If you are lucky enough to make the jump from being a renter to homeowner you will soon want to do everything possible to protect your investment, and the new year is a great time of year to ditch habits that could be harming your home. Even if you're not looking to sell your home you want to stop doing many of these common habits many homeowners do. 1) If it's not broken don't fix it. Most Continue Reading
History of 4 and 10 Charlesgate East “Barnes Mansion”
10 Charlesgate East or otherwise known as Barnes Mansion is located at the Northeast Corner of Marlborough-street and Charlesgate East. 10 Charlesgate East and 463 Marlborough Street were designed by Rotch and Tilden, architects and built in 1889 by Melville C Grant. The original owners to pull the permits at the time were Thurlow Weed Barnes and his wife Isabel Frances Morris Barnes on July 29th, Continue Reading
Introducing 10 Charlesgate East Rental
Renting a home is not like buying a home. When you buy if you don't like what the prior owner did you can eventually change it, but when you're renting you are stuck with whatever the owner decided to do and many times the finishes are middle of the road, and if your moving into a home that the owner lived in and is now renting out that is typically when you luck out with higher-end finishes, but Continue Reading
Creating a home that really feels like a home
There are great resources out there today making the home search a little easier, and it used to be if you find a home you like you take your tape measure and if the agent has any ideas how to make a place work for you would listen to the suggestion. Take the measurements or floorplan and hope for the best. I still think having a tape measure when you look at places is a wise decision or better Continue Reading
Taking the Stress out of Homeownership
1) Finding the right real estate agent you connect with. Your real estate agent should be highly skills and a good fit with your personality 2) Remember, there’s no “right” time to buy, just as there’s no perfect time to sell. If you find a home now, don’t try to second-guess interest rates or the housing market by waiting longer you risk losing out on the home of your dreams. The housing Continue Reading
buyer agent vs working with just the listing agent
I am always scratching my head when I hear a buyer say I only work with the listing broker and often ask them why do you want to only work with the listing broker? Do you think you will get a different level of service? Do you think the agent will do a better job if they are the listing broker for the listing of interest? Do you think you’re going to save money working with the listing Continue Reading
The Clarendon
The Clarendon building is redefining Back Bay luxury. The Clarendon offers premier location on the corner of Clarendon and Stuart Street offer the perfect balance of offering both Back Bay and South End at your fingertips. This 33 story building offers two separate buildings under the same roof. Both buildings were built in 2009 by Robert A.M Sterns Architects. Robert A.M Sterns Architects have Continue Reading
Introducing 373 Commonwealth Avenue unit 601
Stroll west along the Commonwealth Avenue Mall and a monumental curiosity might strike you. Standing atop of red sandstone pedestal inscribed with cryptic rune letters is a statue of Viking explorer Leif Erikson. Boston might be a strange place to give honor to a medieval Icelandic born adventurer, but it is a reminder that pilgrims weren’t the first Europeans to call New England home. 373 Continue Reading
How to improve your appraisal
Looking to refinance or looking to sell you might be finding you’re in need of an appraisal. When you get your appraisal come back lower than you expected. Appraisals are based on recent sale prices of comparable properties and in rising markets those sales prices might not be high enough to support the newest deals. The reality is that appraiser might only be there 30 minutes or less. The best Continue Reading
New Smoke Requirements for single and two family homes
If you are someone who owns a one or two family home you might want to make sure your property has the new smoke requirements especially if you plan to sell in 2017. The Board of Fire Prevention Regulations adopted a revised smoke alarm regulations that go into effect Dec 1st, 2016. The change applies only to one and two family residence built before January 1st, 1975 that have not been Continue Reading
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