Rare Form Properties

06/27/2024

06/20/2024

🎬Listing in RareForm presents:

🥁the legacy example life estate
🥁a top 5 all time tudor-era classic

🇪🇸 Ella Pendergast’s Elmwood of 1926 🇪🇸
3520’🦶4 🛌 4 🛀 2 🚘 1.4 🏦

Built in 1926, one Pendergasts first in Tangletown occupying the peak of elmwood hillside looking south over the creek. Measuring in at 1500’ on the footprint. 330 has all the trimmings intact from her original build spec:

💥 Limestone entry into center hall foyer
💥 pillow vaulted arched plaster detail adjoining commons on main floor
💥 sunken living room with trademark palladian doors to outdoor terrace

A revival occurred that was directed by Todd Hansen and featured in the AIA architecture tour. Executed by the very detailed choice wood co. The main floor was bumped to the east providing for mudroom attached garage entry, dinette, and sprawling kitchen.

This is a truly remarkable example of what classic architecture is capable of when original elements are celebrated and modern design is submissive to the master’s that came before us.

We’re open tomorrow 430-630 with 🇮🇹 and 🇫🇷 wines from Pete

🗺️ 330 w Elmwood Place



Special thanks to our team in their preparation from stem to stern. & our clients for trusting us with their acquisitions on the way to pinnacle specimens like 330.

05/26/2024

the grandad of 1927 🔮 is your “last-landlord.” as good as a tudor interior can be inspiring future purveyors to restore our timeless architecture.

Our classic apartments are unparalleled in the twin cities, we built them to show emerging home owners what classic 🪄architecture is capable of.

The blueprint of amplifying the original elements inside our spaces is not new, however the grit & craftsmanship required to execute restoration’s at this level is nearly proprietary to RFP and our craft trades.

Grandad is another shining example of your last 🛑 before home ownership. Similar to our lamplighter that inspired the current restoration at apex craftsman, this unit is open for summer occupancy and we cannot wait to hangout in her stoic interior again.

The galley kitchen is open to the dining hall in a subtle peninsula wrapped in milled oak to appear as originality intended, with birch shaker uppers preserved over inset cabinetry. Large entry closets made way for in-unit laundry rooms & 🚂 train-car hallway is paneling and sconced in classic glow leading back to her renovated period correct bath and two bedrooms with Anderson’s renewals.

DM us or for details. Available this July in the center of Tangletown. Applicants must be inspired to cherish their own tudor, as sweat equity is the only equity 😉

04/24/2024

Sweat-Equity has become the only equity. Once you get restoration on you good luck scrubbing off the generational pride.

Here’s to the analog simplicity of lath and plaster wooden ships. Happy Earth 🌎 day purveyors.

04/24/2024

When you peel back all those layers to get to their original equipment, that’s the crystal in all our classic ships.

It’s about the buildings. Their originality teaches us so much. Humility for craftsmanship and resourcefulness that is refreshing in our 🌎 world of waste.

Long before the deeds became ours, the Purveyors of classic homes share one bond: a commitment to ensuring the artistic relevance of our architecture is experienced by future generations.

Happy earth day RareFormers, & thanks for seeing the “after in the before” cherishing the artifacts that have been long absorbed in our climate.

Plant a tree 🌳 and kiss your plaster and we appreciate you all and your loving ships.

04/11/2024

Buying in RareForm presents 🥁 :

Asahi & Brandon’s “Apex-Arts 🎭of 1922”

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Greetings Purveyors & welcome Asahi & Brandon to the league as they embark on one of the greatest specimens of craftsman architecture we have seen since the onset of RareForm in 2008.

This story exemplifies the mission we have at RFP, providing talented clients with the support they need to go after a classic home that isn’t just their first house, but a defining achievement in their lives.

Asahi struck a cord with our tireless effort to develop apartments that inspire owners to go achieve their own restoration story in the surrounding community. Being their last-landlord and leaving them with a desire to create an authentic space for their own is truly what RareForm is all about.

