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October 2007

Broker Tour, sign ordinance

By | Buyers, Sellers, Sonoma County info | One Comment

mirjamnew.jpg This mornings Realtor breakfast had an interesting subject. The sign ordinance, or better, lack of it. Sonoma County is one of the counties that don’t have a sign ordinance for Property signs, this is good, a sign ordinance means that Realtors have to get a permit for for instance every a-frame they use for their open houses. Every once in a while this pops up when people start complaining about the for sale signs and directional sign on public property. Should you sell your property, a sign on your property makes sense. When your property is outside the city limits in a rural area and is really hard to find, it is ok to put a directional sign on a strategic place. Don’t demand from your Realtor to install directional signs on every corner in the neighborhood, it’s won’t sell your property any faster and it certainly is a nuisance for other people in the neighborhood/area.

We has an interesting broker open tour. The highest priced property was on 3777 Skyfarm Drive, a brand new spec home on 1.3 acre for $ 6,900,000. It is an interesting property with to many great features to mention. Should you like to see it, please contact me.

Other properties worth mentioning:

5898 Mountain Hawk Drive – a 4 bedroom single story home on 0.29 acre in Skyhawk.

411 Stone Crest Ct – a great home on a private location and panoramic views in Lomita Heights. The back yard is your own private sanctuary. Lots of steps but worth it.

Don’t hesitate to contact me should you be interested in any of these properties.

Have a great day! – Mirjam

Grape Crush in Wine Country

By | Sonoma County info, Visit WineCountry, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winery with picnic place | No Comments

There is a reason life is good in Sonoma County. It’s harvest time and the grape crush is in progress. Prime time to go wine tasting and get a feel how the expectations are for this year’s harvest. So far I only hear good things.

Last weekend we had some friends visiting from Cupertino, which was the perfect reason to go wine tasting. One of the wineries we visited was Kenwood vineyards in Kenwood, a great winery to visit with a perfect spot for a picnic lunch. We had made arrangements for a tour of the winery and were we lucky when saw a new truckload of grapes come in. We did learn a lot about grapes and the process of crushing the grapes. It’s hard work, but the result is what counts… The wines!

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Personally I do like the Sonoma County label the best. It is different from the Yulupa label which you will find in restaurants. The Sonoma County Zinfandel of 2004 is our favorite besides the Vintage Red, a great affordable every day wine, this year totally different from last year, I did like last year a little better. 2005 promises to be an excellent year, I can hardly wait.

Kenwood is also a great place to live and currently there are some great properties for sale. One that caught my attention, it’s on Los Guilicos Ave, a great house in a remarkable peaceful setting. Should you be interested in a showing, please let me know.

It’s a good life,

Mirjam