Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Once upon a time, Trinity College was located just across Bushnell Park from Downtown Hartford. The college had a 10 acre (relatively small) campus that the City of Hartford offered to buy in 1872. The Trustees accepted, and moved the school to its present location in 1878. As a general rule, I try not to second guess decisions that were made more than one hundred years ago. Eighty-six is my limit. Once you get to one hundred, it
Property taxes are a sensitive subject in Greater Hartford. Just about every year there is a budget referendum in at least one local town as angry residents fight yet another property tax increase. The debate in some towns is more heated than in others (but we won’t mention any names). You may be happy to know that rising property taxes are a hot topic in other cities and states as well. An editorial in this
I wish it was a day at the park … but there is no park where I can play with other dogs! Hello all, Libby here. I’m making Kyle write about our exciting trip to West Hartford Center in hopes that you will also support a town dog park. The event was organized through the West Hartford Dog Park Coalition, and noted by Amy on Friday. Dogs of all sizes, and their people, paraded through the
Yesterday we reviewed the good aspects of the annual homeowner’s meeting that I recently attended for the complex in which Amy and I own a unit. Today we’ll get into the Bad and the Ugly. The Bad 1. This particular complex was built as apartments in the 1960s and converted to condos in 1979. If we assume that major maintenance was performed in anticipation of selling the units, then most of the improvements are approaching
First, Kyle, Amy’s husband, will now be a blog contributor. Below is his first blog. We’ll eventually figure out how to distinguish his posts from Amy’s… I recently attended the annual homeowner’s meeting for the complex in which Amy and I own a unit. It was my first event in the community, and after perusing last year’s minutes in the pre-distributed packet I was optimistic that it would be an exciting evening out. (Amy: You’re