About Shannon Stanbro

Broker/Owner of Stanbro Real Estate | 5280mod with 19 years experience in Metro Denver's real estate market. Passionate about consumer advocacy and quality design/construction from any era...but particularly mid-century and modernist.

Consumers Beware the Self-Proclaimed Real Estate “Experts”

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge”
—Charles Darwin

 

Every client, house, and transaction are different. The market is always changing and this is why I enjoy my work so much. Even in Denver’s mid-century real estate niche, I learn something new every day. Denver midcentury real estate, mid century modern homes for sale.

When a Broker confidently claims to be an “expert,” I often wonder if they are suffering from the Dunning-Kruger Effect.  As the study found, those with true expertise don’t consider themselves experts, but those who over-estimate their competence do.

So beware the abundantly confident “expert” real estate agent. While confidence can be inspiring, it rarely signals competence, let alone expertise.

Expert Chart

 

It’s actually better for you, the consumer, to work with an agent who recognizes their strengths and weaknesses. This means, if the occasion should arise, they know to seek assistance from other professionals as required by the Colorado Real Estate Commission to protect the public.

 

*We are unapologetically honest when it comes to protecting consumers from the ill-informed, misinformed, or downright dishonest players in the real estate industry. 

 

Please contact us to find out how you will benefit from our consumer advocacy approach!

 

720.279.4884

shannon@5280mod.com

Not Finding Your Ideal Mid-Century House? We Revisit Why it May Not Be in the MLS or Online.

UPDATED 
June 17, 2016

The following post was originally written in June of 2013.  And now with our unprecedented Sellers’ market and Multiple Listing Services no longer sharing information with sites like Zillow and Trulia, no doubt you are finding it even more difficult to find midcentury modern for sale homes online. (Especially one for $165K!)

” I don’t think many people pay a real estate company to ‘find’ homes as much when many can search them for free.”

A 5280mod follower gave us this feedback recently. True, the internet is full of websites with homes “for sale” making it easy for home buyers to search for themselves. What many consumers may not realize, however,  is that agents are not required to put their listings online, or even make them available to other agents and the general public.

We won’t bore you here with the myriad of reasons why owners and agents choose to keep properties out of the traditional market. Instead, we wanted to show 6 examples of mid-century homes sold in the past 3 months that either never showed up for sale online, or were already under contract when they did. Prices of these homes range from $160k to $465K.

…and there are more where these came from.

How do we know?

For more than a decade, we work full time every day investing time and money researching the MLS, driving neighborhoods, volunteering for preservation projects, and cultivating relationships with homeowners/ architects/ preservationists, etc. Thanks to our  network and our catalog of homes, we can provide our clients with more options than the MLS  and online real estate sites.

Please contact us when you’re ready to benefit from our extensive catalog and in-depth knowledge of Metro Denver’s vintage mid-century and historic modern architecture!

720.279.4884

shannon@5280mod.com

Mid-Century Modest Near Highland Square

4530 W 32nd Av

$459,000

An expansive city and mountain view greets you when you open the front door of this mid century modest 50’s ranch.

Perfect home if you’ve been looking for your very own Retro Renovation project and just a few blocks from historic Highland Square. The kitchen has newer updates, but the rest of the home retains much of its original charm ready for you to make it your own.

 SOLD for $475K

 

 

1951
4bd/ 2ba
2000+ sq. ft.
mountain & city views
 
walk to Highlands Square
large detached 2 car garage
walkout basement
large yard

 

What Our Buyers are Looking at This Week | July 14-20

Here’s a sample of the homes we’re showing our buyer clients this week…

 

80% of our transactions are historic modern and vintage mid-century homes. We’ve specialized in these type of homes since 2002 and have extensive knowledge and personal appreciation for what makes them great!

Please contact us when you’re ready to benefit from our extensive catalog and in-depth knowledge of Metro Denver’s vintage mid-century and historic modern architecture!

 

720.279.4884

shannon@5280mod.com

Late Mid-Century Modest Mountain Chalet

8595 Doubleheader Ranch Road - 10

 Expansive Views of  City, Mountain, and Sky!

First time on the market in 36 years! This well-loved, fully insulated, quality built home has been meticulously maintained w/ all expensive updates already done for you. (Metal roof, $30K high efficiency boiler/water heater system, stainless stove & refrigerator, newer countertops, and cedar exterior stained/interior painted in the past 24 months.) 

Light and bright with a wall of glass, clerestory and large picture windows. You feel like you are sitting in the tree tops as you take in wide views of blue sky, mountains, and plains…all the way to Parker. There are also several decks and patios to enjoy this serene mountain setting. A-1 zoning allows for horses, chickens, and goats among other things. Previously used for horses and has a 2 stall barn currently being utilized as a workshop & potting shed. Easy access and only 15 minutes to C-470.

This super clean and cozy chalet just needs your personal design updates that make it your own!

 

 

SOLD

3bd/2ba

1.46 Acres Zoned A-1

MOD Inspired Ranch Designed by Baume & Polivnick

livingroom

SOLD

The Carey Holiday Homes were part of the 1954-1955 Parade of Homes. Developer Lou Carey commissioned the firm of Baume& Polivnick to design these modernist inspired ranch homes in Harvey Park. While not as well known as Cliff May, the home designer behind the pre-fab ranchos in the neighborhood, Norton Polivnick’s own modernist home was featured by Architectural Record in 1954.