Lakewood home for sale

Friday Four Hundred: Recently Renovated Tudor Turns Heads in Wilshire Heights

By Joanna England / July 13, 2012 /

I can’t believe it, but my son Cooper will be turning one in August. My husband and I were talking about how much our lives have changed in less than one year.

“Pretty soon we’re going to need more room,” I said to him somewhat offhandedly. Of course, he stopped dead in his tracks. His face turned white as a sheet.

“You’re not … pregnant again, right?” he stammered.

I got such a giggle over that! No, we’re not pregnant again, but it got me thinking — we love our home in Casa View Haven, and we’ve put a lot of work into it, but if we were to move to a bigger house, where would we want to go?

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Monday Morning Millionaire: Praying For a Price Break? Converted Church in Junius Heights is Now Under a Million!

By Joanna England / July 9, 2012 /

You’ll recall that our lovely Candy told us last April that you could get 5601 Eastside, the former home of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Junius Heights — for around $1.5 million, which was, as she said “highway robbery.” Well, if that was still too rich for your blood, the 11-bedroom, nine-and-a-half-bath amazing church…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Lakewood For Less Than $350K? Yes, Please!

By Joanna England / May 17, 2012 /

Lakewood is hot. But, dearest Dirt-o-phile, you already knew that. Homes are under contract before they hit MLS in some cases, and in others, they’re sold within weeks of listing. But sometimes you can find a deal where no one else is looking. That’s the case with 6319 Velasco from our fine friends at Rogers Healy and Associates.

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Friday Five Hundred: Soft Lakewood Contemporary Reduced, for the Good Guys

By Candy Evans / May 11, 2012 /

I have so been meaning to tell you about this Good Guys house, a creek-view oasis! Looks like my timing was perfect, too, because 3914 Frontier was just reduced from $599,999 to $549,000. First of all, I know the owners and they really ought to be written into the contract for an additional price: you…

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