Ellendale Circle Complete – Staged Pics

The rehab of our Ellendale Circle property in Springfield is complete and it came out Awesome!

92 Ellendale Circle

We took this awkward two bedroom ranch with a screwed up floorplan and turned it into an amazing four bedroom 2 full bath masterpiece. The home now has about 3,000 sq. ft. of living space with the fully finished basement.

We opened up the floorplan using a recessed LVL beam. Now the dining area, kitchen and living room seamlessly flow into one giant great room.

We ended up gutting out most of the interior and adding new electric, new plumbing, and a new heating system. The kitchen layout was changed and we added a large center island. The kitchen has granite counters, tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, and cherry finish cabinets.

We ran new bamboo flooring throughout most of the first floor rooms and did a Berber carpet in the finished basement area.

The laundry was added to the first floor bathroom for convenience.

Here are the finished photos.       You can see the before pics and video here; Ellendale Before Pics and Video

 

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New Landscaping / Recessed Soffit Lighting

All Lit Up

For Sale

 

We did all new landscaping to the property including adding a new lawn. Some nice recessed lights were added to the front soffit.

We did black shutters and a black front door. This combo looks great against the brick house.

 

Kitchen / Dining Area

 

Kitchen

Great Room with Center Island

Dining Area with Fireplace

Kitchen

Granite Counters, Tile Backsplash, Undermount Sink

Stainless Steel

Living Room

Living Room with Bay Window

Bathroom Vanity with Granite Top

Tile Suround. Body Jet Shower

Bedroom

Bedroom

Basement with Bar

Finished Basement

Fireplace in finished basement

Bedroom

Basement

Full Bath

 

So, there it is….. another Hampden Homebuyers Masterpiece

We really turned this one out

 

Lets have one more look at that Kitchen…….

Bam!!!

 

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Bruce St Renovation, Final Staged Pictures

Well, I have been slacking a little bit with the blog posts lately and I realized I never put up any pictures of our Bruce St rehab finished.

This was a major project that involved tearing off and raising the whole roof, redoing the foundation wall and gutting and renovating the interior.

We did new siding, new windows, new plumbing, new electric, new heating system, new central A/C, new kitchen, new baths, reworked the floorplan, etc………

You can see all the before pictures and videos here: http://flippingsmart.com/category/38-bruce-st-springfield-ma/

Here are the final staged pics:

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Bruce St

Bruce St Kitchen with Granite and Stainless Steel Appliances

More Kitchen

Living Room

Dining Area

First Floor Bathroom

Second Floor Bath with Granite

Master Bedroom

Living Room again

Dining Area

Dang, this one looks good…. another stellar rehab in the books.

 

We are trucking along, buying and selling…. sprinkling in some wholesales here and there. Right now we have 4 new properties under contract to purchase, all of which look to be good rehab projects.  I’ll get some updates of these going as we close on them and start the work.

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Another House Flip Complete- 37 Thetford St Springfield and Best Blog Contest is Ending

Here’s a look at another rehab project we finished up recently.

We bought this house several months ago and it was occupied by a tenant. The tenant moved out in May and we immediately began the rehab…… our contractors were over there so fast that I didn’t even get before pictures of the interior…. so all I have are the finished pics.

37 Thetford St Springfield - Before

37 Thetford St is a Three bedroom One bath ranch with 1152 sq. ft. of living area that was built in 1989. Our rehab consisted of a new kitchen, new bamboo hardwood flooring, new paint, updated bathroom, new lighting fixtures and fresh paint throughout.

It was a pretty quick project and only took our guys less than 2 weeks.

Here are the finished pics with staging:

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37 Thetford St Living Room

New Bamboo Flooring, New Ceiling Fan, Fresh Paint

Renovated Kitchen

Eat In Kitchen

Eat In Area. Slider to Back Deck

Bathroom- New Vanity and Tile Floor - 37 Thetford St

Bedroom with new Berber Carpeting

Twin Closets in Master Bedroom

Large Basement with Finished Room

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So there it is…. Another beautiful home done by Hampden Homebuyers.  37 Thetford St is now on the market and for sale.

