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....you would be home now! Truly, if you lived in Denver or anywhere in Colorado, you would not only be home now but you would be living now! Colorful Colorado is a spectacular state, if not the most spectacular state amongst the 49 contenders. Name a state that can hold the trifecta on Memorial weekend...the trifecta/hat trick being a few quick ski or shredding runs in the morning (Arapahoe Basin is still running lifts daily), a round of golf mid day and fly fishing in the early evening. Three of the many activities that can be enjoyed during the merry month. You can also bike to each activity, or take a hike from one to the other. This is one of the most physically fit states in the nation and it is not a result of the altitude but may be the attitude. If you lived here you would adjust to both quickly. They say we are not a "cow town" anymore, but then again we are! Let's just say it's a Cown Town With Attitude!
The Denver Post ran a Summer Getaways magazine on Sunday, May 17th and listed Easy Day Trips from Denver, all unique and offering the full Colorado mountain experience.
They only featured 3, but I would and could suggest 3x that amount. In fact, you can do a day trip from Denver to Aspen, yes, returning the same day with a different route each way. But you actually cannot do any of this without actually living here and Denver is the fastest growing metropolitan city in, yet again...THE NATION!
Why the allure? Lifestyle! Denver has one of the largest demographics of millennials entering the work force, and employers are bringing that generation into the fold. It's easy to attract a younger population as Denver has 6 professional sports teams; owns its opera, ballet, symphony and theatre companies; has a hip new bar and restaurant scene; and of course a new legalization law in place. Denver's close proximity to all the mountain playgrounds and outdoor activities adds to the allure, as well as easy access around the world from an international airport. Denver is the new It Girl, and the origial nickname for Denver is the Queen City.
Denver also has been attracting the new Baby Boomer population, I say new because in the last few years the retiring Boomer has changed dramatically. The new retiree has new knees, new hips, new parts altogether enabling a lifestyle that is filled with outdoor physical activities. Yep, they have traded up... knitting needles to hiking sticks and river poles. The new Baby Boomer, raised in the hippiest of hip decades, desires an active lifestyle surrounded by young people. This retiree invented the last scene of Mad Men, the martini lunch is now the yogini lunch! Baby Boomers are also moving closer to the grandchildren because they are fit enough to actually play with the grandkids. Lowry is a dynamic community with a mix of young and old, the ranch style home listed at 886 Ulster and featured on this website is a great example. Lowry is just one of the many communities in Denver that attract a diverse community.
But if you don't live here...
Call me for information on living in Denver. I represent Buyers and Sellers in this robust market and would be happy to assist you!
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: May 20, 2015
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Self Helpless |
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We are all guilty of this...self diagnosing a medical ailment by clicking on Google. I have diagnosed myself with a multitude of chronic illnesses from the research gleaned on the web. It's a wonder I get around these days. Fortunately the local pharmacists are wise enough to steer clear of the "self helpless" and suggest a professional doctor, and not the pretty ones on morning news shows wearing sleevelss dresses in frigid February. The referral is to a trained, licensed medical doctor that can actually make time in their day to physically see you and then utilize years of medical training and experience to help the helpless.
The Internet is and will always be a credible tool for everyone, but the game changer today is the lost syndication rights for both Zillow and Trulia. That's right folks, the information that was often misleading and incorrect is going to get a lot more silly. ListHub and the Denver metro area MLS system has said "bye-bye" to the two sites used frequently; they will not have access to the information. No worries, getting the right and correct information for the purchase or sale of a home isn't critical. I mean it's not like mis-diagnosing something chronic....right? Actually, wrong!
Check it out:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/.../home-sellers-finding-problems/
Getting the correct information in this tricky Denver market is critical. Don't be fooled by what you find on your own, help yourself to a Realtor, someone educated and experienced in residential real estate in your local market.
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
posted: April 15, 2015
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The Big Clean |
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Spring has arrived! A Cleanse the Nest Shout Out to all domestic engineers, or maybe just unecessary pressure?
Help is on the way, and it isn't in the form of the Merry Maid Posse.
A series of three very informative and fun evenings explore the idea of the BIg Clean. Whether you are "right-sizing" your current home, "down-sizing" to a smaller and perhaps one level home or condominium, or transferring the wealth to the next generation, the realization that you have accumulated too much stuff becomes daunting. As the comedian George Carlin quipped, Americans tend to spend the week buying stuff that they sell in their yards on the weekend! Comedic relief aside, baby-boomers have acquired too much stuff and the millenials are moving to panic mode with a future that bodes of inheriting either the goods or the problem. You think those millenials are tough inside your refrigerator? Wait until they get into your closet!
