Shreveport-Bossier’s Highest Sale in 2014

This stunning Ellerbe Road Estate was built in the year 2000 by Steve Simon Construction in the A. Hayes Town architectural style.  The 4 Bedroom 4.5 Bath single-story home has 4,747 square feet of living space on nearly 2.5 acres of land.One of the features is an outside entertainment & kitchen Veranda with a hottub that seats 10!  In May 2014 this estate was Listed for sale at $1,550,000.  It SOLD in less than two months for $1,150,000.  This is highest home sale so far in 2014 in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.   There still are 12 homes priced over $1M on the market at this time.

This year Chris Chandler at Keller Williams Realty celebrates 22 years in the local real estate business!  Please contact me if I can be of any assistance. 

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Most Expensive Shreveport-Bossier area Home Sale in July 2013

July’s winner goes to Southern Trace – Shreveport’s exclusive golf and tennis community!  This 5 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home located at 660 Southern Trace Parkway was built in 1994.  There were numerous features including antique French Chandeliers, oversized pool with spa and an outdoor kitchen with granite countertops!  The home was Listed for Sale at $749,000 and SOLD for $735,000 after only 9 days on the market!  That’s $155 for every 4,709 square feet of living space.

Most Expensive Home Sale – June 2013

Let’s go “METRO” for June’s winner!  This stunning 6 Bedroom/6 Bath downtown Shreveport home has 10,000 square feet of living space!  Built in 1900 for commercial uses, it is completely updated and remodeled as a unique residence! It also has a 6000 sq. ft. basement w/secure access, indoor pool, wine vault, workshop, rooftop green area with a view of the downtown lights…and of course, brick accent walls!  Originally asking $1,200,000 this baby sold for $800,000 in June after 15 months on the market.

Most Expensive Home Sale – May 2013

Last month we had our first TIE for Most Expensive Home Sale in Shreveport-Bossier City!  The winners could not be any more different in style and amenities offered.  The first is a very formal home in South Highlands (Shreveport’s “Garden District”) that was built in 1967.  This stately home has seen many updates since we landed the first man on the moon!  It is a 4BR/4BATH home with 4,860 square feet of living space that sold for $725,000 or $149 per square foot.  The second home is a lakefront home in the Squirrel Point community on the north shore of Cross Lake.  This modern home was built in 2010 and has 3BR/2.5BATHs with 2,905 square feet, with 119 feet of water frontage!  It also Sold for $725,000…which is $250 per square foot!  These two homes demonstrate the wide diversity of properties available in our community.

Please contact The Chris Chandler Team at 318-272-1326 for your next move!

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Shreveport-Bossier’s Most Expensive Home Sale – April 2013

Last month’s HIGHEST SALE goes to this 5 Bedroom, 5 Bath home with 4,924 square feet!  Built in 1997 in SE Shreveport’s Long Lake Estates neighborhood, this home was listed for $725,000 but Sold for $665,000 or $135 per square foot.

If you are interested in Purchasing or Selling next month’s Featured Home, please contact the Chris Chandler Team at (318) 272-1326 or email me at ChrisChandler@KW.com

Most Expensive Home Sale in March 2013!

The most expensive Home SOLD in our area for the month of March 2013 was in Bossier City.  This 4 Bedroom 3.5 Bath home has  4,338 square feet of livable space and is located in the Stonebridge Subdivision.  It was listed for sale at $696,000 and sold for $663,714 — $153 per square foot.  This home was on the market for over 6 months before landing it’s new owner!

MOST EXPENSIVE LOCAL HOME SALE – FEBRUARY 2013

This last month’s top $$$ home sale goes to Long Lake in Southeast Shreveport.  This 4 BR 3.5 BA home was built in 2002 and has 4,315 square feet.  The sale price of $745,000 comes to $173 per square foot! 

Most Expensive Shreveport-Bossier City Home SOLD in 2012

Last year’s top Sale belongs to an older, historic home in Shreveport’s South Highlands neighborhood. This 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home has just under 6,000 square feet of living area and was built in 1919. The home was listed for sale in May 2012 for $1,650,000 and Sold less than 3 months later for $1,560,000 or $261 per square foot!!! For more information on Buying or Selling in the current real estate market in NW Louisiana, please contact me at (318) 272-1326 or ChrisChandler@KW.com

Fatherly Parenting

Yesterday I saw pieces of a tv show that is coming soon where the entire small town in North Carolina is left motherless for a week and the fathers become the primary caregivers to the children.   What drama will certainly unfold.  I also have recently read that the number of stay at home dads has spiked in recent years.  I am sort of a stay at home dad.  However, we are missing the mother part that goes out to work and earns the bread to support us.  Since our separation in 2007, I have been a 50/50 joint custody single parent of two children aged 1 and 3 back then.  They are now 6 and 8.  I have had a very interesting last five years!  My children are my life…much more so than my career in real estate.  This is not so for most men and I have always been aware that I was different from my peers, especially in the “maternal” instincts that I felt I possessed and enjoyed.  I have been aware that I could be a wonderful parent to my children and I could escape one of life’s most common regrets – the regret that we wish we had spent more time with our kids.  I signed up for the job and have never looked back.  Today I look back…and ask myself how am I doing…how are my kids doing?  These questions are so tied to each other, as I would not be doing well if they were not, and vice-versa.  We have a home where love is truly king.  We sleep in the same king-sized bed.  We read and watch tv in the same king-sized “big chair”.  We hug and kiss and exchange loving words many times each day we are together. We explore our community together, meeting new people and seeing new sights often.  We talk. We argue.  We wrestle out our differences and challenges.  Above all we love, deeply…and we have a lot of fun.  Each week our time together comes to an end, and they return to their mother’s house just around the corner and up the street.  Our paths do not cross for the next week, except for the occasional visit to the cafeteria at their school, or the occasional phone call.  I don’t know what their lives are like every other week.  I let it be.  I will see them again in a week.  It is what it is…and it is the best I can do.  No regrets.