, guest room, or ADU with a full bath. The yard is this totally enclosed magical flat garden with a play structure, meandering paths and so many old growth trees (that are deciduous so you get full sun in the winter to keep warm while playing and shade in the summer to keep cool). We even put in lighting in the garden so the kids can play past sunset in the winter and garden bed stocked with lettuces and herbs.
I LOVE this house and we wouldn’t have moved from it if we had stayed in LA. It has such good energy, incredible natural light in (almost) every single room, beautiful white oak flooring, custom window treatments, etc., and such special vintage windows and doors throughout. It’s such a charming home for a family, not ostentatious but just beautiful (and I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again – the way it’s laid out makes it so easy to parent). It’s walking distance to Ivanhoe Elementary (one of the best public elementary schools in Los Angeles) and to lots of restaurants, bars, and grocery stores – Trader Joe’s and Gelsons (not to mention the Silverlake reservoir).
If you are or someone you know is seriously interested and want to see it before it goes back on the market please contact Howard Lorey at Nourmand & Associates, HLorey@Nourmand.com DRE # 01263717.
Thank goodness this home is so well documented because the memories here are just SO GOOD and we are going to miss this house so very very much. xx
Opener Image Credit: Photo by Sara Ligorria-Tramp | From: My Front Yard Is Finally Revealed
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