House Love

Does everyone have a love affair with her home? I do and I enjoy being part of the process that brings that feeling to others. I'm talking about the feeling you get when you live in a place where you are happy just to be there and to share it with others. Your home is meant to be your retreat and haven, after all.

When someone is delighted with a house, it shows. You can never tell what will capture the imagination - a garden, some small detail like a French door, the clasp on a window, a little nook with a window seat, a stone floor - who knows? For every person it is different. Some people go crazy for outbuildings. When people see that special place or detail, they light up at the sight of it. There is a real connection between person and place. It can be a very soulful experience and I love being involved with that.

You work, you pour through listings, you do comps, you drive around, you make appointments, you look and look and look at houses. And then something magical happens. One of my clients summed up the combination of hard work and practical magic, and shared this with me - You have a dream in which your ancestor appears, and you receive a sign in the form of a cloud, and your horse stamps his foot three times, inexplicably; and there you have it - your new home!

Yeah, it's like that.