Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
This enterprising homeowner installed a putting green in their yard. It’s in good condition and appeared to have three holes cut when I was touring the neighboring house with some buyers. Putting greens are not a very common feature that we see advertised – I wonder if it would be a positive or a negative for a home’s value?
The other day I showed a home that had 1.1.2 bathrooms. Most buyers are familiar with the notation of a home having 1.1 bathrooms; it means that there is one full bath and one half bath. But this property had not only the 1.1 baths, but also a little something extra – a 2 seat outhouse!
Speculating that the mortgage interest tax deduction might go away is currently quite popular. News sites all across the internet have taken various angles on what it might mean to individual homeowners and the real estate markets in general. Most articles argue that eliminating this tax break will cause home values to decrease. The National Association of Realtors is frequently quoted as estimating that home prices would fall by 15% nationally and more in areas
Are you done using water outside your home for the season? If so, then it’s time to turn off and drain the supply line to the outdoor spigots. It’s a quick task and could help you avoid a serious headache once it really starts to get cold at night. The alternative is risking frozen pipes. And nobody likes frozen pipes. They make a really big mess, sort of like this. Or maybe you’ll get lucky
Hartford Winterfest features free public ice skating on a new and larger outdoor rink in Downtown Hartford’s Bushnell Park. This year the event runs from Friday, November 23rd, 2012 through Monday, January 21st, 2013. There are other skating facilities and opportunities in the area too. Here’s a (likely incomplete) list of ones we have found: Veteran’s Memorial Ice Skating Rink, West Hartford Trinity Community Sports Complex Ice Skating Rink, Hartford International Skating Center of Connecticut,