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Good Old Fashioned Office Tour And An Agent Who Knows What Her Clients Want!

This is a testimony for good old fashioned Real Estate Basics that should never be left out of marketing a property. My listing at 1016 Portico Place is a great home on a large lot, that is priced at market and shows beautifully. I always put my homes on our office tour/caravan and try and get as many agents to go as possible. This home I wanted them to see as it had some unique features. One of the agents who came that day was Jackie, who is the most experienced agent in our office. She loved the house and thought her clients might like it. She arranged a showing and while they did like the house they went with a larger, older home.

That was back in the Summer and we had about five more showings and one offer that fell through, which really demoralized my clients. As the Holidays approached they asked about taking it off the market as they had family coming to stay. I fully understand the stress of keeping a house in showing condition even without the added burden of company and while I would recommend leaving a house on the market over the holidays for that one buyer that may be in town, when young children are in the house, they need a break.

Fast Forward to last Monday, I'm pulling out of the parking lot of our office, when Jackie comes running over to my car and asks can she show my listing at Portico Place  to some new clients as the offer her folks had on another house had fallen through. I called my clients and asked if we could show it, of course being four days before Christmas and guests installed it was going to be a team effort to get it ready.

Well, it worked because Jackie's clients loved it and made an offer that evening which we countered and they accepted at about nine Monday night.

This house sold in December because Jackie saw it on tour in July and she knew her clients would like it, they had not seen one picture of it as it had been withdrawn from the MLS for the Holidays.

This awesome workshop is for sale and we are throwing in the house next to it. The current owner has a big old welder in there so you know it has the juice you need.

The workshop comes with two doors, one big, one small, two windows, one right, one left. It is white...ish!

So what is your favorite thing to do in a workshop, wood working, metal working, gardening, crafts, watch football and drink beer, hide?

This is one of those workshops that will accommodate all of the above and it has an attic for storing stuff.

At $1099.50 a square foot this one won't last.

Oh, for a full price offer we will include this----->

Please allow five minutes for showing. For showing appointments call David at (919) 601-2268.

Homes For Sale In The Triangle Under $220,000....

This is a beautiful home in Raleigh, Wake County North Carolina.

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$219,900 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 Partial Bathroom Interior: 2200 sqft Lot: 1.15 acre(s) Location 1016 Portico Place Raleigh, NC 27603 USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below:

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David H O'Doherty Coldwell Banker HPW (919) 6012268 odohertyd@hpw.com http://www.davidhodoherty.com Listed by: David O'Doherty

Our recent listings Commercial for $ in Clayton, NC Single Family Residential for $219,900 in Raleigh, NC Lots Of Room In This Home In An Established Neighborhood in Durham Beautiful Custom Built Home in Portofino Equestrian Community Single Family Residential for $189,900 in Clayton, NC Subscribe to our listing feed

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Back On The Market....Beautiful Home For Sale in Wake School District

This great home at 1016 Portico Place is back on the market after the buyers could not move forward.

Single Family Home for sale in Raleigh, NC

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$219,900 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 Partial Bathroom Interior: 2200 sqft Lot: 1.15 acre(s) Location 1016 Portico Place Raleigh, NC 27603 USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below:

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David H O'Doherty Coldwell Banker HPW (919) 6012268 odohertyd@hpw.com http://www.davidhodoherty.com Listed by: David O'Doherty

Our recent listings Single Family Residential for $219,900 in Raleigh, NC Lots Of Room In This Home In An Established Neighborhood in Durham Beautiful Custom Built Home in Portofino Equestrian Community Single Family Residential for $189,900 in Clayton, NC Amazing home with five car garage! Subscribe to our listing feed

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1016 Portico Place in Raleigh. The Scenes That Did Not Make The Movie!

As in all great films there are just some scenes that do not make the final cut, it could be time issues, or plot change issues. In our case in the shooting of the video for the great home at 1016 Portico Place in Raleigh NC, it was the directors fault. I presumed my eight year old son Rory had seen the music video of Bob Dylan from the 60's-70's. My Bad, anyway here he is doing a great job describing the many features of this home.

