Steffy's Notes

Please stop by at this lovely, recently extensively remodeled home in a desirable Tempe neighborhood - Brentwood Cavalier.Address: 512 E Balboa Dr. Tempe AZ 85282Date:January 20, 2019Time: 10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.Features:Spacious open floor planHuge Kitchen Island4 bedrooms/ 3 bathroomsLaundry insid...

I noticed in two of the homes that my Buyer clients liked recently there was wallpaper in the kids' rooms. I really enjoyed the playfulness of this black-and-white wallpaper - friendly giraffes, elephans, elegant birds, gazelles - I wanted to learn the names of all those creatures. The name of th...

This 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom patio home in Tempe's most desirable historic neighborhood of Maple-Ash was sold for $236,500 on January 7, 2019. It is part of a very small homeowner's association of four units. The patio home has a lot of space in front of the home and losts of space in the back, in ...

Lovely  single family, detached home for sale in a pretty and quiet neighborhood in Mesa Towne Square at Desert Village Subdivision.$210,0003-bedrooms2.5 bathrooms1401 sq.ft.Two-car garageBuilt in 2007Community Pool and Children's Playgrounds        The kitchen has upgraded countertops, cherry wo...

We are the Valley of the Sun and it is very rare to see Superstition Mountains or any other one snow-capped. Those clouds produced the snow maybe but seem to be going away. This is a view towards the spectacular Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction and Mesa from the Desert Botanical Garden. 

 On the Broker tour today, we saw the incredible variety of homes the older neighborhoods in Tempe zip codes 85281, 85282 and 85283 offer.The picture above is from a custom-built home in 1981, in Tempe AZ 85282. It is a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home on almost 20,000 sq.ft. lot. Lovely, tranquil ba...

 1735 S Ventura Dr. Tempe AZ 85281 This beautifully updated mid-century modern home in Tempe Arizona has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It also has a den, which could be an office, game room or a guest bedroom.  The kitchen is a delight for both the dedicated and for the occasional cook - gas stove,...

 Paul Henderson "Update your profile photo" challenge came on the right time - just as I was testing my new camera. I asked somebody who rarely takes photos, my husband, to test it - and it seemed to have worked out for the challenge.   After a few snaps, my new October photo was created. The pho...

Saving for Your Down Payment Anyone thinking about buying a home knows that they need to save for their down payment.  But, if you are like most people, you probably think it will take forever and don’t know where to start.   In this modern age of technology some things change and some things st...

September is usually a quiter period for sale of single family homes in Tempe zip code 85281 - this zip code includes the areas close to down town, and the older neighborhoods with little, if any, new construction of single family homes. If we look at the graphic below the green bars show that la...