Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
The well maintained building at 39 Woodland Street in Hartford is identified by the Structures and Styles book as the Melancthon W. Jacobus, Sr. House. Its Tudor Revival architecture is in excellent condition 110 years after construction! Kudos to the State for the recent maintenance to keep the 29,571 square foot structure looking good. The building is currently the central office for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career Center.
Photo: CT Department of Housing Property owners in a portion of Connecticut have been struggling with foundation problems. The concrete mix used to build their homes included pyrrhotite, which is a mineral that causes foundations to deteriorate due to exposure to air and water. There is no way to repair a defective foundation. The only way to save a home with pyrrhotite is to replace the foundation, a very expensive project. Home insurers didn’t think
‘Tis the season for giant Christmas trees and reindeer.
Stealing an entire house is a new level of larceny. The tiny house movement has now made that possible, as a St. Louis woman recently learned. Thieves took the next step from taking packages, bikes, and cars when they hitched a trailer-based tiny house to their truck and sped off. The structure was not yet complete, so fortunately nobody was inside. The home was recovered after a social media-fueled search and returned to its owner.
Small towns in Japan apparently have so many vacant homes that they give them away. Of course, free is not really free. If you want one of the homes, then you have to commit to living in it after you invest in rehabbing the property. Demographics are driving the property giveaway, as Japan has an aging and shrinking population. Rural areas are under pressure as their long-time residents die off and their younger residents move