Ann Arbor Hills · Downsizing
Downsizing from your Ann Arbor Hills home
A plan for selling the home you've lived in for years and moving to one that fits your life now.
Downsizing from Ann Arbor Hills
Downsizing from Ann Arbor Hills usually means leaving a larger home on a bigger lot. If you want to stay close to campus, the hospital, and downtown, there are ways to do it with less house to care for.
It's two decisions at once, so we plan the sale and the next purchase before anything goes on the market.
If you're leaving an architect-designed mid-century home, its story is part of its value. The marketing will show the design and, where it's known, who designed it, because buyers who love these homes look for that detail.
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Selling a distinctive home
If your home is mid-century modern or another distinctive style, the photography and video show its design and light, and drone footage shows the lot and the location. A paid social media campaign reaches buyers in and around Ann Arbor, including people relocating for a University of Michigan job.
Your price comes from sales that truly compare, and we set it together. Read more about selling in Ann Arbor Hills.
Your next home
For one-floor living close in, Ann Arbor has neighborhoods of 1950s ranches near downtown. For a smaller home with character, there are older homes near downtown, though many have stairs. I'll help you weigh the options. See downsizing in Ann Arbor.
You set the pace, and we decide the order of your moves with your lender.
Talk through downsizing
If you're thinking about downsizing from Ann Arbor Hills, call me or send a note. You can also read my guide to Ann Arbor Hills or my page on downsizing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you market a mid-century modern home?
With photography and video that show its design and light, and drone footage of the lot and location.
Where can I downsize and stay close to campus?
Ann Arbor has 1950s ranch neighborhoods close to downtown, and older homes near downtown, though many have stairs.
Will I be rushed?
No. You set the pace, and we plan the order of your moves first.
Ann Arbor Hills
What downsizing looks like in Ann Arbor Hills
Larger homes on bigger lots, many mid-century modern, close to the University of Michigan campus and hospital.
- The homes
- Larger homes on somewhat bigger lots, including many mid-century modern homes designed between 1950 and 1970 by University of Michigan architecture professors, such as Robert Metcalf, who has 15 houses still standing here, plus other distinctive classic styles.
- Why people choose it
- How close it is to downtown, the University of Michigan campus, and the hospital.
- Getting around
- Very close to the University of Michigan hospital and campus. You can walk or bike to downtown and the university, and walk to the stadium.
- The trade-off
- Most of the neighborhood has no sidewalks.
The method
How we do it in Ann Arbor Hills
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