OPEN HOUSE Sunday April 28, 2013 O'Fallon MO Ranch

OPEN HOUSE Sunday April 28, 2013 Noon to 2 p.m.

O'Fallon MO Ranch style home
805 Red Oak Lane
Welcome to this open and bright home featuring spacious great room, kitchen and dining areas. Floor plan is very open. French doors lead from the dining area to a wall of windows sun-room 12 X 20 featuring room controlled heating and A/C. Sun-room overlooks large lot with mature trees.
Hall bath is updated with pottery barn colors, wainscoting, newer faucet and light fixture. Master suite has a full bath. Two additional bedrooms round out the main level.
The lower level offers a good amount of additional living space with a family/recreation area, a possible workshop/office, half bath and possible sleeping area/bonus room with huge walk in closet. Basement walks out to a covered porch adjacent to a deck area overlooking the fully fenced backyard.
Home has a gas furnace with a wood burning back up. This is a lot of home for the price in an established neighborhood.  Listed at only $170,000.
Make you appointment to see this home today!
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16442 Village Plaza View Drive

Wildwood, MO  63011

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NEW PRICE! Shaw Neighborhood Condo!

NEW PRICE!  Shaw Neighborhood Condo!
St. Louis City Townhouse Style Condo Shaw Neighborhood
Where:  3901 Botanical #2-A
Listed at only $122,500
Make your appointment today to see this lovely townhouse style condo in the Shaw Neighborhood on the corner of 39th and Botanical just one block from Tower Grove Park.  Unit features include 2 bedrooms and 1 and 1/2 baths.  The master has a walk in closet and wonderful wood flooring. 
More info and photos at:  www.SelectAnn.com

All of Your Real Estate needs:  www.SelectAnn.com .

For all your real estate needs in the St. Louis area, specializing in helping my clients as a buyer's agent and as a marketing specialist.  I utilize the latest technology to assist in the sale of your home as well as your purchase.

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Ann Hayden Real Estate Agent St. Louis Missouri

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Prudential Select Properties

16442 Village Plaza View Drive

Wildwood, MO  63011

For All Your real estate needs:  www.SelectAnn.com

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© Ann Hayden, 2008-2013.

Views expressed are not the opinion of Prudential Select Properties.

O'Fallon MO Ranch Home For Sale with SelectAnn.com

O'Fallon MO Ranch Home For Sale with SelectAnn.com

Welcome to this open and bright home featuring spacious great room, kitchen and dining areas. Floor plan is very open. French doors lead from the dining area to a wall of windows sun room 12 X 20 featuring room controlled heating and A/C. Sun room overlooks large lot with mature trees.

Hall bath is updated with pottery barn colors, wainscoting, newer faucet and light fixture. Master suite has a full bath. Two additional bedrooms round out the main level.

The lower level offers a good amount of additional living space with a family/recreation area, a possible workshop/office, half bath and possible sleeping area/bonus room with huge walk in closet. Basement walks out to a covered porch adjacent to a deck area overlooking the fully fenced backyard.

Home has a gas furnace with a wood burning back up. This is a lot of home for the price in an established neighborhood. 

 Listed at only $170,000.

Make your appointment to see this home today!

All info and photos  @SelectAnn.com/13001371

For All of Your Real Estate needs:  www.SelectAnn.com .
For all your real estate needs in the St. Louis area, specializing in helping my clients as a buyer's agent and as a marketing specialist.  I utilize the latest technology to assist in the sale of your home as well as your purchase.
Updated daily.  Sign on for FREE!  Whether you are buying or selling, let me help you!
All rights reserved and may not be reproduced or reprinted without express written permission of Ann Hayden, real estate agent with Prudential Select Properties Chesterfield, Ballwin, Wildwood Office.  Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Ann Hayden Realtor St. Louis Missouri

with

Prudential Select Properties

16442 Village Plaza View Drive

Wildwood, MO  63011

For All Your real estate needs:  www.SelectAnn.com

Would you like a FREE Neighborhood Activity Report sent to your email?

Email me NOW!

© Ann Hayden, 2008-2013. 

