Tag: Midtown
The Street That Raised Me
Two years ago, I moved three doors down from the Midtown Montgomery house I grew up in. My neighborhood was my world when I was young. Kids had the freedom of really knowing every neighbor, of building forts and clubhouses and knowing which trees were the best for climbing. We played outside until the street […]
Old House Expo – Save the Date!
Thirty-one years ago, one worried historic preservationist (Marilyn Sullivan) and one old-house-loving REALTOR (yours truly) got together to brainstorm how to save one wonderful old house downtown (Brittain-Dennis cottage, now a fully restored and leased property in Old Alabama Town) and create positive buzz about Montgomery’s historic neighborhoods. What resulted is Old House Expo. This […]
Real Estate Fortune Telling
Midtown Montgomery Real Estate: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been Midtown Montgomery produced 325 home sales in 2011. To put that in perspective, our peak year of recent memory was 2004 with 781 homes sold. Clearly, 2011 was a tough year for Midtown. The entire Montgomery area didn’t fare much better. 2011’s dismal 3,255 […]
Pet Enrichment in Midtown
Pets are adorable creatures, by and large. The presence of puppies or kittens often elicits reflexive ooooohs and aaahhhs (or the newest slang, “sqeeee”). Yet, pet ownership is a serious matter with lasting consequences throughout the animal’s life. Certainly, pet ownership is not for everyone. According to the National Council on Pet Population Study & […]
Life Beyond Cars
Do you bicycle? Do you wish you did? Even if bicycling isn’t for you, it’s possible that you just think that cities are nicer to live in when they contain bike lanes. Oh, and pedestrians need a place to walk also. We own one bike between the two of us and pretty much never ride […]
The Tudors, Season Two
In June I wrote about the Tudor Revival and some of Montgomery’s larger showcase Tudor homes. As promised, this post is about the not-so-huge Tudor houses. Along with bungalows, these houses represent the prosperity of the 1920’s, and form the bulk of the pre-World War II residential neighborhoods in Montgomery and across the south. Indeed, […]
Our Doors
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake The front door to our house never really closed right. At first, it was super hard to open from the outside. Also, you could see daylight all around it. This was very bad for our energy […]
The Great Kitchen Remodel – Part 1
After the plumbing disaster last month, the last few weeks have been spent obsessively researching kitchen remodeling. I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that kitchens can be terribly expensive! Our house was built in the 1940s, but remodeled in 1964. When we moved in the kitchen looked mostly like it did in 1964, save […]
Montgomery Tudor Revival – Our English Roots
No influence was more broadly felt, nor more expertly executed, in Montgomery than that of the Tudor Revival. These houses draw their inspiration from English domestic architecture of Medieval times. Calling the style Tudor brings to mind the Tudors and their larger-than-life personalities, giving the style a romantic and memorable name. In the United States, […]
Adventures in Old Home Living
On occasion, I hear a story so vivid that I know I cannot retell it as well as the person who “lived it.” This week I invited clients Matt Sendak and Hilary Funk to share their recent adventures in old home ownership, as retold by Hil. Read and enjoy! — Sandra —– “Honey, the air […]
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