The first series was held on Tuesday, appropriately March 31 because the next morning attendees peered into their closets and thought ...."April Fool"! Three speakers discussed solutions for "too much stuff". Susie Houston and Brooke Hecht, a mother/daughter team, are professionals in the solutions to moving or right sizing. Their mission statement is clear, "we organize your home one drawer, one room, at a time..." They actually reversed the notion that you need to spring clean the closet in one afternoon. Susie is known for quipping the obvious as in her "The fastest way to get to the end is to BEGIN" mantra. Some of their suggestions were clear and not over whelming. If you are preparing for a move, pick a room and go one drawer at a time even if it is just one drawer in an afternoon. If that is overwhelming, call them and they will whip through your home in a nano second, one drawer at a time. They are also experts in fashion and can help or wean you away from that 20 year old ball gown or designer suit that you have been sure you will wear again if you lose 5 pounds or if it comes back into style.
The third speaker was Leigh Dyer of In Dire Need Professional Organizing. Leigh not only helps clients downsize, move or right size but she is a professional that will organize your office, your files, your life! Leigh has the energy and patience to transition the most complicated areas of a person's life to sleek, simple and stress free. Leigh had many easy tips for keeping the pared down new you in shape so the clutter monsters don't invade the home again.
Leigh has a list of resources for removing the "stuff" you do not need. For instance, the Denver Dumb Friends League will take old blankets, pillows, towels and sheets and dry cleaners will take and recycle wire hangers, which you will have plenty of after your closet purge.
You can imagine what fun we had! The second series will focus on appriasing fine art, jewelry, china and silver with experts in the appraisal field and also a professional estate sale consultant will be on hand to help with the task of selling what you don't need or what the next generation does not want. The second session will be held in late April so contact me for details. The series is being hosted by myself and Devvy Altman and Hanne Lichtenfels, seasoned brokers of Kentwood City Properties.
For more information you can contact me at
judy@kentwoodcity.com
303-820-2489
Kentwood City Properties.
posted: April 1, 2015
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Cheesman Craftsman Sold |
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As they say in Italia, chuisi! Closed! The incredible California Craftsman home on Little Cheesman Park....lots of similar consonants, closed for a price that does not have a c for the first consonant! What is unique and endearing about this sale is not price but the joint execution and mutual respect of the buyers and the sellers created by their mutual love of this outstanding home.
The sellers purchased the home over 30 years ago and took the first renovations to the artistic level of an early century California Craftsman bungalow style home. They stripped the beautiful carved wooden staircase of the prior paint, restoring the wood to its original beauty. They commissioned an artist to paint canvas trompe l'oeil panels to fit between the coffered wood beams on the ceiling and a mural that lines the living room ceiling with a landscape resembling the California wine country...honestly Gustave Stickley would have bought this house! Detail upon glorious detail in one of the most prime locations in central Denver.
The buyers, re-locating back to Denver, had walked Little Cheesman many summer evenings and had long admired this home, knowing but never dreaming that the wish list would come to fruition. Now their summer evenings will be sipping a lovely vintage under the pergola while listening to the summer concerts from the neighboring Botanic Gardens. You honestly can't make this stuff up, it is true!
To manage your wish or bucket list, and make your dreams come true, call me as I am that unique 4th generation Denverite with time and energy.
For more information contact:
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
www.judysdenver.com
judy@kentwoodcity.com
303-820-2489
posted: March 31, 2015
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March Myths and Madness |
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Top seed in March is not necessarily a term for the early spring gardner. A top seed is the reference to the "most likely" team to proceed to the Big Dance Marching On to the Final Four, but that is just a myth and the madness. Many of the top seed coaches are back home throwing that other top seed around. Truly one of the greatest myths of March is the perfect bracket, but one of the other mystifying rumors is that March is the perfect time to sell a home, which leads to buyer and seller madness.
March does trump the hibernating months, and March is still half in and half out of winter, and the selling season. Bringing a property to market in March does not always guarantee the perfect bracket. It does give the home early exposure and is a wonderful month for spring cleaning the home, inside and out. The selling market is active, over active in a price range under 400,000, but buyers are still as particular as ever and the lenders and appraisers do not suffer fools when it comes to market reality. So if you need a spring sale, March is the month to launch but keep the madness at bay if you find yourself into April, which is when the other March Madness officially ends.
Myth alerts and St Joseph:
Bury the statue upside down next to the sign?
