308 Barbour Road, New Britain

308 Barbour Road New Britain

This charming Cape is close to CCSU and lives like a Colonial, with all 3 bedrooms located upstairs. The first floor offers a formal living room with wood burning fireplace and formal dining room with built-in hutch. The kitchen is updated with stainless steel appliances and a tile floor and has 2 pantries. It opens to a family room with sliders out to the yard. There is also an updated half bathroom. Upstairs there are

31 Woodland Street- Unit 3U, Hartford

This neat and clean 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit at the Woodland House condo community has a nice view overlooking the pool. The unit has an open floor plan with hardwood floors. The living room and dining room are open to each other and flow into the kitchen. The kitchen has been remodeled with new cabinets, countertops, appliances and flooring. A full bath is adjacent to the spacious master bedroom. The condo has ample closet

One Tank, Two Tanks

What’s worst than signs of a single in-ground oil tank? Thinking that there might be two in-ground oil tanks at the same property! I was beside myself as I saw this sight on the way into the home. Fortunately, once we got to the lower level we could see that there was actually basement space under the front porch (very unusual) and that these pipes fed the two tanks in that space. Whew!

2013 Predictions

We never made any official predictions for the 2012 real estate market. I’m stunned that we didn’t do it because it’s a fun thing to think about, and after analyzing the year-end data we always have thoughts and ideas. We won’t make that mistake again this year … here are our predictions for the coming year. Amy 1. Low inventory in the early months of the year is going to result in more multiple offer

Looks Like We May Have an Oil Tank Here

Oil Fill Line

Once upon a time, burying the tanks that held home heating oil was a standard practice. Nowadays we put them in the basement. Mortgage companies don’t like there to be in-ground tanks at the homes they lend on because they worry about an unbounded environment liability. If there turns out to be a problem with the buried tank, then the owner has to deal with it. And if the owner walks away from the home,