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27 Pelham Road, Belchertown MA
Offered at $425,000
This home gives you the best of both worlds. A quiet setting on just under 5AC with gardens, hiking paths, and a chicken coop...yet it's 12 minutes from Amherst center. Inside this 2003 Post & Beam home, you'll find a vaulted living room, accented by custom stone work surrounding a Jøtul [...]
When spring sprung this year, I actually went online to research when and how to prune, fertilize, sod and care for the many plants in our garden. I was encouraged because last year when I followed instructions about how to care for my (dying) rose bush, I was actually able to bring it back from the dead and coax a bunch of flowers out of [...]
NORTHAMPTON — Dog owners visiting Smith Farm Fields, popularly referred to as the “dog park,” would be required to keep their pets on leashes if the state approves the recommendation by the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School board of [...]
This time of year, realtors in the Pioneer Valley
We are in the midst of our Pioneer Valley and Northampton MA area spring real estate market. Since it is widely known that more inventory of houses and condos for sale tend to become available starting in March in the Northampton, MA area -- we realtors often find ourselves in conversations
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As my backyard emerges from the mud and muck left over from a mild Northampton MA winter, I am reminded that it is probably time to start pruning some of the plants we planted last year in our small yard.
As both a realtor and wannabe gardener, this tends to be a tricky time of year for me as the spring buying and selling market takes off [...]
7 Things to Paint Black Today
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There's a reason black is a classic: it's dark, it's beautiful, it matches with almost everything. And it's a great way to add a little contrast, drama and depth to an interior that needs a little extra pizazz. Here are seven weekend painting projects that will add a little bit of black — [...]
When you have to paint over wallpaper
Painting over wallpaper is acceptable if removal will damage the wall or the wall is already damaged. (Brandon Smith, Angie's List) Brandon Smith/Angie's List—TNS
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By OSEYE BOYD
Angie’s List (TNS)
Thursday, March 31, 2016
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While painting over wallpaper isn’t the best option, sometimes it’s the only [...]
I recently put together a comparative market analysis for homeowners in Northampton who are hoping to sell their home in the spring market. Their ranch-style home has 3 modest bedrooms (yet with a small en suite master bath) and a relatively small eat in kitchen; with some nice open common living spaces and a lovely back yard. I was struck [...]
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, our local Northampton, MA newspaper, ran an interesting article this week about the dearth of inventory for home buyers.
Inventory woes hit Valley’s housing market
By DAVE EISENSTADTER
Monday, February 22, 2016
NORTHAMPTON — The buzz words that have always made the Valley’s housing market attractive — [...]