“I am also excited about creating a truly special home for our family by incorporating our needs into the restoration process - considering how our family moves and lives in the space, ensuring that our design choices align with our lifestyle and preferences. This personalized approach is what excites us as we work with Improvement Co. 🎬 to transform the Apex into our home respectfully. It’s about finding the natural way for this home and our family to coexist in harmony, in different times, creating a space that truly reflects who our family are and how we want to live while honoring the history and legacy of this home.”

— Asahi of Apex Arts 🎭

Full story in bio, 🗞️ including the journey to securing this battleship craftsman, and an often occurring and never discussed panic that has become common in the thrill of bidding war victories.

03/19/2024

Listing in RareForm presents 🥁:

the Zebulon Dandy of 1951 : an exemplary mid-century starter that has undergone meticulous care and ex*****on annually over the past 10 years, only available due to relocation.

3 🛌 2 🛁 1.5 🚘 40’ x 124’ ⛳️ 379 🏦

Turn 🔑 affordable housing 🚨 ALERT ‼️

The dandy offers functionality rarely seen below 400:
💥 a renovated cook’s kitchen
💥 light filled spaces with southern-westerly exposure
💥 original celebrated vintage bath
💥 curated native gardens fenced Greenspace
💥 unreal inside-put flow via full light doors
💥renovated basement with fireplace lounge, guest suite and finished laundry 🧺 room.

“The kitchen is a pleasure for any cook, I kept it open as possible & was mindful about timeless finishes like the marble counters. its truly centered position on the house makes it great for entertaining: full light walkouts to the south side door and east into the sunroom . ”

The dandy is having her roof replaced as we speak via , the last item on this purveyors meticulous quest of sorting this timeless classic since 2013.

“I designed the yard to be picturesque in front and back with groves of native pinnacle birches & quaking aspen. it’s mature now and is nearly maintenance free. The patio is great for early morning coffee and work finale’ five o’clock cocktails, all of my guests are in love with the outdoor Greenspace.”

Full story linked in bio on Zebulon’s 🪐 Dandy of 1951: the annual highlights are a textbook checklist to celebrating any classic home.

We’re open 🍩 Sunday from 10am to noon 🕛

Come enjoy some light filled 🍋 delicacies before this outstanding starter is signed up with her next steward.

02/08/2024

Listing in RareForm presents 🥁:

“the Stones-Throw Bungalow of 1915”

Steps from the Grand Rounds Mississippi River Shoreline in Longfellow, this classic Cooper craftsman era bungalow offers affordability rarely seen in the marketplace. Stick framed in 1915 & thoroughly sorted by our craft trades for her torch pass.

The owners are true Purveyors at heart ♥️ with a passion for period correct architecture that is witnessed in the presentation of their 10 year Cooper bungalow that served immense memories for them and their two children.

This bungalow is situated in a dynamite 🧨 location and it finances out to below average rents for 3 bed 2 bath housing! Only available due the owners landing their legacy example only 5 blocks away, no stone was left unturned in this carefully preserved original bungalow.

Home highlights are immense from drain tile to reclaimed shaker medicine cabinets!

We’re open from 430-6 with happy hour libations of slight and zero proof 🍾

🗺️ 3205 47th Ave S
🏦 349,999
🛌 three
🛁 two
🚘 two
🪴 40’ x 124’ lot
🌃 $4,438 tax

02/04/2024

📰 Purveyors Press 📰 Buying in RareForm 🎬

How many homes 🏠 will you buy in your life..?

🔮 Your first investment in real estate will chart your course through life, we’re so proud of G&T for their trust in this colonial sweat-equity example.

Determined newlyweds go all-in on the sweat-equity mantra: their ensuing revival began on closing day breathing Doris’ spirit back into her timeless classic!

🍾 Congratulations Grace & Tyler, newlyweds with a wonderful bond & drive to engage in architecture from the golden era. G&T have been renting in NE for a number of years and decided following their wedding was time for their own deeded classic home.