It's Official Missouri Home Buyers: President Obama Signed Home Buyer Tax Credit Expansion and Extension!

It's Official Missouri Home Buyers: President Obama Signed Home Buyer Tax Credit Expansion and Extension!

Here is a summary of the new modifications in the extension and expansion of the tax credit:

1) The $8,000 tax credit will be extended and available for first-time purchases before May 1, 2010.

2) Prospective purchasers with binding contracts in place as of April 30, 2010, will be allowed an additional 60 days to complete the transaction. A home buyer must have a sale agreement in hand by April 30 and close escrow by June 30, 2010.

3) A new $6,500 tax credit will be available for repeat buyers who purchase between December 1, 2009, and May 1, 2010. To qualify for this provision, buyers must have used the home sold or being sold as a principal residence consecutively for 5 of the previous 8 years.

4) Income limits are expanded to $125,000 on a single return and $225,000 on a joint return.

5) The maximum allowed home purchase price is $800,000.

6) Military personnel, deployed overseas for a minimum of 90 days in 2008 or 2009, would have until April 30, 2011 to claim the tax credit.

If you know anyone looking to buy their first home or take advantage of the new credit in the St. Louis area, please contact Ann Hayden today. Interest rates are still very low and prices are good.

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© Ann Hayden, 2008-2009.

Oktoberfest Kid Safety Day Saturday the 17th

Oktoberfest Kid Safety Day Saturday the 17th

Time: 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Location: Prudential Select Properties
16442 Village Plaza View Drive
Wildwood, MO
Stop by and have some fun! We will have:
Free pumpkins
Balloon artist
The Chick-fil-a cow with samples
Moonwalk and slide
Hotdogs, popcorn, and drinks
St Louis County Police finger printing unit and the Crime Scene Van
Face Painting
Come out and enjoy! All the fun is FREE!

All rights reserved and may not be reproduced or reprinted without express written permission of Ann Hayden, real estate agent with Prudential Select Properties Chesterfield, Ballwin, Wildwood Office. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Real estate needs: http://www.selectann.com/ . For all your real estate needs in the St. Louis area. Updated daily. Sign on for FREE! Whether you are buying or selling, let me help you!

Ann Hayden Realtor St. Louis Missouri

A view from inside the Capitol in Jefferson City

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Wordless Wednesday...Impassable Turn?

Wordless Wednesday... Do people really have time to read this? And understand??

Photo compliments of Ann Hayden Wildwood Agent for Prudential Select Properties. Ann Hayden is committed to your goals while educating you in the home buying & selling processes.
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New "Mobil on the Run" in Wildwood, Missouri

The new "Mobil on the Run" is finally finished in Wildwood, Missouri. It was a fairly quick project. The station is offering a 4 pack of car washes for only $24.99. The "wash and run" deal!
Stop by today and check out this great new station at the corner of Manchester Road and Old Highway 100.
Article compliments of Ann Hayden agent with Prudential Select Properties Wildwood/Chesterfield/Ballwin Office. Ann Hayden is committed to your goals while educating you in the home buying & selling processes. Please call or text Ann Hayden today to get started 636-399-7544.
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© Ann Hayden, 2008-2009. All photographs and/or written content produced by Ann Hayden. All rights reserved and may not be reproduced or reprinted without express written permission of Ann Hayden

WW II Historic Book Signing Saturday October 4th, 2008

Come to the WW II veterans' historic book signing Saturday October 4th, 2008. Get your copy of the now available book from the WWII Veteran Interviews Despotis Book Project: "Victory Through Valor: A Collection of World War II Memoirs" fresh off the presses.

The book is about World War II as a critical turning point in the history of the mankind. The freedom of the known world was at stake during this period in history and estimates state that 50-60 million people lost their lives as a direct effect of this catastrophic war. This degree of man-made tragedy is unsurpassed in the history of the world. The impact of the war is still being manifested today. The U.S. military involvement was at a cost of 500,000-600,000 lives. These brave souls prevailed in preserving freedom throughout the world.

