Mike Hunter Sudbury Realtor
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How to identify a “fixer upper”.
Buying a fixer upper can mean money in your wallet but how do you go about finding one? The real estate industry has its own unique language that can sometimes be confusing. One term that comes up a lot, especially in times of bank-owned properties, short sales, and foreclosures, is “as is” and its variations…
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Tudor house style is known for its distinctive facade.
Tudor house style was very popular in the early 1900’s up to the great depression. They can be found throughout Metrowest (lots in Brookline/Newton and Worcester’s North Side) and got their most distinguishing architectural feature from medieval times when large buildings were built in a post and beam fashion. The spaces between the large framing…
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Saltbox style house is distinctive and loved.
Saltbox Colonial House Style is another variation of early Colonial or Cape Cod style houses, the practical and simple saltbox was often a single room deep. Given that often a dozen or more people crowded into these early homes, colonists soon began looking for practical ways to expand living space. Adding a single-story lean-to shed…
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Split-Level style makes a great starter house.
Split-Level House Style was made popular in the 80’s and 90’s and are still being built today. Realtors often confuse them with multi-level houses and raised ranches, but there should be no confusion, as there really is a distinct style that really determines a split. Here it is: if you walk up a half level…
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Log Style houses are rare in Sudbury. Few good logs left.
Log style homes are very rare in the Metrowest Boston area. Contrary to what TV reenactments lead us to think, there was not enough time for the early settlers to build log homes before the harsh weather of winter settled in, so they lived in wigwams, crude huts and pits covered with boards. The log…
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Zip Code 01776 – Home of the Colonial Style House
Colonial House Style is big in Sudbury, never would have figured. Colonials are a direct offshoot of the Cape style and are distinguished by: their rectangular, symmetrical design with bedrooms on the second floor; double-hung windows featuring small, equally sized panes; windows framed by shutters; elaborate cornice moldings over the windows; a protruding stone entry with…
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Cape Style Houses aren’t originally from Cape Cod.
Cape Style houses came from England. Who would have ever thought? English colonists, who came to the States in the late 1600’s brought the cape style home with them. Their original designs were adapted to the local climate, family size and natural materials and have become this great 1 to 1.5 story home. Capes are known…
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Painted Ladies? Our Victorian house style is a playful style but the color palate is so Yankee inspired.
Victorian House Style developed and was quite popular from the end of the civil war to the early 1900’s. These homes are most commonly two or more stories with steep roof pitches, turrets and dormers. Porches are often large with turned posts and decorative railings. Decorative gable trim, corbels, and a variation of exterior finishes…