Doris’ Dutch Colonial rests on the edge of the river in Louden Park. An architectural enclave that followed the demise of the Stonebridge Mansion on the Mississippi River. Stick framed in 1922, Doris’ former dutch colonial was overlooked on the marketplace for most of the late fall and into the holiday season.

While her interior is filled with originality, Doris’ dutchie suffered from a bit of trend chasing through the finishes & fixtures. A bland palette: tired millwork & hardwoods with an absence of original lighting.

As housing continues to rise 📈 , purveyors create value from our Improvement Co. the Doris’ spec was approved for a 6 week and 30k budget to revamp Doris’ main floor

our “Sweat Equity” 🎬 scope of work was targeted & concise: beginning with a whitewash delete from her stoic interior, hardwood revival and birch millwork restoration finished in period lighting scope that is sure to amplify the mood in this classic floorplan.

We’re three weeks from final stay tuned for the rewarding & victorious feeling following our craft trade ex*****on of 1922!

Grace & Tyler have won the diy-stripping award for exposing their birch archway to cut costs on improvements phase ☝️ revival.

See link in bio ⬆️ for the full story on this remarkable deeded revival on their first classic home

01/20/2024

Listing in RareForm presents 🥁

The “Rift-sawn Victorian of 1900”: 🪵 a battleship turn of century up-down duplex @ 2727 Polk St NE

“Why 2️⃣ doors are better than☝️one” ™️

2510’ 🦶4 🛌 2 🛀 2 🚘 475 🏦 2 units 🚪 🚪

The finished product of this building is one we take great pride in, as our team @ Improvement Co. executed a 5 month restoration of both units including : millwork , oak on main & maple hardwoods upper, enamel throughout her 12’ crowned ceilings, lighting spec & new garage doors all completed to pass the torch with pride on this example.

As many of our purists know, NE has pockets of outstanding originality but it’s mining for gold ⚒️ to find trimmings of craftsman era intact to this level in duplexes espiecially.

Incredible build quality rarely witnessed in the blue color origins of Northeast Minneapolis. Riftsawn is a sprawling footprint of nearly 1500’ on the main floor.

She is trimmed really well on two floors: stacked window inglenooks in each unit, leaded transom windows, stained glass dining built-ins, box beam ceilings, original shaker kitchen cabinets quartersawn oak hardwoods.

Rare Form is built on a foundation of multi-units, our beginnings of restoration and sweat equity all began with multiple doors.

We are back for good in a 🌎 marketplace that is difficult to source affordability in classic housing: 💯’s of purveyors have chosen owner occupant duplexes as their first property. This one is a terrific move with the peak potential of Northeast.

11/13/2023

📰 A Textbook Purveyor Acquisition : Olivia & Travis's Watertower Homecoming

Inspiring architectural 💗 story
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A buying-in-rareform legacy acquisition🔮: Olivia & Trav became only the 3rd owners of Sarats’ 1926 English tudor, a ceremonial torch pass from a 70 year tangletown owner!

“Rareform’s mantra, ‘How many homes will you own in a lifetime?’ rang true from our initial conversation with Steve. There is true intentionality in their model, something that we deeply value. ” -Olivia Trav & Scout

Olivia & Travis executed what ALL real estate lovers romanticize but few actually accomplish: instead of the lamp or the chair or that Turkish rug, you enter the estate sale and buy the house!

“It's a big deal to buy a home from halfway across the country, especially sight unseen. Steve was candid about the home, location, asking price, room for negotiation, and potential for long term value.” —Olivia & Trav

This story is truly inspiring, like a steel black diamond these mountain lovers dropped-in while the rest of the market watched.

We completed phase ☝️ hardwoods post closing & winter it’s onto main floor sorting of originality. Estates like this receive a 5 year outlook from Improvement co to amplify this regal tudor.

The shaker kitchen is bursting with potential ; stay tuned for this value driven & playful sweat equity moves.

Welcome home Travis & Olivia, we couldn’t be more proud of you: 🍸 Doors of Tangletown 🚨 purveyors holiday social mixer is in the works for winter