Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
The peaches are ripe in Glastonbury! We visited Belltown Hill Orchards the other day for ours, but there are other options out there too. There are literally millions of peaches in South Glastonbury right now. Back in 2010 we had a pair of terrific guest articles about the local agriculture scene … Part 1 and Part 2.
West Hartford is a hot location for real estate development right now. There are numerous projects, large and small, that are either underway or on the drawing board. Here is a quick list off the top of my head, from the northern part of town to the southern part. An apartment conversion on Albany Avenue in Bishop’s Corner. A proposed apartment community on Steele Road. A proposed single-family home development on the American School for
Hartford County single-family home sales continued to be strong in June, with about 2.7% more deals than in June of last year. June is usually a transition month for the real estate markets. It is rarely the peak of activity, but it’s not a slow summer month either. Buyers continued to be engaged all the way to the end of June, and even into the first few days of July. At this point it’s not
There has been lots of construction at this brick building on Albany Avenue in West Hartford over the past month. The project will convert a former convalescent home that was vacated in 2011 into an apartment community with 64 units ranging in size from studios to two bedrooms. The proposal adds a third level to the structure, and an addition, and works with the existing architectural elements. West Hartford Town Council unanimously approved the proposal
Each spring the Town goes through the exercise of budgeting for the coming fiscal year, which begins on July 1st. Here’s the super summarized version of how it works. The Town Manager proposes a budget, there are public comment sessions, and finally the Town Council makes changes before adopting a final version. The mill rate is set, and from there the tax bills are generated. It is the property owners, ultimately, that fund the Town’s