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Former Bed & Breakfast/Historic Home And Two Additional Lots In Orange, Va ABSOLUTE REAL ESTATE AUCTION

Friday, October 9, 2015 at 10:00am

Greenock Bed & Breakfast has closed its doors, and the owners have contracted us to market and sell this beautiful property to the highest bidder at public auction. Whether you envision this real estate as a glorious primary residence, bed & breakfast, business location or all of the above, opportunity awaits at the PRICE YOU BID!!

Bed & Breakfast/Bakery

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Only $100,000 Suggested Starting Bid!

Only $25,000 Suggested Starting Bid!

Only $2,500 Suggested Starting Bid!

• 6 BR/5.5 BA 6,000 +/- sf. historic home/former B&B/bakery/restaurant on 4.461 +/- acres in the Town of Orange, VA. • The main house, with an upgraded commercial kitchen, has been used as a bed & breakfast with an operating restaurant. • Public water and sewer; heat pump w/zoned system upstairs and downstairs w/some window AC units on upper level; propane fired hot water boilers for hot water heat for backup heat source; 5 fireplaces; cellar/half basement used for storage and boiler room • Tax Maps: 044A4002200030 & 044A4002200040; Deed Book/Page: 44A BK 22-3&4 Shackleford PC-I/122 010001932; Zoned: TAC (Town Activity Center per Town of Orange Zoning Map); main home built in 1895 and renovated in 1980; wood siding

• 2 BR/2.5 BA vinyl sided home on .18 +/- acres in Town of Orange (2,003 +/- sf of living area/ 1,247 +/- sf walk-out basement) • Kitchen; dining room; living room • 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms are located on the upper level; main level has open living area w/enclosed front porch and storage room; rear deck • Public water and sewer; heat pump for AC & heat; fireplace • Asphalt driveway and parking • Tax Map: 044A4002200060; Deed Book/Page: 44A BK 22-6 Shackleford PC-I/122 010001932; Zoned: TAC (Town Activity Center per Town of Orange Zoning Map); home built in 1930

• .35 +/- acre building lot in downtown Orange, VA (lot is located between 293 & 301 Caroline Street, Orange, VA) • Public water and sewer • Tax Map: 044A4002200030; Deed Book/Page: 44-23 Wiltshire PC-I/122 010001932; Zoned: C-2 per Town of Orange property card

687 Adial Road What is on your wish list? Water, views, acreage, proximity to Charlottesville? Look no further! Own 56 scenic acres with around 2,000 feet of Rockfish River frontage, phenomenal mountain views, plenty of open pasture for horses/livestock, and a classic farmhouse with barns. Multiple division rights and river and mountain view building sites. 30 minutes to Charlottesville and 5 minutes to Nellysford shops and Wintergreen Resort activities. A-1 zoning offers opportuntities such as farm, winery, brewery, etc.

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Please contact Tony Wilson at 540-748-1359 with all inquiries

STONELEDGE - GREENE COUNTY

$549,900

7081 Secretarys Sand Road Nicely

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remodeled 3 BR, 2 BA ranch-style home near Scottsville with partially finished, walkout basement. Lovely kitchen cabinets, stainless appliances and beautiful hardwood floors. Enjoy county living on this 2-acre lot, with mature fruit trees, and an easy commute to Charlottesville. $139,900

STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS

1059 Bryant Mountain Road Few homes possess the welcoming warmth and sophistication found in this 3 BR, 3.5 BA home. Upon entry, sightlines offer an uninterrupted prospect across the Blue Ridge. Heated tumbled agate and reclaimed wood flooring, a selection of custom fixtures including a deepbasin, hammered-copper kitchen sink, and a professionally designed and installed fountain garden are a small sample of the qualities of this fine home. Very near Wintergreen, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the best of Nelson County’s burgeoning agri-tourism businesses. $849,000

Rambling stone walls and terraced gardens surround this Tuscan style home perched in the Blue Ridge and built for entertaining. 4BR, gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances, 2 car detached garage and art studio on 27 acres, which includes an additional building site with incredible views. Can be purchased with less acreage. $1,135,000

