One of the perks of living in Northampton and the Pioneer Valley, is the celebration of winter's end and spring's beginning that is earmarked, in part, by maple sugar season. This provides us Western MA folk with a post ski-season excuse to spend a weekend day driving through the picturesque [...]

Good news! It seems that we can expect to see lower electricity bills, and perhaps lower gas bills, imminently here in the Pioneer Valley. I must say, I still hear the voice of my own parent's resonating in my ears with demands to "turn of the lights when you leave a room!". I have, of course, carried on the same tradition with my own [...]

When we decided to move from our 100 year old home in downtown Northampton, we never thought we'd wind up with new construction.  We are both drawn to older homes with interesting architectural details and quirky design elements (dumb waiters, back staircases, hidden storage perfect for "hide and seek"), but we also loved the idea of [...]

As realtors, we tend to hear many stories of winter-related homeowner issues from week to week. While we all live in fear of the dreaded ice dam,- in winter, local stores tend to sell out of roof rakes quickly, and most of us are out there shoveling off our roofs after every snowfall to avoid the expensive fallout of ice damming. This year, [...]

I'm not sure about the rest of Northampton, but I am starting to experience cabin fever of enormous proportions. I love a good snow fall as much as the next guy, but coupled with sub-zero and single digit temps, I'm going outside only when absolutely necessary!  A friend posted a link to this interesting article [...]

For those of us who are staying put this President's Day weekend/week, here amid the piles of snow and the cold temps, it's nice to know that we have the 5th Annual Northampton Ice Sculpture Festival to look forward to. While we certainly have more than enough snow to go around, the [...]

In the wake of "snowmageddon", (which turned out to be more of a run-of-the-mill snowstorm in the Northampton area), I've been thinking about how we experience winter here in Western MA. Around this time of year, the topic of winter seems to be on the tip of everyone's tongues. We are growing weary of the cold, the shoveling, the ice, the [...]

Rare opportunity to live close to town in a lovely home with a large backyard! 65 Fairview Avenue in Northampton, Massachusetts is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath Colonial revival roughly 2400 s.f. home on 0.48 acres within walking distance to downtown Northampton. This home has been lovingly cared for, updated and maintained by the current owners, as [...]

After years of hearing rumors of the Amtrak Train "The Vermonter" extending service to include Union Station in Northampton, MA, the day has finally arrived! We realtors at Maple and Main Realty, have been speculating and wondering how this new development will effect real estate inventory and value in the Pioneer Valley. We will certainly [...]