Magical views of Lower Mystic Lake from this gorgeous historic home -- you'll never want to leave! Offering Unit 2 as a condo OR someone can opt to buy both units (offered as a package at $1,800,000) to convert into a magnificent single family or keep as a 2-family home. The choice is yours! Details below are for the condo -- please get in touch for more info on purchasing the full house. View photo gallery, floor plan and 3D tour here. Beautiful historic home in one of the l

This is my second time listing this lovely home and I'm looking forward to spending some more time hanging out there in front of the fireplace on what looks to be a snowy Saturday. Come join me! Open houses Fri, Jan 17, 11 am - 12 pm, Sat & Sun, Jan 18 & 19, 12 - 1:30 pm View photo gallery, floor plan and 3D tour here. This charming townhouse in the heart of Arlington Center lives like a single family, with its own driveway, private entrance and large fenced-in back yard. Ren

I always love listing the homes I helped my clients buy, so looking forward to showing this great condo. It was a great find when my clients bought it back in 2010, and the improvements they’ve made over the years make it even more amazing now — from the gorgeous new kitchen and bath to the high-efficiency gas heating / HW system (converted from oil in 2011) and the brand new roof, you will not want to miss this home! View photo gallery, floor plan & 3D tour here. Looking for

Three years ago I moved my business to Gibson Sotheby’s and it has proven to be a great decision — I love having the backing of a highly-respected global brand, while being part of a locally-owned affiliate that still has a very small business, boutique feel. And really, what I most love is the people I get to work with every day — from the owners and the CEO to the marketing and operations team and of course, the amazing agents. We may not be a behemoth, but we get things do

Don’t worry about Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter — that doesn’t mean you have to wait to sell  your home… When most people think about listing their home, they imagine green grass and flowers framing the sign on their lawn. The “Spring Market” is the holy grail of real estate and most of us – I include agents here – are conditioned to believe this is the best time to sell or buy a home. However, there’s a lot to be said for listing your home in Jan

Looking forward to beginning showings at this lovely home on Friday — it’s got such great old-world charm and amazing light. It also has a huge yard, so for any aspiring gardeners out there, lots of room to play! Open houses Sat & Sun, January 27 & 28, 12 – 1:30 pm. 55 Menotomy Road, Arlington View photo gallery and floorplans here. This lovely Dutch gambrel in the Brackett school district offers a host of appealing features – beautiful hardwood floors, lots of windows, origi

This week I’m venturing out of my primary market of Cambridgeville, to our neighboring community of Arlington. And I’m so excited to be listing this great home, which I helped my clients buy back in 2012. It was a great place for them to start their family and they love the neighborhood so much that their next home is just a few blocks away. If you come visit, you’ll see why this would be a hard home to leave! Open houses Sat & Sun, September 30 & October 1, 12 – 1:30 pm. 14

Last week I posted the first of this five-part “mini-series” of home staging, focusing on clearly defining the rooms and spaces. This week, I want to talk about the next universal principle… Staging principle #2 – Scale down and scale back When my clients A & J lived here, this cute eat-in kitchen in a small Somerville condo had felt very cramped and difficult to navigate, with a long, six-seat dining table and high-backed dark wood chairs. Since we listed their home after th

Very few of us live in a way that we would just be able to throw up a for sale sign and welcome people in — most of our homes require a bit of preparation before we come to market. And no matter the size or style or price point of a given property, the principles of home staging are always the same: Clearly define the rooms and spaces Scale down and scale back to increase the feel of spaciousness and improve flow Lighten & brighten Declutter and depersonalize Clean! I am goin

Hard to believe, but the summer is over, moving day / Allston Christmas has passed and the campuses are once again full. Before you know it, the holidays will be upon us — and snow! But before I get your minds reeling with images of parking bans and ice dams, let’s talk about the fall market… We’re now a few weeks in and are seeing very mixed results. On the one hand, open houses are very well attended — buyers are out there! And multiple offers haven’t gone away — I wrote tw

(Ah Bowie, you will be missed…) I am a big believer in change — whether it’s changing where I live, what I do, how I think about things… it’s part of life and it keeps things interesting. So it should come as no surprise to those who know me, that after six great years with Coldwell Banker, I decided to move my business to Gibson Sotheby’s Cambridge office. And because I have already gotten questions from friends, clients and my real estate peers, I put together this little Q

This is the second of a three-part series on strategies for homeowners who want to sell their homes and buy new ones. Yesterday I wrote about selling your home and then leasing it back from the buyer while you’re looking for the new place. Today, I am introducing another possible strategy, with more insight from my lovely clients… Strategy #2: Buy first, then sell I cannot emphasize enough that the first thing you should do when you’re thinking about making a move is to look