Bill's Musings

Alright everyone, mark your calendars, if they are not already properly highlighted – March 19-26 is Durham’s Third Annual Creek Week 2011! This focus on our watersheds is extremely important because it is imperative that we keep the water in our creeks fresh and clean. Heck, Durham County’s own ...

Make Sure Your Home Stands Tall in a Competitive Market Home sellers today must convince a new era of buyers returning to the market that their homes stand for value and quality. The time-honored open house event remains a terrific way to expose your property to many consumers and gain distinctio...

Our own DPAC has vaulted to the national top-10 in sheer attendance levels for US Theaters for 2010. The high-quality shows that will continue though this year can be found on their website. The coming attractions include: comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Wanda Sykes, Brian Regan, and Carol Burnette; mu...

Home Sellers: Five Tips to Make Your Bathroom Stand Out Every homebuyer has a vision of their perfect house and the rooms that are most important to them. Because of their relatively small size in comparison to the rest of a home, bathrooms are often overlooked in the staging process, but for man...

There are many reasons that Durham’s revitalization has been touted by impressed visitors, but it is really something to see us listed by The New York Times as one the “The 41 Places to Go in 2011.” Here is the text from the Saturday, January 8th edition of this great newspaper: “A decade ago, do...

This past year, several of our neighborhoods in Durham were selected to have energy-efficient upgrades made to their houses by taking part in the Neighborhood Energy Retrofit Program (NERP). This project is made available through President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. T...

Home Sellers: Cut to the Chase in Home Repairs and Enhancements     2011 opens as a strong buyer’s market so home sellers must be on their toes to give their homes maximum appeal. Not only should sellers complete the home repairs they know must be made, they should also hire a certified home insp...

By Bill Dandridge Recently I had the opportunity to tour the Home Depot Duke Smart Home with a client of mine. This client was interested in buying an older home that would require many updates to help its systems to operate more efficiently. My client was looking for inspiration, and he chose t...

  By Bill Dandridge I have spent the last four days removing grass from my yard, digging holes and planting endemic trees and plants to beautify the land surrounding my house. This was done to create an ecosystem that is native and is able to survive and even thrive in our weather system of the ...