To my knowledge, they are the only local search site in town other than our local gorilla, mycaar, which has proven to be an addictive site visited by voyeurs, active buyers and sellers and homeowners checking in to see how their property’s value is doing….  Right now there are four of us in the company and we work out of an office on Water St.Q: What is CurbPlaces.com?A: CurbPlaces.com is a website for exploring real estate in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.Q: What inspired you to start a local real estate search site?A: Several things….  I’d also like to expand beyond real-estate to other location-specifc services ( i.e. services that would work well with maps).Q: Who is your audience?A: Anyone interested in residential Charlottesville / Albemarle real estate.Q: Are you going to focus solely on Charlottesville/Albemarle or will you seek to expand to the greater Central Virginia region?A: The goal is to build the best site for Charlottesville that we can….  And tell a friend.Q: Are there any sites that you seek to emulate or learn from?A: I’m NOT a fan of the big Real Estate 2.0 players: zillow, housevalues, redfin etc. For a lot of reasons, but mostly because they come across as too impersonal and corporate.

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