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And if you have voted for us,  Thank You 🙂

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84 Rhinebeck Ave Springfield For Sale – Video Walkthrough

Here’s a little video walkthrough we did for the Rhinebeck Ave rehab.

Check out how nice this home is!!

 

 

84 Rhinebeck Ave Springfield Rehabbed and Staged

We’ve finished up our latest project in Springfield at 84 Rhinebeck Ave.

The house has been cleaned and staged and is ready for a lucky new buyer.

Check out the staged pics, it looks amazing!!!! (You can see all the before pics HERE)

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Rhinebeck Ave Springfield House For Sale

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Living Room

Living Room

Living Room Looking into Kitchen

Kitchen w/ Cherry Finish Cabinets, Granite Counters

Stainless Steel Appliances, Tile Backsplash, 16x16 Tile Floor

Eat In Kitchen Area

Fully Renovated Bathroom

Tile Tub Surround w/ Glass Tile Inlay

Bathroom

First Floor Bedroom. Brand New Bamboo Hardwood Flooring Throughout First Floor

Fireplace

Kitchen Looking into Living Room

Top of the Line Fridgedaire Gallery Stainless Appliance Package

Second Floor Bedroom. Brand New Berber Carpeting

Huge Basement just Waiting to be Finished!!

So, for a little recap; this is a 4 bedroom 2 full bath home with about 1,400 square feet.  We did new windows, new plumbing, new electric, brand new floors, new sheetrock, new kitchen, new bathrooms, fresh paint. The home is vinyl sided with a 1 car garage and awesome yard. The boiler and water tank are 2 years old.

 

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WOW!!! This one really looks amazing!!!! Heres to a quick sale …….. 🙂

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Tornadoes and Rhinebeck Ave Rehab Finishing Up – House Flip Update

Well it has been a pretty eventful week here in Springfield MA. After enjoying a lovely Labor Day weekend we got hit by a Tornado that rolled right through the heart of Springfield. The storm demolished houses, ripped off roofs and siding, cleared trees and knocked out power for days.

Amazingly, with all the properties we own in and around Springfield, none of our houses were damaged. I can’t believe it…… if the tornado had been just a few blocks north or south of it’s actual path we would have taken quite a few direct hits.

Thanks to everyone who emailed and messaged us on Facebook making sure we were OK. Dominic still doesn’t have power at his house but things could have been a lot worse for us.

Now onto some business:

We are almost done with the rehab at 84 Rhinebeck Ave in Springfield and it is coming out beautiful!!!

As of right now we just need to get the inside cleaned and staged and the home will be ready to go on the market.

This is really a prime property; 4 bed 2 full bath Cape located in an awesome neighborhood.

In total the project took about 6-8 weeks. We had to do quite a bit of work including repairing some major water damage. We did all new flooring throughout, new walls, new kitchen, 2 new baths, new plumbing, new lighting, new trim, new doors, new windows, fresh paint and a bunch of other stuff……

Here it is almost done: (you can see all the Before pics HERE)

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View from Front Entrance, Living Room looking into Kitchen

Rhinebeck Ave Kitchen

Kitchen 2

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We did a full gut of the kitchen. The new kitchen features granite countertops, 16×16 tile floor, tile backsplash, Fridgedaire Gallery line stainless steel appliances, cherry finish cabinets, and new recessed lighting.

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In the living room we added all new Bamboo Hardwood flooring, new recessed lighting, new ceiling fan, and crown molding.

Eat In Kitchen Area

Full Bath 1

Tiled Tub Surround in First Floor Bath

Full Bath 2

Tiled Tub Surround in Bath 2

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We fully gutted both bathrooms and added new Euro style vanities in a nice dark Java finish. Both tub surrounds were tiled and a beautiful tile inlay was added.

First Floor Bedroom

Second Floor Bedroom

Huge Open Basement Ready to be Finished

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We added bamboo hardwood flooring to the first floor bedrooms. The second floor bedrooms have a nice Berber carpeting.

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Well there it is. I will get some new photos up once we have it staged. The home is sure to look even more awesome after the staging!!!!

 

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How to Find Buyers for your Houses

With the expiration of the first time home buyer tax credit last spring we saw a pretty good decline in buyer activity. The tax credit pulled a ton of demand forward, as everyone was trying to get in under the wire and grab their $8,000.

