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Don’t Mind Me, I’m New in Town – A Look at City and County Lines

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Or … a big giant “d’oh” … with an “I’m sorry” to the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board.

Remember in July when I mused about the ARB process and Stonefield (formerly Albemarle Place):

So, what exactly is the character? I looked at the existing “entrance corridor”:

Seminole Square mall – Cheeseburger in Paradise, the Express Car Wash, Chili’s, strip with Sprint and the UPS Store on the east side of 29, Burger King, and lots of parking lots. Stonefield is replacing the old Blockbuster and 7-11, and lots of trees and natural landscape. Continue south on 29 and you’re met with KFC and Best Buy.

If the ARB truly wanted to be consistent, the Shops at Stonefield would have to emulate trees.

Turns out …

Cheeseburger in Paradise, the Express Car Wash, Chili’s the strip with Sprint and the UPS Store on the east side of 29, Burger King and lots of parking lots … are in the City of Charlottesville, not the County of Albemarle.

I’ve been living in Charlottesville/Albemarle for only 23 years (I’m 35 now) … so I’m still learning my way around.

So … my apologies to the Albemarle Architectural Review Board.

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Seeking inspiration

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Oftentimes, when I am searching for a muse, I turn to my search criteria for this blog.- the hook real estates sold charlottesville – here they are for last week, but this is not always the most current data.- http://www.ask.com/web?q=realtor lied on house size&qsrc=0&o=0 – caveat emptor.- realtor salary in charlottesville – There is no salary.  Pure commission.- commute charlottesville to dc- real estate market lull – yes, we are experiencing one now.- internet access off the grid- albemarle place housing prices – they’ll be high.- want a house but it says active with contingencies – call your Buyers’ Agent and get them to find out just what the contingencies are.  Typically, those are home inspection and financing.  More frequently we are seeing home sale contingencies as well.

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