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Hands On: Stone Walls and Stone or Brick Paving

Nothing classes up a property like a bit of stone hardscape.  It is that rarity in design--a thing that is at once humble and grand (indoors, a fine old wood floor makes a similar contribution).  This Saturday (or, in case of rain, Sunday), at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, Mark Mendel

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A Tiny House With A Big Heart

When you visit Kimberly Rock and Eric Haggard's doll-sized house on Main Street in Falls Village, it's immediately apparent that they're a child-centered family. The grandest room in their 1840s eyebrow colonial is their daughters' playroom, an addition they built for Jessy, 5,

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Wake Up and Smell the Bargains!

“Back in the early 90s, there were properties that went as bargains," says Pat Best principal broker at Best & Cavallaro in Salisbury, CT, "and a lot of people, including myself, missed some buying opportunities.  This feels a lot like that.”  Chuck Bartolo of Beach and Bartolo in

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Hudson: Revising History on Warren Street

Hudson resident Belinda Breese relates the saga of her house, one of the town’s earliest and among its proudest.  Built in the late 18th century by a whaler from Providence, R.I., it later became a brothel; still later, welfare apartments.  Now it has come full circle and resumed

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10 Tips for Selling in a Buyer's Market

● Don’t try to wait it out.  "I don't see a major turnaround for at least 18 months," says Nancy Kalodner, owner and principal broker at Benchmark Real Estate in Otis, MA. "It's not like day trading. You don't sell a

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Tweaking Tradition: Sprucing Up A Vintage Sears Colonial

It's a Leave It to Beaver house with a Queer Eye sensibility. The couple who lives full-time in this 1930s house are both flight attendants with American Airlines, the sort of guys who you'd expect to live in a luxury high-rise within commuting distance of an

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