Drain the Spigots

Outdoor Water Spigot

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 Area Ice Skating

Hartford Winterfest 2012

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,

Amusing Internet Leads

We advertise on the main national real estate websites that buyers use to look for homes. This results in a steady stream of “leads” … potential buyer clients. Although we’re happy to get clients from internet advertising, it is a small part of our business. Our goal in responding to these leads is to provide good service by answering questions, and pointing people in the right direction. We don’t give them the hard sell and

Art and/or Assault

Below is something that I came across in the garage of a bank owned home. For those who can’t quite make out what the picture shows, it’s a wooden bear statue with an ax embedded in its head. The bear is a small version of the sorts of bears that are made by chainsaw, while the ax appears to be rather standard in size & design and well used. Is the ax original to the

21 Park Place Circle, West Hartford

This Ives townhouse unit at Quaker Green is nicely appointed with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms over 2,641 square feet. The open concept plan on the first floor incorporates the living room and dining room space into the kitchen, all with hardwood floors. The kitchen offers maple cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and eat-in space. You’ll also find a powder room and access to the attached one-car garage. Upstairs the master