In the United States alone, it has been estimated World War II veterans are dying at a rate of 1000 per day. The primary goal of this project is the completion of as many interviews as soon as possible to preserve the personal accounts of these aging veterans to help future generations understand their experiences and sacrifices in the process of preserving our freedom and serving during the war.

Since October of 2004, the Despotis WWII Veterans Project (also referred to as the Despotis Book Project), with approval from the St. Louis Gateway Chapter, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, has been conducting 60-80 minute videotaped interviews of these WW II veterans. It is an attempt to preserve their personal accounts about their participation in World War II. A huge majority of these oral histories involve accounts of the Battle of the Bulge.

They are attempting to increase the visibility of the project to identify other WWII veterans who would be interested in being interviewed. One additional future goal would be to compile the first National Database of soldiers killed during the largest battle in US history, the Battle of the Bulge. The Project has completed interviews of over 100 Gateway Chapter members and their wives in an effort to preserve their oral histories for future generations.

Join the veterans at Royale Orleans for a book signing by some of these courageous men including my Dad, Mr. James Green. Event to be held at 2801 Telegraph Rd., St. Louis, MO 63125 from 1 until 3:30 p.m. The program will include a presentation of the Battle of the Bulge by member of the St. Louis Gateway Chapter, a Q & A session and the book signing.

The book is available in soft cover, 320 pages, was published by Reedy Press of St. Louis and is only $24.99. Here is the order form: http://www.gatewayvbob.org/book_preorder.pdf

Remembering 9/11

Remembering 9/11....a day that will live on in the history of our nation. I would like to pay tribute to those fallen heroes, those people who thought that fateful day was going to be like any other ordinary day.

We will never know why, why so many had to die.
We will never understand the senseless killing of so many precious people.
Many loved ones were lost on September 11th, 2001.
Friends and family.
Neighbors and co-workers
Moms and Dads.
Brothers and Sisters.
Grandmas and Grandpas.
Many true heroes gave their all to save others.
While the nation watched, the first twin tower burned..........
Everyone held their breath as another plane crashed into the other tower.
There were screams from many.
There was much confusion.
Horrifying images of a nation.
A nation in shock.
A nation in disbelief.

And then, all was silent.
It was as if the world stopped spinning.
Everything was still.
It was as if there was nothing...
But low and behold, survivors emerged.
Survivors from the wreckage.
A little glimmer of hope in a turbulent time.
Our nation pulled together.
We pulled together to help those who lost loved ones.
To search for the ones who thought it was going to be just another day.
Another Tuesday.

A Tuesday we will never forget.
A Tuesday we must never forget.

A tribute to the memory of all those lost and those who lost loved ones.
We will Never Forget!

Sparky the Wonder Dog

One might ask how a dog can be a wonder. Here is my attempt to post about my newest family member, Sparky. Sparky is a Collie/Shepherd/Husky?? mix. He was rescued and adopted from the St. Louis Humane Society. His name at the time of adoption was "Brody". I did not care for the name but thought I would get used to it. Well, after about a week of forgetting the dog's name I decided it had to be changed. I mean who calls a dog "Brody"? The only Brody I could ever remember was the guy in the Jaws movies. I did not want to equate calling my dog with the blood thirsty shark!

So we talked about names. It took nearly 2 days to agree upon a name. (There was another Sparky in my life when I was a young girl. He was my Grandma and Grandpa's dog. He was the best dog. He would let the grand kids crawl all over him and never ever growl. He was the ever vigilant protector. He feared nothing or so the grandchildren thought. Later when we were older we found out he did have one fear- THUNDER! The dog hated storms.) Hands down, I won on the naming of the dog. He caught on very quickly to his new name. Since he was a stray, his Humane Society name did not matter to him anyway.

Sparky is a wonder because of the 8 dogs we brought into the "family" area with us, he was the only one to play ball. I always wanted a dog who was smart enough to play games. So this did it for me. Also, he seemed very much at ease with all of us. We filled out the papers and proceeded to bring him home. This was a stray dog who thought I was his protector, so he wanted to ride on my lap as I drove the 30+ miles home from the pound. It was a messy ride. He was nervous and tried to climb over the seats and children the whole way home. Needless to say, when we arrived home I was quite content to let him run. He did not go far and was more than happy to chase and retrieve the ball I threw for him.

