by KatieDrucker | May 28, 2019 | Boulder Info
Whether it is a lazy brunch day or the fuel you need to rejuvenate your body after an early morning activity – Boulder breakfast will not disappoint. Here are 3 must-gos for brunch:
- Snooze Eatery: An upbeat breakfast hotspot with seasonally changing food selections, a creative cocktail menu and the most scrumptious pancakes around. Plan on putting your name on the list an hour or so before you want to eat.
- Lucille’s Creole Cafe: Not only should you plan on a wait time on the
weekends, the large portions and plate-sized buttermilk biscuit side will make you need to plan on a nap-time afterwards. The food at Lucille’s is flavorful and fresh – they have their own farm – and southern in style served in a quaint Victorian house.
- The Buff Restaurant: A Boulder institution, The Buff has a welcoming, neighborly vibe. The menu is large and more on the traditional side with a Southwestern flair and some do not miss items like the pecan caramel quesadillas.
Bon appetite!
For Locations, Menu & More Info: Snooze, Lucille’s,The Buff
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by KatieDrucker | May 22, 2019 | Boulder Info, Buying Tips, Selling Tips
When I was a Freshman at University of Wisconsin the Halloween celebration was the biggest gathering in the USA behind Time’s Square New Year’s Eve and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
It was terrifying.
The bars all let out at the same time and the streets were packed with drunk college kids. What was a fun weekend turned into chaos – rocks being thrown at windows and police spraying pepper spray.
The next year, instead of trying to police the situation more, the city took a different approach. They embraced the celebration – allowing bars to stay open all night long and bringing in flood lights to make the city feel like daytime all weekend.
If you can’t stop it, embrace it.
That is in part, according to a city planner, the reason the Boulder City Council decided to loosen up regulations surrounding accessory dwelling units (additional living unit that has separate kitchen, sleeping, and bathroom facilities on a single-family lot). The city wanted to encourage all those homeowners with illegal ADUs to finally comply with the ADU regulations, and therefore city inspections.
If you have an illegal ADU that you want to make legal or you want to add an ADU to your property – apply now. There are a limited amount of seats at this party.
The number of ADUs will be limited to no more than 20 percent of parcels – increased from the previous 10 percent – within 300 feet of a subject property (ADUs, cooperative housing units and non-conforming structures count in the saturation calculation.) But get ready for an arduous long process because the lights do not stay on all night over at Boulder City Planning and Development Office and they are short staffed and drowning in an increased number of ADU applications.
Here is the summary of the other big changes that went into effect on Feb. 1, 2019:
- ADUs can be a larger size (800 square feet for a detached ADU and 1,000 square feet or one half the size of the principal home (whichever is less) for an attached ADU) and not provide the required additional parking previously required to get approval for an ADU in exchange for agreeing to limit rent to 75 percent of the Area Median Income based on the number of bedrooms. Currently that is about $1,835 for a 2 bedroom including utilities.
- The minimum lot size required was lowered from 6,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet for all types of ADUs.
- The 5-year minimum age requirement for the primary home to create an ADU was done away with.
- The occupancy limit has been increased.
- Short-term rentals – like Airbnb – for newly created ADUs have been outlawed and owners that wish to create an ADU must forfeit a short-term rental license for the principal dwelling as well.
Once your ADU gets approved the permitting process or retro-permitting process begins.
So go add value to your property and head over to Boulder Planning and Development office – 1739 Broadway Boulder CO 80302 – to hurry up and wait.
For more details about the new ADU regulations visit: https://bouldercolorado.gov/housing/adu-update
Good Good is a Boulder area real estate agency. We specialize in helping good people find the perfect Boulder home. We’re low pressure but high touch. If you’re looking for a real estate guide in the Boulder area, we may be a good fit. Give us a call if you’d like to chat. We’re always happy to answer any questions you have about the Boulder area or give you a tour.
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by KatieDrucker | May 15, 2019 | Boulder Info
If you are a New Yorker like me – we all know there are a lot of us here – you will feel right at home at Lolita’s – Boulder’s “bodega”.
In this city that definitely sleeps, Lolitas is the lone 24-hour mart (with the exception of 7-eleven) with a little of everything and high price tags for the convenience.
Don’t miss the little hidden deli tucked in the back of the store, in my opinion, it is Boulder’s best deli – and New Yorkers know their delis.
For Locations & More Info: https://www.facebook.com/lolitasmarket/ (Lolita’s doesn’t have a website).
