4240 W Cramer St — Property Card

⛔ Hard Exclusion: Bedroom Count

This property has 2 bedrooms — the minimum requirement is 3 bedrooms. The listing description references a "flexible bonus room" upstairs but it is not listed as a third bedroom. This is a hard fail on global criteria and disqualifies the property from all scenarios.

Property Details

List Price

$1,691,000

↓ Price cut from $1,799,000 (−$108,000)

Beds / Baths

2 bd / 2 ba ⚠️

Living Area

2,920 sqft

Lot Size

33,000+ sqft 🌟

Year Built

1928

Price / sqft

$579/sqft

Garage

Carport + Off-Street

Days on Market

20 days

Property Type

Single Family

MLS #

2500904

Agent

Michael Green

Brokerage

Windermere Real Estate

Open Houses

📭 No upcoming open houses found. Most recent open house was held Feb 14, 2026 (when listed at $1,799,000).

Listing Links

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Criteria Checklist

❌ Bedrooms: 2 — FAILS minimum of 3 (hard exclude). Bonus room not counted.

✅ Bathrooms: 2 — meets minimum of 2 (2.5 preferred)

✅ Living Area: 2,920 sqft — exceeds 2,200 sqft minimum (above 2,800 target)

✅ Lot Size: 33,000+ sqft — extraordinary; far exceeds 4,500 sqft minimum

✅ ZIP Code: 98199 (Magnolia) — in target list

✅ Property Type: Single Family Residential — not excluded

✅ Listing Status: Active

✅ Arterial Street: W Cramer St — not an excluded arterial

✅ Olympic Manor Zone: lat 47.6697 is NOT > 47.693 — passes exclusion

⚠️ Primary Suite Location: Main floor, not upper floor — does not match preferences

⚠️ Garage: Carport + off-street parking (no true enclosed garage) — passes minimum, below preference

⚠️ Year Built: 1928 — older construction; expect deferred maintenance, original systems

Preference Signals

🌟 Extraordinary lot (33,000+ sqft) 🪵 Original hardwood floors 🍳 Updated eat-in kitchen 🔥 Wood-burning fireplace 🌿 Lawtonwood enclave — private, cherished ⚠️ Primary suite on main floor (not upper) ⚠️ Carport, not enclosed garage ⚠️ 1928 vintage — compartmentalized layout likely ❌ Only 2 bedrooms ❌ Price ($1.69M) very high for a 2-bed

No learned preference signals on file (0 prior reviews).

Bottom-Line Assessment

Hard exclude on bedroom count — this is a 2-bedroom home in a city where you need 3 minimum. Full stop. The setting is genuinely remarkable: a 33,000+ sqft parcel in the cherished Lawtonwood enclave of Magnolia is extraordinarily rare, and the 2,920 sqft of living space is solid. But the math doesn't work for a family of four, and the primary suite on the main floor cuts against the multi-story layout you need. The bonus room upstairs is described as "flexible," not a bedroom, and the home hasn't sold after 20 days at $1.69M (down from $1.799M) — suggesting the market agrees it's priced for what it is.

Worth monitoring only if the listing updates to clarify the bonus room as a legal 3rd bedroom, or if a significant price reduction makes this a Scenario D rebuild pitch — the lot alone at $600–700K would be extraordinary.

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