HARTFORD — A 1920s building that was once a symbol of decay in Asylum Hill is now the neighborhood's newest sign of revitalization. A $2.5 million renovation of the three-story, blond-brick building at the corner of Garden and Ashley streets — long vacant and rundown — means the building will no...
Connecticut entered the spring home-buying season with plenty of momentum, a new report Tuesday showed, but the state still appears firmly rooted in a buyer's market. Sales of single-family houses jumped nearly 21 percent in March across the state, compared with a year earlier, but the median sale...
A mansion modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Monticello was built to be a source of civic pride for Somers, but it could now also turn out to be quite a bargain for a lucky bidder. The 10,000-square-foot house built by Friendly's Ice Cream co-founder S. Prestley Blake will go up for auction May 31,...
The main objective of home staging is to allow home buyers to walk into your house and experience the "this is it; this is the home" feeling. Buyers need to visualize themselves and their things living in the home rather than the existing owners. Staging works because often times, looking at a...
Coventry Lake is the reason why the settled Town of Coventry incorporated in 1712. The spring-fed lake has five miles of shoreline and reaches a depth of about 35 feet. Farms encircled the lake until around 1900 when boat rides for passengers on the Willimantic-to-Coventry trolley became popular....
During the Roaring Twenties, the United States enjoyed economic and cultural growth. This prosperity is reflected in the stately Tudor manse at 6 Chesterfield Lane in West Hartford. Built in 1927, it is a testament to the Good Life. In referring to the home, John Lepore, the listing agent for the...
It’s not unusual for North Woods of Colchester residents to report a ‘love at first sight’ experience from an initial tour of the community. That’s what happened to Daniel and Wendy Chapman last spring when they visited their friends who had recently moved into a popular White Birch model home...
“It is in a wonderful location,” says Carolyn Maloney, speaking of the home she has decided to sell at 23 Old Cathole Road South in Tolland. “It is surrounded by woods. The woodland across the street with walking trails is owned by the town. If you’re an outdoors, nature person, it is really nice...
It's here! Open house season is upon us, and if you're in the market to buy, you've probably already got a list of houses you'll be visiting next weekend. Those houses have probably got the right number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and the kitchen looks gorgeous – at least in the pictures online! While...
WASHINGTON — Are you a "transactor" or a "revolver" when it comes to your credit? Terms like these never have mattered much to home buyers seeking a mortgage. You've probably never heard of them. Yet they are about to become more important to millions of mortgage seekers, and could even help determine...
Students at the University of Connecticut who don't have a big enough mailbox or a doorstep won't have to go without Amazon. This summer, the online shopping giant will open its first pick-up location in Connecticut near the UConn campus at Storrs Center. The storefront will allow students and...
HARTFORD — Amenta Emma Architects has opened a fourth office in New York City where the firm's roster of clients is increasing. "We thought we'd be better off being right in the city," Anthony J. Amenta, the firm's president, said Wednesday. The firm, founded in Hartford in 1985, has about 75 active...
A home shared by model-actress Pamela Anderson and her former husband, professional poker player Rick Salomon, during their most recent union has come to market in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nev., for $5.2 million. The gated contemporary, built in 1998 in the affluent Tournament Hills enclave,...More
Dianna Agron of “Glee” fame has come out ahead and then some in the sale of her Hollywood Hills home. The turreted French Normandy sold Tuesday for $1.915 million — a 20% markup over Agron’s asking price of $1.595 million. Built in the 1920s, the hedged and gated residence was renovated during...
Former UCLA standout and NFL punter Chris Kluwe has sold his gamer-ready home in a gated Huntington Beach community for $1.84 million. The Traditional-style home on a cul-de-sac features, among other things, a video game room that was featured on an episode of the DIY Network series “Man Caves.”...