The Vince Carter Team Real Estate Blog: Kentucky: Louisville

Our very own Vince Carter was interviewed last month by Keller Williams International about his success in our local market!  His interview is being featured on Keller Williams' daily 'Power Call' to educate and motivate other agents across the country and throughout Canada about his success.  KW International has heard about Vince's success and has featured him on this platform.

Additionally, today, Vince was featured on the front page of the Courier Journal in a story about short sales in our market. To learn more or to check out the article, please visit: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106030321

For fifteen years now, The Irish Rover on Frankfort Avenue has invited its patrons to feast on a fine Irish menu while enjoying the pub atmosphere of old. Its motto, "Cead Mile Failte," or "One Hundred Thousand Welcomes," successfully sums up what this restaurant strives to do: provide a place for people to gather.

The Irish Rover has tried to recreate the idea of "a place to meet family, friends, or business associates, to catch up on news, debate politics, share a joke...a place of character and cadence rather than impersonal efficiency." http://www.theirishroverky.com/index.php3?pageid=4 And if you ask its patrons, it has done this successfully. The outstanding menu helps a little, too.

The menu at The Irish Rover has all your favorites and then some. Ranging in price from $3-20, it features simple tastes you love as well as full plates of the best servings you could imagine. The menu is divided into categories that meet your dining needs no matter the time of day or the company you're with. The bar bites section features small menu items that work great as starters or shared snacks. These items include everything from salmon to stuffed portabella to bubble and squeak, a time-honored recipe of griddle-fried mashed potato cakes, onions, and vegetables. The soups and salads menu offers a flavor for every palate with a wide array of options. The Pub Grub menu items include hearty stews, casseroles, and fry ups such as smoked salmon and potato gratin. Additionally, there are sandwiches, pub plates, children's menu items, desserts, sides, Saturday brunch, wines, and beer & whiskey on the menu.

The Irish Rover also features an upstairs party room, available to host your rehearsal dinner, surprise party, anniversary celebration... you name it. And they don't just host your special events: they also participate in the Frankfort Avenue Trolley Hop  in addition to a boxing day and St. Patrick's Day celebration.

So the next time you're on Frankfort Avenue, make a stop by The Irish Rover. Or better yet, plan a special date night in advance and check it out. You won't be disappointed!

If you've been keeping up with this blog, you probably realize how often we feature communities and neighborhoods that offer a touch of the quiet life for city-dwellers in Louisville. Neighborhoods like Persimmon Ridge, Lake Forest, Glen Oaks, and others thrive because they boast of great natural shade during hot days and beautiful star-lit skies on clear nights. Frankly, many neighborhoods on the outskirts of Louisville can be ideal for home buyers looking for this type of serenity. We want to help you find the one that is right for you and your family. That's why this week we are looking at yet another of these fantastic options, Woodmont Subdivision. 

Located off the Old Henry exit of the Gene Snyder Freeway, Woodmont boasts it all, "a carefully planned community, designed to provide homes on spacious lots while maintaining its beautiful setting of mature trees, a meandering stream, and gently rolling hillsides [with] more than thirteen acres of open space [including] the Club's swimming pools, tennis courts, playground, fitness center, and beautiful clubhouse with a 4,000 foot nature trail through the woods" http://mywoodmont.com/about.php . It seems there is nothing this subdivision hasn't thought of, and so amenities at Woodmont include all the must-haves: pools, a clubhouse, tennis courts, basketball courts, a fitness center, a playground, a nature trail, and the green space you need and long for after a long day's work at the office.

And the good news is that you can experience living in Woodmont or a very reasonable price! Homes that sell in Woodmont average $375,166, with a median sales price of $388,000. Homes on the market in Woodmont typically sell for about 5% lower than their listing price, giving wiggle room for negotiating. With twelve homes currently on the market and nine homes sold in the past year, there are many options available for your family's consideration.

So why consider Woodmont for your family's new home? Because "if sunny mornings on tree-lined decks, or quiet evenings under a starlit sky are some of the things you want in your future," then come "live and play where it's ‘natural and secluded, close and convenient.'" http://mywoodmont.com/about.php

Contact The Vince Carter Team today for all your Woodmont home options.  They will show you the selection of homes available and give you a personal tour of the subdivision.