A stunning, modern home with gorgeous design and features. Too bad it’s also in a location that is strongly compromised, with near constant exposure to traffic from Broadway. Our clients loved it, but we advised them to not put in an offer due to this location issue alone.

Remember: You can change virtually anything about a home but its location. Screening may help reduce the exposure to Broadway, but it will likely never go away. Even if you’re ok with the noise, you’ll potentially suffer lower appreciation and a reduced buyer pool when it comes time to sell the home. 

With all of that said, one buyer clearly disagreed. They locked it down 6 days after it hit the market. It sold last week for nearly the full asking price, cash ($526/SF). 

Benchmark: recently constructed, modern homes in North Boulder, just east of Broadway.

Osman Parvez  is the Founder and Employing Broker of House Einstein. Originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York, he lives in Boulder with his wife and their Labrador Retriever. He has been a Realtor since 2005.


Osman is the primary author of the House Einstein blog with over 1,200 published articles about Boulder real estate. His work has also appeared in many other blogs about Boulder as well as mainstream newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and Daily Camera. For more information, click HERE.

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