Diary of a Restoration

Week 44 -- NEW: Fully Showcased and Elegantly Furnished BENJAMIN STANLEY FREEMAN HOME FOR SALE

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The NOW elegantly furnished Benjamin Stanley Freeman Home will be open to the public for an OPEN HOUSE next week. Also get a FREE gift certificate to Cabot House Furniture!

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

Come see the amazing, fully restored, modernized and elegantly furnished 1877 Victorian Italianate home in North Attleboro MA. This magnificent home appeared as the feature story in the Boston Globe’s and Providence Journal’s Sunday Real Estate sections in March 2008.

Week 37 -- Staging, Photography and Creative Marketing/Selling

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It’s been a while (2 months) since I last updated you on the sale of our home in North Attleboro. The reason? No new news! The winter has been slow as has the stimulus package coming – so we are now hoping for an active and ‘credit-flowing’ Spring. In the meantime –

Week 29 -- Let's Get Janusian with our Creative Thinking!

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

What is Janusian Thinking? Some of the best inventors, creators and inventions have brought two opposites together to create something new, unique and useful...

Week 27 & 28 -- Be My Valentine and Buy Our Victorian House...

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

My realtor, Linda Dillon and I were thinking now about focusing a charity event to attract doctors and other professionals to our home and getting us multiple ways to get donations and exposure...

Week 25 and 26 -- If You Don't Succeed (you know the rest...)

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Our 4 Historic ‘Homes for Sale’ OPEN HOUSE Tour brought in only about 12 families – and most of them were just happily looking...

Week 23 and 24 -- Can You Use a MatchMaker to find the right buyer for a unique home?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

As you might know -- we are having a 5 Historic 'Homes for Sale' OPEN HOUSE Tour this upcoming weekend (November 15 and 16). It looks like we have interest from the major Boston TV stations...

Week 22 -- The Magical Marketing Power of 3

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

It took me a little while to figure out -- but 3 is the magical number in marketing and selling of a unique home in a down real estate market...

Week 21 -- The Marketing and Selling of a beautifully restored and modernized Victorian Home

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Week 21 was exciting. We had our first real showing on the home and the prospective buyers loved what we did and spent 40 minutes inside the home touring every nook and cranny. However, not having a garage (although we have the plans to reconstruct what was originally there) was a stumbling block for them...

Week 20 -- The Marketing and Selling of a Beautifully Restored and Modernized Victorian Home

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Have people stopped buying homes or is it just me? After all the bad economic news that's coming at us everyday -- it's been difficult to keep plugging away with the sale of our amazing home.

Week 19 – The Marketing and Selling of a Beautifully Restored and Modernized Victorian Home

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Our home tour video is coming out great -- but Melanie and I will need to keep our day jobs! The actor who played Benjamin Stanley Freeman is a professional, but Melanie and I come across as a little stiff -- oh well -- at least we're real!