{"id":700,"date":"2006-11-27T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=700"},"modified":"2006-11-27T23:07:28","modified_gmt":"2006-11-28T06:07:28","slug":"the-historical-preservation-movement-deploys-a-veiled-theivery-to-create-compulsory-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/700\/the-historical-preservation-movement-deploys-a-veiled-theivery-to-create-compulsory-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"The historical preservation movement deploys a veiled theivery to create compulsory museums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Riccelli asks<\/a><\/p>\n

Historic districts: Good for buyers? Sellers? Realtors? This guy??<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I say: depends on what the buyer wants; maybe but maybe not; neutral; that guy was robbed!<\/p>\n

Buyers of any property, real or personal, get to celebrate their own personal tastes by buying what they like and can afford. So are historic districts good for buyers? It depends on whether that’s important to the buyer. Some of my buying clients like HOAs, others loathe them. Some like brand-new builds, others want rambling ranches circa 1970. That’s their business. My business is to help them find whatever they want.<\/p>\n

I happen to prefer older homes to newer ones. But I don’t believe older homes are physically better than newer ones. Better architecture and craftsmanship come at a price… then and now. A house built for the middle class buyer of 1935 is probably of similar quality to a house built for today’s middle class buyer. Similar quality but less appropriate for today’s lifestyle. Yet the historic middle class home, particularly in an historic district, is more expensive for today’s buyer than the middle class home in the suburbs. Why? Because the historic home is more rare, and in a free market that makes it more precious.<\/p>\n

Right now there is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house listed on 124 W Coronado Rd<\/a> in Phoenix’s Willo district<\/a>. It’s a plain 2,277 square foot brick ranch with stained concrete floors and a single car garage that’s been converted to a storage facility. Because of the age, I wouldn’t expect much in the way of closets or kitchen storage. When the house was new, it would have been smaller — the second bath and master bedroom walk-in closet described in the listing would have been added later — and built for the working class. The asking price on this listing is $675,000.<\/p>\n

In Peoria, that $675,000 will buy you a 3 bedroom, 3.25 bath 3,045 square foot house with casita (separate guest quarters) and 3-car garage on a golf course lot. This house<\/a> has a highly upgraded gourmet kitchen — stainless, granite, maple — with a wine room, among Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Riccelli asks Historic districts: Good for buyers? Sellers? Realtors? This guy?? I say: depends on what the buyer wants; maybe but maybe not; neutral; that guy was robbed! Buyers of any property, real or personal, get to celebrate their own personal tastes by buying what they like and can afford. So are historic districts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8052,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8052\/what-a-completely-virtual-real-estate-solution-looks-like\/","url_meta":{"origin":700,"position":0},"title":"What a Completely Virtual Real Estate Solution Looks Like","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"April 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Per my earlier post regarding the evolution of technology driven real estate solutions, I believe the next generation of buyers and sellers will be more empowered to search, purchase and sell real estate themselves, without the services of a real estate professional. 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