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Fantastic Waterfront Home in Ortega Just Reduced to only $570K!!
View from House at 2721 McGirts Blvd.
If you’re looking for your chance get to “get on the river” – it’s just come available. Listed at only $570,000, this 4br/3.5ba home needs some cosmetic updating like changing carpets, kitchen & bath updates but it’s located on a quiet cul de sac within walking distance to neighborhood schools, churches and parks.
Vaulted Ceiling Family Room with Beautiful River Views
Add to the fact that this house has GREAT bones including a Vaulted Ceiling Family room with fireplace, large foyer, very large laundry room, a large two car garage, huge deck perfect for riverfront parties and gorgeous views. The person who can look beyond the current cosmetics and is willing to put a little sweat equity into this home is going to see a big upside! The Ortega neighborhood of Jacksonville is highly sought after and is only a 10 minute drive from both the Naval Air Station and Downtown. Take a look and call us right away at 904-252-5181 to see this gem! This house is listed by Shannon McKinnon and Nelson Higgins of Prudential Network Realty.
The Early Bird Gets the Worm in Avondale!
1257 Edgewood Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32205
When I saw this house pop up as a new listing for only $199,000 day before yesterday in Avondale, I knew it would be gone in a minute. I was right, it’s already under contract.
I’ve got buyers coming in this weekend from South Carolina and I called the listing office to make an appointment for Sunday afternoon. They called back a few hours later to tell me they had two written offers in hand. The house is listed as a 3br/2.5 bath home with approx. 1,960 square feet and offered by Doris Arnold of Watson Realty.
Why not hire us to be on the lookout so you don’t miss great opportunities like this one? We’ve got our eyes wide open, ears to the ground and notice great deals like this right away. But there is a catch……you have to be ready to act!
This is a short sale and banks require pre-approval letters with short sale offers so call your lender, get prequalified and then call us at 904-252-5181. You’ll be the next one in line for a great opportunity like this!
We specialize in Avondale, Ortega and Riverside and offer no pressure evaluations of how much your house is worth or can help you snag a great deal like this one on Edgewood Avenue.
Foreclosure on McGirts Blvd. in Ortega neighborhood of Jacksonville, FL
4250 McGirts Blvd. - Exterior Front
If you’ve been patiently waiting to snag a great real estate deal, then your wait has ended. The house located at 4250 McGirts Blvd, is a foreclosure and an amazing buy. Reduced by another $20K today to the incredible price of only $909K, this is the best buy on the St. John’s river right now. Listed by Duval Realty, the house is over 4,000 square feet with 5 bedrooms, 4 and a half baths, huge fireplace, screened in porch, large laundry room, big piece of property, three car garage and a private dock, this house is a steal.
It does need some updating, but at this price, there’s plenty of room built in for the needed repairs. In my opinion, just changing the exterior color to a more neutral tan with white trim would totally transform this house and give it immediate equity.
4250 McGirts Blvd. - Private Dock with Boat Lift
The neighborhood of Ortega is a wonderful place where you can walk, ride bikes, send your kids to school and get to your job downtown in just minutes. The naval air station is also minutes away and then there’s the Super Target – a place we all love to go!
4250 McGirts Blvd. - Back of House showing Large Yard
Please call us immediately at 904-252-5181 for a showing appointment – this last price reduction is sure to make this one go.
Want A Waterfront House Under $1M in Jacksonville, FL – Better Hurry!
Recent Waterfront Sale
In case you haven’t noticed, the sales of waterfront homes under $1M have been brisk lately and the supply is dwindling. In the neighborhoods of Ortega, Avondale and Fairfax Manor, 4 have sold in the last seven months, three are recently under contract and there are only 8 left. Out of those 8, some are in much better condition than others and some would clearly be considered for lot value only. Click here to see the homes that have recently sold and Click here to see the ones that are left! Call us today if you’d like to own a slice of the river before it’s gone! We are neighborhood specialists.
New Listing - Under Contract in 30 days
Incredible DEAL on waterfront condo in Jacksonville, Florida
Charming, well designed & appointed apartment on 2nd floor of desirable Park Plaza w/ spectacular river and downtown skyline views. Gracious living spaces include 2br/2 baths and a large den. Square footage has been extended by an estimated 300 feet with the enclosure of 3 of the 4 balconies. Beautiful walnut stained hardwood floors in the public areas and carpet in the bedrooms, custom crown molding. Wood plantation shutters on all windows throughout. Conveys with one garage parking space. Ample additional parking. Seller offering buyer credit toward new stove & dishwasher. Best pedestrian neighborhood in Jacksonviller, steps from shops,restaurants,Memorial Park, museum,downtown. dont miss it!
Great NEW LISTING in Venetia Neighborhood of Jacksonville!
