Selling property in a tough market calls for thorough planning.
By Karla Araujo
While the real estate market may be sluggish generally, investments in energy efficiency can have excellent rates of return, at least for those planning to stay in their homes for a few years.
By Jim Miller
If you ask any farmer or gardener on Martha’s Vineyard, they’ll tell you that manure is one of our most precious resources.
By Mollie Doyle
Preparing your yard and gardens for winter can take a fair amount of work and organization each year.
By Geoff Currier
Jim Ferraro’s “top ten” list for his Vineyard Haven estate offers a glimpse inside one of the Island’s more expansive and elaborate properties.
By Karla Araujo
Talking with new talent in the field of interior design.
By Kate Feiffer
Practical considerations on getting from driveway to door, from a landscape professional.
By Kristen Reimann
Whether you call it caretaking or property management, it’s big business on the Vineyard, where many houses are used seasonally, part-time, or as rental investments.
By Karla Araujo
With its long family history, this distinctive blue-shuttered house on a quiet corner in Edgartown presented new owners with a restoration quandary.
By Shelley Christiansen
You can enliven the landscape and help cultivate the Island’s rich ecological diversity by planting wildflowers.
By Matt Pelikan
Short sales, foreclosures, REOs. For tough economic times, the real estate industry nationwide has developed a jargon all its own. And while there hasn’t been a lot of press about distressed properties on the Island, they do exist and may provide opportunities for patient, discerning buyers. Here’s a closer look at the ins and outs of “unconventional” houses for sale.
By Karla Araujo
At many in-town homes, the area between the street and the house can be too small a patch to mow but too big to ignore.
By Susan Catling