Take A Hike!

                 
  Tired of getting your home ready for sale, or seen one too many homes on your quest for a new house?  Then take a break and go visit Sycamore Grove Park in South Livermore, California.  This 740 plus acre park off of Wetmore Avenue has hiking, biking and horse trails.
                 
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Old Name, New Winery in almost Livermore.

       
When all of a sudden a huge building pops up almost over night, I get curious as to what is going on.  Well in Pleasanton by the width of a street there will be a new winery by early next year.  The owner of the Palm Event Center will be opening the [...]

Chain of Lakes, Part II or go jump in the lake.

              
In the Chain of Lakes  Part I, I gave an overview of the up coming changes (read in the next 20 to 30 years) that will give a new look to the area between Pleasanton and Livermore.  The Chain of Lakes will offer multiple benefits to the area including flood control, additional recreation [...]

Statistics, Scary Housing Headlines and Wild Fires!

The old local news adage, “If it bleeds, it leads”, is still the rule of order in our current state of perpetual fear about everything and housing headlines have been extra scary of late.  I mean, my god, some of these housing economic experts make the neo-cons, who are insisting that we bomb Iran to stop [...]

Let’s get Scary in Livermore!

                                              
No, this is not another post about scary real estate headlines, that’s coming later.  This a quick overview of some Halloween events happening in Livermore this week.  First up it’s the 21st Annual Downtown Trick or Treat event this Thursday. Oct. 25th from 4 to 8 p.m. The event includes candy (of course), games, costume [...]

5 Fast but Critical things to do to get your Home Sold!

 Getting a house ready for sale is not rocket science, but there are many things you can do to improve the look of your home.  If you have watched any of the home improvement shows about selling, you probably already know these tips, but they are worth repeating.  In this blog, I will cover the [...]

Lake Front Property in Livermore!?

                                   
   Lake A                                                                Lake I
Not right away, but the Chain of Lakes is under way.  This link is about the entire 45 separate projects with a price tag of $726.7 million price tag in 2005 dollars that deals with water issues and corresponding projects in the valley.   Basically it was always known that Livermore, Pleasanton and [...]

Take a break from Real Estate

I just thought, a little video of our cat Zoe and Casey, our dog, would be a little bit more fun than talking about real estate for a change.  Take a look and enjoy, we’ll get back to reality shortly.

The Roads, they are a changin…We hope

                                          
 I wanted to give those, who are interested, a heads up on some meetings being held by ACTIA or the Alameda Couty Transportation Improvement Authority.  The first one is in Pleasanton and looks to be a round up of major highway projects coming up in the next five years for 580/680 Freeways and Highway 84.  [...]

Art Walk in Livermore

                                                 
The weather was perfect for Saturday’s Art Walk in downtown Livermore.  There were exhibits by over 150 artists, plus music in various places on First Street and a lot more.  If you missed it take a look at their web site for a wealth of information on the art scene in Livermore.
                          
Joan and [...]