Country living in Virginia’s Piedmont
Good signs for 2025 Walk score? Nah..not unless you mean walking in the woods Convenient to shopping? Not really but you begin to realize that 25 minutes to the grocery…
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January 16, 2025
This blog contains opinion pieces related to real estate in Charlottesvile, VA and the surrounding counties. Check back often for fresh content!
Curb appeal
The first carriage to pull into the circle drive in front of Frascati in 1823 was very likely bringing James Barbour and his wife, Lucy, to the just completed home…
August 29, 2024
Is Charlottesville, Virginia a good place to retire?
I wrote this article about my parents in 2014. They are both gone now but I find myself in those same happy shoes these days, enjoying the fruits of our…
August 15, 2024
Is land expensive in Charlottesville, Virginia?
Land close in to Charlottesville can be quite expensive with demand for nice building sites being in very high demand. A good building lot up to five acres for a…
August 5, 2024
Frascati and Orange County, Virginia
Orange County was established in 1734 and was the largest county that has ever existed in America, "The states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia were once part…
June 13, 2024
Charlottesville Real Estate
Charlottesville Real Estate covers a lot of ground. From a four story condo with panoramic Blue Ridge views, to an historic plantation with roots to Thomas Jefferson, it’s all here. We are…
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February 27, 2024
New kid in town?
When you’re 29 there are still a lot of new things that might be coming your way. The years were longer then and the end was not in sight. My…
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January 6, 2024
Now you need a tractor!
When I first looked at Firefly Farm in 1985 its 13 acres were overgrown with broom sage, vicious blackberries, and two foot tall cedars. I had walked it, carefully avoiding…
November 26, 2023
How to Buy Country Property
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October 25, 2022
Rising Interest Rates: What Does This Mean For You?
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October 14, 2022