MID-CENTURY MODERN HOME SPECIALISTS
“It’s always been about giving these houses a voice, and finding buyers who appreciate them.”
cincinnatimodern has spent the past 19 years educating buyers, homeowners and real estate industry professionals about the midcentury and modern homes that are part of the cincinnati landscape, the architects who designed them and the ways to care for these homes as they age. matching modern home buyers with modern home sellers is our passion, because only through understanding and appreciation comes the knowledge needed to preserve and sustain our treasured architecture.
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hometown hero hans nuetzel
Hans Nuetzel is one of the Cincinnati’s most notable modern/contemporary architects, but still a bit of a mystery to me because I never had the pleasure of meeting him. I always thought there would be more time. Probably because his prolific Cincinnati career...
late spring market update
Apologies for not blogging more frequently this Spring, but we have been BUSY! Spring is always our busy season and this year is no exception. What’s different is this year it is busy with an unprecedented sense of urgency. This is what we are...
how this works
It came to our attention recently during a conversation with our millennial offspring that people really don’t know how the real estate business works or how we get paid. So I thought I would use this opportunity to explain one of the strangest – and most...
another one bites the dust
I write of this with a heavy heart, and after a long day and a glass of wine. The house that started my quest into Cincinnati Modern architecture was torn down today. I knew it was coming. The house was in terrible disrepair and suffering from what must have...
the times they are a changin
Vintage buffets and credenzas can work well as media storage for today’s flat panel TVs and components, but sometimes there is that particular space where nothing vintage (or cool) seems to fit. It’s amazing how much of our furniture is really space specific. ...
if you give a mouse a cookie……
part 2 - progress4:02 a.m.Day 13 of the #presslerhouseprojectI’m not sleeping well. My head is spinning with plans and questions and what-ifs (and second guessing what we are spending on all of this…). What started as a back yard improvement...
middle aged face lift
part 1 - the problem and the solutionOur house turned 60 this year! Hard to believe ‘futuristic’ Midcentury Modern homes are 50 - 70 years old, and like the rest of the baby boomer generation, they are showing their age and are often requiring...
spotlight on architect john a. burdick
Can you imagine finding a lovely lot in an established and extremely desirable neighborhood, hiring an architect known for modern designs, and building your dream home? These days it’s doubtful it could be done for under a million. But in 1955,...
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THE MOD SQUAD
Susan B. Rissover
Susan is the founder of cincinnatimodern. Susan’s lifelong passion for modern design led her to get her real estate license in 2003 “to give cincinnati modern homes a voice.” Little did she know how giving the homes a voice would create such a robust market!
Arlen Rissover
Arlen and Susan have been married since 1985 and he joined her as part of the cincinnatimodern team in 2009. His 20 years of experience working in the mortgage industry gives him a unique perspective on what it takes to get a deal done.
David G. Smith
David joined the cincinnatimodern team in 2016. His background in interior design and buying and selling modern furniture and art are a perfect fit for the team. He is an expert in design and can counsel clients who are downsizing how to best disburse contents for greatest return…