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Grab your sweetheart and stop by one of our Open Houses this Sunday!

 5 Stonehedge Drive, Bennington:  This elegant home is a rare find as featured in Taste of Home magazine.  Offering every convenience and comfort, you will be charmed by the large, bright kitchen, formal dining room, living room with gas fireplace, main level master bedroom and more!  Click here for more information.

Directions:  In Bennington from South Street/Route 7 South, turn west onto Elm Street then turn left onto Jefferson Avenue.  Continue up the hill where Jefferson becomes Stonehedge Drive.  Look for Open House sign on the right.

13 Greenview Drive, Bennington:  This great family home is located on a dead end street and features 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, spacious living room with brick hearth and woodstove, large back deck and more!  Click here for more information.

Directions:  From South Street/Route 7 South in Bennington turn west onto Weeks Street then turn onto Jefferson Heights.  Take a left onto Greenview Drive and look for Open House sign.

They say change is hard.  There is no greater change in real estate than the relocation process of uprooting someone from family, friends, school mates and connections in their current church, community and way of life.

When I started working with transferees back in the late 1960’s, it was quite different from how it is now.  The process was alot more complicated without virtual tours, http://www.realtor.com/, and the speed of email communication and faxes.  Ninety-nine percent of the time it was the husband that was transferring and the family followed.  I met my first “house husband” in the 1980’s when he transferred with his engineer wife and it was he that did the housework and took care of the children.  When they sold, I remember feeling odd when I would tell him how nice the house looked after a showing.  But he was proud!!  Soon after trends changed and the multitude of transferees were both working parents and the new challenge was finding a position for the other spouse in their field.

Today, transferees begin the process from across the country through www.realtor.com and individual Realtor websites.  They use the power of the internet to investigate local schools, churches and community amenities.  By the time we meet these buyers in person they are already quite knowledgeable about the Bennington area and southern Vermont.

What hasn’t changed is our understanding of how difficult it is to be uprooted.  We take great care to understand the needs of the whole family (including pets) when we start our relationship.  The house they choose is actually the last part of the process.  First we want to say “Welcome to Bennington! What is it that we need to help you find here – is it a sports or academic program that your child excels in, or is it a doctor with a specialty in a particular field? What kind of shopping needs do you have – do you need a list of attorneys, physicians, builders?”, and so on.  It takes a while to settle in, but nothing gives me more joy than meeting a member of this family a year later and to hear them say “I LOVE IT HERE!”

In a stunning location in one of the most beautiful parts of Vermont nestles a property that literally takes your breath away.  On 59.6 acres with beautiful views, this home retains many of its original historic features while offering the convenience of new custom kitchen and baths.  The living room retains its original Dutch oven fireplace with marble hearth, soapstone firebox and original mantle.  The garden room perfect for entertaining, includes a stone fireplace with copper chimney hood and indoor grill, butler’s sink with cherry cabinetry, a wall of windows looking onto westerly views and radiant heat under a slate floor.  The garden room opens onto the magnificent indoor pool room with exposed beamed, cathedral ceiling and fireplace is heated for year round enjoyment. 

In addition to the main house, there is the original 2-story barn with children’s bathroom and exposed beams, ready to be converted to a guest house.  Additional outbuildings include a pole barn used as a 3-bay garage that is connected to the original 2-bay garage which is now used as a workshop. 

View further information and take advantage of the dramatic Virtual Tour:

Click here for more details.

And don’t leave without looking at other available properties in the area!