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It’s hard when you have people coming in town and you don’t have a guest room.  When they stay a couple days you want them to feel comfortable and hotels don’t.  One of my friends just started renting out his “carriage […]

When browsing real estate websites online, ever wish you could look at pictures around the neighborhood rather than at the pictures that are just of the front of the house (and carefully selected by an agent for the best angle)? Maybe look up and down the street to make sure there is a dump […]

We’ve improved our Search feature on the CurbPlaces website. Now you can search using Realtor name, address, street, neighborhood, city, and MLS number.
What other ways would you like us to let you search for a home?

This doesn’t seem true for Charlottesville because I still see a lot of Cathedral style foyers and living rooms, but the Wall Street Journal reported that two-story rooms are waning.  Home builders and remodelers are considering the wasted space and the maintenance of having a two-story room.  The rooms are thought of as drafty, hard […]

Kenny Rogers, country music singer, has listed his Buckhead home for $7.9 million. Rogers bought the home in 2006 for 2.8 million and has spent the last several years renovating. The renovation projects included raising the roof and adding landscaping.  This is the 10th house that Rogers has flipped.
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper […]

Petit Bebe is giving up its current York Place location into the current Les Yeux location. July 1st the new Petit Bebe location will open. Owner, Kim Kuttner, plans to fill the larger space with more modern kids furniture, strollers and car seats along with the high-end children’s clothes.

The Charlottesville City Council has approved a ground lease for the Piedmont YMCA to construct a fitness and aquatic center in McIntire Park. The center will be constructed on one of the existing softball fields although an exact location and size are still undecided.
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A Cuyamaca, California couple, Skip and Linda Miller are busy making plans to build their next home mostly underground and as much as possible, fireproof. The couple has owned their mountaintop property for 30 years and it has burned down twice in that time. The last fire in October destroyed more than 2,200 […]

My favorite part of looking at real estate online are the pictures. They make the difference, the descriptions are so blown out of proportion that the pictures tell the real story of the home. The more pictures the better, hire someone to take the pictures if you need to because it will be […]

New Condos are being built on Hydraulic Road across the street from the future Albermarle Place. When the condos are finished there will be 30 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath condos. The condos will have 1570-2054 square feet of finished space and 4 units will have basements. Reservations can be made to reserve […]