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Towns of Western Massachusetts
Stoney Hill Condominiums, Westfield, MA: Resort Lifestyle
Stoney Hill Condominiums in Westfield, MA provides a resort like lifestyle for its residents. The lush acreage offers a 9 hole golf course, a clubhouse, lovely pool, lots of trees, landscaping and lawns.
There are three styles of condominiums at Stoney Hill: Ranch, Cape, Colonial. Each has a garage and a rear deck with privacy. Located conveniently in the southern part of Westfield, MA Stoney Hill condos are a wonderful option for homeowners that don’t want to have to care for the outdoor maintenance, but would still like to enjoy the outdoors.
Top Ten Reasons To Love Stoney Hill Condominiums:
#1- Location. Close to highways and the center of town, but set back off the road and very private
#2- Setting. Tranquil and serene.
#3- Amenities. Pool, golf, bocci, clubhouse, decks, yards.
#4- Garage. Each unit has one!
#5- Fireplaces. Each unit has one!
#6- Easy maintenance lifestyle. Ten inches of snow? No problem, curl up by the fire and let the crew handle it!
#7- Great neighbors. Friendly and warm.
#8- Storage. Full basements with “tunnel” walkout to garage area.
#9- Variety. Three styles of homes.
#10- Privacy. Each unit is private and completely separate. Very “houselike” designs.
Here is a video about Stoney Hill Condominiums:
Photos from around Stoney Hill Condominiums:
Market Report January 2013
Market Report for Stoney Hill Condominiums January 2012-November 2012
Market report for condominium sales in Westfield, MA:
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March 2009-March 2011 Activity Report:
Stoney Hill Condos 2 Year Sales Report
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Information on the annual golf tournament
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Dr. Seuss’ Birthday…Celebrate A Western Massachusetts Icon
“If we didn’t have birthdays,
you wouldn’t be you.
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you do?
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you be?
You might be a fish!
Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob!
Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of
hard green tomatoes.”“Or worse than all that…Why,
you might be a WASN’T!
A Wasn’t has no fun at all.
No, he doesn’t.
A Wasn’t just isn’t.
He just isn’t present.
But you…You ARE YOU!
And, now isn’t that pleasant!”“Today you are you!
That is truer than true!
There is no one alive…
Happy Birthday To You!
Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss!
His actual name was Theodor Seuss Geisel and he was born in Springfield, MA. While I never met Dr. Seuss in person, I had the opportunity to have several connections to him. The first was geographical. In addition to being from Springfield, MA myself, my grandparents lived on Mulberry Street in Springfield. “And To Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street” was Geisel’s first children’s book and contains not only the street name from his home city, but lots of imagery of Springfield, as well.
My college internship was done at the Springfield Library and Museums public relations department. My largest project with them was my work on the Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden. It was my responsibility to much of the behind the scenes work for the press conferences and it was exciting to have a hand in something so important. A few years ago I visited the sculpture garden with my daughters and was moved to see the magical creations on the Quadrangle in Springfield, MA.
As a mother of two young girls, I have spent many hours reading Dr. Seuss. My daughters brought home a notice from school this week reminding that Geisel’s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.
I know there are many of you who, like me, have memorized Dr. Seuss’ work….in honor of his birthday and the National Read Across America Day I thought we could have a little fun with it. I will start with “Green Eggs and Ham”…pick up the next line after me and let’s see how far we can get!
Sam I am
I am Sam
Sam I am
That Sam-I-am!
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like that Sam-I-am!
We are Family- I Got all my REALTORS with me! Real Estate Siblings and Western MA Community
We are family….I got all my REALTORS with me!
Recently there have been several events within the real estate community both nationally and locally that have made me exceedingly aware how lucky I am to be part of this amazing community.
Let me start first with the story of my very good friend Clint Miller.
I’ve written already about Clint’s sudden experience with cancer and how it impacted our community and me in particular.
Clint’s story begins years ago when social media was new and he reached out to the real estate community because of his business with Real Estate Client Referrals.
But it goes so much farther than that.
Clint helps to create and foster and nurture a community where real estate professionals from around the world could converse, share and encourage one another. The recent events gave me a realization.
Real estate agents are much like siblings. We may scrap at each other and have our differences and sometimes even full-blown fights break out, however, if someone from outside of the community steps in and ridicules us, threatens us or tries to put us down then we band together any force that is to be reckoned with.
Which brings me to my thoughts on what’s happening to my social media friend Daniel Rothamel.
