A Private Central Tucson Oasis

Solid red brick home near Hoffman Park. Gorgeous updated kitchen and two bathrooms. 

Vintage built-in cabinets in dining room. Three bedrooms with concrete floors.  Laminate floors in the living room, family room, dining area and kitchen. No carpet! 

Double pane windows installed throughout in 2020. Laundry room with sink, washer and dryer. ''Solar dryer'', out in the yard, too! 

AC/gas furnace dated 2017. Shingle roof ''in perfect condition'' when roofer inspected in 2019. Huge yard with high block wall creates your private oasis. 

Ramada and large, north-facing covered patio. Some artificial turf for a touch of green. Two storage sheds. Listed at $325,000.The floorplan is here

Sold in a bidding war for $345,000 on April 29, 2022.

Move In Ready Home in Great Location

Tucked away at the end of the cul-de-sac is your cozy new home. Solid brick construction. Freshly rejuvenated with new roof, oiled cabinets, flooring and paint inside and out. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 1,113 square feet. 

Central air conditioning and gas heat. Sliding glass doors from the dining area to the covered patio. Huge R-2 lot with mature trees and storage shed. 

More storage in the carport. Great location near Mountain Avenue bike path. Take Mountain Avenue one mile north to connect to The Loop, 137 miles of landscaped walking and biking paths along Tucson's river beds. 

Two and half miles south is UofA. Lots of shopping and restaurants 1/2 mile east along Campbell Avenue.

The floor plan is here. Offered for $265,000. Seven offers were received. Sold for $326,000 May 10, 2022. 

Armory Park Perfection

This enchanting 19-unit Armory Park compound has no equal. Some of the homes in this walled downtown oasis were built over 100 years ago. Your condo is the largest of the free-standing units. 

Modern amenities in the 2007 addition: travertine floors, upgraded kitchen/bath, central AC/heat, double pane windows, wooden Venetian blinds, washer hook-up. 

Vintage charm in the 1924 original home: wooden floors, built-in cabinets, French doors w/ rusted shutters leading to the north patio, Ionic columns on the east porch entrance. 

Night blooming cereus, rosemary & hummingbird-attracting agaves at the west porch. Orange, lemon & shade trees. Fenced yard to the north is common area. HOA covers landscape maintenance, garbage/recycling collection, structural insurance. A few blocks to Rialto and Fox Theaters, Club Congress, Cup Cafe, Johnny Gibson's Market, Tucson Children's Museum, Cafe Desta and Five Points Market and Restaurant, where you will want to have brunch every weekend. 

One bedroom, one bath, 575 square feet. The floor plan is here. 

Sold for $20,000 over asking price for $250,000 on April 1, 2022. No fooling! 

The common area.

Like a Mountain Cabin in the City

I have meticulously maintained and extensively upgraded this delightful home over the past 25 years. High beamed ceilings give the feeling of a sweet little mountain cabin. The floorplan is here. 

Adorable kitchen remodeled in 2016 with new cabinets, plumbing and electrical, gas stove and microwave. 

Two bedrooms and one bathroom, and oh what a bathroom! Fabulous hand-painted talavera tile on the shower walls. 

Ceramic tile has Saltillo character. Ceiling fans and lights. 14 SEER AC/gas furnace new in 2016. Freshly painted. Recent roof repairs. Two inches of rigid insulation in roof. You won't often find that in an open-beamed ceiling, but it really improved the energy efficiency. 

Grey water from washer has created two big beautiful mesquites in the fully fenced back yard. 

12' by 26' shed. Alley access for parking west of shed, and double gates for vehicle access to east of shed. Fully-enclosed 7,500 SF yard w/ wide gate to alley. The home is a contributing structure in the Jefferson Park Historic District. Significant tax reduction available for owner-occupant. See www.JeffersonPark.info.

Surrounded by more expensive homes and located less than a mile to Banner UMC and University of Arizona on Mountain Ave bike path. Most recently it rented for $1,100 per month. I have owned this wonderful house since 1995, and have spent 25 years making in perfect. Now it's time to let it go. 

Sold for $265,000 September 7, 2021. The new owner is an investor who plans to build an addition, and possibly remove the 30 foot tall mesquite that I planted. I hope they don't remove all the colored tile and cabinets, but their renovations tend to be grey, white and modern. Good bye sweet little house. You are very dear to me.   

Your Happy Place

This sweet home has so much character and is ready to fit your life style. Could you use a large workshop with electricity? 

A secluded office with private entrance? A dedicated exercise, music or craft room? Have you always wanted to delve into photography? A professional photographer lives here and built this darkroom. 

Want space for gardening or pets? This lot is extra big at 9,112 square feet, or 0.21 acre.

Indulge in your favorite pursuits here or just enjoy relaxing on your huge covered porch with its beautiful brick floor and vine trellises. Water harvesting basins and grey water system support mature trees. Storage shed. 

Roomy oak kitchen with gas stove and new countertops. Formal dining room with tiled window bench. Three bedrooms, with split floor plan. Two big and beautiful bathrooms, one with a jetted tub. 

Ceiling fans and hard surface floors. Pella windows. The floor plan is here. This home is extremely well-maintained and has extensive upgrades. 

Washer and dryer included. New roof on workshop and east side of house in 2021. Great Central Tucson location near shopping, grocery stores, banks, restaurants, Roadhouse Cinema and Tucson Medical Center. Sold for $275,000 on September 7, 2021.

Need a Great Workshop or Studio?

This masonry two bedroom 1,245 SF home has a large den off the living room that could be a third bedroom. The floor plan is here.  

High quality 553 SF frame stucco workshop built in 2015 with a building permit has heat and air conditioning and could be a bright studio. 

Or you may be able to convert the workshop to living space or garage. It's attached to the house by a covered patio.

Great room has wood burning stove and tile floor with dining and living areas open to the kitchen. Hand made cabinets built by the owner and stone tile countertops. Laminate flooring in the bedrooms and office/den. No carpet! 

Laundry room off kitchen has washer and dryer, storage space, and door to the large fenced back yard, which has alley access.  Located only two miles to UofA. Lots of shopping and restaurants about four blocks away along Grant Road and Campbell Avenue. Walkscore gives it a 73: "Very Walkable" and a Bike Score of 93: "Biker's Paradise". Offered for $275,000. 

Love Letters to the Seller

In this competitive housing market, some buyers are submitting letters with their purchase offer telling the seller why they love the house so much, and why they think the seller would want them to be the new owners. Sometimes the buyers include a photo of themselves or their family, and may say something like, “Your house is close to the school my disabled son attends” or “Here’s a photo of us taken last Christmas” or “I’m a single mom”.

I was in a class this morning and learned that these “Love Letters” violate the Fair Housing Act if they indicate the buyer’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability, all of which are protected classes under the Fair Housing Act.

Sellers and landlords can not discriminate against members of those protected classes, and most property owners will not. If a buyer has disclosed in their “Love Letter” that they are a member of a protected class, and their offer is not accepted, they may think it was because they disclosed their protected class status. They might think about suing the seller for housing discrimination.

If the buyer is going to write a “Love Letter” to the seller, they should only talk about why they love the house, and not why the seller should personally choose them as new owner.

The class instructor said that as real estate brokers, we should explain to our sellers the liability they may assume if they allow buyers to submit “Love Letters”. We should get a written statement from our sellers that they will not accept “Love Letters” and we should put in our listings that per the sellers’ instructions, offers accompanied by personal letters from the buyer will not be considered.