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Downsizing in Burns Park
A plan for selling the home you've lived in for years and moving to one that fits your life now.
Downsizing in Burns Park
Downsizing in Burns Park can go two ways. Some owners sell a Burns Park home they've had for years and move to something easier. Others move into the neighborhood for its smaller lots, the park, and the walk to Packard.
Either way, we plan the sale and the purchase before anything goes on the market.
Downsizing here can keep everyday life close. The shops on Packard Street, including Argus Farm Stop, are a short walk away, and the Ann Arbor Senior Center is right in the park, in its old horse barn.
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Selling a long-time Burns Park home
Your home's character and its location near the park and Packard are what buyers are paying for, and the marketing shows both. Your price comes from Burns Park sales that truly compare, and we set it together.
In a long-owned home, small changes like clearing surfaces and letting in light usually do more than big projects. Read more about selling in Burns Park.
Choosing your next home
Older homes often come with stairs and upkeep. If one-floor living matters, Ann Arbor has 1950s ranch neighborhoods close to downtown, and Orchard Hills has ranch homes too. I'll help you compare. You set the pace, and we decide the order of your moves with your lender.
Talk through downsizing
If you're thinking about downsizing, call me or send a note. You can also read my guide to Burns Park, compare downsizing in Ann Arbor, or see my page on downsizing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you market a Burns Park home?
By showing its character and its location near the park and the businesses on Packard.
Where can I find one-floor living nearby?
Ann Arbor has 1950s ranch neighborhoods close to downtown, and Orchard Hills has ranch homes.
Will I be rushed?
No. You set the pace, and we plan the order of your moves first.
Burns Park
What downsizing 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.
The method
How we do it in Burns Park
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