Good Good is a Boulder area real estate agency. We specialize in helping good people find the perfect Boulder home. We’re low pressure but high touch. If you’re looking for someone to guide you through the real estate process in the Boulder area, we may be a good fit. Give us a call if you’d like to chat. We’re always happy to answer any questions you have about the Boulder area or give you a tour.
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Katie (Good Good Founder)
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by KatieDrucker | May 7, 2019 | Buying Tips
An inspector is like a person spotting a landing for a buyer before he/she jumps. Therefore, inspection deadlines are some of the most crucial deadlines to be aware of in the Colorado contract.
There are three deadlines in the Colorado real estate contract for inspection: Inspection Objection, Inspection Termination and Inspection Resolution.
- The Inspection Objection Deadline in the contact is the date that an inspector or any specialists – roofer, HVAC, plumber, electrician, etc. must come out to the property to check out all the nooks and crannies. By 11:59 pm on this deadline the buyer/buyer’s agent must submit a list of what he/should would like fixed or what amount of credit at closing he/she would like in order to fix the issues found – a renegotiation request.
- The Inspection Termination Deadline is new to the contract in 2019 and is a deadline in case you do not want to object to the inspection but instead want to just bail on the contract – the landing looked too rocky or you just got too scared to jump.
- The Inspection Resolution is the deadline for the seller and the buyer to agree on a compromise based on the list submitted in the Inspection Objection. If no agreement is reached by this deadline the contract automatically terminates. If a contract falls apart it is usually at this deadline. And It is for this reason sellers pay close attention to these deadline dates when considering accepting an offer.
To have a strong offer, especially in a multiple offer situation, here are the inspection contract tricks – least extreme to most extreme:
- Tight Deadlines: A tight Inspection Objection Deadline (a few days after getting under contract) and a tight Inspection Resolution Deadline (1-2 days after the Objection Deadline) usually makes an offer more appealing to the Seller. Remember, most contracts that fall apart do so because of inspection. Sellers would rather the contract fall apart sooner rather than later so they can put the house back on the market. Before writing the offer with tight deadlines it is essential that the buyer or the buyer’s agent make phone calls to inspectors/specialists to see the earliest possible date they can come out to the property and if possible the buyer or agent should reserve a spot even before the offer is accepted. A tight deadline is not useful if no (good) inspector is able to complete it on time.
- Scratch the Resolution: Take out the Inspection Resolution Deadline in the dates and deadlines section of the contract. Essentially what the buyer is communicating to the seller is that he/she will not haggle with the seller on inspection – the buyer will either take the property at the price the buyer offered/in the condition the home is in or the buyer just won’t take the house. From most sellers’ perspectives this is great – the seller has a price locked in and/or the seller will not need to rush to get anything fixed making the process more hassle-free.
- Bring the inspector to the showing: If you can anticipate a craze over a certain property arranging for an inspector to go to the showing with you enables you to forgo putting an Inspection Objection Deadline in the contract because the buyer knows before submitting the offer if the landing is soft or hard. The risk of this option is the buyer is paying for the inspection yet doesn’t know if he/she will succeed in getting under contract.
The more you know upfront about the Boulder buying process and the tricks you might need to pull to get under contract in a tight market, the easier the process is when you jump in.
Have a specific buying questions, reach out – no stings attached!
Good Good is a Boulder area real estate agency. We specialize in helping good people find the perfect Boulder home. We’re low pressure but high touch. If you’re looking for someone to guide you through the real estate process in the Boulder area, we may be a good fit. Give us a call if you’d like to chat. We’re always happy to answer any questions you have about the Boulder area or give you a tour.
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by KatieDrucker | Apr 30, 2019 | Boulder Info
Go for the coffee but trust me you will return for their mouth watering made-from-scratch baked goods, unique breakfast burrito options – Sage Sausage and Potato, Chorizo Sweet Potato, Red Pepper and Kale, Chipotle Sweet Potato – served all day, eggs on butter disguised as croissants and exceptional small-batch soups with vegan/vegetarian options daily.
And on Sundays if you are in the mood to have a leisurely morning sipping your java outside, a band plays in the courtyard of Spruce’s downtown location to elevate the Sunday morning ambience.
See you there!
Good Good is a Boulder area real estate agency. We specialize in helping good people find the perfect Boulder home. We’re low pressure but high touch. If you’re looking for a real estate guide in the Boulder area, we may be a good fit. Give us a call if you’d like to chat. We’re always happy to answer any questions you have about the Boulder area or give you a tour.
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