Bury it next to your door step facing away from the home?
Bury it next to the street facing towards the home?
Bury it 8 inches deep versus 3 feet deep?
Put one on a shelf in your condo?
What to do?
When thinking of buying or selling a home, contact a Realtor, an active member of the local and national Board of Realtors.
The list of requirements to keep that status active is lengthy and includes yearly courses to update contracts, legal changes in laws and practices, and ethics courses. There are many options out there, including the St Joseph statue, choose wisely. Choose a Realtor
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
Realtor/ Broker Associate
303-820-2489
judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: March 23, 2015
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#judysdenver3D |
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Announcing Throw Back Thursday Three D ... without the annoying paper eye glasses. A 3D tour was just completed on the property listed at 370 Clayton and available to view on this website! This is a one of a kind virtual tour of a property that allows the viewer a three dimensional view of each room in living technicolor. You feel as if you have been to the home on reality time, perfect for clients that need to travel to view real estate.
For the faint of browser types, I will give the tutorial from the creator of the tour, Alex Katz.
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=HQDL24W18JQ or click on the link on the 370 Clayton photo on this website
judysdenver.com.
Once you click the link, just open the model and it will take you directly in. You can view the model on any device. Be sure to use either Chrome or Safari as the browser. Lastly, you must check out the "Dollhouse View" which is activated by clicking the icon on the lower left hand part of the odel, located just to the right of the person walking icon. It is by far the most impressive impression of the model and can be zoomed and levels can be viewed individually by clicking the arrows located on the widget in the lower right hand corner.
Thank you Alex!
The property at 370 Clayton Street is perfect for this unique tour. It is three stories of absolute luxury and perfection with a spiral wrought iron and hardwood staircase in the center of the home. Every inch of the home stands tall with quality and style, from the incredible crown mouldings, marble and pewter counter surfaces, marble and hardwood flooring, state of the art lighting and french doors in nearly every room.
For more information on this property that is unique to Cherry Creek North and most of Denver, do not hesitate to phone or email.
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: March 12, 2015
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#WeAreDenver#judysdenver |
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Denver Real Estate brokerage services or otherwise known as the Kentwood Companies has a new marketing campaign with the hashtag...We Are Denver! Well if imitation is the highest form of flattery, then judysdenver.com is highly flattered.
When creating the website judysdenver.com the spin on the Denver name was a result of years of living the Denver life, not only my generation but the four generations that came before me! That's right, count 'em...four!
My Great Grandfather on my Father's side, James Hickey, was a reknowned electrician around the turn of the last century, wiring such historic places as the Teller Opera House, the Tabor Opera House, the Elitch Theatre and the Brown Palace Hotel. Sounds like a scene from Downtown Abbey and it was, he lived with my Grandfather in the Brown Palace Hotel...their way of bonusing the help and allowing access to the grand staircase. HIs wife's brother, Billy Murray, was an Irish tenor and left Denver to make it anywhere, New York, later making the first recording for RCA with the popular pop song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
He is still featured on NPR"s Lost and Found Sound and is honored in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame! Speaking of Hall of Fame, my Grandfather Frank Hickey, a graduate of Denver's East High School, learned a few tricks on the banister of the Brown Palace Hotel and went on to induction into the East High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
But enough, enough...of that side of the family and onto the maternal side! My Mother's Grandfather was a territorial judge with areas in the southwest portion of the state and the entire New Mexican landgrant territory including Santa Fe. A distinguished record as a judicial servant with a repurtation for being bold in courtrooms such as the famed Kit Carson family trial. My Mother's maternal Grandfather was with CFI Steel and instrumental in the preservation and dedication of Mesa Verde National Park with John Rockefeller. Her father and mother left the southwestern part of the state for his law schooling and law career as a water rights attorney in Denver. They were one of the first home owners to build along Seventeenth Avenue Parkway in Park Hill, then known as Downington Place... there goes that Downtown Abbey theme again!
My parents made Denver their home after college at the University of Colorado. My Father was on the CU Cotton Bowl Team and played in the NIT Basketball tournament in New York for CU...all in the same year. After serving as a Naval Officer during World War II, they hightailed it back to the foot of the Colorado Rockies making homes in Park Hill and later the HIlltop neighborhood. My Mother, along with her Mother and sisters, were civic minded women serving on the early days of the Junior League and Denver Debutante Ball committees. My Father sold real estate in Denver, fruits do not fall far from trees here. It seemed everyone in the family has worked along 17th Street in downtown Denver, me included as that is the address for Kentwood City Properties!
