Karen, good advice.  Not something I have to worry about now but I have the memories.   The last house we bought in Colorado faced north, we didn't even think about it until our first winter.  It is a good thing we sold in the spring because if someone drove over our driveway after a snow it immediatly turned to ice.

Karen- Yep, you wouldn't want one of those slip and fall cases! Great advice for sellers! Katerina

Karen - What amazes me is getting the okay to show a property and getting to the property and the driveway is nowhere to be found.

Here in the Atlanta area, we have one thing in common....   when the weatherman says 'snow' ... everyone rushes to the store to buy bread and milk...  We don't get much here tho.

PS - love the pic of your bird house and abouslutly love your sig line....  DO Diligence.

Marchel - thanks for commenting.  Was the Colorado winter the reason you put your home on the market in the spring?  ha ha...  I guess some parts of Colorado (Colorado Springs?) are fairly mild, while others are snowy all winter long.  Or am I wrong?

Katerina - last week I nearly fell off someone's deck trying to get to the front door.  A huge pile of snow had slipped off the roof and completely covered the walkway - I actually was standing on the slippery snow pile with the deck railing at knee height, and it was a LONG way down to the ground.  I was a little nervous! 

Jennifer - yep, had that happen here.  Not only that but I was forced to park on a very narrow public road, fearing that I was going to be hit by the next car coming our way.  Stepping into a deep drainage ditch while hunting for the driveway is a potential hazard when looking for the driveway.  When I was a kid, that was fun.  Now, it's NOT fun, especially when your buyers are at risk of getting hurt.

Nancy - my brother, who lives in Seattle, said the whole city shuts down when there's an inch or more of snow as they don't know what to do.  But they do run to get the bread and milk!  French toast is a great comfort food when you're "snowed in."  Ha!

Thanks for the compliment - I hatched that tag line from someone's typo at my old office.  At first I was annoyed that the person couldn't spell "due diligence" but then I thought - "Hey, I can USE that!"  LOL

THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMMENTING!  Feel free to pass this on to people you know with homes for sale in Snow Country!  :) 

PS - the birdhouse came from my favorite spot for free photos - MorgueFile.  I emailed the photographer and told her I used it here.  I cropped it a little to make it fit better on the page.

MorgueFile Great site!  Thanks!

Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction...

Hey, that's my line. LOL 

Karen, we were in the Denver area which is also mild.  Unless you buy a house that faces north; then you might have ice patches until spring (lol).

I would like to offer my services to the friendly faces throughout Pa here on Active-Rain.  My name is Jason Sardi and my expertise is in shoveling sidewalks & driveways at reasonable fees and perhaps a warm cup of cocoa with those tiny little marshmellows in it. 

Seriously though, good tips Karen.  I have a love/quasi-hate relationship with Pa winters and there are a lot of things to take into consideration to make sure your property is somewhat insulated from this winter wonderland.

Karen,

You certainly get most of what misses us here in Philly.  I remember 4 years of leaving nice dry roads and hitting the snow and ice once I passed through the Lehigh Tunnel...heading to Scranton for my daughter's basketball games....times that were great, yet I am happy to have over.

Karen- I don't get ""they call for snow" and everyone rushes to the store to buy bread and milk..." Getting snowed in? Here, when a hurricane is predicted, batteries and bottled water fly off the shelves. Yep, 80 today, Have plenty of bread and milk. Can I borrow a cup of sugar? Stay warm.

I agree with the snow issues, it is absolutely critical, its not just for the birds, wise advice here, people should listen. Lance

Okay....need to spank Jason. lol! A little cup of cocoa with the little marshmallows in it..haha. Speaking of which...that sounds pretty cool in the cold!

Missy - I think that line could be shared by the entire northern United States! ha!  Thanks for stopping by!

Marchel - I would not like that!  I said on someone else's blog that I need to live on the equator to be happy.  

Jason - I have lots of cocoa and marshmallows (is there any other way to drink cocoa?)  I'll hand out your name to the sellers I know.  *grin* 

Dan- I am always amazed at the difference in climate that is less than three hours away!  We have friends in Lancaster - we left here one morning in Spring, no leaves on the trees, grass still brown and dead from last year, and in Amish Country, everything was green and and buds were growing!  Amazing!  Thanks for stopping by!

Mark - I don't understand the intense need for bread and milk, but I can verify it (my first "real" job was in a supermarket).  Snowstorm a comin?  Expect the milk, bread, and often eggs to be wiped out.  The crazy thing is, we occasionally have a power outage, but I only remember being snowed in for more than a day ONE time, in 1988.  They called it the "Storm of the Century."  It was SO exciting, I used the camcorder to record the snow.  While it was cool and exciting then, there is nothing more boring than watching it snow on VHS, for 40 mintutes  Except I got a shot of my dad walking into the clothes line when he went out to take care of the dogs, so that was funny.  LOL 

Lance - thank you for commenting. It can be really serious if someone, especially an older person, slips and pulls a back muscle or breaks a bone. 

Sally - thanks for the comment...hot cocoa, hot tea, hot coffee, and an electric blanket are the only things that get me through the winter.  I wanna live where YOU live! tee hee!

Karen,

Can I trade you a few extra 60 degree days for a few inches of snow?  We haven't had a good snow here in about 3 years! 

LoL here is a snow tip for you, have Karen sell your place and move to North Carolina. Hope you will have a fantastic year Karen!