The City of Eden Prairie is offering for sale this wonderful classic rambler located on a nature preserve with beautiful panoramic views. On the 1/2 acre property sits a 4 BR, 2 BA home with a finished basement and hardwood floors. This 1965 home features many updates such as newer roof, central air, and a garage addition. The home is located at 6600 175th Ave West in Eden Prairie.
List price: $287,000
For more information, or to schedule a showing, please contact the City’s Economic Development Manager David Lindahl at 952-949-8484.
It’s not often that I try to sell things in this blog. I’m plugging this home because it’s time to return the property to private ownership. Here’s how the City got it in the first place.
For many years previous to this one, the City discussed a proposed sanitary sewer improvement project with the previous owner of the home that would have been good for the City, but inconvenient for the homeowner. The project would have allowed the City to close down a sanitary sewage lift station, but would have required the property owner to grant us a substantial easement through his property under which we would have constructed a new sanitary sewer line that functioned by gravity instead of my mechanical means. This is always desirable, but not always attainable, when you are maintaining a public sanitary sewer system – but that’s the topic of a future blog posting, for sure.
Anyway, the City never pressed the issue too far with the homeowner. Never threatened condemnation, or anything like that. Earlier this year, the homeowner called us to tell us that he was moving out of the property. He knew of our interest in the project and that we might be interested in buying the property. We were. We bought it. Installed the new sewer line, and now we’re selling the house back into private ownership.
This seems like a simple transaction, but many cities would have struggled with condemnation and developed an unhappy and unhealthy relationship with the homeowner. We bided our time; remained patient; stayed in touch; and ultimately got the necessary public improvement project done with little fuss or muss.
