WHAT IS A FOOTBALL HOUSE
Have you ever heard the term “football house?'“ Here in South Bend, Indiana where Notre Dame Football holds cult like status, the term has been lovingly applied to non primary homes purchased by ND alum, parents, and football enthusiasts who purchase properties to use during football season for their stays and entertaining. Flourish Interiors is the expert at helping busy, remote home owners set up and furnish these properties. Our goal is to make the process as white glove as possible, so that home owners of Football Houses, can rest assured that their new home away from home will be ready, beautiful and functional when they fly in for the home opener at Notre Dame. If you are considering purchasing a South Bend football hours here is what you need to know.
It’s a great financial investment: Real estate around the University of Notre Dame is continuing to grow in value. Large corporate investments in projects like Eddy Street, have increased the energy around campus; offering more restaurants, hospitality, tailgating opportunities and more. That energy and increased investment surrounding campus, has spilled over into residential properties: with various projects popping up over the past 20 years including; Dublin Village, Irish Row, Wexford Place, Irish Quarter, Eddy St Commons, Brennan’s View, Sideline Flats, Bantree Quarters, The Tradition, Stadium Village, Goldenview Townhomes, The Triangle, Eddy Square, The Echoes, and many more. Companies like Irish Realty specialize in helping prospective buyers find the right football house or near Notre Dame investment property. Owner of Irish Realty, Steve Smith, says “Many of my clients are looking to purchase a near campus, walkable townhome or condo so that they can make an investment and park capital somewhere safe against inflation, but with the added benefit they can enjoy the property when they come in for games, visiting their children who may be students, and other ND events.”
It’s like having a customized, always available hotel room booked: If you’ve ever tried to secure hotel rooms or an air b and b around the Notre Dame campus during football season or graduation weekend, you know that they are in HIGH DEMAND. You have to move fast, book early, and pay big bucks! And the reality is these can still be very basic rooms. When you purchase a football house you have the benefit of setting the home up to your exact preferences. The size and firmness of the mattress will be just right. All your ND gear and clothing will be in your closet and garage just ready and waiting for you in South Bend without having to transport it to and from South Bend. With a digital thermostat you can have the temperature set ahead to your ideal atmosphere. You have room to spread out with your family. You can often pull your car right into your own garage. And all other amenities can be customized as well. And when you consider this in combination with the point above: you realize that instead of pouring dollars into hotel rooms you will never see again year after year, you could be enjoying this customization and comfort, WHILE your money is making money: if your child graduates and you wont be coming into town for games as often, then you can sell the property and have a return…it’s like being paid to stay in South Bend in comfort.
It’s a social win! Having your own South Bend game day house allows you to entertain: you can leave Rohr’s or the pep rally, and then sit in your living room with your fellow alum and friends, re-connecting and visiting in comfort and privacy. It’s also often a great way to invite people to come with you to games weekends. For many families it’s like a siren call to bring their children all together again in a central location and a place of great connection and memory making! We often find that in addition to bringing people together with their families and old friends, it’s a great pathway to create new ND connections and friendships. Neighbors enjoy getting to know one another, tailgating together, walking to the games, and just generally bonding with their fellow ND community.
Flourish Interiors makes Football Houses stress free with design & concierge services: In our experience one of the only pain points when people are considering making the move to a near campus investment property, is that they are a little intimidated by the project to make sure it’s furnished, functional, stocked, and ready for their stays. That’s where we at Flourish Interiors come in. Our business was built up in response to the need we found that these customers have. We specialize in helping people furnish their townhomes, utilizing software from Houzz which allows us to email proposals and floor plans for your review: all with detailed images, dimensions, and pricing! We are an award winning design firm; so you can rest assured that your new townhome, house, or condo will be well appointed and beautiful. Our goal is to make sure these properties have subtle Notre Dame themes or palettes, without being garish or “ra ra” looking. We also have systems and checklists to make sure the home is fully equipped: and can help you set up every functional detail from window treatments, to mattresses, linens, dishes, cleaning supplies, tailgating equipment and much more…we can make sure everything you need is on hand and ready to be used for that very first stay. We work with a range of budgets for this process and can help a little more or less as desired/needed to make sure our fees fit withing the allotted budget. Sometimes we help people just space plan and order/receive the furnishings…leaving the assembly or install to the homeowner. But we enjoy helping people to a truly white glove level when that is desired: and we routinely take care of every detail from sourcing and designing a furnishing plan to stocking and styling every detail so you can walk into a fully ready home from day one. In fact, we go on to offer concierge: and can take care of groceries, dry cleaning, house cleaning, restocking supplies, carpet cleaning, renovations and much more! Truly our goal is to make this a stress free process and be your boots on the ground in South Bend, Indiana.
If you are interested in our services for a near Notre Dame property please feel free to email us at hello@flourishinterior.net or call 574-216-2000
Examples from a variety of our near Notre Dame projects below.
