Please be sure to check back often for updates and more Real Estate news! Upcoming articles on Green Home hints, money saving ways to Greenify your home! Also Home Buyer Tax Credit information, new FHA guidelines and more!

Any time I can help you with any of your Real Estate needs, please don’t hesitate to call!

Teva likes the cool weather and fallen leaves!

With as cold as it has been this past week, I hope that you are taking the time to turn off sprinklers, detach hoses from the spigots, cover any hose bibs or spigots. It is a painful sight to come home to a basement full of water because the hose was left on and it froze and busted the pipe…trust me!

And because we know that more cold weather is coming our way fast, have you thought about giving your home a weather tune-up? It is called an Energy Audit. Right now Xcel Energy is offering a basic Home Energy Audit and DOUBLE Rebates!! So if you get the audit, have a contractor recommend some improvements that will save you money, Xcel will rebate you more Money!$!$ The Home PerformanceFall Promotion is available until Dec. 9th.

Simple things to save you money on your energy bill includes installing a programable thermostat, weather stripping, and changing the filter in your furnace monthly to keep your furnace from working too hard, and your allergies appreciate it as well!

Keep posted!! It is not a fact yet, but the rumors are flying that the Home Buyer Tax Credit will continue on to 2010. Rates dropped below 5% recently and there still is a rush to capitalize on the great rates and low home prices.

Call me today to get your home on the market or to start you home shopping experience!

Modern Design in the Old Neighborhood

Everyone’s opinion is personal. Regardless, the new modern architecture is here and it is showing up on a block near you! So lets go look at some!

The advantages of the new built homes are many. The obvious of newer electric, plumbing, and dug out basements. Open floor plans are sometimes the benefit along with upgrades galore for closet size, insulation, and amenities.

This week we will see some modern design and architecture designed from the ground up, as well as taking an older shell and working with what you have.

Join us on the tour and you will see;

3384 W. 33rd Ave – $639,900 &
3390 W. 33rd Ave – $649,900
** just blocks from the heart of the Highlands
4611 Hayward Pl. – $589,000 * this used to be a flat pitched roof home with only one bedroom!
3986 Yates – $575,000 * new Craftsman home with Solar!
4474 Zenobia – $350,000 * very contemporary style with Green features like a Tankless Water Heater and low flow toilets!
4575 Tennyson St #104 – $365,000 &
4575 Tennyson St #105 – $369,000
* a great little community of Urban Style Row homes close to the great Tennyson business district as well as dog & people parks.

Start time as usual is 10 am and this week we’ll meet up at Cafe Caliente on 32nd Ave.

Saturday is also the Tenn-Low Turismo Scavenger Hunt! We’ll end up by the festivities so you can check out all the fun after the ride!

Don’t forget to sign up so I know to expect you! Thanks and see you Saturday!
Bridget
720-232-7448

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Bikes on Tour

That may be too steep for you as well, but what the heck, join in the fun and if you would like to see other homes, I can create a tour specifically to match your buying power and desires.

So this week we will start at the Taza Cafe where I think I am going to try their signature drink, Horcha-tté, which is a perfect blend of Horchata and espresso. What Horchata is…I suppose I will find out on Saturday! See you there at 10am, but as always, please SIGN UP, so that I know you are joining.

Without further delay, here is this weeks HBBTs selection;

4820 King St – $264,900 – Your chance to get an Energy Efficient home at an affordable price!
4628 Raleigh St – $284,900 – has a Master Suite and 3 car garage
4365 Quitman St – $345,000 – Gardner’s will love this one!
3025 W. 35th Ave – $285,000 – is a 2/1 bungalow with a lot of sq.ft.
2545 Julian St – $375,000 – Stylish remodel!

I hope to see you on the tour where you can learn the NW Denver neighborhoods and have a chance to meet new friends!
See you Saturday!

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To get our coffee fix on before we start, I’ll see you at DazBog Coffee located at 1201 E 9th Ave. Get there a little early to enjoy your beverage or breakfast snack so that we can depart at 10 am.

DazBog Coffee on 9th

To your delight we have 5 home that have just hit the market with in the past few weeks. Your opportunity to see them before they are gone!

740 Corona St, $389,000 scored a 91 on the Walk Score website!
1419 Elizabeth St., $419,000, excellently located down the street from the Tattered Cover as well as Twist & Shout
1115 Madison St, $360,000, an updated Bungalow with lots of room!
1034 Harrison St, $299,000, which is a nice price to get into this area!
1002 Harrison St, $311,989, sits on a really great corner lot!

The blocks will speed by as it always does when I am riding my bike! I so enjoy being able to cover a variety of neighborhoods at the pace of 8 mph so that I truly learn the the neighborhood. I hope you will join us this Saturday for HBBTs! Don’t forget to SIGN UP!

oh yeah…and tell your friends!

See you Saturday!
Bridget Slevin
720-232-7448
soldbybridget@hotmail.com

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This weeks bike tour will be covering a different area of our every expanding Denver Metro Area. Most know of the Wash Park area but many may not be as familiar with the neighborhoods surrounding it. Just east of Wash Park is Cory Merrill/Alta Vista. Some referrer to this as Bonnie Brae or East Wash Park… We’ll be starting off at the local coffee shop in the area by the name of Capuvino, 728 S University Blvd, 80209. From there we’ll take an easy stroll through the east side of Bonnie Brae leading into Cory Merrill and a collection of six unique homes. If you’re unfamiliar with the area, take it from a local (rare to hear) it’s not to be missed. If you’re up to date simply looking fro a morning to be out on your cruiser, we’d love to have you just the same.

I, Grant Langham will be leading the tour and would welcome an introduction via phone call prior to tomorrow’s tour. I may be reached at 303-408-2100.

If you happen to miss this ride we hope to see you at another. What better way to via your next, most important purchase in life then via your bicileta (Bicycle in Spanish).

Have a great weekend and please take advantage of the beautiful weather.

Cheers,

Grant Langham
langham303@gmail.com

This weeks bike tour will be covering a different area of our every expanding Denver Metro Area. Most know of the Wash Park area but many may not be as familiar with the neighborhoods surrounding it. Just east of Wash Park is Cory Merrill/Alta Vista. Some referrer to this as Bonnie Brae or East Wash Park… We’ll be starting off at the local coffee shop in the area by the name of Capuvino, 728 S University Blvd, 80209. From there we’ll take an easy stroll through the east side of Bonnie Brae leading into Cory Merrill and a collection of six unique homes. If you’re unfamiliar with the area, take it from a local (rare to hear) it’s not to be missed. If you’re up to date simply looking fro a morning to be out on your cruiser, we’d love to have you just the same.

Click on the link through Google Maps of this weekends TOURS.

I, Grant Langham will be leading the tour and would welcome an introduction via phone call prior to tomorrow’s tour. I may be reached at 303-408-2100.

If you happen to miss this ride we hope to see you at another. What better way to via your next, most important purchase in life then via your bicileta (Bicycle in Spanish).

Have a great weekend and please take advantage of the beautiful weather.

Cheers,

Grant Langham
langham303@gmail.com