Comments on: Lake of the Isles home sale sets price record http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:31:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231784 Bixby Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:19:58 +0000 #comment-231784 Huh. I would have thought the Mpls record was higher. There are some pretty insane houses around Lake of the Isles that I can see going for far more than that in the coming years. Out of curiousity what's the state record. I didn't RTFA. Huh. I would have thought the Mpls record was higher. There are some pretty insane houses around Lake of the Isles that I can see going for far more than that in the coming years. Out of curiousity what’s the state record. I didn’t RTFA.

]]> By: stevemarsh http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231783 stevemarsh Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:31:32 +0000 #comment-231783 Love the story about the bum going through the rich person's garbage. Unexpectedly happy ending! Love the story about the bum going through the rich person’s garbage. Unexpectedly happy ending!

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231728 kwatt Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:03:35 +0000 #comment-231728 I too was surprised how low those numbers were. I assumed there was a $5 million condo floating around somewhere. I too was surprised how low those numbers were. I assumed there was a $5 million condo floating around somewhere.

]]> By: jeffk http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231727 jeffk Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:01:33 +0000 #comment-231727 And in St. Paul? The record is $2.15 million in 2007. Wow. I'm shocked nothing on Summit Ave. has ever sold for more than that. And in St. Paul? The record is $2.15 million in 2007.

Wow. I’m shocked nothing on Summit Ave. has ever sold for more than that.

]]> By: random http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231724 random Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:18 +0000 #comment-231724 I always think of this house as the 'kite house'. Back in '91 or '92 I used to bike by that house on my way to work. As a scruffy long hair on a scavenged bike I looked but a step above homeless. One day as I was biking by, I saw a flash of red in the trash and decided to stop and dig around. Turns out it was a beautiful dragon kite of about 15 feet, made up of swaths of bright fabric. I wasn't going to let that landfill. As I was packing it into by bag a little girl came walking across the lawn and looked at me oddly and a bit sadly from the other side of the fence. I asked "Is this your kite?", worried that I was taking something she did not really want to get rid of. Before she could answer, the mother- dutiful sentinel on that great raised patio caught sight of us. "XXXX- get away from him right now!!!" she yelled, jumping to her feet. The girl ran away. The kite is hung now in my porch and I fly it with my daughter who is now about the same age. ASK I always think of this house as the ‘kite house’. Back in ‘91 or ‘92 I used to bike by that house on my way to work. As a scruffy long hair on a scavenged bike I looked but a step above homeless.

One day as I was biking by, I saw a flash of red in the trash and decided to stop and dig around. Turns out it was a beautiful dragon kite of about 15 feet, made up of swaths of bright fabric. I wasn’t going to let that landfill. As I was packing it into by bag a little girl came walking across the lawn and looked at me oddly and a bit sadly from the other side of the fence. I asked “Is this your kite?”, worried that I was taking something she did not really want to get rid of.

Before she could answer, the mother- dutiful sentinel on that great raised patio caught sight of us. “XXXX- get away from him right now!!!” she yelled, jumping to her feet. The girl ran away.

The kite is hung now in my porch and I fly it with my daughter who is now about the same age.

ASK

]]> By: kedbed http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231719 kedbed Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:31:50 +0000 #comment-231719 The house was a mess back in '88 - much refurb since then. The house was a mess back in ‘88 – much refurb since then.

]]> By: DouglasG http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231718 DouglasG Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:21:42 +0000 #comment-231718 Let me see $500,000 at $800 a year, you would have it paid of in... I am guessing the property taxes alone are more than my house cost me. Let me see $500,000 at $800 a year, you would have it paid of in…

I am guessing the property taxes alone are more than my house cost me.

]]> By: ryanol http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231717 ryanol Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:16:31 +0000 #comment-231717 I need to get into the direct mail and printing business. I need to get into the direct mail and printing business.

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231716 kwatt Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:14:27 +0000 #comment-231716 I love that house. Whish I were the secret buyer. Or am I? I love that house. Whish I were the secret buyer.

Or am I?

]]> By: g rote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/lake-of-the-isles-home-sale-sets-price-record#comment-231713 g rote Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:18 +0000 #comment-231713 I was a senior in HS in 1988, making $800 per summer working at a camp. Would have been tough. I was a senior in HS in 1988, making $800 per summer working at a camp. Would have been tough.

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