Fallen in Love!

Yes, I am a Realtor and I will admit that even in the higher price range, not every house I see on the Multiple Listing Service is the house for me. That is why this business is so fantastic; there are houses for everyone.

When I am looking with buyers, I always tell them that there will never be the perfect house - no matter what the budget! When you are looking for a house you have to have a list of what you want and what you need. You then need to know that the house you end up buying will not have everything you want but will hopefully have most that you need.

I have seen lots of beautiful houses since I started working in property in 1998. Since I have been in Vermont, I have not really seen a house that I would buy and not need to alter in some way. Until now! I have now found a home that I could just move in and plonk my suitcase. I have found a home that has most things that I want and more than I need!

Stella's perfect house

My colleague Brian Boardman has just listed this spectacular home. This home is a perfect fit for "The Abraham Family"! There is very little that Euan and I would do to this house if we were to buy it. The attention to detail is spot on! There is even a child's size toilet in one of the bathrooms for Callum. Even the walk in closet is my favourite colour purple! I could walk to work and so could Euan!

So why are we not going to buy it?.....not in our budget!......another reason not to ever look at houses that you can not afford!

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

Banksy is in NY!

I am sure everyone has heard of Banksy the English Street artist......well he has opened a pet shop in NY city....there have even been people going in to the pet shop to buy pet toys!

Click here to read more about it!

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

Overseas Wives Club

As many of you know, I am a member of an Overseas Wives Club. It is a club that meets once a month. We meet for a couple of hours and have tea and biscuits. There are about 16 members and the majority of the ladies have been members of the club since the 1950's. Most of the women are British and came to VT after the war having married men in the Service. They have been friends for a long time and this little group keeps them in touch with each other and helps them to not feel too home sick.

The ladies are all very sweet and most are over 55 - it is like having 16 grandmas!

Last night was a meeting at my good friend Victoria's house. There was a really good turn out with 14 women attending. We had a tipple of wine - very unusual as it is normally tea and biscuits!

We also had a silent auction last night to raise some money for charity and we managed to raise $154 so that was a pretty good showing.

We then all had alot of chocolate cake, some biscuits and of course tea!

I have taken on the duty of finding a location for the annual Christmas banquet this year so I shall be busy this month trying to find somewhere locally that will host our dinner. Last year we ate at the Vermont National. It seems a lot of the women are a little concerned that with the current financial situation that there will not be anywhere prepared to host a dinner on a Wednesday evening for 30 people. If anyone knows of anywhere then let me know!

Also if anyone knows of any older ladies who are not from here who are in need of a little companionship then let me know. We would love to have some new members!



- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

Wow – what a week we are having!

Wow – what a week we are having! I know that lots of us don’t want to listen to the radio at all……even opting to listen to “Musical High School”

If you would like to hear the news in a different accent and maybe even a different take on things then click here and listen to the BBC…..the accent might sound familiar!!

BBC iPlayer

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401

A superb blog that I stumbled across!

I have been following this blog for the past few weeks. I absolutely love it’s intention, taste and style. I know that for some of you, the style is a little modern but it has definitely got a theme that we all must appreciate and that is the fact that they are trying to be as green as can be!

Take a quick look!

http://www.greenhousevt.blogspot.com/

- Stella Abraham, REALTOR

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, VT 05401