Geri's Long Island Real Estate Blog
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2014
At long last, after months of promise, Panera Bread opened a two story restaurant in Bellmore. Located on the north side of Merrick Road, just west of Newbridge Road, the welcoming and substantial structure speaks of longevity and self assuredness. Having a separate floor option for organizati...
01/24/2014
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One of the most important things to remember when staging a home for sale, or even when designing a room for your lifestyle is to edit what you bring in. Overdoing a space is a common mistake and the one thing that takes a space from well done to clutter prone. A few well placed, in scale piece...
01/23/2014
When you make the decision to buy a home on Long Island, you need to find out what price you qualify for. Just starting to look at properties based upon what appeals to you, or what you think you can afford, can be shooting yourself in the foot. If you see a home that appears to have most of wh...
01/22/2014
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As night falls on yet another relentless snowstorm that shows no sign of abating on Long Island, I find myself sitting here, just not feeling the urge to share my wisdom with anybody. It's cold and miserable outside, with a wind chill that renders anything short of ski gloves utterly ineffective...
01/21/2014
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With another threat of brutally cold winter weather and significant snowfall here on Long Island, Roy Kelley's post couldn't be more timely. There's great information for anyone affected by the path of this storm. Stay warm and stay safe while Mother Nature once again exercises her power over m...
01/20/2014
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Some days I just wish I were younger and had miles of road ahead of me to accomplish all the things that flit around in my brain. The plan from the start was for a relatively full day today, writing up a new listing, getting in to the office to clean up a lot of left over paperwork and heading b...
01/20/2014
I popped a pod in my Keurig the other day, expecting a rich and aromatic cup of coffee. It was Green Mountain Hazelnut Decaf, a blend I've had many times before. Even before the mug touches my lip, I look forward to the warm and buttery scent of roasted hazelnuts. What I got instead was almost...
01/19/2014
One of the restaurants I visit with some regularity is a litle place in Seaford called Il Felice. With an unassuming ediface, you could easily pass it by, heading east or west on Merrick Road. The cuisine is Northern Italian, the menu varied. They offer a price fixe lunch with a number of tas...
01/19/2014
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Some people are just born with an organizing gene. They can't function if anything is out of place. Something sitting on a surface on which it doesn't belong makes them twitch. Clutter is not a word in their lexicon. They're the ones who pick up the mail, sort it over a trash bin, disposing in...
01/18/2014
A buyer recently asked me, "why would I offer more than they're asking for the house? I never pay full price for anything." In the world of real estate on Long Island, there are several ways to price listings. Sometimes an agent will purposely market a home at a price lower than market value i...
01/17/2014
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