Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
This Contemporary Tudor features a sunny and level lot in Windsor’s Kendrick Place community. Set slightly above the road, guests enter the home through a courtyard. Inside, the sunken living room is open to the formal dining area and the kitchen. There is a deck off the dining room overlooking the back yard. The kitchen features granite counters, stainless steel appliances, and plenty of space for an eat-in area. A wall of open shelving is
The new owners of the Masonic Temple in West Hartford Center have knocked the building down. This is what the site looked like from the top of the Town Center Garage at the end of July – demolition appeared complete. Their vision for the site includes a new building with 21 one bedroom apartments over ground level retail. There will also be a 21 space secure parking garage under the building for residential tenants. Construction
Hartford County finished September with 629 single-family contracts, matching the deal count from 2013 almost exactly for the second month in a row. We described September of 2013 as surprisingly slow when we wrote up the recap last year, and feel the same way about the month that just ended. There seemed to be very few buyers prepared to make offers despite fall traditionally being a popular time to buy homes. Inventory levels ticked downwards
The other night I was flipping through the chapter of my Elements of Styles architectural history textbook that covers the Baroque period, which the authors define as from 1625 to 1714. I discovered that one of the innovations of that era was counter-weighted vertical sash windows, which were developed in the 1670s. Up until this point many windows didn’t open, and those that did were casement windows that swung open. Sash windows are a very
The August real estate market showed an unusual level of activity. At 696 contracts, it wasn’t the most active month of the year, and in fact it merely tied the final tally for July. But it was still a busy month, and exciting for the market. Just last month we wrote… Looking ahead, August is traditionally more about vacations and back-to-school preparations than about real estate, making it a difficult data point to interpret. Historically