BETH POWELL

434.960.9433 | bpowell@frankhardy.com

JOHN POWELL

434.284.1232 | john.powell@sothebysrealty.com

(800) 361-5155 • (434) 361-2440 www.MountainAreaRealty.com 2788 Rockfish Valley Highway • Nellysford, VA 22958

417 Park St • Charlottesville Va Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated

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First Bridge Farm

Located in Western Albemarle, this privately situated 20+ acre farm features dramatic year round views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and over 1,100 linear feet of frontage along the trout-stocked Moormanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s River. The property enjoys 3 board fenced pastures with a 2 stall barn below the main house. Residence has over 2,500 finished square feet of living space along with room for expansion in the 2,000 square foot walkout basement. This finely crafted home has been meticulously updated. The home is filled with natural light and a multitude of windows to appreciate the views and serene setting. Features include hardwood flooring, 9 foot and vaulted ceilings, main floor master bedroom with private bath, open kitchen with butcher block counters and lovely covered porch accessible from dining area, great room and master bedroom.

1100 Dryden Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Steve White

(434) 242-8355 Mobile (434) 951-5112 Office info@stevewhiterealtor.com www.stevewhiterealtor.com

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Explore Proffit Ridge, located in beautiful Albemarle County, with exquisite 2-7 acre homesites ready to build your new custom home. Enjoy convenient in-town location and stunning mountain views in this new home development community.

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1250 CLOVER RIDGE PLACE

Hosting Agent: Gerri Russell

WONDERFUL LIKE NEW HOME. Immaculate and move in ready. Many upgrades when built. Enjoy COURT the open104 floor DORSET plan, which includes a first floor office. DORSET COURT Time: 2-4 Upstairs104 features a large finished bonus room. The unfinished basement more opportunity Time: 2-4 Hostingoffers Agent: Jan Shiflettto expand the livingHosting space. There’s an Jan irrigation system for the Agent: Shiflett SUPER CLEAN ONE LEVEL RANCH w/ lawn. $379,500. www.GerriRussell.com 531-9581. SUPER CLEAN ONE LEVEL RANCH w/ (537262) brick front & vinyl siding at the end of a cul-de-

brick fronta From & siding of a darling cul-desac, plus fullvinyl walkout Directions: Cville, 64 basement! Eat to the exit end 136,This follow Rt. 15 sac, plus a Spring fullwas walkout basement! This darling starter home just painted inside &around features N, left into Creek, Take second exit the circle, make a was right just onto Timber Ridge Court. starter homefloors. painted inside &overlooks features hardwood Extra-large deck hardwood floors. backyard. Extra-largeLots deck overlooks private, spacious of upgrades, private, backyard. Lots in of the upgrades, new roof,spacious many others. Located Baker new roof, many others. in the Baker Butler/Sutherland schoolLocated districts! $159,000. Butler/Sutherland school districts! $159,000. Jan Shiflett, 242-6057. (514345) Jan Shiflett, 242-6057. (514345) Directions: 29N to Camelot, left on BarnesDirections: to Camelot, lefttoon dale, left on29N Dorset all the way theBarnesend of dale, left on Dorset all the way to the end of the street. the street.

Time: 1-4 pm

1029 TILMAN ROAD

Time: 1-3 pm

Hosting Agent: Nick Ward

1015 BEDFORD HILLS DRIVE

RELAX ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL large covered front 1015andBEDFORD HILLS DRIVE 1-4and wildlife. porch watch theTime: fall colors Well-built home on Hosting 2.24 acs with 4-5BR/4.5BA, hardwood floors, Time: 1-4 Agent: Jim McVay 9’ ceilings, formal living and dining, great room with gas Hosting Agent: FP, open kitchen with bfast COMFORT. barJim and McVay nook with bay winUNIQUENESS AND Enjoy dows, full finished walk-out basement, 2 car garage. UNIQUENESS AND COMFORT. Enjoy beautiful brick fireplaces, high ceilings andQuick occupancy possible. $625,000. Steve White, 242-8355. beautiful fireplaces, highfloor ceilings andsuite abundant natural light. First master (533966) brick

