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Here's a selection of homes from East English Village, which has won the Detroit Curbed Cup competition 2 years in a row (for what that's worth): 3 bd / 1 bth

by jdhn 8y ago

Here's a selection of homes from East English Village, which has won the Detroit Curbed Cup competition 2 years in a row (for what that's worth): 3 bd / 1 bth / 2 car garage: $90k [0] 4 bd / 2 bth / 2 car garage: $190k [1] 3 bd / 2 bth / Garage status not mentioned: $120k [2] [0]https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/5257-cadieux-rd-detroit-mi-48224--2050771507 https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/5257-cadieux-rd-detroit-... [1]https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/4800-bishop-st-detroit-mi-48224--2050769906 https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/4800-bishop-st-detroit-m... [2]https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/5042-grayton-st-detroit-mi-48224--1001626271 https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/detroit/5042-grayton-st-detroit-...

bluedino 8y ago
What's with the real estate photography trend of trying to make everything look like a circa 1998 3D Render?
- jdhn 8y ago
  I bet that it's due to subpar lighting combined with the mindset that HDR will fix all visual flaws.
captain_perl 8y ago
Well, those are inflated prices from being listed on Trulia. You can buy thousands of houses in Detroit at auction for $5,000 plus back taxes. They all will need rebuilding. However, the soil is contaminated with heavy metals (I would check where the foundries and prevailing winds were) and the water supply has issues. And if you want to raise a family, you will need to find an area with a credible school and police force.
- jdhn 8y ago
  The biggest issue in my opinion are Detroit schools, they're just abysmal. Directly to the south of the houses I posted is a separate group of cities called the Grosse Pointes. They're in the same county as Detroit, but they're their own cities complete with different schools. The same houses I posted above would go for 1.5-2x their price if they were less than a mile south simply due to the school districts.

by jdhn 8y ago

bluedino 8y ago

What's with the real estate photography trend of trying to make everything look like a circa 1998 3D Render?

jdhn 8y ago
I bet that it's due to subpar lighting combined with the mindset that HDR will fix all visual flaws.

captain_perl 8y ago

Well, those are inflated prices from being listed on Trulia. You can buy thousands of houses in Detroit at auction for $5,000 plus back taxes. They all will need rebuilding. However, the soil is contaminated with heavy metals (I would check where the foundries and prevailing winds were) and the water supply has issues. And if you want to raise a family, you will need to find an area with a credible school and police force.

jdhn 8y ago
The biggest issue in my opinion are Detroit schools, they're just abysmal. Directly to the south of the houses I posted is a separate group of cities called the Grosse Pointes. They're in the same county as Detroit, but they're their own cities complete with different schools. The same houses I posted above would go for 1.5-2x their price if they were less than a mile south simply due to the school districts.