9 out of 10 buyers are looking for a house in great, move-in condition. Turnkey homes sell faster, get a higher price, and obviously save wear and tear on buyers who are probably stressed enough from the move that they don’t need additional headaches. So why do I like the dilapidated houses that are gently […]
We don’t have a lot of old bridges left, at least steel truss bridges that remind me of the Erector Sets I grew up with. There’s one in Guerneville, but so many RV’s got dinged up trying to pass each other that they’ve made it into a pedestrian bridge and created a functional, but un-dramatic
I can’t help it. I’ve always found round porches to be enticing features for a home. Maybe it was growing up in the 50’s with Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe as prototype women, but curves have always attracted me. Healdsburg’s grand dames have more of these finely detailed fronts than anywhere else I’ve been. Here
Many long time Sonoma County residents have been a little skeptical of Windsor. In the immortal words of Gertrude Stein about her childhood home in Oakland, “there is no there, there.” That may have been a little unfair since Windsor has a long history as an important farming town and market center. The residential building
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Driving down the road yesterday I just had to stop and grab this picture of Sonoma County’s most prideful crop; the grape. One look should convince you of the correctness of the proposition that the grape is among the most beautiful, the most luscious, the most perfect expression of nature’s goodness. We are beloved creatures