abundant natural First floor master has adjoining pool and patio. CotDirections: 250 office. Westlight. toGreat right on Owensville Rd suite go 1.8 has adjoining office. Great poolunder and patio. Cotmiles on Tilman Road go in-law just 1.5 and tage isleft wonderful guest or suite ormiles artist/ shared drive to house on the left. tage is studio. wonderful guestfor or play in-law suite or artist/ writer 2+ acres and gardening writer studio. 2+ acres forJim@JimMcVay.com play and gardening in Earlysville. $480,000. in Earlysville. $480,000. 434-962-3420. (513693) Jim@JimMcVay.com 434-962-3420. (513693) Directions: From Hydraulic and Rio take Directions: From and Rio Earlysville Rd northHydraulic over the reservoir to atake left Earlysville RdHills northDrive. over the reservoir to aleft. left onto Bedford 1015 is on your onto Bedford Hills Drive. 1015 is on your left.

Hollymead Town Center. spacious, movein condition home featuresThis anUS250W open floor plan Directions: From Charlottesville: bear RT in condition features an open floorroom plan with gourmet eat-in kitchen, onto VA 240 tohome LFT into Highlands onfamily Highlands Dr. (SR 1240) to 1st RT onfloor Mechums Riverfamily Rd. to 1st RT with gourmet eat-in kitchen, room fireplace, first bedroom with office, on Clover Ridge Pl. toand cul-de-sac. with fireplace, first floorhardwood bedroomflooring with office, extensive ceramic and extensive ceramic and hardwood and new carpet. A must see property!flooring $429,900. new carpet. A must see property! $429,900. http://www.940stanley.com/ Mike Peters 951http://www.940stanley.com/ Mike Peters 9515119/981-3995. (512926) 5119/981-3995. (512926) Directions: From town Rio Rd. west to Rt. 743 Directions: Riotowards Rd. westEarlysville. to Rt. 743 (Hydraulic From Road)town north (Hydraulic Road)Dr, north towards Earlysville. Right on Stanley second drive on the left. Right on Stanley Dr, second drive on the left.

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Villas from the upper $600’s Elevator Townes from the upper $400’s SU SU N N

Decorated Model Now Open!

Hosting Agent: Mike Peters

THE HIGHLANDS - CROZET/ Western Albemarle County! 3-4BR attached home with 1st floor master 940painted STANLEY DRIVE suite! Newly - new carpeting - new laminate STANLEY DRIVE Time:&1-4 flooring.940 Light-filled rooms open, flexible use living spaces. Cul-de-sac privatePeters 2-car driveway, Time: -1-4 Hosting location Agent: Mike level & fenced rear Agent: yard with large Peters patio. $234,000. Hosting Mike FABULOUS 5BR COLONIAL located near Dan Conquest 434-242-8573 dconquest@roywheeler. FABULOUS 5BRCenter. COLONIAL locatedmovenear com (534321)Town Hollymead This spacious,

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BRAND NEW HOME, move-in ready in Fluvanna’s active community of the Villages at Nahor. 520adult STAGECOACH ROAD Home520 features main level living, over 2600 sq. ft., fireSTAGECOACH ROAD Time: 1-4 place, study, 3 spacious bedrooms, 2.5 baths, sunroom Time: 1-4 Hosting Agent: Kay Sands and garage. $272,566. susanstewart76@gmail.com Hosting Agent: Kay SandsOne floor Susan Stewart 434-242-3550.(526891) ADORABLE 1950s COTTAGE.

ADORABLE 1950s COTTAGE. One floor

living on aFrom half-acre that has been lovingly Directions: Charlottesville take 20 South totaken left living on a3 half-acre thatPalmyra, has been lovingly care of. bedrooms, spacious well-equipped on 53 heading East towards turn left intotaken subcare of.(right 3 bedrooms, spacious well-equipped kitchen, lg. livingFood room w/wood burning fire division before Lion and Lake Monticello), kitchen, lg.roundabout, livingfloors, room w/wood burning fire place, hardwood great room w/outside bear right at home on right. place, hardwood great terrace room w/outside entrance leading floors, to a sunny & yard, entrance a sunny terrace & yard, attractive leading spacioustoshed w/electricity. Minutes attractive spacious $229,500. shed w/electricity. Minutes from Downtown. Kay Sands, 825from 6129. Downtown. (509047) $229,500. Kay Sands, 8256129. (509047)5th Street Ext., cross over Directions: Directions: Streetleft, Ext., Interstate 64,5th take third travelcross aboutover 1/4 Interstate takethethird left, travel about 1/4 mile, house64, is on right. mile, house is on the right.

