Albemarle County Continues Struggles with Urban Chickens
The City of Charlottesville allows them; the County of Albemarle neither allows nor disallows them (my personal preference). I noted this for the first time in 2009, when the City of Charlottesville codified their allowance of chickens. The street on which the subject of the…
5 Points on School Redistricting and Uncertainty when Buying a Home in Albemarle
Albemarle County is HUGE (PDF) One of the first posts written here was about redistricting schools in Albemarle County; sadly I hadn't yet mastered the art of proper out-linking, so the stories to which I pointed are mostly dead. Today's story by Aaron Richardson in…
Low Housing Inventory Stinks – in Charlottesville – Albemarle
If you're a buyer in the Charlottesville market, you know that right now, inventory is low. Quality inventory is lower. Depending on your market segment, much lower. Be prepared to wait. And then, be prepared to move quickly when the right house comes on the…
More Restaurants Coming to Stonefield
"Curated" … via press release: (links added by me) … announced the opening of several restaurants at The Shops at Stonefield including: Black & Orange, Parallel 38, and Cyclone Anaya's. These restaurants will join Jason Alley's Pasture, Travinia Italian Kitchen and Burtons Grill to create…
Best Buy Ramp to Cost More than They Thought
As originally reported at Charlottesville Tomorrow: The Best Buy ramp improvement project is going to cost more than expected. It will cost $7.3 million, $2.5 million more than first thought. Shocking. Background and more about the Western Bypass and the Best Buy ramp.
5 Takeaways from “Green Real estate” Training
I spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Northern Virginia in Earth Advantage training, learning more about green homes, green real estate, their respective relevance in the market and how best to help and advise my clients regarding such. Below the "fold" is a Storify I…
Primer for 1st Half 2012 Real Estate Market Update
I'm going to be running numbers next week - give some time for realtors to enter the closings in the Charlottesville MLS and for the delayed (there are so many*) closings to finally close. This is just a primer for what is likely to be…
What if Charlottesville had Only 29 Restaurants?
Charlottesville has a lot of restaurants. A lot. Charlottesville 29 is a fantastic new blog asking (and answering) the question - If there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? I found this blog when it was shared by a…
Western Bypass Contract Awarded – 29 to Get more Interesting
Western Bypass rendering, courtesy Charlottesville Tomorrow It seems that the Western Bypass may actually be built. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that the contract to build the Western Bypass has been awarded. Is this the right road? Probably not. It needs to go farther up 29 North…
One Reason Why Real Estate Closings Are Being Delayed
"I had four closings last week, and three were delayed because of the banks." "I had three closings this week and they're all screwed up because of the banks." "Our movers said that every single one of their moves was delayed because of the banks."…