Longmeadow Builder Interview
August 31st, 2010 categories: Rose Hill Building Videos
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It’s my lucky day today! Mike Tinsley of Longmeadow Builders was on-site at our new construction model. This interview was a bit short, but I’ll get more detailed on the next one!
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Rose Hill – Asheville, N.C.
August 21st, 2010 categories: Rose Hill Building Videos
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The construction of our new model, The Forsythia, moves along. Here is some of the latest video.
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New construction at Rose Hill
August 10th, 2010 categories: Rose Hill Building Videos
This second video today catches me up with what’s going on with our new construction model home, the Forsythia. This is a short one, basically they have finished the foundation block and started the driveway. The wood framing is next!
Rose Hill is located in Leicester, North Carolina, which is the country side of Asheville. Our exclusive builders are Longmeadow Homes. Our website is new and coming along: RoseHillAsheville">
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Rose Hill Model
August 10th, 2010 categories: Rose Hill Building Videos
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New model home – Watch the process!
July 24th, 2010 categories: Rose Hill Building Videos
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I plan to video the various stages of building, I think it will be an interesting process to see exactly how our homes are built. In this segment, the very beginning stages, you will see the footers or foundation of the home. Next week they will be laying the block and we’ll take a look at that too. See you then . . .
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Are You In The Top 20 Tacky?
June 16th, 2010 categories: Real Estate News, Sellers
A home should never look like it’s been staged. Home staging should show off the great features of your home and diminish the negative ones, not create a phony atmosphere. It’s all about marketing that feeling of the good life and what is possible for the room without going overboard.
So, with over ten years of experience as a Realtor and seeing just about everything people can do wrong to their house, I have decided to share with the Universe (meaning you), the Top 20 Tacky Staging Techniques. Why? Because we remember tacky! What you put in the home is the perception of what the value of the home is worth. If you poorly prepare and stage your house, it can easily become “That house with the saggy, deflated blow up bed,” or “The living room that only had two easy chairs in it”.
It is better to leave a house empty then to use bad decor. Staging should enhance the architecture of the home, bad staging draws attention to itself and distracts your buyer from you home!
Ok, so now that you have my drift, on to the Top 20!
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Asheville NC Dog Show
June 13th, 2010 categories: Videos I like!
Have you ever been to a dog show? I’ve been involved with showing dogs since the early 70’s (I was extremely young!). I first showed German Shorthaired Pointers under the Shaas Kennel name, then 13″ Beagles from The Whims kennels. We had many, many Champions, Group Winners, Specialty Winners and even a Best of Breed at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club. Then life brings it’s twists and turns and I’m fast forwarded to 2010 and showing Yellow Labrador Retrievers.
For those of you who have never attended a show, I’m showing an 8 month old male puppy named Edgemere Loganlee ”Logan”. This was his first show and he won!! In fact, he won first in his class both days at the Asheville Kennel Club. The judge is putting us through our paces to make sure he is conformationally sound. What a little showman he is! Yes, I was proud of him and thought I would give everyone a glimpse of my off-duty hobby.
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Asheville Free Beer and Wine Tastings
June 12th, 2010 categories: Places to Eat & Drink
Get a taste of the local culture (literally) with free beer and wine tastings around Asheville. Take your taste buds on a journey as you sample locally brewed beer and hand-selected vintages. New to the art of beer and wine tasting? Don’t worry, most places offer free seminars and classes to help you learn more.
Free Wine Tastings
- Appalachian Vintner, 2-B Huntsman Place, Asheville, offers free wine tastings on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 4-8 p.m. Call (828)505-7500 for more details.
- Divine Wine, 1011 Tunnel Road, Asheville, offers complimentary tastings, featuring Italian wines and hors d’oeuvres, 5-7 p.m. Fridays. Wine bar open daily serving wines by the glass. Special theme events every Friday. Call (828)505-1814.
- Get a taste of what the mountains have to offer at the Grove Arcade Corner Market on Page Avenue in downtown Asheville. Enjoy fresh bread and other local products, wine tasting and classical guitar, 4-6 p.m. every Friday. Call (828)225-4949.
- Hops and Vines, 797 Haywood Road, Asheville, offers free wine tastings 3-6 p.m. Saturdays.Call (828)252-5275.
- Magnolia Lounge, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville, offers free wine tastings on Saturdays at 3 p.m.
- Weinhaus, 86 Patton Ave., Asheville, offers free monthly tastings. For times, call (828)254-6453.
- Wine Emporium, 229 Airport Road, Arden, offers free wint tastings 4-6 p.m. Saturdays, featuring a new vineyard or distributor each week. Call (828)687-8028.
- The Wine Guy, 1200 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, offers free tastings 4-6 p.m. Saturdays. Call (828)254-6500.
Free Beer Tastings
The Grove Arcade Corner Market on Page Avenue in downtown Asheville features eclectic, new micro-brews, 4-6 p.m. the last Thursday of each month. Call (828)225-4949.
- Hops and Vines, 797 Haywood Road, Asheville, offers free beer tastings 4-7 p.m. Fridays. Call (828)252-5275.
- Sample various brews and ales at Bruisin’ Ales, 66 Broadway St., Asheville, Thursdays at 5. Call (828)252-8999 for details.
Contributed by ExploreAsheville
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Blue Ridge Mountain Views at Rose Hill
June 8th, 2010 categories: Neighborhoods, Real Estate News
Ok, I’m sure by now you’ve figured out that I’m not your generic Realtor, or perhaps I should say a “traditional” Realtor. My buyers come to me because I am the On-site Broker at Rose Hill, a completely maintenance-free community with fabulous views in the N.W. side of Asheville, or how I like to say “the country side” of Asheville, with emphasis on that geographical section of Asheville.
So, you will notice that I mention Rose Hill quite regularly, frankly I can’t help myself, take a look at my environment and you’ll see why.
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Asheville Accolades
June 3rd, 2010 categories: Rants & Raves
Why would you want to move to the Asheville area? Since I am lucky enough to live here, I could go on for quite awhile, but instead I am going to list what some other companies have recently said about us! I especially like the very last one! Is the Asheville area really all that? YOU BET!
*Top 10 Best Places to buy a second home – MSN Money
*Ranked in the Top 20 “Best Places to Retire in the World” – Barrons Magazine
*#1 Adventure Town – National Geographic Adventure Magazine
*Top 10 Best Places to Live – Frommers Cities
*Ranked #2 of America’s Top 25 “Small Arts Destinations” American Style
*Top 25 Most Secure Places to Live – Farmers Insurance
*Top 10 WhiteWater Towns – Whitewater Paddling
*The Ten Best U.S. Cities for Mountain Bikers – Mountainbike.com
*America’s Happiest City for Women – Self Magazine
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