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2226 BANBURY 2226 BANBURY STREET STREET Time: 1-4 • Hosting Agent:

Time: Julie 1-4 •Holbrook Hosting Agent: Julie Holbrook

E S T A B L I S H E D E S T A B L I and S convenient H E D NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD to downtown and and Rt convenient 29. Well to downtown Rt hardwood 29. Well maintained homeand features maintained home porch, featuresmain hardwood floors, screened level floors, main level laundry,screened 1 full andporch, 1 half bath on main laundry, 1 full and 1basement half bath on main level. Full finished includes level. Fulland finished basement includes kitchen laundry, 1-2 bedroom kitchen and laundry, 1-2 bedroom with outside access. $223,100. Julie with outside access. $223,100. Julie Holbrook, 434-989-4415. (512616) Holbrook, 434-989-4415. (512616) Directions: From 29N, East on Directions: 29N, Left East onto on Rio, Right onFrom Greenbrier, Rio, Right thru on Greenbrier, Banbury, stop sign, Left homeonto on Banbury, thru OPEN stop sign, on the left. ALSO 10/23home FROM the left. PRIOR ALSO OPEN 10/23 FROM 2-3PM TO AUCTION. 2-3PM PRIOR TO AUCTION.

37 WEXFORD RIDGE 37 WEXFORD RIDGE ROAD ROAD Time: 2-4 • Matthew Wood-

Time: 2-4 • Matthew Woodson son

READY TO MOVE IN! This READY MOVE model IN! This upgraded TO “Berkshire” has upgraded has hardwood “Berkshire” floors, granitemodel counters, hardwood floors, granite counters, gas fireplace, built-in cabinets, 9’ gas fireplace, built-in 9’ ceilings, stainless steel cabinets, appliances, ceilings, stainless appliances, 4 bedrooms and steel 2.5 baths - the 4listbedrooms - the goes on and and 2.5 on.baths $379,900. list goes on and on. $379,900. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (501463) 960-5187. (501463) Directions: From 29N, East on Directions: 29N, EastLeft on Rio, Right From on Greenbrier, Rio, on Greenbrier, Left onto Right Banbury, thru stop sign, onto Banbury, home on the left. thru stop sign, home on the left.

21708 JAMES 21708 JAMES MADISON HWY. MADISON HWY. Time: 1-4 • Hosting Agent:

Time: Susan 1-4 • Hosting StewartAgent: Susan Stewart

DESIGN/BUILD YOUR OWN DESIGN/BUILD YOUR HOME for as little as $1000 OWN down, HOME for as little $1000 down, no construction loanasnecessary! I&J no construction loan this necessary! invites you to tour ParadeI&J of invites to tour this plan, Paradewith of Homes you Award winning Homes Award winning plan, with large windows, open spaces, high large windows, open spaces, high ceilings, elegant fixtures & finishes. ceilings, elegant finishes. Every detail hasfixtures been & considered! Every detailplans hasarebeen considered! Many floor available or I&J Many flooryou plans are available I&J can help design your veryor own can you design very 434own plan!help $369,000. Susanyour Stewart plan! $369,000. Susan Stewart 434242-3550. (505508) 242-3550. (505508) Directions: FFrom Zion Crossroads – Rt. Directions: FFrom Crossroads – Rt. 15 South. Cross Rt. Zion 250 and do immediate 15 South. Cross Rt. 250 do immediate U turn into parking lot.and Look for sign. U turn into parking lot. Look for sign.

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$249,000

NEW LISTING

Bev Nash

434-981-5560

• 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 1990 Colonial home • 15+/- beautifully wooded acres in Greene Co • Well-proportioned rooms, 2 upper level master suites • Real fireplace in the Great room, basement • Hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, wrap around porch

$282,500

$369,500

REDUCED!

Ruth Guss

434-960-0414

Roger Voisinet

• 3 bedroom, 3 full bath, 2,200+ finished sq. ft. • New wood floors, new air conditioning unit, new gas range • Partially finished basement with in-law suite potential • 2 kitchens, 2 driveways, many recent improvements • Needs updating, but has great bones & a great location!

