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Early Spring 2025 Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Buyer's Guide
The Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Buyer's Guide appeared in mailboxes in the greater Central NH, Mt. Washington Valley and North Country during the week of March 10, 2025. This eight page full color guide shares market information, properties for sale and more.
If you are a business interested in advertising in the guide, reach out to Chrissy Smith at 603-444-0951 or by email at ChrissyS@BadgerPeabodySmith.com for rates and more information.
To view the Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Buyer's Guide in digital format,
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Room-by-Room Guide to Effective Home Staging
As you get ready to sell your home, smart staging can boost its attractiveness to possible buyers and increase your property's value in the market. Our skilled real estate agents at Badger Peabody & Smith Realty know how much a well-presented home matters. We're here to help you show off your property's best features in the busy New Hampshire real estate scene.
- Living Room Essentials
The living room influences the mood of your whole house and makes that key first impression on would-be buyers. Take out personal photos and extra furniture to make an open, inviting area that lets buyers picture their own way of life. Arrange furniture to create clear paths and showcase architectural elements like fireplaces or big windows. Pick neutral decorations that add coziness without dominating the room, and think about adding subtle splashes of color through cushions or art that match your home's overall look.
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Best Breakfast Spots to Celebrate Your New Home in Cumberland County, ME
As you start life in your new home in Maine, start your day with a tasty breakfast. Our real estate agents fuel up at these wonderful restaurants and cafes you'll find right down the street from your beautiful home.
- The Cann Family Bakery & Specialty Foods - 320 Portland Road, Bridgton, ME 04009
Breakfast at the Caan Family Bakery & Specialty Foods is like dining in your own home, minus the actual cooking and clean-up. After a few years road-tripping around the country, owners Chris and Mariah Cann settled down to start their own family. Mariah puts her bakery experience to good use in turning out mouthwatering cinnamon rolls, bagels, muffins, and doughnuts, while Chris holds down the savory side of the menu, including a variety of hearty breakfast sandwiches served all day. Hours are 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Makes Annual Donation to AHEAD
Littleton, NH— Badger Peabody & Smith Realty, as part of its community outreach initiatives, has once again provided a donation to AHEAD (Affordable Housing Education and Development) in a unique way through the generosity of the buyers and sellers they work with, as well as the firm itself.
Throughout the year, the buyers and sellers of properties in New Hampshire working with Badger Peabody & Smith Realty
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Thoughts on Downsizing
When I was in college, and for some time afterward, I did a lot of house and pet sitting. I loved it; I can remember describing it as being paid to go on vacation. For weeks at a time, I would stay in these homes that had so many more comforts and amenities than my own: cable or satellite television, washers and dryers that weren't in creepy basements, dishwashers, and huge showers with stone floors and built-in steam settings. Some houses only had a few of these luxuries, but a couple houses I watched had them all.
One house in particular was especially fancy, in my opinion. It had a beautifully manicured lawn, with a century-old apple orchard on site. When the owner first gave me a tour prior to me staying there, we spent about two hours going from room to room as I learned the history of the property and the house. The home had been in her fa...