Burns Park · Buying a Home
Buying a home in Burns Park
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Buying a home in Burns Park
Buying a home in Burns Park puts you in a neighborhood of older Ann Arbor homes, many around 100 years old, built around a 15-acre city park with tennis and pickleball courts, a playground, and ball fields.
The businesses on Packard are a short walk away, and from some parts of the neighborhood, you can walk downtown.
Life here centers on the park. Burns Park has ball fields, a playground, tennis and pickleball courts, and a small sledding hill, and the shops on Packard Street, including Argus Farm Stop, are a short walk away. From some parts of the neighborhood, you can walk downtown.
What to know before you buy
Lots in Burns Park are smaller, and homes sit closer together than in Ann Arbor Hills. If you want a bigger yard, we'll look closely at each lot, or compare other neighborhoods.
With an older home, the inspection matters. Before it happens, I explain what to focus on: safety, structural issues, and foundation issues. Every older home has small items, and we focus on the big ones.
Burns Park Elementary is in the neighborhood, and the neighborhood's traditions include a fun run in May and big Halloween celebrations.
How buying works with me
You get pre-approved, and I set up your search. When you find the right home, I pull recent sales and call the listing agent to learn about competition and what matters to the seller. Read more in how I help you learn the market.
Start looking
If you're thinking about buying in Burns Park, call me or send a note. You can also read my guide to Burns Park, compare buying in Ann Arbor Hills, or see buying a house in Ann Arbor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Burns Park lots small?
They're smaller than in Ann Arbor Hills, and homes sit closer together.
What's in the park?
Burns Park is a 15-acre city park with tennis and pickleball courts, a playground, and ball fields.
Can I walk to Packard from Burns Park?
Yes. The businesses on Packard are a short walk away.
Burns Park
What buying a home looks like in Burns Park
Older homes on smaller lots near the businesses on Packard, with neighborhood traditions through the year.
- The homes
- Older homes, many around 100 years old, on smaller lots set a little closer together than in Ann Arbor Hills.
- Why people choose it
- Neighborhood traditions, like a fun run in May and big Halloween celebrations.
- Schools people ask about
- Burns Park Elementary is in the neighborhood.
- Getting around
- Southeast of downtown Ann Arbor. A short walk to the businesses on Packard, and walkable to downtown from some parts of the neighborhood.
- Nearby
- Burns Park itself, a 15-acre city park on the old county fairgrounds, with ball fields, a playground, tennis and pickleball courts, and a sledding hill. The Ann Arbor Senior Center is in the park's old horse barn. Argus Farm Stop and the shops on Packard Street are a short walk away.
- The trade-off
- Smaller lots, with homes set closer together than in Ann Arbor Hills.
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