Burns Park · Trading Up
Trading up to Burns Park
Moving out of a starter home, with the order of your sale and your purchase worked out first.
Trading up to Burns Park
Trading up to Burns Park usually means trading for location and character: an older home, many around 100 years old, near a 15-acre park and a short walk from the businesses on Packard.
It's worth knowing that lots here are smaller, and homes sit closer together than in Ann Arbor Hills. If more yard is part of your goal, we'll weigh that carefully.
Moving up within Burns Park usually means finding a home with more room among the neighborhood's older houses, rather than a much bigger lot. I'll show you recent sales so you can see what extra space costs here, close to the park and Packard Street.
Planning both moves
We start with your current home's value, from the sales near it, so your lender can show you what your next home can cost. Then we decide whether to buy first or sell first, based on your finances.
With an older home, we plan the inspection around safety, structural issues, and foundation issues, so you know what you're buying.
Selling your current home
Your current home gets the full plan: photos, video, drone, a property website, and a paid social media campaign. Read about selling your home in Ann Arbor. I run a checklist on both sides, and you hear the next step before you ask.
Talk through your move
If you're ready to trade up to Burns Park, call me or send a note. You can also read my guide to Burns Park, compare trading up to Ann Arbor Hills, or see my page on trading up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I get a bigger yard in Burns Park?
Usually not. Lots are smaller, and homes sit closer together than in Ann Arbor Hills.
Should I sell first or buy first?
We decide with your lender before your home goes on the market.
What draws people to Burns Park?
Its older homes, the 15-acre park, and the short walk to the businesses on Packard.
Burns Park
What trading up 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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