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September-October 2011 Open House

The latest in local real estate news

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Midwest Home is always on the hunt for interesting, intriguing, unusual, and otherwise fabulous homes in the Twin Cities and across Minnesota.

Submit your home now! We'll consider featuring it in our magazine.

residential development Guide

Looking to move to the Twin Cities or the surrounding suburbs?

Find useful background information on many of these growing communities in our annual guide to relocation information and new neighborhoods in the Twin Cities area.

Parade of Homes

Whether you’re in the market for a new home, are looking for a builder or simply gathering ideas, the Parade has plenty to offer.

Visit paradeofhomes.org for new and remodeled homes on an ongoing basis.

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Looking for things to do; the best in health and education; travel or award winning lifestyle articles? Here’s links to help you find the information you’re looking for!

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midwest home 2012 homebook

Architecture, interior design, furnishings, and so much more…

Midwest Home’s tenth annual HomeBook has all the home resources you can imagine, right in one place.

The Basics

A few essentials you need to know now that you’ve arrived: DMV info, bus fares, taxi companies, radio stations and more.

luxury home tour

Mark your calendar for the 12th Annual Midwest Home Luxury Home Tour June 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24, 2012!

See details from this year's tour at LuxuryHomeTour.net.

Big Deal

Photo Courtesy of Spacecrafting

Sold!

With its dark shake siding and immaculate white columns, this home looks as if it was plucked from the shores of Nantucket and came to rest on 5-acres in Orono. The four-bedroom, five-bath estate, originally listed at $1,650,000, sold earlier this year for $1,350,000. Old-world charm meets modern convenience in the 5,973 square-foot stunner built in 2005. Pristine marble counters in the kitchen and bathroom add timeless elegance, while a sun-soaked sitting room off the dining area features French doors on two sides, perfect for throwing wide to let in a spring breeze. The master suite is especially enviable, with a grand marble fireplace for warming up on crisp fall evenings and a spacious second-story porch for sipping morning coffee on lazy summer Sundays. One thing’s for sure—we’ll be lusting after this home year round.

Listed by Allison Van Slooten, Coldwell Banker Burnet, Eden Prairie, 952-949-4814; sold by Eric and Sharla Stafford, Coldwell Banker Burnet, Minnetonka.

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Lake Minnetonka Home

Photo by Landmark Design

Hot Listing!

The “gold coast” of Lake Minnetonka is getting a little more spendy with the recent sale of an estate lot at 410 Ferndale Road S., a building site made available through a subdivision of the former Bob Dayton family property. The lot sold for $4.55 million by Ralph and Peggy Burnet who bought the Dayton property, for $3.5 million in 1997, and have now successfully replatted the site into three additional lots.

One other lot is on the market for $5.495 million and features 250 feet of shoreline and a total footprint of 3.33 acres; the third lot is not being marketed at this time. The Burnets are also selling their 8,500-square-foot contemporary home, designed by Romaldo Giurgola, at 392 Ferndale Road S. for $6.9 million; the 2011 property tax bill was $129,000. Their son, Ryan Burnet, has the listings (612.924.4348).

Association Maintained Living

Association maintained living is increasingly popular in the Twin Cities.

Learn more about homeowners' associations, the community types and the benefits of the association maintained lifestyle. Then discover some of the area's most appealing neighborhoods.

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Your detailed guide to downtown St. Paul, Minneapolis, the skyways, the Light Rail and parts of the surrounding metro.

School Charts

Researching schools? Changing Districts? Looking for contact information? We can help. Access our charts for helpful statistics:

Private Schools – With small class sizes and innovative curriculum, Twin Cities’ private schools are at the head of the class.

Public School Districts – Minnesota was named one of the six “smartest states” in the country by Morgan Quinto Press based on the quality of its public elementary and secondary schools.