• Highly sought after Belmont • Walk to downtown • 4BR, 3.5BA with Basement

434-981-1076

$379,900

$298,500

Roger Voisinet

434-981-1076

• Pavilions at Pantops - one of the largest floor plans • 3 level, 2391 fin.sq. feet AND a garage • Large master suite, add’l family room • Huge lower level w/ full BA & BR. • Kitchen incl maple cabinets, stainless appl, recessed lighting, & island • Wall of windows w/mountain views in the living room • Garden in the backyard

$530,000

Pat Burns

Candice van der Linde

434-981-8730

• Updated & renovated inside and out! • 4 BR / 3.5 BA w/ magnificent mountain views • Fully fin. basement - ent. room, BR & full BA • Kitchen has sun filled wall of windows & leads to the deck • Close to the new Wegmans, Schools, Downtown & 64

434-465-4444

Kim Lilley

• 5 minutes from Zions XRoads • Luxurious finishes • Huge kitchen and family room • Open floor plan • Huge finished basement!

Rachel Burns-Reynolds

434-760-4778

• Stunning 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home • Gourmet kitchen with granite, gas range and ss appliances • Master suite with large closet and separate shower and soaking tub • Great location near downtown and hospital • Corner lot • In-law suite potential

$184,000

$419,000

• Large ranch on 7+ peaceful acres • Easy drive to Charlottesville up 29 or 20 • Large foyer & open family room, main flr master • Crown molding, cathedral ceilings, skylights • Formal dining room with columns • Beautiful hardwood floors throughout • Large eat in kitchen, granite, center island, pantry

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434-422-0223

Candice van der Linde

• Shenandoah Crossing Community • 3 BR 2 BA - Spacious bedrooms • Large eat in kitchen/formal dining • Large back deck off kitchen • One level living, walk to the lake. • Golf/Pool/tennis/mini-golf • Year round activities!

434-974-1500

355 West Rio Road, #102 Charlottesville, VA 22901

434-981-8730

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“It’s always an exciting time when the Good Neighbor Award winner is announced. It gives our Association and the public a glimpse into who our members are and how they give back to the community they serve,” said CAAR President Anita Dunbar. A $250 donation was made to the VIA in Woodson’s name. If you would like to learn more about VIA, please visit their website: www.viaschool.org.

Angie Woodson Honored with CAAR Second Quarter Good Neighbor Award

CAAR Receives Grant to Help Build Permanent Madison County Memorial

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Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) has announced that Angie Woodson of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate III is the second quarter Good Neighbor Award recipient. The Good Neighbor Award program highlights local REALTORS® who volunteer in their communities, improve the quality of life for their neighbors, and go above and beyond in their commitment to making their community a better place to live. Woodson was nominated by her Broker, Patricia Jensen, for her dedication, commitment, and fundraising efforts for the Virginia Institute of Autism (VIA). Through Woodson’s efforts, she has expanded VIA’s awareness in the community and helped

Pat Jensen (left) stands proudly with second quarter GNA recipient Angie Woodson.

people understand how they can support the institute and provide positivity and encouragement to children and families challenged with autism. In addition, Woodson organized two events that raised $700 for VIA.

The Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) has received a $2,000 Placemaking micro-grant from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to help generate community pride in remembrance of the 200 families and relatives that were displaced when the Shenandoah National Park was established in the 1930’s. “Realtors live, work and volunteer in their communities and take immense pride in working to improve them,” said Anita Dunbar, CAAR President. “Placemaking can help foster healthier, more social and economically viable communities. It creates places where people feel a strong stake in their neighborhoods and are committed to making a difference for the better. This grant will help create a place where

families, friends and neighbors can come together.” The permanent memorial will be a bronze plaque mounted on a stone foundation displaying the 123 surnames of the Madison County families that were displaced. In addition to memorial, there will be several wooden benches, landscaping and a pathway leading to the memorial from the Criglersville School, which is currently closed. “The $2,000 grant gave us the funds to keep the Madison County memorial on track. It also reignited the energy and interest for the memorial to honor the families that were displaced when the Shenandoah National Park was created. Each day is more exciting than the last for me, The Madison County Historical Society, and citizens of Madison County as we see the progress of the memorial being built. We can’t wait to get closer to the great unveiling day,” said Jim Lillard of the Madison County Historical Society. The permanent memorial is already underway and is expected to be completed in late October or early November. An update on the exact date and time of the revealing will be communicated when available. If you would like to donate money to this memorial project, please send funds

