Open Houses

Some of the most popular content of this site has been my reviews, and visits to the different properties that exist downtown.  There are so many options, and many that people don’t even know about, out there and people love reading about the great properties available downtown.

So far the only properties I have seen are the ones that are for sale.  I haven’t been in many properties, like The Plaza, Vine Street Lofts, Court Avenue Lofts for example.

However, there are those of you that currently live in those properties right now!  I’m starting a new feature next week where we will feature different properties on this site, from the perspective of the people that live in them.  Sort of like an open house, but with much better insight.

I’m very excited about this–as is everyone I have shared this information with.  Our first feature will be on The Kirkwood (our sponsor here), and we’ll have dozens more following.

What I need though is people that want to showoff where they live!  Do you live downtown, in the East Village or in Sherman Hill?  If you do, and would like to showoff what you’ve done to your place, or share what you love about it, let me know!  Email me josh@downtowndesmoinesblog.com for details.

This can all be done via email–so you won’t have any strangers milling around your house or anything.  It’s a safe and easy way to share your experience with thousands of people that are curious about what living downtown is all about.

Filed under: contact josh, open house

4 Responses

  1. Stan Says:

    Why are there so few rentals? I can’t find any good rentals I want. It seems like everyone wants you to buy a condo/loft before you get to try it out. In big cities, they allow you to lease the property for a year before you buy. Most of the time the builder makes more money that way because prices went up.

    just my opinion,

    Stan H

    Posted on May 7th, 2007 at 11:12 am

  2. Stan Says:

    I forgot, good rentals where they allow a pet. We have a small dog, and just about everywhere I check says “no dogs.”

    Stan

    Posted on May 7th, 2007 at 11:13 am

  3. Josh Says:

    Stan-
    There’s lots of rentals downtown, including our sponsor The Kirkwood for instance! There are also several places that take pets, in fact I think most take small pets.

    I have a black lab and that’s a little tougher!

    Email me josh@downtowndesmoinesblog.com and I’ll do what I can to help you out.
    Josh

    Posted on May 7th, 2007 at 11:21 am

  4. Trina Braafhart Says:

    Stan - if you are looking for a nice up scale place to rent downtown feel free to contact me at the Kirkwood or visit my website at http://www.thekirkwooddm.com. We have awesome loft like units to rent - perfect for people like yourself who want to “try downtown” before you make a permanent commitment. Oh - and YES we take dogs. Just not Josh’s large black lab (sorry Josh) ;–) You can reach me at 515-991-9072. Hope to hear from you Stan!

    Trina Braafhart

    Posted on May 7th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

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