But no one out of all those generations ever really left the Denver area you say? Why would we?
We Are Denver!
For more information on homes for sale in the Denver area and surrounding Villages, don't hesitate to call me. I am a full service real estate broker and would be happy to show you why #wearedenver!
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
posted: February 26, 2015
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Meanwhile... |
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...back at the Ranch, the Ranch In Lowry that is! You can't miss it as it is one of the very few ranch style single family homes built in that section of Lowry and it rocks style. Tripped out and updated with over the top granite, stainless upper end appliances, gorgeous hardwood floors,plantation shutters, main floor master, two extra main floor bedrooms and a main study! Name it, "livin' the level life", one level. But no, say it isn't so...you can still keep the FitBit active and do the stairs at this ranch. The entire lower level is finished and inviting with an extra over sized bedroom and full bath, a recreation/family room and a full service gym complete with a wall of mirrors and professional grade gym flooring.
The brick and frame home sits on a quiet park like setting with plenty of parking, yes, parking...the ultimate real estate in Denver.
This is too good to be true, you say? It is, because the price kicks it out of the ranch as well. It is priced well below the going rate in the very walkable surrounding hoods.
Stop by this weekend, it will be held open!
886 Ulster Way
Co-listed: Donna Ryan and Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
posted: February 11, 2015
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36 Hours |
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The New York Times Sunday, January 25, 2015 featured Denver in their 36 Hours piece. Freda Moon, the author, mentioned a few notables such as the B-cycle bike share program and the newly renovated Union Station, both have great support and sponsorship from Kentwood City Properties. She also recognized Denver's rising economics. Denver is enjoying a remarkable high and not just in plant based products. The economy is one of the fastest growing and the millenial population outnumbers all other demographics which has had a major effect on how retailers, restauranteurs and developers are planning for the future.
Moon's three day jaunt through Denver highlighted some interesting restaurants, barely scratching the surface of all the new farm to table kitchen/dining experiences popping up all over the city. The beer/brewery industry received due recognition as Denver hosts one of the biggest beer conventions in the lower 48. But she was "over the Moon" with the Denver Botanic Gardens!
The Botanic Gardens offers Denver a year round experience with spectacular gardens,at tropical conservancy, outdoor summer concert series, holiday lighting and much more.
The Botanic Gardens sits off historic Cheesman Park and is steps away from a grand listing at 777 Williams Street on Little Cheesman. This Craftsman styled three story home features detail of the Arts and Crafts period with coffered ceilings, oak and walnut built-ins, solid hardwood floors and more. The newly landscaped garden with pergolas, decks and patios offers the perfect listening venue for a Chris Isaak or Keb Mo concert at the Botanic Gardens. The location is superior for urban living, and it is in possession of the most coveted real estate in Denver, PARKING! A three car garage completes the picture with plenty of curb side parking for entertaining.
This is a must-see and easy to show! It will be gone in let's say 36 hours?
Tour the property on judysdenver.com
Listed by
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
posted: January 28, 2015
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Make Mine A Condo, Please |
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One of the rarest finds in the city of Denver is an actual condominium that is FOR SALE, not FOR LEASE. The sleight of hand by the developers throughout the Denver area is clever, cranes, cranes everywhere and all those floors will be leased. What? Due to the Construction Defects legislation and immensely long periods of limitations, the developers are building apartments for hire. Think of the money you'll save leasing for 5 years!
Do the math, lease a one bedroom condo for 5 years, renewing each year at a higher rate or buy a one bedroom condo this year with a 5 year arm, probably below 4 % and ...
well, GOTCHA!
Take a look at a spectacular one bedroom condominium in one of the best architectural buildings in Denver that is close to Cherry Creek and close to downtown. Four Hundred East Third is located at Speer Boulevard and Logan St. It is within walking distance to Washington Park, Cherry Creek Shopping District, the Denver Art Museum, the eclectic South Broadway shopping district and a short drive to everywhere. The building is a concierge/secured entry building with underground parking and plenty of guest parking. There is a fitness room, two guest suites, a business center, conference room and two large and lovely living rooms for entertaining. The amenities also include storage units and a wine storage area.
The one bedroom condominiums listed will be available to tour on Thursday, November 13 from 4-6 with wine and appetizers provided by Kathy Fogel of Assured Title. This is your chance to choose, a one bedroom city view or a one bedroom mountain view...did I mention the views?
Do stop by and make yours a condo, please!
posted: November 12, 2014
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