413 Catherine Street

Okay so it’s a difficult market we’re dealing with. The house/shack pictured above is what a 170,000 dollars will buy you and apparently this house was such a good deal it sold in a couple of days! Thankfully we have an awesome realtor, Graham Rashkind, with Keller Williams Realty. Graham warned us that our price point was vanishing fast in the city and showed us some gorgeous homes in Barton Heights, originally a streetcar suburb of Richmond, that is undergoing tremendous rehab projects as well as new construction that Graham is the listing agent for. We loved the homes especially the pink Queen Anne on Monteiro Street (listed for 150,000 if anyone is interested). However being stubborn city folk we just could not give up the convenience of walking everywhere. Even though Barton Heights is technically in the city of Richmond it is not within walking distance to the things we enjoy. So we decided to search, confident that we would find something (livable) in the city. Graham was great, and extremely patient with our efforts, adding much humor to the situation when we were feeling defeated and thanks to his connections found a house we could afford that had a roof and windows that wasn't located in the middle of a gang war zone. Furthermore this house was the best rehabbed house we have seen. The owners spared no expense on renovations resulting in beautiful hardwood and marble floors, working gas fireplaces and upgraded fixtures. We strongly recommend anyone looking to find a house, contact Graham he is extremely knowledgeable about the market and this man has got the hook ups! See link under “Best realtor in town.” Check out our album “The Journey” to see some of the fabulous homes we were introduced to that were loaded with potential just waiting for someone to make them theirs. Can you tell I have read a lot of real estate listings recently? Keywords to stay away from: In need of TLC, Handyman Special, Tons of potential, just a little work/updating, sold as is and rare opportunity. These are all code words for needs to be condemned.