Charlottesville’s Conservation Community, Riverbluff, has had a recent flurry of activity. An overview of Riverbluff from the Riverbluff web site: Located on a bluff overlooking the Rivanna River, RiverBluff is an award-winning conservation community of 22 new homes in the Woolen Mills neighborhood of Charlottesville. The houses are clustered on the brow of a hill, leaving the [...]
Nest Realty Associate’s Jim Duncan and Bob Hughes got a little airtime on NBC 29′s segment on the 2nd Quarter Charlottesville Real Estate Market Report. We came out with our Q2 market report last week, but this one was actually on the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtor’s report. Either way, take a quick look. Back [...]
Blacksburg and Charlottesville have a lot in common. Beautiful mountains. Wonderful outdoor activities. College towns. But now, they’ve got one more thing in common: they’ll both have a Nest Realty office! We’re proud to announce that Nest Realty is expanding west…and bringing our real estate services to the New River Valley. Encompassing the counties of Montgomery, [...]
There’s been a lot of talk over the past few years about real estate ‘going green.’ From insulation to recycled materials to rain barrels, there seems to be a new earth-friendly (or ‘green’) material/method/pitch around every other day. Back during the epic real estate market of 2005-2007, Green-built homes were the next big thing. Builders [...]
Have you checked out this month’s Abode Magazine? Charlottesville builder Latitude 38 is featured in a great 6 page article spotlighting their building techniques, designs, and style. If you haven’t seen a Latitude 38 home, you need to. They’re smart, efficient, sleek…and very well-built. Their home in Riverbluff is under construction and will be [...]
The EPA released a study this past week that looked at the green house gas emissions and the effect of efficient / green homes and green vehicles in our lives. They also studied the same information but compared in-town living to suburban life. In the study, they found that location more than anything else contributes [...]
So, I was sitting in Staples Barber Shop last week, waiting to get a trim and a photo of Obi-Wan Kenobi on the front of USA Today caught my eye. (Disclaimer: I’m a bit of a Star Wars fan, but that’s besides the point). Turns out the photo was a lead-in to an article on [...]
