From the monthly archives:

August 2010

5 Professionals that Real Estate Buyers Want

August 23, 2010

Even though every real estate transaction is different from all of the others, there are certain details that apply to most of them.  For Buyers, they will eventually end up wanting or hiring the following 5 professionals to make their purchase a smooth experience. 1.  REALTOR.    Your Realtor comes first… not just because we want [...]

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Virginia Lightning Moonshine

August 18, 2010

It’s authentic.  It’s local.  It’s an amazing story.  The moonshine corn whiskey from Belmont Farms near Culpeper VA story is one that we can’t wait to share with you.   This is about a family operation where they grow and ferment and bottle their own corn whiskey, made in copper kettles from a family recipe, just like [...]

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5 Ways To Sound Native

August 17, 2010

The Charlottesville area draws a lot of visitors each year, and our days in the real estate business are spent with people from all over the globe . Most of them appreciate the following tips so that they don’t sound too much like a tourist during their visits, so we thought we’d share them with [...]

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5 For Coffee and WiFi

August 12, 2010

For those of you who want to satisfy the coffee jones and cruise your email at the same time, here are our 5 nominations for our favorite local coffee shops in various locations around the Charlottesville area …. in random order, they’re all good and they all offer free wi-fi. #1.   Their name tells it all.  Cville Coffee has [...]

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Housing Inventory in Central Virginia

August 12, 2010

A recent article in Inman News about the number of properties on the market has caught our eye.  The article references an increase of inventory on the market across the country, suggesting that the glutted market is becoming even more glutted in the past few months.  The author also recommends that you look to each local market [...]

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Albemarle Place

August 9, 2010

Charlottesville area residents have been hearing about Albemarle Place for several years. This proposed development at the corner of Rt. 29 North and Hydraulic Rd was approved for zoning by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors in 2003, with subsequent portions of the project and its sewer approval completed in 2008. It’s a mixed-use town [...]

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Rosemont, The Rocks, and Ragged Mountain

August 5, 2010

Let’s talk about the 3 upscale neighborhoods of Rosemont, Ragged Mountain. and The Rocks, which are located in the Ivy area west of Charlottesville VA.  Though they are 3 separate neighborhood entities, they are adjacent and connected to one another.  They lie just 9 miles west of Charlottesville at Exit 114 of I-64… in the Western Albemarle school districts… [...]

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Peacock Hill

August 5, 2010

  Peacock Hill is a planned development of approximately 350 acres which is 10 minutes west of Charlottesville and UVa, and it is easily accessible via I-64west (exit 114) to Dry Bridge Rd or via Rt 250W.  Set amid forested hills, Peacock Hill is clustered around a 5-acre community lake, which has walking trails around [...]

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Beaver Creek in Crozet

August 5, 2010

The odds are very slim that you’ll stumble upon Beaver Creek Park and Reservoir on your own, if you don’t know where to look.  Beaver Creek is a 104-acre reservoir and water supply that was built in 1964 for use by the town of Crozet.  It’s found by going 7/10 mile west from Charlottesville on [...]

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