Lawrence, KS: For Sale - 1860s Queen Anne Just 4 Blocks From Mass Street And 15 Minute Walk To KU

Great Victorian House, Excellent Price, Prime Location

1104 New York Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044

PRICE RAISED!$154,900

Contact: forsalebyownerlfk@gmail.com

This quaint, mid-1800s home has been completely updated while maintaining its original details and charm. Perfect for a small family or students who want to walk to downtown with its numerous restaurants and bars or to KU, just a short 10-15 minute walk away. Old East Lawrence is the centerpiece of the city's exciting new Arts District, having a historic and eclectic feel with many new businesses moving in and 19th Century homes being renovated.

This charming 1860s two-story home with front and side porches is just a short walk from downtown (Massachusetts Street) and 10-15 minute walk to University of Kansas (KU) campus.

Beautiful cherry cabinets in kitchen with butcher-block counter tops, large, open living room, laundry room, and large bedroom on main level - built in 1860s. Two bedrooms and bath on second level - added in 1900. Bathroom has original clawfoot tub and shower, having been completely remodeled in 2015.

Original fieldstone foundation was renovated in 2015. New energy saving furnace and air conditioner as well as ductwork installed throughout the home in 2013. Recently painted inside and out. Hardwood floors in stairwell, landing, and all of second floor renovated in 2014. New $5000 sump system installed in 2014. Plumbing and electrical recently updated.

Large yard on three sides has pond in the back, all recently having been completely reseeded. Several large trees provide plenty of shade, reducing energy consumption and large rear patio coverage in summer. 

This "Queen Anne" Victorian is located in historic Old East Lawrence, just 3 blocks from downtown Lawrence (restaurants, bars, nightclubs, theatres, shopping), short walking distance to the University of Kansas campus, and in the center of Lawrence's new and flourishing Arts District.

Built in the 1860's, this may be one of the few wooden structures that survived the torches of Quantrill's raid on August 21, 1863. With three bedrooms and one bath, a large yard with pond, and off street parking, this 2-story home is in excellent condition and ready to move in.

Updates

- New furnace and AC system (including new ducts) installed in August 2013

- Bathroom and kitchen recently renovated

- Installed new $5000 sump pump system in the basement

- Recently repainted inside and out

- New subflooring, beams, and additional bracing added in the last 5 years 

- Fieldstone foundation recently renovated using original mortar mixture

- Hardwood floors on stairs and upstairs recently refinished

- Electrical upgrade completed in 2014

- Recently replaced the under structure of the original front porch

- Cleaned-up (significantly) and re-seeded the front and back yards

- Installed a rock driveway (2015)

Features

- Off-Street Parking (rare in this area) For 3+ Cars

- Architectural Plans For 2-Car Garage ($650 Value)

- Original windows all function, most still have their counterweights

- Home is remarkably energy efficient for its age (no drafts)

- Storm windows throughout

- Roof is approximately 10 years old and in good condition

- 1,165 Square Feet

- Home appraised in October for $155,000

Security (included)

- 100% wireless (cellular) alarm system and monitoring with door, window, motion, temperature, and flood sensors as well as cameras and real-time web-cased notifications and camera access (no contracts)

- Motion and time-activated flood lights in front, side, and back yards

If sale can be completed without realtors, there would be a savings of a 6% which we would rather pass on to the buyer. We will be happy to share the appraisal with serious buyers. 

This home will not be available for long because of the excellent condition of the house and its location, within easy walking distance to downtown and the University of Kansas campus. 

Once listed in March 2017, the 6% savings will no longer be an option and home will sell for full appraisal price.

View the Virtual Tour for an inside look and more details: https://youtu.be/bOp4caz2bP8

Floorplan

Lot

Douglas County, Kansas - Property Lines

Google Maps - 1104 New York Street

Large Main  Living Area - Built-In Bookshelves

Refinished Kitchen - Cherry Cabinets w/ Self Closing Drawers, Butcher Block Counters

Refrigerator, Glass Top Electric Range, And Microwave Included

Laundry Room

Kitchen

Large Bedroom/Office On Main Level

Medium Size Bedroom (#2) Upstairs

Remodeled Bath w/ Original Clawfoot Tub Between Two Upstairs Bedrooms

Smaller Bedroom (#3) Upstairs

Large Back Yard w/ Large Patio Space And Small Pond

Side Entry And Porch #2

Original Fieldstone Foundation Restored In 2016

Front Porch Substructure Reinforced In 2017

Original Queen Anne Front Porch - Relax And Watch The Sun Set Over KU

View the Virtual Tour: https://youtu.be/bOp4caz2bP8


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Overland, Park, Kansas: Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate "Talks The Talk", But Does Not "Walk The Walk"

Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate
Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Services
8500 W 95th St
Overland Park, KS 66212
Phone: (913) 660-0822
Website: kc.selecthomes.com

Part of traveling includes trips to exciting new places and the possibility of picking up and moving to a different city. We visited Kansas City in 2007 never expecting to move there. Now it is time to move on, so we are selling our home. 

