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Is My Massachusetts Home A Tear Down Or A Fixer-Upper?

  Should it stay or should it go ? We call these homes classic in-betweeners! These homes are typically well built homes that have usually been well maintained.  The problem is they haven’t been updated in quite some time. In today’s world buyers are quite demanding and sometimes they would rather tear something down and start all over versus trying to figure out how to renovate and improve...Continue Reading!

Sellers Don’t Be Fooled. Not Every Realtor can be #1. Can They?

Have you ever picked up one of those beautiful lifestyle magazines like Weston/Wellesley Magazine and noticed how many real estate ads have claims to be the "Number One Realtor" in the market? Maybe they are claiming that they are "number one in 2010 or 2011.  Perhaps  they are number one in a single town like Weston.  Maybe they are top realtor for listings, or working with buyers, or...Continue Reading!

77 Chestnut St, Weston MA Purchased For Land To Build A New Home. $1,535,000

  77 Chestnut Steet, Weston MA. Sold for $1,535,000. After an extensive search of Weston for the right piece of land we sold this property for $1,535,000 to one of our clients who was looking to build their dream home.  With our continued help and guidance our customer is tearing down the existing home and building a beautiful new home on the property.  The new home should be completed...Continue Reading!

Magically Transformed – 204 Grove Street, Wellesley

  List Date 10/7/2011 204 Grove Street, Wellesley MA 02482 - $2,195,000 Style: Colonial      Rooms: 12      Bedrooms: 6      Baths: 3f, 1h Living Area: 5000      Acres: .72 (31181)    Year Built: 1973 Eight years ago we had the priveledge of remodeling this well built home as one of our very own projects.  We sold the remodeled home to one of our clients and now they are in the process of downsizing...Continue Reading!

Mallard Lane, Sharon MA – Negotiation Lead To 75k In Upgrades. Sold for $609,000

    42 Mallard Lane, Sharon MA. Sold for $609,000. As a referral from one of our past clients we helped this customer sell their starter home in Sharon and purchase this recentely remodeled home.  During the transaction we uncovered some issues with the roof and siding and successfully negotiated with the builder over 75k in upgrades on top of the purchase price including new siding and a roof.  Our customer did not have to pay for the...Continue Reading!

Old Farm Rd, Dover MA – Remodeling Plan Leads To Sale. $615,000

    26 Old Farm Road, Dover MA. Sold for $615,000. This home was in need of repairs and updates.   The home featured a recently remodeled kitchen and vaulted family room.  Home also included a vaulted master bedroom and bath. We marketed the home with an extensive remodeling plan and sold the home very quickly for $615,000. The selling price far exceeded our customers expectations. In many cases it does not pay to remodel your...Continue Reading!

55 Loring Rd, Weston MA, Custom Built Home With Carriage House. Sold $1.7M

  55 Loring Road, Weston MA.   Sold for $1,700,000 This home owner was having trouble selling their home through a large local real estate agency and a well known agent.  After speaking to two of her friends who we had recently helped sell both of thier homes the client was referred to us to see if we could help.  She ended up firing her agent and gave us the listing.  We were able to successfully...Continue Reading!

Where Do You Go To Find A Good Massachusetts Home Builder?

This is a very good question. If you’ve ever spent time trying to research good builder’s you would know it’s not easy.  You could check with a professional builder association, but that doesn’t guarantee a good builder.  It just guarantees they paid their membership fees.  You can ask friends and relatives, but what if your job is very different and requires different skills ? After working as...Continue Reading!

17 and 19 Silver Hill Rd, Weston Co-Developed New Construction Homes.

  19 & 17 Silver Hill Road, Weston MA. Sold for $1,375,000 & $1,450,000. We were contacted by this customer to help them tear down two historic cottages and co-develop the construction of two new homes.  This was a difficult process due to the historic location, scenic road, and non conforming issues that required our years of experience and knowledge developing homes in Weston.  We managed the project from start to...Continue Reading!

Wayland Hills Rd. Wayland, MA – Sold In A Bidding War $615,000.

  21 Wayland Hills Road, Wayland, MA Listed for $599,000 and Sold in bidding war for $615,000 “Dear Michael.  Thank you for helping my mother sell her home for much more money than we all expected. The work you and your brother Jim did to help prospects understand and see the full potential of our home if it were updated was instrumental in bringing in multiple offers at the first open...Continue Reading!