duke park: Love It AND List It - 11/23/15 02:42 AM
 
It is with mixed emotions that I tell the world wide web that my house in Durham, NC is now for sale. The house that I have poured emotions and capital into over the last 6.5 years is the only one that I thought I would own while my wife studies at Duke University.
218 East Knox Street, Durham, NC 27701  is a house that has changed significantly over my family's time living in it. It is a small house (1260 square feet), and we are a family of four humans, one dog, and two cats, but that is not what moved … (3 comments)

duke park: Google Fiber Coming to Durham! - 03/25/14 03:45 AM

I am just returning to my real estate job here in the US after a sojourn in France while my wife was doing research, so I have missed much of the day-to-day over the last couple months (since January 9th). While I was away, I did follow the general events of Durham, and am pleased to report the our city was chosen by Google to be one of the second-set of cities chosen during their rollout of Google Fiber.
During the first round of choosing cities for the next generation broadband internet with speeds up to 1 gigabit per second … (3 comments)

duke park: Make a Resolution to Save Energy in 2014! - 01/03/14 12:31 AM
It is finally below freezing in my hamlet of Durham, North Carolina, and I am very thankful for the extra insulation that is in our attic now that keeps our furnace from running all night. Although that upgrade was one of the ones made as a result of the Neighborhood Energy Retrofit Program of 2011, I stil have weather-related improvements that I can make to my house to cause the furnace to work less hard. For instance, I need to place the putty-type caulk along all the openings in my 1950s crank windows.
I found this great website that will facilitate … (2 comments)

duke park: Duke Park home for sale 27701 - 09/04/13 04:53 AM
1810 Roxboro Road, Durham, NC 27701  

 
This stone-faced beauty was built in 1938 and sits on a double lot that is over one-half of an acre. It presides over the historic Roxboro Road at the Duke Park Beaver Dam Lodge.  Here is the MLS listing: RES – Buyer Full
 

 
It will only need a slight touch by a professional craftsman to make it shine again. Although it is now in need of interior painting, and a refinishing of the hardwood floors, that will be easy enough to remedy.  It will look magnificent!
 
 
 

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