Please contact me today for your own private showing! Nick Good | Keller Williams Realty | nick@nickgood.com | 469 951 4193 525 Westwood Dr., Richardson, TX Move-in Ready, Redone Hardwood Floors, New 8-foot Privacy Fence. 3 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $164,900 Year Built 1955 Sq Footage 1,389 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 1 Car garage Lot Size 8,375 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION Adorable Richardson Heights cottage that is move-in ready. Mature landscaping, retro-1950's tile, and a beautiful lot makes this the charmer of the neighborhood. This home proudly features redone hardwood floors, ceramic tile in the kitchen, freshly painted walls, and a brand new 8-foot privacy fence. All this home needs is YOU! see additional photos below PROPERTY FEA... 02/05/2008

This is going to be a great show!  My parents took me to this a few years ago, and I had no idea what it was about or what to expect.  I'm a Jewish girl who doesn't even know much about Judiasm, muchless knowing anything about other religions.This show is HILARIOUS!  I found myself laughing so hard!  Granted, I didn't understand everything that was said, as I figured they were Catholic "inside jokes", but I laughed along with others since their laughing was very contagious.The show is not going on very long this year, so I won't be able to make it, but the dates are February 14-17, 2008.  Tickets start at $32 and can be ordered online at www.eisemanncenter.com or by phone at 972-744-4657.I highly recommend everyone go to see this show if you're looking for a good laugh for a couple of h... 02/04/2008

The dates for this year's Wildflower! Festival have been set and it's May 16-18, 2008.  This is a yearly family festival with good food, good music, and good everything.This year, they are asking for more Richardson student participation.  If you love to sing, you might be able to perform at the festival.  There will be open auditions in March, based on age.  Winners will be announced by April 15.The requirements are simply.  You must fit into just ONE of these categories:** Reside in Richardson** Attend Richardson schools or live within the boundaries of Richardson schools** Attend a private school in RichardsonEasy requirements, right?Here are the dates for the auditions:March 2, Sunday at 1pm for ages 3 up to 6th gradeMarch 30, Sunday at 1pm for grades 7-12.Sorry, but no bands are al... 02/04/2008

The Woods of SpringCreek in Richardson TX are having their annual HOA meeting on Tuesday, February 12 at 7:00-8:30pm.  It is being held at Canyon Creek on North Star.If you are unable to attend, you must have your Proxy form signed and turned into your street captain by Monday, February 11 so you can be counted.As part of the Social Committee, I definitely plan on attending, so I'll see you there!  02/03/2008

The Woods of SpringCreek in Richardson TX are having their next Girls Night Out on Thursday, February 7 at 6:30pm at a neighbor's house (I will not post her address to keep the crazies away). If you're interested in attending, please contact me and I'll get you the information.At Thursday's event, each guest has been requested to bring a pair of red socks for a small gift exchange.See you there! 02/03/2008

It is time to make Richardson TX smoke free.  It's funny that everyone is campaigning for this now, when we just voted in for Richardson to sell beer and wine.  You would think that smoking goes hand in hand with beer and wine since smoking at bars is the most common place people smoke.However, I guess many are thinking to themselves that they can't have their cake and eat it too.  If they want to buy their beer and wine in Richardson, they must take it home to smoke!  Plano TX, the suburb immediately north of Richardson, went smoke free throughout the city a few months ago.  Personally, I love it!  We went to a bar for Karaoke, and there were no clouds of smoke... until you walked out the front door.  Hopefully, this will be something that Richardson fixes, but I hate it when the place... 01/23/2008

Did you read my previous blog about how unhappy I was about the new HOV lanes that have opened on 75 Central Expressway through Richardson TX? Even though I'm very unhappy with the way they did the lanes, others will need to know how to access the lanes.  You would think that you could just drive and be in the left lane and wait for the openings, as this is how it is on all of our other highways and freeways.  However, you would be wrong!!For the main entrances into the HOV lane, you must actually exit off 75 Central Expressway and follow the signs.  Huh?  Does this even make sense? Sounds silly to me.  Oh, and don't forget that there's even a different route during rush hour traffic in the mornings and evenings.  RIDICULOUS!!Anyway, here's a link to the graphics that will better explai... 01/04/2008

