This updated Colonial located in Hartford’s Barry Square neighborhood is the perfect opportunity for a first time home buyer. This home offers 1,656 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. The open front porch is a nice space to relax and chat with your neighbors. Inside you’ll see architectural details such as natural woodwork, built-ins, period moldings and a wood burning fireplace. The formal living and dining rooms are great for entertaining. The kitchen
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The other day I was speaking with one of my clients and they said “I’m not sure how you handle all of this; your clients, the blog, your kitchen remodel, your kid.” Frankly, I’m not entirely sure either. Well, a super supportive spouse is certainly a big part of it. But the comment got me to thinking. What exactly am I doing during a day? There was a spate at the beginning of March where
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“We are running about a week ahead of schedule.” How many times have you heard that during a renovation project? I’m guessing not very many. Yet that’s how Christian Winkley of Oxford Builders began the (unsolicited) update email he sent us on Sunday morning. The kitchen project is now squarely in the putting-it-all-back-together phase and it appears that we’ll be getting back into the space sooner than anticipated. Yippee! Today’s activity was door frames and
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Many of the buyers I work with are hell bent on living in West Hartford. Well, at least they start out that way. West Hartford is attractive as a town for many reasons. It provides fairly good highway and major road access for commuting to Hartford and other towns. There are several shopping areas sprinkled throughout town that offer just about any store or restaurant cuisine you could want. There are lots of parks. The
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Last weekend I did a Home Buying Workshop at the Connecticut Convention Center in conjunction with the CT Home and Remodeling Show. It was a very interactive discussion, and attendees asked many interesting questions. Here are two questions we covered that will hopefully be relevant to a larger audience: How do I find out about open houses? There are a few places to check to find out about the open houses in the Greater Hartford
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