We're selling our membership to the Roosevelt School neighborhood.

Membership fee is buying our 2 bedroom house in central Ames. Information trying to fill out below.

Suggested offer: $128,000. (notes)

Get in touch

We've tried to capture the house through description and photos, but of course we welcome visits if you're interested in making this your next home. Please email us to set up an appointment. If email's not your thing, you can call or text 515.520.9887. Go ahead, I don't see any reason to delay.

We appreciate any time you take to check out this page. Until next time, keep your stick on the ice!

Dan & Kelly Conner

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Further Details

2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, small kitchen, large and pleasant deck. Forced air furnace, central air conditioning. Charm, I guess, specifically the blue tub and arched doorways.

Approximately 1040 Finished Sq. Feet, 528 additional semi-finished in basement.

Large two car garage with built in shelves along back.

Built in 1936.

Recent maintenance / improvements

• Roof of house replaced in 2001, on garage in 2009.
• New Vinyl Siding installed in 2001.
• Gutters on house and garage replaced in 2008.
• Central Air Conditioning (York SEER 12 unit) installed in 2004.
• Bathroom remodel in 2008 with new tile, wainscoting, shower elements, and plumbing.
• Deck re-built in 2005.
• Sadly, ailing and splitting tree removed from back yard in 2009.

Story County Assessor's details

Please check out the additional benefits available with this house.

Notes on asking price

• We're glad to consider any offer you think reasonable, don't worry, you won't offend us.
• We're happy to work with buyer's agents and negotiate a commission to be included in the transaction.
• But, how do I say this, the asking price is squishier if commission is not a part of the deal.
• We had an appraisal done last year, and would be eager to share this or answer any other questions related to reaching a fair market value for this house.

• Nervous about this For Sale by Owner thing? That's fair. We have a brief outline and some links on the process, consider starting there.

Additional benefits

Included with the purchase of the house will be several additional benefits you can only get with this house and neighborhood.

• Free season passes to the Summer Sundays @ Roosevelt concert series. ;)
• Two free rentals from next door neighbor's eclectic DVD collection (we have Bubble Boy out now).
• A complimentary sitting and 10" print from small dog productions, LLC
• Two driveway snow removals from Monroe Remodeling (and miscellany).
• If you like, we'll include this domain (1028marston.com) with the transfer of property.

Sale by owner buying process

We have hired a lawyer that will guide us with the exchange of property. If you're wanting to buy a house without a REALTOR®, you might consider doing the same. We recommend Hastings & Gartin in Ames, and there are surely other great professionals in the area.

There's a few good links about the home buying process on this page. Including this break-down from HUD.

If we were to summarize what buying our house would look like for a buyer, it would be:

1. Loan Pre-approval
2. Offer (usually contingent on a professional inspection)
3. Acceptance or counteroffer from sellers
4. Apply for loan on this particular house
5. Appraisal
6. Loan approval
7. Abstract continuation (seller's responsibility)
8. Examination of abstract by buyer's attorney or REALTOR®, or whoever it takes to make you feel comfortable with the changes to the abstract.
9. Something with title and deeds (this is something we'd call our lawyer about)???
10. Final walk-through
11. Closing with your Lender

Or, please contact us with questions on how it will work.