The main North and South Highway through North Dallas, Central Expressway (Highway 75), finally opened the well anticipated HOV lanes (High Occupancy Vehicles).  The lanes go for 14 miles from Highway 635 north through Allen and into McKinney.You would think the HOV lanes would be a good thing.  On the surface, they're fabulous.  However, Donna not happy!!  When Donna not happy, everyone will hear about it!!  Plus, no one in Richardson should be happy because we got the short end of the HOV stick!Here is part of what I wrote to my HOA president:"I was wondering if you knew who we would contact at the city of Richardson about the new HOV lanes on 75.  This is ridiculous that there is no place in Richardson where it allows us, their own residents, to get in and/or out of the HOV lanes.  S... 01/04/2008

The Richardson TX Police Station has added a 4-legged addition of an 80 pound, 3 year old, German Shepherd, named Macho.  The name Macho actually came from his native home in Germany.Macho has traveled more than I have!  He started his training in Germany, like I did (not training, but I was born there), and then he journeyed to Indiana.  From Indiana, he trained in Allen TX for a while and now is on the Richardson TX Police Force.Macho is even bilingual.  He is spoken to in English, but his commands are given in German.Let's here it for our newest Police Officer! 01/02/2008

As part of the 2006 Bond money that was voted on May 13, 2006, Firestation #2 is getting a face lift.  Actually, an actual facelift cost more than tearing down the old building and rebuilding something new, so that's what is going to happen. The demolition is going to start this month and the rebuilding will being in March.  It is supposed to be complete by January 2009.  Many changes are taking place.  It will become a co-ed facility as it currently does not have seperate sections for men and women.  It will also become a Green facility which is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).  The landscaping will be not take much water to maintain and they'll also store up rain water.The old facility was a 1 story building with only 5000 sqft.  The new facility will be 2 stories... 01/02/2008

Richardson is a suburb of Dallas county and parts of the city are in Collin county.  Ub 2006 Money magazine ranked Richardson, Texas 15th as one of the best cities to live in*   The Richardson Heights area is located west of Central expressway around the Belt line/Arapaho area.  The typical home in this area is the 50s style pier and beam home with hardwood floors.  Prices can range anywhere from $77,000 up to $600,000 for creek lot properties.  Homes in this area are very desirable because of the quick access to the highway and its proximity to Dallas.   I grew up in the Plano area and while I was growing up I never even thought about moving out of Plano when I got older... that is until I started working for a real estate company in Richardson, Texas called Robbins Real Estate Group. ... 11/13/2007

Richardson TX, once again, won the top spot for the National Night Out Competition for the national city with a population of 50,000-99,999.  Texas tied with Minnesota at the top for the State winner.Each area who enters the competition submits whatever they want to show how they participated.  The video that Richardson submitted was mostly my neighborhood, The Woods of SpringCreek!  Since I'm on the Social Committee for the event, this was a great honor to be recognized for all the hard work we put into everything!National Night Out will be the first Tuesday in August again for 2008, HOWEVER, they have heard the pleas from everyone and the 2009 NNO event will actually be held in September in the hopes that most areas of the country are cooler by putting it off by 5 weeks.2008 also mark... 10/31/2007

I got a frantic email from one of my past clients yesterday.  My initial thought is, "YEAH!  Another Listing!!"But, then I had to pull out the "human" card and talked with them about their situation.  They want to sell because they're having hard times with their payments.  I'll set the scene...Thanksgiving 2004, these Buyers closed on their first house, and it was a brand new house.  We went to the design center several times to pick out just the right colors for things within their house.  It was very personalized.  Their car even broke down on the way to closing and I had to go pick them up from the side of the street in order to get them to sign the documents.While going over their loan details, I reminded them SEVERAL times that their first year's payments would be based on unimpro... 10/16/2007

