Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
I find wall-mounted pencil sharpeners, like the kind I remember seeing in elementary school, in many houses. They are often in the basement stairs, but sometimes they show up in bedroom closets too. It’s a fun game that I like to play when showing homes – find the pencil sharpener! Why did so many people have a commercial grade pencil sharpener? I don’t understand. Do you have one in your house right now? Did you
This past weekend we visited the dahlias at Elizabeth Park in Hartford. The flowers were in full bloom, a very impressive display.
We have been on a bit of a remodeling tear at our house lately. Updating a half bathroom (which we’ll blog about shortly), re-painting our foyer and accompanying woodwork, along with removing some wallpaper border. And getting rid of this guy. Well, two of these guys, actually. I hate these ceiling fans with a passion. They reside in our living room. Someone installed them who knows when. We’ve been living with them for 8 years
The Hartford County single-family market kept on marching right through September. You’ll notice in the chart below that it was the 7th most active month this year. You’ll also notice that it was a busier month than every month in 2011 except May – the peak of the spring market. There’s another interesting stat that you can’t see in the chart. The number of contracts put together in the first nine months of 2012 has
October 1st is the first day of the State’s fiscal year, so there are all sorts of new laws that go into effect – here’s the complete list. One new law jumped out at me as important for homeowners. AN ACT CONCERNING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND ALARMS IN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS PA 12-184—sHB 5394 Summary, Public Act. This law requires battery operated smoke detectors to be installed in all single-family and two-family homes during