Following Building Code
The New Haven Register recently reported that a West Haven home owner was arrested for allegedly violated building codes, illegally altering a multi-family home from a 2-family to a 3-family without...
View ArticleA New Home for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO and technology visionary, has a gift for designing things. People have been going bananas over Apple’s various portable devices for the past decade, and he is credited with many...
View ArticleMore on Demographics and Real Estate
Below is another article about demographics and other real estate trends that builds on the research of Arthur C. Nelson. It came to my attention after being posted by City of Hartford COO David...
View ArticleHistoric Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit
The West End of Hartford contains multiple Historic Districts, which include just about all the properties in the neighborhood. In addition to recognizing the architectural importance of the collection...
View ArticleParks and Rec
This morning I was at a local town hall visiting the Assessor and Building departments when I saw the sign below. Unfortunately I did not see Ron Swanson or Leslie Knope. This saddened me. And now I...
View ArticleHistoric Homes Rehab Tax Credit in Action
Last fall we wrote about the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit, hoping to introduce it to our friends and neighbors. A year later we’re revisiting the subject for a variety of reasons. One is...
View ArticleHistoric Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit Q&A
Two previous articles about the Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit have generated a number of questions. We have gathered the most common and reached out to an expert to get the best answers...
View ArticleGreen Fuses
These are fuses for the electrical system of a house. Most homes that you see these days have been updated to circuit breakers, so finding fuse boxes becomes less common each year. It’s okay to want to...
View ArticleMore Electrical Sightings
The other day we posted a picture of some old school fuses. Sticking with the electrical theme, here’s another situation we see periodically. Lights that you turn on and off by plugging in an extension...
View ArticleProposal: Arcadia Crossing in West Hartford
John Scobie, of Center Development Corporation, spoke to the Park Road Business Association this morning about his firm’s plans for the Sisters of Saint Joseph property on the southwest corner of Park...
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