The Bi-Annual Cottonwood Art Festival is this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 9am - 6pm.This is the Festival's 39th year here in Richardson.  There is always a great turn out.  There is not just the traditional booths with art, but there is also live music, great entertainment, and lots of food!  Great fun for the old and young alike.Parking can be a pain, so I recommend getting there early.  While you're over there, take a look at my listing at 1001 N Cottonwood which is a 3/2/2 with many updates and ready for a new owner. 10/05/2007

Do you create an actual marketing plan for your listings that works?  Or do you do whatever it is that the sellers ask you to do even when you know it doesn't work?The way you answer this question will show if you're in control of your own business or if you do and say things to and for the sellers just to win the listing.When I go on a listing presentation, I lay out everything I do for their listing in front of them.  This includes, Just Listed cards to the nearest 200 homes, Virtual Tours,  Talking House, Property Water bottles, Property Candy, Reverse Prospecting through my database, and the majority of the rest is internet advertising... and you can't forget the staging of the property is included in my fees.When I'm done, I ask if there are any questions.Do you do open houses?  NO... 09/17/2007

Each year, the second Tuesday of August, the country celebrates National Nite Out.  NNO helps neighbors get together and get to know each other, and in turn, this is supposed to help promote safer neighborhoods as people start looking out for their neighbors and new friends.I was on the Social Committee in my neighborhood this year, and it was a blast!  We had 51% of our neighborhood present, which is huge!  We have Crime Watch signs up throughout the neighborhood and one of the criteria to keep those signs is that we must show at least a 40% attendence at the NNO each year.  As people arrive, they must sign in for their address in order for us to get credit for the attendence, even if that family can't stay and have fun.The other part of NNO is a canned food drive.  The City of Richard... 09/07/2007

The Richardson Independent School District in Richardson, TX (some residents in Dallas, TX) have achieved the "Recognized" status for its second straight year.  This is very hard to do.  Richardson is the largest urban district in the state of Texas to achieve this accomplishment!!Each year, the different campuses, Elementary, Junior, and High Schools, are all ranked based on the TAKS Test (Texas Assessment of KNowledge and Skills).  There are 24 rated categories throughout the tests and each category must be passed by each student group in order for the school to pass in order for the district to pass.In addition to this great achievment, Richardson ISD, on a whole, improved drastically over last year.  The "Exemplary" Rating was increased by 50%!!  That's amazing!  Overall, 81% of cam... 09/07/2007

Richardson is trying something new.  Instead of having to show up in person for your $6 accident report, you can now order the report online for the same price!  This is to help eleviate the inconvenience of people taking off work and rushing through traffic to hit the city's business hours.Any accident after July 1, 2007 can be found on this Website.  All you'll need is and two pieces of information of the three criteria:Date of AccidentThe name of any person involved in the accidentspecific location of the accidentThey do ask that you wait 24-48 hours after the accident to try to access the report.  Also, hit and run accidents will take longer to process.  You can always call the Richardson Police Department at 972-744-4836 if you have any questions or concerns.  08/23/2007

I am so sick of all the articles that are being published and posted and talked about on the National News stations when they are not true.  The final straw for this blog is an article I just read on http://www.dallasnews.com/ real estate section.  You can read the full article here.It says in this article that a buyer must have a minimum of 680 credit score, and that a 720 will help lower the interest rate offered.  WHAT??!!Buyers, please be aware that there are MANY lenders out there that are offering loan programs with much lower credit scores.  Can you get a decent rate if you have a 500 FICO score?  No, not really, though you might qualify for an FHA loan who doesn't care what the score is.  Can you get a decent rate at a 600 score?  Yes, probably.  As long as your recent past hist... 08/20/2007

The National Nite Out was a great success!!  The Woods of Spring Creek will keep our Crime Watch Signs throughout the neighborhood as we surpassed the 40% turnout that is required.  We actually had 51%.  We have a lot of Social groups that people signed up for, and the community is going to be stronger this next year.  We had the Richardson Police Department, the Richardson Fire Department, a Videographer from the City of Richardon, the McGruff Crime Dog, a live band, a couple of Bounce Houses, a Balloon Clown, LOTS of giveaways, and plenty of food for everyone.  Plus, I handed out bottled water with my picture, logo, and contact information on it.I can't wait to help plan next year!!   08/10/2007