Greater Madison WI Real Estate Blog

Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson from Madison Wisconsin as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his work. Click here to find a sampling of Earth Day events open to the publ...

REMODELING COST ESTIMATESMy good friend and certified home inspector in Dane County and Fitchburg Wisconsin,  Harry Andruss , sent me these Contruction and Remodeling Cost Estimates Guide.  Even though we are friends, he would never favor me or be anything but fair, thorough and professional with...

 /  Dane County Wisconsin Farmer's Market-5th Best in the US-Opens Saturday According to USA Today's 10 Best polls, the Dane County Farmer's Market is the 5th best Farmer's Market in the country.  Madisonians love it and it is so crowded, you have to walk in only 1 direction (counterclockwise) ar...

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure one leads to the sea.   With a bit of an apology to John Muir from his wise words: "Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt."Sand is dirt, right? I have spent a good deal of my life in New England and visited the ocean many ...

  HOT! HOT! HOT!  In Madison Wisconsin Market                                                                                                                                                                         Despite the cool spring weather we are experienceing in South Central Wisconsin, th...

Before the Ah Hah!: "Oh No!  I could never buy this house!  I  would have to replace the tile in the kitchen, remove those  horrible fake beams, paint all the bedrooms and landscape the heck out of it!THE Ah Ha! Moment:   "Oh wow!  This is home!  All I have to do is just replace the tile in the k...

 The Crestwood sign designed by Eric Rattan welcomes you to  Crestwood, also known as the Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Association (WHCA), the oldest cooperative neighborhood association  in the United States. The community was designed based on the Sandinavian land use model by John Bordner, a ...

This is Dan. Dan is happy. Very happy.  He loves his new house.It is in a great location, in Sun Prairie, just minutes from his apartment and from his workplace. It looks like a model home with lovely finishes.  The builder had to install a diswasher per the contract and Dan was delighted to see ...

                                                                                                                                                                               Did you make May baskets in elementary school? I had a great art teacher at Allen Road School in North Syracuse NYand she ...

      The essence of elegance! This meticulous Sauk Creek custom 4 bedroom Colonial features  9-foot ceilings, crown molding and stunning herringbone wood floors in living and dining rooms.  No telling what you’ll cook up in this chef's kitchen with cathedral ceiling, granite countertops,  SubZer...