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A brick home with copper roof. Privately situated on 7 stunning landscaped acres. Mostly one-level living. A full lower level with extra living quarters, recreation room, garage and storage. Main level has an elegant living room w/ fireplace, gourmet eat-in kitchen, dining room w/ fireplace, large sunroom or family room & master suite. Loaded with many quality features, in-ground pool, pond, and privacy. Exterior brick are hand molded, taken from old UVA buildings demolished in the 1970’s. $450,000

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Lovely Cape Cod style home with 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and 2 car garage. Master on main level. Beautiful deck and yard, great for entertaining. Well appointed basement apartment. $300,000

What’s Happening Around Town? Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group Hopes to Raise Awareness About Challenges Facing “Grandfamilies” Several area non-profits, Charlottesville and Albemarle County Schools, and the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Departments of Social Services have

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formed a working group, led by the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA), to raise awareness about the growing number of grandparents in our area who have found themselves having to raise their children’s children. The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group will provide a single point of reference for these so-called “grandfamilies” in our area so that they can get the support they need. Indeed, over the last 30 years, the number of grandparents raising children in the United States has increased dramatically. Growing unemployment, and under-employment, housing foreclosures, substance abuse problems,

Country classic, 4BR/2BA with character galore. Original hardwood floors & bullseye molding. Large bright kitchen. Dining room, office, large utility room. Central air & heated with high effic. gas furnace. Flue for woodstove with beautiful rock & mantel in LR. Nearly new thermal pane windows, man cave garage with woodstove. Qualifies for VHDA 100% financing. $215,900

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WALK TO UVA Four finished levels in historic in historic Fry Springs area, Charlottesville. Cycle or walk to UVa or hospital . There are 4 bedrooms (2 of them en suite) and 4 bathrooms, plus a huge rec. room in basement could be 5th bedroom . Ideal for sharing or for the person needs some space. Hardwood floors throughout main level, ceramic tile countertops and kitchen island. Backs up to common area. $429,900.

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Charlottesville - Bentivar Stunning custom designed home located on private 2.48 acres at end of cul-de-sac. Silestone countertops & Wood-Mode cabinets. Grand curved staircase, gorgeous cherry library, 5 FPs, central music system. Lux MBR suite & BA, FP, sitting area, balcony. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537751 • $935,000 • Pam Whorley: 434.227.2414

W. Albemarle - Villa Deste Ivy, Western Albemarle. Blue Ridge Custom Homes, masterpiece for one level living. Asian mahogany scraped floors. Soaring beamed ceilings. Impressive master suite. Chef’s kitchen with floor to ceiling stone FP. Whole house generator. Screen porch. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=537549 $1,100,000 • Carol Costanzo: 434.962.1419

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Rare offering on Winston Rd. Solid built home with great bones. Beautiful woodwork throughout, hardwood floors under carpets, large rooms. Needs substantial work.

Large rooms, hardwood floors, LR w/FP, DR w/French doors open to screen porch. Lg family room w/FP & built-ins. Guest suite w/full BA. Lower level w/office area, storage & workshop.

Over 3,000 fin. sq. ft., full unfin. walkout basement. Located on 4 private acres with big fenced backyard. MBR suite opens to rear deck. 1,700 sq. ft. det garage + att. garage.

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537481 $700,000 • Anne Burroughs: 434.422.2242

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Open floor plan, hardwood floors, granite counters, gas FP, large Kit island, GE SS appliances. Study on main level, lg family rm, private backyard backs to trees. Pond views.

End home w/hardiplank siding, open floor plan, hardwood floors on main level. Private entrance to in-law suite w/kit & BA. Full size stack W/D, appliances convey. Low utility bills.

Private & still close to town. 13+ acres of mature woodlands & gardens. Open plan, abundant windows, deck & screened porch. Whole house generator. Walkout terrace level.

