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
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We have had a branch hanging over our back yard for years. Last summer Ellen and I tried to pull it down. We put a weight on the end of a rope, threw the rope up there, and got it wrapped around the main part of the branch. But even that was not enough to bring it down – it was too well balanced. I am pleased to report that the recent wind storm has
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The other day someone knocked on our door during the middle of the day. I didn’t expect anyone, so I didn’t answer the door. They went away, but left this little notification for us. It was the MDC, our water company. They were asking to install a radio frequency meter on our house to monitor our usage. Hmmm. I thought we already had a radio frequency meter on our house, the little purple/blue box that
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We have a row of shrubs directly in the avalanche zone of our house. For those that don’t know, slate and metal roofs are notorious for dumping snow on whatever happens to be underneath. All the snow, all at once. The first year after we reorganized the landscaping out front, I built large wooden covers to put over the tiny new plants. They were functional, but horribly ugly. And they blocked the sunlight, which seemed
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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
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