Morgantown Homecoming

540 Elmina Street is still available, though I’ll bet it won’t last through the summer. 540 Elmina Street has a lot of great features, including re-finished wood floors, totally remodeled kitchen and bath, improved insulation, new windows and siding, and a large out-building suitable for storage or a workshop.

Plus, 540 Elmina Street is within a fifteen minute (flat!) walk to downtown Morgantown. It’s also steps away from the public bus. If you’re looking to down-size, or just starting out, and you want to be close to town take a look at 540 Elmina Street.

Tons of new pictures after the jump! (more…)

It happened. I put 1028 Charles Avenue under contract yesterday afternoon! Congrats to Loretta and Patrick on taking the first step to becoming home owners!

For those of you looking for a three bedroom, 436 Center Street is a great option. Like 1028 Charles Avenue, it has three bedrooms plus tons of extra living space. Charles had the rec room, Center has the attic. Rather than making Center’s third bedroom your home office, you could easily put it in the attic. Don’t need three bedrooms? Looks like you’ll have room in Center Street for that backgammon room you’ve always wanted.

Now if you’re determined to go small, to go green (as in the color, not the externally validated energy efficiency standards) you’ll want to check out 540 Elmina Street.  Two bedrooms, one bath, and huge storage–what’s not to like? Did you ever wonder how the houses look so clean in Domino, Cottage Living, and Real Simple? It’s real simple: big basements and outbuildings to store all the everyday, non-decorative junk. Elmina’s got that in spades.

So our supply is dwindling, but Morgantown Homecoming still has everything you’re looking for in an in-town, walkable, and charming home!

It’s official. The Housing Authority closed on the sale of 228 Green Street today at about 11:50 AM.

Best wishes for a happy home to the new owners, Damien and Molly. It’s great that they moved in just in time to enjoy the Greenmont Neighborhood Block Party, this Saturday, 4-7PM.

Upcoming Homes & Land ad. Note the pastel. I thought I would reach out to Morgantown Homecoming’s manly buyers. Next month: Hello, Kitty.

A couple months back, the Housing Authority closed on a home on Charles Avenue. We’ve been working on sprucing the place up. Now, all we’ve got left to do is install carpet and replace the kitchen counters. Here’s a sneak peek:

The home has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a two-car garage, rec room and a huge yard. We’re pricing it at $149,500. The carpet and counters should be in by the end of June. If you’d like to get a jump on the home before we put it on the market officially, give Morgantown Homecoming a call at (304) 212-8575.

The West Virginia Housing Development Fund is initiating a 3-2-1 buy down program to help families by a new home. The buy down will enable buyers, of new or never lived in homes, to purchase those homes because the interest rates for the first three years will be well below market interest rates.

For example, a home buyer obtaining a 5% loan over thirty (30) years will see that first year rate lowered by 3% to 2%. In the second year, that rate will be lowered to 3% and in the third year, the rate will be lowered to 4%. The rate over the remaining years would be 5%.

This special financing would apply to two Morgantown Homecoming houses: 458 Morgan Street and 806 Madison Avenue. The buy-down program offers a great way to build equity in your new home early in your mortgage–a rare opportunity! Plus, you’ll be buying a great home in a great neighborhood.

It’s been a busy week for 540 Elmina Street. First, FMHA’s construction crew sprinted to the finish to complete the place for last Sunday’s open house. Then, in the middle of all that, the house was shown three times. Next comes the open house. And now the house is getting even more attention, with showings nearly every day this week. This is what happens when you put out a good product at a great price.

Yesterday’s open house at Elmina Street was a great success. It felt sort of party-ish at a couple of points. We had prospective buyers, neighbors, and former residents stop by to take a peek at this great rehab. Here were some of the words and phrases I heard a lot:

• “Adorable!”
• “I had no idea.”
• “That’s so neat.”
• “Look at that woodwork.”
• “These floors are beautiful.”
• “I love this kitchen.”
• “This room is surprisingly large.”
• “It’s so cozy.”
• “What kind of floor is that? It’s got to be tile.”
• “This won’t stay on the market long.”

Maybe I’m partial, but I agree with every word.

It’s been a long road, but our new construction at 458 Morgan Street is now complete! The house has a great lay-out, a roomy feel and great extras like a second floor laundry and master suite. Here are some new photos of the place, now that it’s truly done. Give me a call at (304) 212-8575 and we’ll go take a look.