After hearing Martin Taggart, Team Leader and Lead Listing Specialist for Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate, on a local radio show, he seemed to say all of the right things so I asked him to possibly list the home we are planning to sell. During our first meeting he seemed personable and savvy, but a couple things he did and said did not sit well at gut level. For example, after viewing the house the tenant had to get her kids to their soccer game, so Martin invited us to Caribou Coffee to make his pitch and, hopefully for him, seal the deal. When it came time to pay for my, my wife's, and his coffees, about $11 total, Martin did not even attempt to pay, hanging back while letting me pay and deliver his complimentary coffee to him. What kind of professional lets a potential customer capable of generating over $20,000 in commission pay for their own coffee AND HIS after extending the invitation? I should have listened to my gut and parted ways then and there, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

His Gold and Platinum "Worry Free Listing Addendum" scheme is nothing more, a scheme to get another 1% commission out of sellers (for a total commission of 7% - Platinum). The Worry Free Listing ADDendum also ADDs an ADDitional $595 "Transaction Fee" on top of the already exorbitant standard 6% real estate commission (or 7% in the case of Martin's Platinum scheme) charged on all real estate transactions, something I have never seen in all my years of buying and selling houses. When I asked him why I had to pay a transaction fee on top of even a standard 6% commission, he quickly told me "I'll waive it and pay it out of my own pocket", as if it were something he would owe someone else rather than an invention to produce more profit for his company that it actually is.

Martin was anxious to get the house on the market within two weeks, so he promised to help us expedite the listing and sale by referring contractors he claimed he has "special pull with" to perform needed work on the home in preparation for sale, but none of them panned out, either not following-up or not being available to perform the work soon enough to list the home according to Martin's recommended timeline. Clearly there was no communication between he and "his contractors" about the schedule, wasting my time with numerous phone calls, emails, texts, and a 100 mile round trip to meet one at the subject home in Kansas City. In the end, not one performed as promised, another indication that Martin's words carry little weight.

He also led us to believe that Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate located in Overland Park, Kansas is #9 in total units sold in the US and #1 in Kansas, "according to the Wall Street Journal", but upon closer inspection of the link he sent me to confirm these supposed "facts" (see table below), I found that it had nothing to do with the Wall Street Journal at all and the numbers he was quoting included sales for four offices throughout Kansas, including Hutchinson (219 miles from Kansas City). Newton (182 miles from Kansas City), and the home office in Wichita (199 miles from Kansas City).

2015 Teams by Transaction Sides

Rank	Team Name	Company	MSA	City	State	Transactions	Website
9	Mike Grbic	Select Homes - Team Real Estate	Wichita, KS	Wichita	KS	952.00	Visit Website
15	The Koehler Bortnick Team	ReeceNichols - Leawood	Kansas City, MO-KS	Leawood	KS	738.00	Visit Website
24	The Rob Ellerman Team	ReeceNichols - Lee's Summit	Kansas City, MO-KS	Lee's Summit	MO	628.00	Visit Website

Source: https://www.realtrends.com/rankings/real-trends-1000-teams-by-sides15

How can someone include home sales in cities 200 miles away in the numbers that lead people to believe that their Kansas City Team is one of the "top-10 teams in the country"?

Here is Martin on KMBZ Radio, leading listeners, as he did me, to believe that his "Kansas City Team" sales numbers include those of the franchises' offices in Wichita, Hutchinson, and Newton, Kansas:

I followed-up in an email, asking Martin: 

1. "You claim being one of the top (#9) teams in the country according to the Wall Street Journal and Kansas’ #1 team, but you don’t mention Kansas City. Why? 
2. Why can’t I readily find these accolades on your website?
3. Where can I find the sources for your claims?". 

His response was "Our team outsold the #2 team in the Metro last year by several hundred units", referring to a team whose sales numbers included ONLY the Kansas City Metro area, not the entire State of Kansas. 

When I held his feet to the fire and questioned him about the authenticity of the data he was quoting, requested that he provide objective comparative data in regard to sales in Kansas City alone, and asked him to answer numerous other questions I had, including why he was comparing apples to onions (a Kansas-wide franchise group compared to a single Kansas City based real estate team), Martin refused to answer and quickly replied "I respectfully withdraw our offer to engage in the listing of your home".

There is an old saying in the military about talking the talk and walking the walk, and Martin Taggart can clearly "talk and talk and talk the talk" ... I will leave it at that.

Martin Taggart and Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate Get One Bomb Out Of 10 And A Spot On My "WALL OF SHAME" ... More Bombs Are Better!

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Title: Select Homes - KC Team Real Estate "Talks The Talk", But Does Not "Walk The Walk"

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