Vikki Goodwin’s Austin Real Estate Weblog

A number of homes that are for sale in Shady Hollow are on a busy road – Brodie Lane.  Homes that are on busy roads, particularly at busy corners, tend to sell slower than others.  How do you get past this type of negative feature?  You have to work hard to highlight all of the positive features of the house.  Take the house at 3400 Spotted Horse as an example.  This home is on the corner of Brodie and Spotted Horse.  Being on a busy corner is a negative, BUT there are quite a few positive features that help balance the negative.  First, it has a pool.  Second, it’s on a large, 1/2 acre lot.  Third, the lot has beautiful, tall oak trees all around.  Forth, it’s in a popular neighborhood with an “Exemplary” elementary school and  highly regarded middle and high schools.  And finally, the bathrooms have been nicely remodeled.  This would seem to be enough to balance out the negative of the busy road.  Now it’s just a matter of the right buyer coming along and finding this great home!  Perhaps a slight price change might help, too.  What do you think?  See pictures, then send me your feedback!  Vikki Goodwin, Realtor, Homes ATX, vikki@vikkigoodwin.com.