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Modern architecture buffs will be familiar with the mid-century modern homes built by Joseph Eichler between 1949 and 1974. The properties, aimed at middle-class buyers of the time, have helped to define what’s known as California modern architecture.
The homes were especially unusual at the time because typical features included low or flat roofs, clean geometric lines, a somewhat spare sensibility, an open floor plan and lots of natural lighting that came from skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows. Another signature was a design that de-emphasized the delineation between the indoors and the outdoors. Views to the outdoors were always accessible and part of daily life.
I recently sold an Eichler house at 759 Pear Avenue in Sunnyvale near Cumberland Elementary School, and were pleased to see that Eichlers grab lots of attention when they go on the market. Even though there were about 11,000 Eichler homes built in Northern California and Southern California, they’re still considered a unique commodity and can command top dollar. The one I sold, in addition to being an Eichler, also was walking distance to the top rated Cumberland Elementary School in Sunnyvale. This Pear Avenue Eichler hadn’t been updated since the 70’s and definitely was a fixer-upper that needed a little TLC. We used our unique selling system to market the property, it generated multiple offers and sold for $60,000 above the asking price. And another Eichler, situated in Sunnyvale’s West Valley Elementary School district of Cupertino, recently sold for an eye-popping $227,000 over the asking price!
Later, I’ll talk more about the pricing strategy we used for the house and how the approach can help get more attention and offers if you do have a truly unusual property that you want to market. childrens claritin
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On behalf of the entire team at Rainmaker Properties,
we wanted to wish you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Happy Holidays!
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I asked clients that we helped purchase a home in Redwood City, what type of charity would they like to support
? The first word to come out of both of their mouths was “Animals”, so the team at Rainmaker contacted the Humane Society of Silicon Valley and were pleased to have been invited to a “hard hat tour” of the site of their new building.
The new Humane Society Silicon Valley
just may have pets running away from home for an opportunity to stay at what more closely resembles a high end pet hotel than a shelter for homeless animals complete with a dog park, boutique and community event center.
The first thing that you need to know about the new Humane Society Silicon Valley opening in Milpitas on a five acre parcel of light industrial real estate is that it’s NOT just an animal shelter. The new Silicon Valley facility will provide shelter to homeless animals but it will also be a community center where people and animals can come together to get to know one another, to learn about each other and to have fun in approximately 48,000 sq. feet of eco-friendly space. Where else, but in the Silicon Valley would you expect to find one of the first Green animal shelters in the country and the first Green building in the city of Milpitas.
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Realizing that the stigma of visiting a shelter was hindering efforts to find homes for animals, was only part of the vision behind the new facility. Creating a community animal center where current and future pet owners can come together to learn how to choose and care for pets, share experiences and have fun while exposing animal lovers who otherwise would not visit a shelter to their animal soul mate is just one of the many ways that Humane Society Silicon Valley is working to save the lives of homeless dogs, cats and rabbits.
Education will play a key role in the new center. A viewing area in the medical center will give future veterinarians and others interested in animal medicine an opportunity to learn firsthand about animal health issues. There will also be special animal centered classes and events, community meeting rooms, a dog park separated into a small and large dog section, café, dog training center, boutique, animal hotel and grooming facility. The new Silicon Valley Humane Society is scheduled to open early 2009. You can visit their web site at www.hssv.org for more information or various ways that people can support the center .
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This month, I shared some of my experience and insight as a broker and Realtor in Silicon Valley’s top performing Palo Alto real estate market with Prashant Gopa
l of BusinessWeek.com
“But home prices aren’t sliding everywhere. Palo Alto real estate has remained relatively strong, at least until the financial crisis hit in September, said Alex Wang, broker/owner of Rainmaker Properties in Palo Alto.
Wang said the market has slowed since then. Some residents are now eager to sell before the market worsens, he said. In some cases, sellers plan to move into rental properties.”
Check out the complete article: “Real Estate Winners and Losers 2008″
at BusinessWeek.com.
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Real estate agent Sara Greenwood
has organized a Willow Glen Toys for Tots toy drive in the Garden Theater Crush movie download
on Lincoln Avenue. There are drop boxes set up at the front of the building by Starbucks and another towards the back near the entrance from the rear parking lot.
The Marine Corp founded Toys for Tots with the objective to help needy children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas. It is their mission to collect and distribute toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.?? Please bring by a new, unwrapped toy and help make this holiday season very special to some less fortunate youngsters in our wonderful community. The deadline for collection is December 20, 2008
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Thank you for your donation and your support!!
Happy Holidays!
Sponsored by Sara Greenwood
– Rainmaker Properties & WG 2.0
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The team at Rainmaker Properties wanted to congratulate our clients Mike and Mindy, the winners of the 32″ Vizio LCD HDTV from our recent Client Appreciation Movie Event
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When choosing a real estate agent to help you buy, sell, or manage Silicon Valley real estate, we appreciate all of your support and confidence in us. We also thank you for referring your friends, family, and co-workers to us. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2009.Invasion of the Pod People film Body Double dvd The Marconi Bros. rip
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Sara sent me an email about how Starbucks
is giving a free cup of coffee to everyone that voted today. Sent in my ballot via mail last week. Pretty cool that Starbucks is doing this… decaf please.
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