Knowing the market would slow quite a bit we had two options; 1. Stop buying and see how things shake out…. or 2. Keep on buying and put a renewed emphasis on finding buyers for our houses.

Now since I’m addicted to buying houses, and I can’t imagine ever stopping, or even slowing down for that matter, we chose the second option.

In the past, For Sale signs in the yard and placement on the MLS was working real good for us to sell houses….. but in this post tax credit era I knew we were going to need to do a little more. So what did I do? I took to the internet and began really pushing our properties there, with my weapon of choice being Craigslist.

Now, I’ve used Craigslist in the past with minimal success. It seemed to me that there was nothing but tire kickers and time wasters on there. However, since really making a commitment to putting up some great ads and being consistent in my postings, we’ve been able to find buyers for 6 of our properties from Craigslist ads since October. Thats pretty darn good!!

There are a few keys that I’ve discovered to make your ads work really well which I have listed below.

1. The most important thing is having a great headline. Your headline must grab peoples attention and make them open the ad. I’ve crafted up a few that have been working awesome, and I think this is the number one reason for our recent success on Craigslist. Once people open our ad and get a look at the pictures of our houses they fall in love…. but the key is getting them to open that ad, and thats done with a killer headline!!

2. The second key to success is being consistent with your ads. Make sure you post them 2-3 times per week so they stay fresh. I used to post an ad here or there, every other week or so, and wasn’t getting any results. There are always new people searching on Craigslist so you want to stay on that first page if you can. This is a great job for an assistant, intern ,or VA.  On the flip side, don’t become a spammer and post your property 6 times per day from multiple email accounts. That just gets annoying and is sure to turn off any potential buyers!!

3. The third key for me has been putting a link to our www.HampdenHomebuyers.com website within the ad where potential buyers can see a list of all our properties for sale. So, if for whatever reason the property ad they clicked on doesn’t suit them, they can browse our other gorgeous homes and find one they like. This worked with one of our recent buyers. She clicked on one of our rent-to-own craigslist ads and while on our website she fell in love with one of our rehabbed houses that was not rent-to-own. She called her mortgage broker right away and found out she was right on the cusp of being able to qualify. We worked with her a little and now she is going to be able to buy our rehabbed property in the next 30-60 days. Obviously you need to have multiple properties for sale at any one given time for this to work… and if you don’t have multiple properties for sale you need to get off your butt and get out there and buy some!!!! What are you waiting for!!!

4. The last thing I’ve found to work is to have multiple ways for potential buyers to contact you. Everybody likes to communicate in different ways, so through our Craigslist ads people can email us, call us, or go onto our website and fill out a buyer form requesting more information.

Not everyone who contacts you is gonna buy one of your houses, so this is a great way to start building your buyers list. Make sure you get peoples names, phone numbers and emails addresses so you can keep in touch with them about any other properties you may have going forward.

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Well thats all I’ve got for tonight. I was going to post some updates on some of our deals, and maybe talk about some of the new properties we have in the works…. but this post got real long.

I hope you find the above information useful in your quest to sell some of your houses.

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151 Bowdoin St, Historic Rehab

151 Bowdoin St Before

Our historic beauty at 151 Bowdoin is complete. All thats left is cleaning and staging the home.

This was an epic project. When we bought the house we knew we were in for a challenge.It looked like a big old purple haunted house!

The house was basically stripped when we got it…. nothing was left in the kitchen, there was no plumbing or heating systems, and the exterior was in deplorable condition.

In the end I think it came out real nice.

Have a look at the unstaged photos: (you can see all the before pics HERE and the before video HERE)

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151 Bowdoin St Springfield MA

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151 Bowdoin Springfield MA Historic House

Nice Garage Doors!!!

Living Room

Dining Room

151 Bowdoin St Kitchen

Stainless Steel Appliances / Tile Backsplash

Kitchen w/ Breakfast Bar

Bathroom with Claw Foot Tub

Master Bedroom w/ Fireplace

Bowdoin St Bedroom

Second Floor Bath

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So it came out pretty awesome. We kept the historic appeal of the exterior and brought the interior up to date with modern upgrades and finishes.

I’ll post the new pictures when we get it staged.