Home Ownership

Home Inspection: 10 most common findings

Home Inspection: It’s Due Diligence you shouldn’t skip! Under contract?! What are next steps? Deposit the earnest money – Miss this deadline and your contract is voided. NOT kidding. Get cracking on your loan if you need one. Your lender requires all sorts of documents and signatures lickity-split and will guide you through the process.  …

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Boulder County Property Tax paid early

Boulder County Property Tax : Tax Reform 2018 In this photo I’m 50th in line outside the County Building to pay my Boulder County property tax before the end of 2017… up from 60th in line, I might add. That is me, in the white jacket. 🙂 Why? Because my accountant called me and advised …

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Real Estate analysis: Boulder CO 80305

Boulder CO 80305 Real Estate Market Stats Happy New Year from Boulder CO 80305! Let’s start 2018 off with info. You set the goal and now you need info in order to plot the path to success.  Whether your 2018 goals involve buying, selling, investing and/or managing real estate in South Boulder, you need stats …

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Baby Steps: 285 Martin Drive

285 Martin Drive closer to feeling like home This week/weekend – another perfect one for projects – saw a couple of things come to fruition at 285 Martin Drive. We are picking up speed on projects that add finishing touches now that most of the unpacking and picture hanging has been completed. 1. We got …

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Post move-in projects… Ongoing at 285 Martin Dr

Everyone knows that moving in is the end of one chapter, but it’s also the beginning of several others. Closing the door on construction means saying goodbye (mostly) to Ken and Aaron and co, but marks the start of smaller projects… one after the other, or one alongside another, for a year or more to …

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Moving Day – Martin Acres Home

Hey Neighbors, I’m  Martin Acres home!  And I’m filling my days with little tasks. Before the real movers arrived, I had kitchen supplies to put away, chandeliers to finish installing and cleaning that called to me.  This chandelier had been a house guest in a giant box, in my Longmont house for 8 months. Would …

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Complete! Our mostly new house at 285 Martin Drive

285 Martin Drive Kicks Into Overdrive With a week til move-in (sshhh, don’t tell the City of Boulder) it was game-on! In went the front door – primed and almost ready to be painted “red delicious”. The mailbox was up, the numbers and the pendant lighting are all functional. I was already getting mail as …

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Racing to the finish line: 285 Martin Drive pop-top

285 Martin Drive On The Home Stretch It has been a month since I last posted about 285 Martin Drive. Why?  WAY too busy! At the end of July I began the unenviable task of packing up the current digs in Longmont. There was 2000 square feet of Mark’s and my stuff, 18 months of …

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Boulder Home 285 Martin Drive: Week 21 and where has the time gone?

Time flies at 285 Martin Drive pop-top! It has been busy, no lie. Between the constant progress at our Boulder Home 285 Martin Drive project, the busy real estate selling season and the “change over week” madness that comes with property management at the end of every July, I’ve dropped the ball on updating you. …

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Week 19: Martin Acres Pop-Top

Martin Acres Pop-Top focus moves to the inner self Like all good improvement plans, at some point its time to take a good look inside and focus energy there. With a solid foundation, secure walls and protective roof, we are now starting to beautify the inner self.  It’s time to smooth the imperfections on the …

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