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Happy Spring! It’s that time of year in Vermont where people start remembering there is a giant lake in our back yard (or front yard, depending on how your internal map is oriented).  I’ve noticed people in these parts like to jump the gun on the whole summer thing a little prematurely. Can you blame us?  We’re snow and cloud covered for a good portion of the year so when it hits 50, out come the shorts. The funny thing is that after a blast of warm air like we had a couple of weeks ago, it usually drops back into the 40’s and people still sport the shorts and flip flops. 

In the spirit of jumping the gun on summer, I’d like to introduce a new listing right on the lake in Colchester, Vermont.  It’s actually not a summer house but it would be awfully fun to live here in the summer! Also, it’s not really a new listing. It was on the market last year and now we are putting it back out there.

This home has been recently updated with fresh carpet and paint. It has absolutely stunning views of mallets bay and sits on 130 feet of private sandy beach.  Below are a few pictures of the home. Click on any picture for additional information. Offered at $440,000

Quite some time ago I posted something about new apartments in Burlington VT that we are going to be building.  At the time of posting I wasn’t sure if they were going to be condos or apartments but I think we have finally settled on condos.  I am proud to announce that we have started building and we should be ready to sell by June or July.  This is a picture showing some of the progress so far.  As a reminder, this is what the building looked like before the renovation.  The building will feature 8 units, each with a generous sized storage locker in the basement.  Two of the units will be town home style meaning they will be two stories with the kitchen and living area on one floor and the bedrooms on another. The rest of the units will be Flats with everything on one level.  We are thinking the prices will range from the $180,000’s to the low $200,00’s depending on the number of bedrooms and bathrooms. We are pretty excited to get these on the market.  Condos in Burlington Vermont usually sell very well and this is sort of a unique project for Burlington. Most of the condos on the market in Burlington and surrounding areas fall into two categories. One is the converted apartment (which was most likely converted from a single family house). There are tons of these condos, especially in the downtown area and around the university.  The other is the Condo complex. This is a more common site outside of the downtown area but nonetheless, they make up a good percentage of the condo market. This project is being built as a condo building so your entrance won’t be up some sketchy staircase to the roof where you climb through a window to get in. I’m exaggerating a little but I have seen some crazy things out there. Also this building is a classic example of infill. It is right in a neighborhood so you still have all the conveniences of city life unlike many of the aforementioned condo complexes.  The bus line is just a short walk to the end of the street and there are tons of amenities right across the bridge in Winooski.

I will post more information and photos as it develops.

This is an especially exciting post for me for two reasons:

1) I have been wanting to introduce video tours into our marketing strategy for a while now. Not enough people offer it and I think it’s something that potential buyers really want and I think sellers deserve it. We are there taking pictures anyway, why not grab some video while we’re at it. The technology is there. There’s really no excuse.

2) I REALLY like this new Multi-Family listing in Downtown Burlington where I shot this trial video. If executed properly, I think this is the type of property that could really benefit from video. The reason being that there are 4 apartments in this building and it’s pretty hard to get the flow of the property (how rooms are connected, etc.) from still images. Of course you could just go see it in person. Another reason is that in a property like this there are a lot of small spaces that are extremely difficult to photograph without a wide angle lens.

Now for the disclaimer: This video wasn’t executed properly. It was more of a spur of the moment thing so don’t judge. I was walking around taking pictures, talking about how I wanted to start doing video tours. Then it occurred to me that the camera has a video function so I started shooting. As you can see from the video below, it was such an afterthought that I didn’t even think to shut the toilet seat! It’s only a couple of seconds long, it’s shaky and it’s just a small portion of one of the units in the 4-unit building.

With that said, Enjoy!

57 North Winooski Ave. Burlington, Vermont from Omega on Vimeo.

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