Fashion advice on a real estate blog? Sure... why not?
Some may see this as fashion, but I see it as practicality and comfort. To be honest, it doesn't matter to me whether you show up for the home search in a three-piece suit, a leather mini-skirt, plaids clashing with polka dots, or sweatpants. I just want you to be comfortable and happy for your househunting expedition.
When heading out to go see homes, you'll likely notice that many sellers prefer that you take off your shoes. This is especially true when the carpets have just been cleaned and/or new carpets installed. After all, what potential buyer/new owner wants to mess up their own future home with dirt from the outside. Many homeowners selling their homes post signs admonishing potential buyers to "Please Remove Your Shoes!"
I learned this lesson a long, long time ago and generally wear my slip-on shoes as to avoid the repeated tying and untying of shoelaces during a lengthy home search. However, some of my clients are not as well-informed about this minutiae of the home search process.
Until today, I had never thought to warn my clients and present them with a dress code. However, I felt very sorry for one of my clients who had to remove her shoes at the 8 homes we visited today and walk around with bare feet on cold marble, tile, and wood floors!
ATTENTION HOMEBUYERS: PLEASE WEAR SOCKS WHILE HOUSEHUNTING!
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The Mills At Rose Valley Townhomes are spacious single looking homes that are tastefully constructed clusters of townhomes nestled back off of Brookhaven Road in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. The approximately 78 units were built between 1998 and 2001. They are built on roads with names that conjure up textile mills and other manufacturing faculties: Sackville Lane, Hillsboro Mills Lane, Kincaid Mills Lane, Columbia Mills Court, Rockbourne Mills and Dundee Mills Lane. A tributary to Ridley Creek runs near the properties giving a tranquil setting to those who walk these quiet streets as a way to enjoy the outdoors. Upon entering The Mills At Rose Valley there is a feeling of entering the quiet woods yet the location is just minutes from shopping areas, public transportation and schools.
Enjoy maintenance free townhome living in this community. The Association Fee greatly reduces the work one may normally have with such a spacious single family home. It is a place to live without much outside work for part of the association fee covers the maintenance of the Common Areas and lawns, as well as snow and leaf removal.
So you want to own real estate but you do not want to have to deal with all the yard work and outside maintenance that home ownership entails. Well take a look aHilltop Summit Condominiums and Townhouses in Brookhaven, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. For a monthly fee you can enjoy home ownership and not have to shovel your driveway or rake leaves in the fall. Just enjoy the trees for their beauty and be thankful for the ground keepers who shovel the driveway after a winter storm.
Hilltop Summit is actually two communities and both are located a short distance off of Route 352 Edgmont Avenue in Brookhaven, Delaware County. Hilltop Condominiumsis the first area you encounter as you drive back off of Edgmont Ave and The Summit is in the back. You can't miss the separation of the two areas as there is a sign marking The Summit and one of Brookhaven's athletic fields is off to the one side. Both of these communities are conveniently located near major highways, shopping centers and public transportation and are roughly 30 minutes south of downtown Philadelphia. 
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Situated along Ridley Creek in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, Traditions at Ridley Creek is the place for people 55 plus in years who want to enjoy living in a community where the responsibility of home ownership not longer includes outside maintenance. Let someone else take care of the snow shoveling and raking of leaves. Free up your time to do activities in the area such as walking in Ridley Park, shopping in Media or at 
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Traditions at Ridley Creek is located in Brookhaven, Delaware County which is conveniently located for access to public transportation 
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Glen Providence Park is tucked away just a few blocks beyond the end of the trolley line offering a place for a stroll down a hill and around a pond. In addition to the trolley there are buses that go through town, and there are major highways like I-95 and the Blue Route 476 that are just minutes away.
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Hilltop and Hilltop Summit had 57 Total sold units in 2009.