Known as the Real Estate Zebra, Daniel has been a leader in the real estate space and is an agent that I have watched and learned from for years. He has recently been hit with a lawsuit regarding his use of the real estate zebra by a group called The Lones Group.
The Lones Group states that Daniel’s use of the real estate zebra and his blogging confuses consumers because of their use of a zebra theme. This may or may not be true but what blows my mind is that The Lones Group target audience is REALTORS. Daniels friends are REALTORS. It gives one pause…
More important than whether the zebra sign is something that you can trademark and whether Denise Lones has a case or not is the issue of thinking about your target audience. It’s my opinion that they have made a serious error. This opinion is shared by many real estate professionals. But we REALTORS bonded together. My friend Jay Thompson created a defense fund for us to help Daniel with the costs of defending himself. Someone created a #savethezebra tag on Twitter. Many people adopted Zebras as their avatars. Now whether The Lones Group wins their case or not it stands to be considered that they’ve lost already.
I put a comment on a blog on the topic telling the leader of this case that I thought what she was doing was making her seem self absorbed, stubborn, and even a little bit silly. But what is not silly is the power of the real estate community standing behind Daniel. I am proud to number in that crowd.
Another recent experience that I’ve had that was much more local than the previous two is the case of my friend Tom Skrodzki.
Tom’s house unfortunately burned down several weeks ago. His wife (who is pregnant) and their seven children have been misplaced for weeks.
Another real estate friend Heather, reached out to me the day that the fire happened and asked me to help her get the word out that Tom and his family needed some help. Since that time there has been a huge outpouring of help from the real estate community in my area. People have brought clothing toys gift certificates cash sympathy and concern to this family in need.
Another REALTOR, Michael, has never met Tom in person but organized a fund-raising drive for his office and they will be presenting a donation to the family to help defray their expenses. Truck loads of donations have been dropped off at Park Square Realty for this family. This kind of support for a fellow real estate professional and neighboring in the community makes me sincerely proud and grateful to live in western Massachusetts.
So my hope is this:
May Clint recover from this awful episode even stronger than he already is. You have to talk to this guy yourself to really get the picture of the influence he wields. He is a wonder and I am blessed that he is a friend. I pray daily for your speedy recovery, Clint.
May Daniel get to the end of this mess without too much hassle. I don’t want to be a social media glommer and add to the morass of people claiming to be Daniel’s BFF. I know Daniel. Daniel is a nice guy. This is a stupid lawsuit and I hope it is over soon.
May the Skrodzki family recover from their tragic loss sooner than later. They already know how blessed they are to have each other. I am so glad to know them.
So thank you, my real estate siblings and community..You done me proud.
A REALTOR’s Snowy Sunday Drive in Western Massachusetts
The better part of today was real estate time spent showing houses to a buyer client of mine. We started late this morning in the Leeds section of Northampton, Massachusetts next to the Mill River. I got there early and took a quick walk up the street to see the river. It had just snowed last night a few inches of beautiful fluffy clean white snow and the river was babbling up against the white fresh white blanket of snow. It was simply lovely.
After showing houses in Northampton, we took the back roads to Chester, Massachusetts. The drive from Northampton through Westhampton and into Huntington was simply breathtaking. The fresh snow was highlighting and outlining the beautiful vistas along these country roads. At one point we turned a corner and on my left was a grove of apple trees covered in snow; their twisted old branches were made more graceful with the blanket of snow and beyond the apple orchards was the valley opening up below.
We were able to stop at one of my favorite hilltown country stores, the Huntington country store.
After brief fueling with the coffee and one of their famous wrapples (I indulged in the Apple Raspberry), we were back on our way to the center of Chester, MA. After viewing our property, we journeyed down Route 20 back through Huntington, Russell and into Westfield.
As we descended from the Hilltowns back down into the Pioneer Valley and Westfield the sun broke through the winter clouds and the snow was shimmering along the banks of the Westfield River.
Now continuing our journey from Westfield to Agawam, the skies opened all the way out the sun was shining blue sky and the temperatures started to rise and I was feeling very content after our Western Massachusetts journey.
I don’t know if my buyer will buy any of the seven homes we toured today, but our drive from Hampshire County to Hampden County was a slow, serene, snowy Sunday drive that I appreciated for the experience.
Exploring the back roads after a fresh coating of snow made me especially aware of the beauty in Western MA and I feel very lucky to live in a place of such stunning vistas. Today’s beauty made for an especially pleasant day as a REALTOR in Western MA showing houses to a buyer.
You can hear my thoughts from the drive today here:
