117 Brittany Farms Road Unit B, New Britain

117 Brittany Farms Unit B

Move right in to this cheerful and welcoming townhouse condo in the Brittany Farms area! The main level is bright and open, with a view from the front door all the way to the living room. The dining area opens to a kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Five steps down from the dining area is the living room, which feels spacious and airy with its high ceilings. A slider leads out to the private deck

Kane Street: A CTfastrak Station in the Making

Kane Street Busway Stop

This is the current status of the Kane Street stop of the CTfastrak transit system that is under construction between Hartford and New Britain. Enough work has been completed to imagine what this station will be and how it will work. This stop will be a quick pull-off for the buses covering non-express routes, meaning they stop at each station. The shelter in the left foreground is for passengers on their way towards New Britain,

October Contracts: The Fall Market Arrives

Hartford County Single Family Contracts in October 2013

The fall market that we were expecting to see, and then wrote off when it didn’t turn up, magically appeared in October. There were 678 contracts written during the month, which is a 15% increase over October of 2012 and a meaningful step up in activity from last month. Contract data at the individual town level continued to bounce around. Bloomfield and Bristol had big reversals of fortune from the September report, showing just how

Neurotic about Tomatoes

We had a very successful tomato growing season last year on our little plot of land in the West End of Hartford. Not being one who likes to take steps backwards, I geared up for another year of productive tomato plants. Kyle even made a new garden bed just for this vegetable. Our hopes were high. Three weeks ago we attended the seedling sale at Urban Oaks Organic Farm in New Britain. They have a

308 Barbour Road, New Britain

308 Barbour Road New Britain

This charming Cape is close to CCSU and lives like a Colonial, with all 3 bedrooms located upstairs. The first floor offers a formal living room with wood burning fireplace and formal dining room with built-in hutch. The kitchen is updated with stainless steel appliances and a tile floor and has 2 pantries. It opens to a family room with sliders out to the yard. There is also an updated half bathroom. Upstairs there are