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Three Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Thanks to USA Today

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The biggest draw is Keswick Hall, a 600-acre gated community that is home to the Keswick Club with an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, an Orient Express hotel, and the Estates at Keswick Hall, 124 home sites ranging from 2 to 8 acres. … Anchored by a large pedestrian mall and walking distance of the University of Virginia, downtown is suddenly hot, with many new condos to choose from. … “This is probably the most popular second-home area right now, with everything from condos and townhomes to detached single family homes,” says Mailloux. … One appeal for second-home buyers is that maintenance fees include “everything down to the landscaping and lawn care,” with about 150 houses and condos from $500,000 to $1.2 million.

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Twitter Week in Review

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Charlottesville real estate market statistics – single family homes – update – as of 27 April, 2010 http://post.ly/dWdJ #

Charlottesville real estate market statistics – single family homes – update – as of 27 April, 2010 http://post.ly/dWcF #

… Charlottesville real estate market statistics – condo & attached homes – update – as of 27 April, 2010 http://post.ly/dWbC #

… If you want to get involved with the Crozet Farmer’s Market (& we home you do!) – http://bit.ly/akzvAf #

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Woolen Mills – Streets are Made For Walking

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These Streets are Made for Walkin’ (not fire engines) .

I talked about Woolen Mills a couple years ago in my Charlottesville Neighborhoods series:

Topography: Gently rolling hills, sidewalks in many places

Housing Prices: Unfortunately, there is no good way to search for homes for sale in the Woolen Mills area, other than looking at the results and knowing which streets are within the Woolen Mills ‘hood. Generally, prices range from $225k to $550k.¨

House Styles: More varied than most neighborhoods. Bungalow to Cottage to traditional single family to the occasional townhouse to a small new “green development.¨

Proximity to Green Spaces: Good. Meade Park is quite close¨

Broadband Internet Coverage: 100%¨

Schools: Check out the City’s interactive (school district) map, generally Woolen Mills kids will go to the Burnley-Moran elementary school.

 

Update – check out the Blair-Seay house, and the accompanying history.

 

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Getting Rid of the Crappy Stuff

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That this video and Steve Jobs’ advice is getting so much attention as being insightful is … a bit sad to me.

… Shouldn’t it be every person’s and every company’s goal to not produce crappy stuff? … Or a customer experience?

Of course, there’s a lot of money to be had by making and selling crap .

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