It’s not often that we have the pleasure of listing a 5 bedroom 4.5 bath home with over 3,000 square feet for such a reasonable price! This wonderful home in the neighborhood of Venetia is a short drive from downtown Jacksonville as well as NAS Jax. There’s room for everyone in this house and it has so many of the features that today’s buyer wants — updated kitchen, family room open to the kitchen, split plan, refreshing pool and jacuzzi, tons of storage and more! Priced at only $109 per square foot, this is an opportunity that will not last! Please call us today for a showing of this very special home.
Save HUGE amounts of money on your Property Taxes!
In a post I wrote some time ago, I talked about Amendment One or Property Tax Portability. In a time of sagging real estate prices, there continues to be some GOOD NEWS in Real Estate.
If you have lived in your home for a long time (let’s say 10 years or more), there is likely a difference between the assessed and market values of your home due to the Save Our Homes Amendment (Amendment 10) which has limited the increase in the assessed value of your home to 3% or the CPI (whichever is less) since it was passed in 1992.
If you are one of the lucky people who has benefitted from this difference in value (referred to as deferred value), when you SELL, you can carry or “port” this difference with you to a new homestead in the state of Florida.
Effective as of January 2008, Amendment One was intended to “unlock” the real estate market and enable people who had been in their homes a long time and who had accumulated substantial property tax savings to take it with them or “port” it to a new homestead so they could sell but continue to enjoy lower property taxes.
I recently had the pleasure of working with a customer who had accumulated the maximum allowable port ($500K) who was able to apply that amount to a new residence and realize SUBSTANTIAL savings on their property tax bill. The customer did not know about Property tax portability and was, of course, DELIGHTED to learn about this amazing benefit! Click here for a table with examples of how Portability works.
It pays to work with realtors who know not only the latest statistics of the market but also other facets of the market that can save you money!
PRICE REDUCED! Great Avondale Pool Home!
1252 Windsor Place, Jacksonville, FL
Just in time for the summer, this wonderful pool home has just been reduced by a whopping $29,000 and is a real value for today’s buyers.
Located at 1252 Windsor Place, within walking distance to the shoppes of Avondale and the wonderful Cool Moose Cafe this 3BR/2BA home is a signature Marsh and Saxelbye home from the 1920’s.
Mediterranean architecture, tall ceilings, wood floors and more are just a few of the special features of this great house. Located at the end of a cul de sac with a two car garage and wonderful bonus room above, this is a must see.
Please call me or Caroline for an appointment to see this great house today!
Gone in a Day! Is the Real Estate Market improving in Avondale?
1463 Ingleside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL
Sometimes, it takes the right mix of price, beauty and well….price to make a property sell quickly. Our new listing at 1463 Ingleside Avenue was on the market for less than a week when we received an offer.
The house had previously been listed for sale by owner at a much higher price as the seller struggled with whether or not to pursue a short sale. After consulting with us and learning that the property value would necessitate a short sale, the sellers agreed to the price we recommended, we had professional photographs made, entered the house into the Multiple Listing Service and received an offer in a matter of days!
The list price of the house is $310K or $158 per square foot. The house has tall ceilings, a renovated kitchen, one car garage and darling guest house. Most notably for an older home, this has both a family room AND a large master bathroom — almost unheard of for an older home in Avondale. The seller of this home has great taste and has done wonders for the home in terms of style! From the moment you walk in the door until you finish in the guest house, you are convinced that this is a very special property.
If you’d like more information about any of the great homes in the Avondale, Ortega or Riverside neighborhoods, please give Allison Steilberg or Caroline Powell of the Avondale A Team a call. Allison’s number is 252-5181 and Caroline’s is 463-1898. Our website address is www.allaboutavondale.com. Come visit!
Wonderful New Listing at Jacksonville’s Premiere Condo – The Peninsula
Balcony view from 2608 at The Peninsula
- Kitchen view of 2608 at the Peninsula
It’s so fun when we get a great property to sell that we’re excited about. Our new listing at The Peninsula in beautiful downtown Jacksonville certainly meets that criteria! Unit 2608 is a corner unit with 2br/2ba and 1,667 square feet.
You’ve got your own private elevator lobby, a large wrap around glass balcony, floor to ceiling windows, top of the line stainless steel appliances, plenty of storage, tall ceilings, extra large laundry room with full size washer and dryer and more! Your views are directly to the east and to the Southeast — no afternoon sun to blare in your windows and prevent you from enjoying the fabulous afternoon breezes.
The amenities offered at The Peninsula are unparalleled. Incredible gym has first class locker rooms with sauna and steam rooms, pilates/yoga rooms, huge pool, community office suite with computers, large plush library and incredible lobby — there just isn’t another building in Jacksonville like this and is an experience not to be missed!
There have been 8 units sold at the Peninsula in the last year and three of those were sold just this year. The units sold from a low of $180K to a high of $499,900 and price per square foot prices from $160 to $288. Seven of the sales were 2 br units and one was a 1br. To see a list of all the closed sales in the building over the last year, click here. There are currently 34 units listed for sale at The Peninsula.
For a look at the building and an insider’s perspective on what the best units/values are, please contact me for a tour – we’d love to show you around.
Thanks for reading, we look forward to hearing from you!
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