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2020
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I'm Hot Stuff, and I Know As I've Been TestedDuring a recent inspection for a client, I was asked by the inspector to smile. It's an easy thing for me to do, but he was holding a slightly unusual camera. Specifically, an infrared camera and he had been using it to test the registers of the warm ...
12/31/2020
A Last Grasp At Sunlight Reflected off The CloudsOn a stay at Siesta Key in FL a few years ago we sat on the beach waiting for the sunset as they are usually special over water.A glance up and the view was almost of not even better as the last rays of the sun were reflected off the clouds.There's...
12/30/2020
Not Your Typical Band Of Carolers An Unforgettable ChristmasAs a kid, we would always be anxious for the Christmas tree to be decorated and to wait with very little patience for Santa to come. One Christmas stands out in particular as it was almost a complete bust.My father was very active with t...
12/29/2020
What’s My Wolcott CT Home’s Value November 2020Currently in Wolcott CT there are 55 active residential listings for sale, with 13 new listings being added in November. The homes for sale in Wolcott CT range from a 798 square ft, 2-bedroom ranch listed at $117,900 to a 7,000 square ft, 6-bedroom c...
12/28/2020
A Most Memorable Trip to The Shire But No Hobbits Were SeenIt's coming up on 2 years that we took a trip down under to New Zealand and Australia. Among the stops we made in New Zealand was to Maramara and the 1,250 acre location where some of the movies of Lord of The Rings was filmed.As we come ...
12/27/2020
A Home Inspection Is Not An Opportunity To Re-Negotiate the ContractIn the current active market, buyers need to be aggressive in order to get a working contract on a home. When there are multiple offers, which is quite common in our aggressive market, the offers get more creative and often less...
12/26/2020
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2020 Merry Christmas From Prospect CTThis past year has been has been like nothing we have ever experienced before and hopefully all that my read this have been exempt from personal loss from the virus at least. For the most part we are well in our household even though the days are not spent as...
12/25/2020
Before Ralphie There Was Howland Hughes in Waterbury CTAs a kid, the Christmas season was special and nothing in the area was as unique as the Christmas village in the basement of the Howland Hughes Department store in downtown Waterbury CTIt was a store in the model of Macy's or Gimbel's with th...
12/24/2020
What’s My Cheshire CT Home Worth, Market Statistics for November 2020 Currently in Cheshire CT there are 61 active residential listings for sale. They range from a 1,183 square ft, 3-bedroom ranch listed at $175,000 to a 5,898 square ft, 5-bedroom contemporary colonial listed at $1,995,000. The ...
12/22/2020
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Memories of Christmas PastThis being the season of Christmas and seeing so many posts about past Christmas memories reminds me of quite my most memorable if not worst Christmas. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old at the time and as all kids at Christmas had visions of what Santa might bring me for Chr...
12/20/2020