Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
I recently listed this move-in ready, 2 bedroom, 2.1 bath, 1,660 sqft townhouse condo in Farmington. The home is located in the gated Tunxis Village community just west of the river and adjacent to both the Tunxis Plantation Country Club and the Devonwood Community, and close to Winding Trails. The condo features an updated, eat-in kitchen with plenty of cabinet space, a living room with fireplace, and a private slate patio. The two spacious bedrooms
Recently I showed a house in the Hartford area where the homeowner had a strong affection for masking tape. Throughout the home we saw its various uses; acting as an insulating material to seal gaps between a door and its frame, serving as a water barrier to caulk around a bathroom vanity, replacing glue to hold together a broken piece of wood covering the water meter, and stitching together tears in a porch screen. Overall,
I saw this structure while driving on Interstate 91. It’s most likely not a tiny house since the Jamaica Cottage Shop doesn’t claim to make them. But it did get me thinking about the idea again. A couple years ago I saw my first photo feature on so-called tiny houses. For those not familiar with the concept, a tiny house tries to pack all the essential features of a dwelling into a very small structure.
Our neighborhoods are full of wildlife. Some of our furry friends are cuter than others. Some like to use your home as their own personal playground. Some even want to move in with you! The best way to prevent the critters from moving in is to keep the all the gaps and openings buttoned up nice and tight. But there are other alternatives.
Yesterday I was preparing my data for the May real estate market statistics post and this morning the Courant had an article about housing prices for the state as a whole. While aggregating the state as a whole is good for a macro economic perspective, your average Joe and Jane are more likely to be concerned with what’s going on in their town or the few towns surrounding where they live, as that’s what’s affecting