Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
If you had to hazard a guess at what this room is supposed to be, what would you say? It’s located to the left of the stairway in a center hall colonial… This room is a Dining Room, living an alternate life as a Billiard Room. And when I listed this home in the West End of Hartford last summer, this room was very confusing to buyers. At the open house I hosted, about 70
This morning I went to preview a house for a client. It was a “pretty house” that had recently been flipped. Just about everything had been redone; new kitchen, baths, paint, windows, everything. It was even staged very nicely, straight out of Better Homes and Gardens. I can see a buyer walking into this house and being very impressed. It would be easy for a person to envision themselves living there, and not having to
I’m showing a house in Newington tomorrow and I’ve been warned: mean cat. I’ve encountered the mean cat warning before, but this one was a little sterner, so it has me slightly concerned. As in, the mean cat might follow you around. And more specifically, “Don’t try to touch it, it’s a mean cat. You’ll get scratched and maybe bitten.” Huh. Maybe the cat doesn’t want to move. Who can blame him? What is your
Kyle and I live near some very good restaurants on Farmington Avenue in the West End of Hartford; Tisane, Ichiban, Abyssinian, and Monte Alban. A few months ago we met some friends for dinner at Monte Alban. Because we were running late and it was cold outside, I whined my way into convincing Kyle to drive us there, rather than making the .4 mile walk. There was no close street parking available, so we parked
Yesterday we reviewed the good aspects of the annual homeowner’s meeting that I recently attended for the complex in which Amy and I own a unit. Today we’ll get into the Bad and the Ugly. The Bad 1. This particular complex was built as apartments in the 1960s and converted to condos in 1979. If we assume that major maintenance was performed in anticipation of selling the units, then most of the improvements are approaching