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www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537844 $385,000 • Bevin Boisvert: 434.996.8633

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537750 $347,000 • Rives Bailey Asso: 434.227.4446

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Wonderful, one level-living. 3 BRs, 3 full BAs, spacious Kit w/eat-in dining, cozy FP & screened porch. MBR w/att BA & oversize closet. Guest space upstairs.

11.83 acres, this 4 BR/2.5 BA boasts 9' ceilings, 2 story foyer, large open eat-in-kitchen w/plenty of cabinets, pantry & built in desk.Central to Greene, Madison or Albemarle Co.

Well maintained, no HOA fees. Hardwood floors. Upgraded chair & crown mouldings, French doors. MBR on 1st w/walk in closet, whirlpool tub, ceramic tile. Great rm w/gas FP.

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537795 $274,000 • Rives Bailey Asso: 434.227.4446

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=537650 $340,000 • Anne Burroughs: 434.422.2242

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=533915 $420,000 • Carol Costanzo: 434.962.1419

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Build the home of your dreams on this private 4.18 acre lot in N Albemarle county. This 3 BR Craftsman style home design is a sample of a popular floor plan to build.

Beautiful 4 BR 2.5 BA with contemporary flair, open floor plan & modern lifestyle features. Side entry home office, front porch. architectural columns, chair rail & moldings.

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=536445 $340,000 • Kyle Olson: 540.649.4131

www.montaguemiller.com/mls=532256 $399,500 • Anita Dunbar: 434.981.1421

hearth. Owner's suite w/ private BA. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=537872 $178,200 • Kyle Olson: 540.649.4131

NE W NELLYSFORD-31.3 ac in Nelson Co, fantastic mountain views. 2BR 1BA sold as is, no repairs. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=520595 $150,000 • Kyle Olson: 540.649.4131

DILLWYN-Investors/Homeowners! 6BRs, 2.5BA, wood furnace, dbl wide on property for rental. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=534843 $185,000 • Brad Williams: 434.227.4437

E IC D PR UCE D RE SCOTTSVILLE-3BR 2BA, hardwoods, LR w/FP. Screen porch, deck. Upgrades & renovated. Fenced. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=532164 $169,900 • Doug Burke: 434.996. 6791

CVILLE-Belmont Cul-de-sac lot. Poss. bsmnt apt w/sep entrance. Investment opportunity! www.montaguemiller.com/mls=536422 $199,500 • Brad Williams: 434.989.7721

E IC D PR UCE D RE ORANGE-Great location, town limits. Zoned R-1. Adjoins Poplar Forest. 22.27 acres. Build/develop. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=524876 $200,000 • Peter Primiani: 434.981-5924

FLUVANNA - 10 acres. 5 min to Zions Crossroads, hardwoods and water on property. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=530203 • $59,900 Doug Burke: 434.996.6791

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ALBEMARLE- Gorgeous 3.25 Acre Golf Front Lot in Keswick Estates - great views and close to all amenities. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=529839 • $375,000 Sasha Farmer Team: 434. 260.1435

NELSON-Scenic Schuyler w/Rockfish River frontage! 3BR 2BA. Att. garage. Gas FP. Mtn views. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=535775 $50,700 • Kyle Olson: 434649.4131

E IC D PR UCE D RE LOUISA - Retriever Ridgebrick 3 BR, 2.5 slate BA home FORK UNION - charming home, roof. on 1.59 acres. Nearly one level acre. Woodstove insert in FP. www.montaguemiller.com/MLS=531609 www.montaguemiller.com/mls=517759 $194,000 • R.Carter-Johnston: 434.989.3959 $149,000 • Carter Montague: 434. 951.7156

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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Outstanding opportunity for a single home on medium acreage or small farm. Home site sits on knoll overlooking property with mtn views and forest. www.montaguemiller.com/mls=532799 • $249,500 Brad Williams: 434.227.4437

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New World. He also distilled mobby, a popular Virginia form of peach brandy. “I am endeavoring,” he wrote in 1807 with some understatement, “to make a collection of the choicest kinds of peaches for Monticello.” In fact, with his characteristic curiosity and scientific methodology, he was experimenting with and improving upon European fruit and European growing practices in the New World. Latter day Virginians certainly share his enthusiasm. A 2012 USDA survey ranked the commonwealth approximately sixth in the nation in apple growing, with roughly 11,929 acres under cultivation. 1,770 acres were devoted to peaches. Apples and peaches are high fiber, anti-oxidant rich treats, and the 2015 crop is ripe and ready. The following orchards are some of best places to enjoy them.

