it looks like Lakewood has it’s New Year’s resolution in place…
and it’s looking for ugly properties to be the makeover subjects (read article here). Believe me, I’m not saying this is a bad thing but I will be interested to see how well they are able to actually get those property owners to clean up their collective act. The makeover for the area will certainly help neighboring property values - and goodness knows I’ve dealt first hand with trying to sell a property with the 2 ugliest houses (and their garbage/broken down cars) across the street. It can make a huge financial difference to the seller of a home to not have neighbors with trash and derelict cars around.
[…] On a more practical note, the Seattle Team Reba Real Estate blog touches on the subject of how uncared for properties in a street can depress the price of adjacent homes and how the local authority is poised to enforce neglectful householder to clean up their act in It looks like Lakeland has it’s New Year’s resolution in place. […]
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