[MassHistPres] 1874 house

[Garrett Laws]

David,

What "green" factors are being pushed to be added to the MLS sheets?

Cheers,
Garrett Laws
Pres.

The Copper & Slate Company, Inc.
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street,
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:49 AM, <dgkalman4 at cs.com> wrote:

> There are efforts to modify the listing sheets on the Multiple Listing
> Service to include green feature. The progress is occurring slowly because
> most Realtors do not understand green and local real estate boards have a
> negative attitude to place green features as part of the listing/sales
> process do to perceived economic hardships for the home owner.
> David Kelman
> Keller Williams Realty
> dgkalman4 at cs.com
> 617 388 0793
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Garrett Laws <copperandslate at gmail.com>
> To: Jane Lowell <jel42 at comcast.net>
> Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 8:17 am
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] 1874 house
>
>    Jane,
>
>  This quickly turns into a zoning issue... If the zoning allows
> exponentially more square footage for a new building, then someone looking
> to make money is going to do everything in their power to get more sq ft!
>
>  - preservation restrictions?
>  - National Register listing?
>
>  Open space, lasting materials etc, etc aren't things that realtors put on
> listing sheets and listing sheets are what developers / flippers use to see
> where they can make money next!
>
> Garrett Laws, Pres.
>
> The Copper & Slate Company, Inc.
> Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
> 238B Calvary Street,
> Waltham, MA 02453
> (781) 893-1916
>
> Work we do:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/copperandslate
>
> Where we've worked over the years:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=206210316541901083869.00049065ef8543e1ef9c3&ll=42.40115,-71.126862&spn=0.125241,0.289421&t=h&z=12
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Jane Lowell <jel42 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>  The Mendon HC has received a demolition application for a 1874
>> Italianate house.  The building inspector and the chairman of our HC, Wayne
>> Wagner, inspected the building and found that the cross beams and posts in
>> the cellar were rotted.  We will give the builder the studies on the
>> economics or restoration vs. demolition but would appreciate any other
>> information people have.****
>>
>>
>> Jane Lowell****
>>
>> Mendon Historical Commission****
>>
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