And The Oscar Goes To........... Well Not Me, But This House Deserves An Oscar!

Actually Hollywood's the last place I would go, but Video, Video, Video is what everyone is talking about these days when it comes to real Estate. To me it makes perfect sense. A picture paints a thousand words but what about the neighborhood, the entrance, the house next door?

A video can show things about a house, neighborhood, yard etc. that no amount of Realtor words or pictures can hope to address. So after getting a jolt from TLW, a nudge from Eleanor and then listening to Mike Fischer the Senior Vice President of Marketing For Coldwell Banker for a half hour at the Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Sales Rally about using video I figured I better get on it.

Now I have shot a few videos before but, they say you must be in them front and center, so here I am.(p.s. my original camera man went on strike so apologies for the shake at the beginning, it does go away)

1016 Portico Place in Raleigh NC 27603 is the reason we are here, I would appreciate any and all your comments about the house and I would appreciate even more you sending someone out to buy it.

This is a Gorgeous Home on A Cul De Sac With an Acre Lot in Wake County. It comes with a fenced yard, oversized screened porch with surround sound and built in tile bar and a 12x12' wired workshop with second level storage. It has a downstairs office/study, a great bonus room and large master bedroom and master suite.

Single Family Home for sale in Raleigh, NC

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$224,900 Single Family Home For Sale Main Features 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 Partial Bathroom Interior: 2200 sqft Lot: 1.15 acre(s) Location 1016 Portico Place Raleigh, NC 27603 To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below:

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David H O'Doherty (919) 6012268 odohertyd@hpw.com http://www.davidhodoherty.com Listed by: David O'Doherty

Our recent listings Single Family Residential for $224,900 in Raleigh, NC Single Family Residential for $189,900 in Clayton, NC Single Family Residential for $129,900 in Clayton, NC Gorgeous home on almost an Acre. Single Family Residential for $145,000 in Clayton, NC Subscribe to our listing feed

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Just Listed This Great Home in Nathans Landing Subdivision, Wake County.

We have just listed 1016 Portico Place in Wake County for $224,900. It is a three bedroom two and a half bath two story home with over an acre of land. There is a custom fence, and a true workshop/shed.

The Home is located in a wonderful area of Wake County as you have access to Raleigh, Clayton, Fuquay Varina, Research Triangle Parkbut is still in a rural setting. The House is on a Cul De Sac in Nathans Landing a smaller subdivision in Southern Wake County.

There are beautiful hardwood floorsin the wide, open foyer and separate dining room as you enter and a large office/study to the right. The living room with a fireplace and glass doors to the huge screened in porch where you will spend a lot of time is next to the large bay window in the eat in kitchen.

Upstairs is the large master bedroom and suite with big closet and separate shower and whirlpool tub. Two more bedrooms and a marvelous bonus room with surround sound speakers. And don't forget the really cool play area....here!

This Is A Very Cool Feature in This Home in Nathans Landing Subdivision in Wake County

...and I thought I was the coolest Dad!

This is a great, let me say that again GREAT use of space that ninety percent of the time, goes by the wayside! Of course we all say "yeah we'll store stuff in there" and then you have to bend down...forget it!

Builders take note, Dad went in there, with a little help and created the most awesomely awesome play area for his daughter and her pals to hang out in and be girls. I believe with a new color scheme this could work for boys also!

This is a magnificent home that will be available next week in the very desirable Nathans Landing Subdivision in Raleigh, Wake County, in fact it is the only home currently available in Nathans landing. This three bedroom two and a half bath home with a great bonus room is going to be listed at $224,900.

It is on over an acre of great property, it has a wired shed/man-cave,  fenced yard, cul de sac, generator hook up!

The list goes on but if you are looking for 2200 square foot house in Wake County under $225,000 then you will want to see this one.