Ellen Alderman

"Your Key Largo Agent"
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Ellen Alderman,  in Key Largo
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About Me
My name is Ellen Alderman, and I’m a REALTOR with Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Company located in Key Largo. Originally from Chicago, my husband and I moved to Orange Park, Florida in 1975 and then to Miami in 1978, where we worked and raised our family. Our first Keys purchase was a mobile home on a canal in Lake Surprise. We had so much fun there! Lots of company, boating, fishing…it was great! It was so great, we sold the mobile and purchased a waterfront lot in Key Largo in 1991, started the building process and officially moved into our new Bayfront residence in 1996. I eventually sold my business in Miami, and have been working with Coldwell Banker Schmitt since June of 2005.

Living and playing in the Keys and having experienced the building process in the Keys from soup to nuts, I feel that I can provide you the professional assistance that you need with sale and purchase of residential property. If you want the professional assistance of a seasoned expert who will work diligently in an effort to satisfy your real estate needs, please call me anytime at 305-453-7548.

I hope you’ll find my website to be comprehensive, interesting and informative. Check out the 2008 market statistics comparison to 2007 for some insight on our local market.
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what are the pros and cons of building a custom home?

Ellen Alderman answered:
Just a suggestion to avoid surprises. Use an architect. An architect will not only do the design you choose, but she will put the specific product types from window frames to doorknobs into the plan, exactly as you specify. Then you get a builder or contractor to bid on the project using the products on the plan. Sometimes we make a mistake of taking a low bid on a job...say it comes to $200.00 a square foot...then you decide you don't like the builder's choice of windows or doors or whatever and you want to upgrade. Then you start making changes and you turn your $250.00/sq ft job into a $350.00 sq/ft. It happens all the time. It happened to me. Know the products you want, specify every detail and put them in the plan for the bid. - Sat Aug 16 2008, 16:52
The Pros are that you are getting the home that you helped design and a home that includes all of the custom features that you require. The word "custom" implies that the home is built to your specifications. The only down side may be the cost. Also, on a resale, buyers do not have the same tastes, and if the custom features are too unique, it could be a turn off to a buyer down the road. - Fri Aug 15 2008, 16:32
My Listings
88500 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 88500 Overs…
$340,000
1 br  1.0 ba Listing Web Site
88500 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 88500 Overs…
$328,500
1 br  1 ba  
88500 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 88500 Overs…
$355,000
  0.0 ba Listing Web Site
15 Silver Springs Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037 15 Silver S…
$211,000
2 br  1.0 ba Listing Web Site
1536 Shaw Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037 1536 Shaw D…
$2,160,000
3 br  3.0 ba Listing Web Site
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Specialties
TO MY BUYERS: As a buyer of property, you will receive personalized, professional assistance in both locating the property that suits you, and in negotiating the deal. Before buying any property, you will be educated, having learned the sales prices and asking prices of comparable properties in the area of your choice, so that you have the necessary information to make an educated decision.

TO MY SELLER: Your property will be marketed locally, nationally and internationally. Your property will be featured on more than 6 real estate websites. In addition, your home will have a professional photographic and virtual tour or exhibition on the Web. A full color brochure will be produced and targeted marketing campaign launched of your property to financially capable prospects.

Further, your home will be assigned its own website and receive a free Homeowner’s warranty. These are just some of the many marketing tools that will ensure that your property is “Sold”.
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