You may recall last week in this blog I wrote about the downtown Boston hard hat walking tour I had the opportunity to participate in where we toured 3 different projects currently under construction with residential components: Millennium Place (580 Washington Street), Kensington Place (659 Washington Street), and the Filenes Project, Burnham Building (426 Washington Street).

Last Friday I had an opportunity to participate in a "hard hat" project overview tour of Millennium Place (580 Washington Street), Kensington Place (659 Washington Street), and the Filene's Project, Burnham Building (426 Washington Street).

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You probably have spent a good deal of time considering how much space you need inside your home, but what about how much space you need on the outside of it?

As you begin looking for a home to purchase, you will start to come across houses that have a homeowners association. This is an association made up of the people who own homes in the area, created to help maintain certain standards in the community.

If you have children, or even if you dont yet but plan to in the future, schools are something you will need to take into consideration when you search for a new home.

Everyone heads out to look at potential homes with a list of the things they want in a house, and a list of the things they definitely do not want.

When you start shopping for a home, you probably have a very specific image of what you would like that home to look like. You probably also see the perfect neighborhood surrounding that perfect home.

When it comes to shopping for a home, especially if you are buying for the first time, having an agent on your side is extremely helpful. But if you have never bought a house before, you may have no idea where to begin finding a REALTOR that you can really trust to help you with this important decision.

Whether its the character and charm of an older home with its original features, hardwood floors, and wood burning fireplace, or the quaint historic feel of the neighborhood in which it is found, there is a certain appeal to older property.