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PURCHASE/REHAB ACTIVITIES

Reducing the number of vacant, uninhabitable homes in Cleveland Heights is an important part of Home Repair Resource Center's mission. In response to the current foreclosure crisis, HRRC has created a subsidiary, Home in the Heights, which has allowed HRRC to expand our rehab efforts and continue to play an important role in keeping our community healthy and in good repair. Renovating vacant homes and selling them to responsible owner/occupants protects neighborhoods and improves property values for residents throughout Cleveland Heights.

The most recent renovation completed by Home in the Heights, a vacant, deteriorated property located at 3795 Berkeley Road, is now available. This beautifully restored home home has four bedrooms, 1-1/2 new baths, a beautiful new kitchen, finished basement recreation room, enclosed rear porch, new roof and brand new driveway. The home was carefully restored using green and sustainable building practices. The new kitchen floor is bamboo, an attractive natural flooring material grown, harvested and manufactured with environmentally sustainable processes. The home has new Low-E windows, is completely insulated, and has a new energy-efficient heating and cooling system. These features and improvements, along with a twelve-month unconditional warranty on everything in the house, will greatly reduce ownership costs. (See the information booklet from the public Open House for details of the renovation.)

This is a perfect home for anyone looking for a quiet neighborhood. The landscaping is very attractive, with a fenced back yard for children or privacy, and the house features a stone face on the front first level elevation and beautiful color selections that brighten rooms and heighten architectural detail.

With today’s low interest rates and financial assistance packages still available through the City of Cleveland Heights for qualified buyers, this great home will sell quickly at this price. Call Betsy Andrews at Howard Hanna (216-251-8174) to see it today.

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                                                             3795 Berkeley Road before renovation

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                                                             3795 Berkeley Road after renovation

The objective of Home in the Heights is to renovate vacant homes that can then be sold to owners who will occupy them and be responsible neighbors. All the houses targeted for renovation are ones that have been vacant for some time and need a lot of work. When completed, each home will feature higher energy efficiency and lower maintenance costs, with new kitchen, bathrooms, and numerous other improvements. Construction by Home in the Heights utilizes green technology, high quality materials, and superb finish detail to match neighborhood and community standards.

Home Repair Resource Center has developed a new Home Buyer Education Program to prepare home buyers for successful home ownership. The City of Cleveland Heights offers a Down Payment Assistance Program for low- and moderate-income (LMI) buyers, offering up to $15,000 to qualified applicants.

Check back for information on current and future projects.