Happy Anniversary 180 Oxford!

Six years ago today we bought our house. That’s me when we first found the house. I was pretty excited because we had been looking at disaster houses for a few days and this was the first place we came across that didn’t completely and totally suck. Ah, fond memories! This morning I asked Kyle to reflect on his feelings about our home. He said “The house has really shaped up nicely over the past

Electronics Recycling 2010

While we’re in public service announcement mode, let’s also do one about electronics recycling since that turned out to be an ordeal at the end of last year. The Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority (CRRA) has set their collection schedule for the year, which is available online. This Saturday’s collection will be in West Hartford. Gather your electronic junk, and plan your schedules accordingly. Gates will be open from 9:00 – 1:00 at the West Hartford

MDC Clean Water Project Update

The MDC Clean Water Project has arrived in the West End of Hartford. Over the past few weeks engineering firm Tetra Tech Rizzo has been going door-to-door to map the manner in which sewer and storm water exits individual homes. This is the first step in the process that will eventually reduce (eliminate?) the dramatic amount of untreated wastewater that flows directly into the environment. The About the Project page states that “The existing sewage

777 Main Street – Your Future Home?

Kenneth Gosselin’s piece about the Bank of America building in today’s Courant noted that the owner of 777 Main Street had considered converting some of the building to condos in 2006, and ended with a quote making it clear that a residential conversion was back on the table. Although the current situation can be viewed as a loss for the City – nobody wants to see a business downsizing – it can also be seen

HCPR: Increasing Activity in the First Quarter

Hartford County’s housing markets saw an increase in the number of closings in the first quarter of 2010 versus the first quarter of 2009. This continued the positive momentum from the second half of 2009, but is still well below the sales pace from the early and mid 2000s. Median sales prices were up slightly, while median days on market fell sharply. Single-Family Homes First quarter sales of single-family homes increased 16.4% compared to the