By Dave Twombly As my loyal readers (all 3 of you) know and those new to the blog do not, we recently moved to a new unit. We moved way across town, as we like to call it, to suburban North Cambridge (the trials and tribulations of the move are chronicled in earlier posts).
By Dave Twombly It’s right there in our name, 4 Buyers. You know who we are for. We are Buyer’s Agents, representing our clients in the search for their next home. While we do work with many first time homebuyers, believe it or not, oftentimes our clients who are looking to buy a home are
By Dave Twombly What is the first criterion you consider when you are just getting started in your home search? Most likely, it’s the location or the neighborhood. You want to live in a place where you feel comfortable and that has the characteristics you desire. These considerations are specific to you and your
By Dave Twombly In Stephen King’s classic film (and one of my favorites) The Shawshank Redemption the denouement occurs when the main character, Andy Dufresne, escapes prison and a tyrant warden. He’d tunneled through the wall of his cell and then escaped by breaking open the sewer pipe. If you have seen the film,
by Dave Twombly In his poem "Mending Wall" Robert Frost’s neighbor says “good fences make good neighbors”. But what if you don’t have a fence separating “what’s yours” from “what’s theirs”? What if you live in a space where things are “ours” and you have to share your perfect little piece of the
by Dave Twombly As promised in my last post, this is being written from my new Cambridge apartment. Sitting at the kitchen table (yes, I have a table in the kitchen now!) on the top floor of a wonderfully maintained building, I want to repeat that phrase, ‘wonderfully maintained’. It still makes me giddy. Neither
By Dave Twombly Dave Twombly is moving! Here's the story: Maybe you are like us. A young(ish) family, new to parenthood, realizing that it's time to move. Your once great apartment, convenient to everything, is now too small, not aging well, or not what you deem safe for your newest roommate. Or worse, perhaps your
Hello friends and fans! Today, meet Dave Twombly. He's the newest member of the 4 Buyer's team: "Who am I? Why am I here?" That’s what Independent candidate Admiral James Stockdale asked during the Vice Presidential debate in 1992. While that line seemingly ended his political career, it seems like a good place for me