Our kitchen remodel project starts in two weeks. That means it’s time to officially start decommissioning the existing kitchen and set up the temporary space which we’ll be using for the next two months while construction is underway. At one point someone used the third floor of our West End house as a rentable apartment. Left over from those days is a full size sink, about 5 feet of counter space (2.5 feet on each
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After attending the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star Breakfast this morning, I took a couple minutes to snap some pictures of the major construction projects around the Convention Center. It was exciting to see crews hard at work improving Downtown Hartford. Much of the structural work appears to be complete at the Front Street project… Supports are in place for the pedestrian bridge that will connect the Convention Center to the Science Center and the rest
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We’ve been showing a lot of houses over the past few weeks. And it seems like there just isn’t anything out there for buyers. What do the inventory levels of single family homes in various towns in the Hartford area tell us? All of the data used to develop this chart came from the CT Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. We looked at the number of homes currently for sale
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Discussion of Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development resumes this week with the first of four Community Listening Sessions organized by the City Planning & Zoning Commission. Since the first round of events, the City has been working to incorporate the community feedback into the overall plan. A second draft is available, and there is a summary of the Top 20 Individual Ideas as voted by the attendees of the previous events. After looking at
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Oh happy day, our kitchen remodel project begins in T-minus 3 weeks. So, what exactly are we getting rid of and what kind of space do we have to work with? Here are some pictures from when we first bought our home and what the kitchen looked like… I like to try to be positive, so let’s first start with the good things about our existing kitchen. It’s quite a large space (12×20) and has
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