Since Sparky seemed to be an intelligent animal, I decided to teach him some tricks. The first was to sit and heel. He did well with both. Next, I thought, let's try "shake". He caught on immediately. He was still having trouble with "come" when called. So I enlisted the help of a shock collar but I could not bring myself to push the button. I went back to offering treats as a reward for coming when called, then after a few days, just a great deal of praise and lots of attention.

My cousin has dogs that do all sorts of tricks. So inspired by her, I decided he should learn to roll over. It took all of 2 days for Sparky to learn this one. He does it on command now but only if you have a treat for him. He does not even care anymore if it is me commanding him. All the visitors to our "ranch" thoroughly enjoy this trick. Our home is not really a ranch but the neighbors have cows and horses so we call it a ranch.

About a week after we rescued Sparky, I let him out before going to bed. I heard him yipe and proceeded to open the door thinking he was ready to come in. He did charge into the house nearly knocking me down. It took two seconds for me to realize what had happened. He had been SKUNKED! He smelled horrible.

I quickly shut the door and went to the phone to call a couple of experts. The first said to use tomato juice. I check the pantry, NONE! I called another friend. He said he had viewed a show called Myth Busters recently covering this topic. Their solution was to wash the animal with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. I thanked him and got off the phone.

I looked at Sparky a basically black dog and decided I did not want to bleach his fur so I opted to use the baking soda mixed with soap. I assembled the necessary ingredients and put on a rain suit so I could give an emergency bath. I quickly found out Sparky does not like water. He almost knocked me down twice during the 30 minute bath. Finally we were finished and he smelled pretty good. I brought him in and went to bed.

Needless to say, Sparky now stays away from those cute little black and white animals. He has learned they are DANGEROUS!

This dog is truly a wonder. He is constantly finding a new way to make us laugh or impress us. With those ears perked and the nose twitching, Sparky makes us smile and happy he is a part of our family. Welcome home wonder dog! We hope to have many years with you .

FREE Home Buyers Seminar

Free Home Buyers Seminar

Date and Time: Thursday October 2, 2008 7:00 to 9:00p.m.
Place: Prudential Select Properties
16442 Village Plaza View Dr
Wildwood, MO 63011
Come learn about........
Tax credit for 1st time home buyers, financing, home buying process, etc.

NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!

For reservations: call 636-779-1100
email AHayden@psphomes.com
Or sign on to http://www.selectann.com/

Stone Hill Grape Stomp Event 2008

You missed a gorgeous day! We had a stompin good time!

This is a follow up to my invitation to attend the Grape Stomp in Hermann, Missouri. We made it to Stone Hill Winery at 8:30 a.m. It was chilly for an August morning in Missouri. I actually had to wear a jacket to be comfortable.

We waited in line until 11 a.m. then the registration took place. Everyone in our group was within the 90 admitted to stomp. We carried all our picnic items in and proceeded to set the table. Everyone who walked by commented on the outlay of food and drinks. We laughed and joked with them saying we had been here before and knew how to have a good time at the stomp.

The normal two minutes of stomping this year did not seem so bad. Maybe because the weather was not too hot or maybe because we have experience in stomping and knew what to expect. We had a newbie stomping with us. She did great. No fear! All in all everyone in our group had a wonderful time. Here are some pictures from the event. Nearly everyone asks how long our feet stay purple, so my daughter thought she would photograph feet in the grapes. As you can see, the grapes are white.
Join us next year for a Stompin Good Time!

Mileage Deduction vs Profit Share

Have you heard? We are going to get a break on the deduction for mileage on our taxes for this year. Yes, that is right, a whole .08 cents more per mile.

I am happy to have the additional deduction but gas has been expensive all year not just from July 1st to December 31st. Wouldn't you rather have a share in the profits of Exxon/Mobil? They only posted $11.8 billion in profits in the second quarter.

So which would you vote for: mileage deduction break or profit share with Exxon/Mobil?