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t summer’s end comes fall’s bounty. Yes, it’s apple season alright – and also grape, raspberry, peach and pear season, with pumpkins on the way. Add in strawberries, blueberries and cherries, plums, apricots and nectarines, and central Virginia orchards offer something healthy and delicious year ‘round. “Apples have been grown in Albemarle County since Jefferson’s time,” says Cynthia Chiles of Carter Mountain Orchard and Chiles Peach Orchards, whose own family has been continuously farming its land for 100 years. “He was a big horticulturalist and grew a lot of heirloom varieties of apples.” Yes America’s First Foodie certainly, er, plumbed the possibilities of fruit growing around here. Thomas Jefferson’s eight-acre, horseshoe-shaped “Fruitery” at Monticello held 400 trees, two small

vineyards, plus beds for figs and strawberries, “berry squares” for currants, gooseberries, and raspberries, and a nursery to propagate plants and trees. Jefferson grew eighteen varieties of apples alone, including the Esopus Spitzenburg, his favorite to eat, and

the Taliaferro, his favorite for making cider. He grew no less than thirty-eight varieties of peaches, including the Heath Cling, Oldmixon Cling, and Morris’ Red Rareripe, and two Italian varieties, the lberges and Vaga Loggia, which he was the first to plant in the

“Our original orchards were planted back in 1912,” Chiles says. “My two great grandfathers planted our first peach and apple trees over in Crozet.” The Chiles family began operating Carter Mountain in the 70s, and selling peaches and apples in 1974 after a bad freeze left them with so little fruit at either orchard that the usual picking and packing routine wasn’t worth its while. Instead they put an ad in the paper, set up a card table, scales and a cigar box, and hoped. It worked. They sold out, and what was meant to be a one-time, emergency measure became an annual April through November, pick-your-own-fruit tradition at now much expanded farm stands at the Crozet and Carter Mountain orchards. In Crozet their peaches come in familiar white and yellow, of course, but they also grow donut peaches, which are flat-shaped and thin-skinned, with white or yellow flesh, very small stones, and a very sweet taste. (And they sell peach donuts.) Over on Carter Mountain near Monticello, “we grow probably 15-20 varieties,” Chiles says, starting with Gala and Ginger Gold, which ripen in the middle of the summer, all the way up through Pink Lady, which we harvest in early November. Carter’s most popular varieties are Fuji, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious and Pink Lady, but others include Stayman, Winesap, York – older fashioned varieties that are not as mainstream,” Chiles says. Both orchards also welcome the public for special events. “At Carter Mountain we call September and October our Apple Harvest Celebration,” Chiles says. “Every day we have school field trips going on, apple-tasting available, and winetasting and hard cider

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Your Own Mini-Farm on 23.54 Ac. Surrounded by mixed hardwood forest w/ gated plush pastures, woven-wire fencing, 24’x36’ barn (water/electric, run-in sheds). All within view of your relaxing front porch w/ swing. Custom-built 3 Br., 2 Ba., 2,650 fin. sq. ft. Cape Cod w/ full basement, pine floors & ceilings. Screened Porches off of Family Room & Master BR. Updates: roof, new HVAC, Hardy Board siding, well, new windows, flooring, Kit. appl., & granite countertops. 24’x24’ Workshop, near the Tye River. MLS#531988, REDUCED TO $257,000

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tasting rooms available. Prince Michel winery has a tasting room here on Carter Mountain as does Bold Rock Hard Cider. We are suppliers for both of those with grapes and apples, so that’s a nice matchup there. On weekends we have hayrides and music and other events.” The Thursday night Sunset Series, from mid-May through September, features live music, hay rides, food, wine and hard cider, not to mention an excellent vantage point from which to see the sun go down . At Chiles the last weekend in September is the Fall into Fun Festival. “A local church group makes apple butter,” Chiles says. “They start in the middle of the night and stir the pot for about 12 to 15 hours. We’re also doing games, activities like painting pumpkins and decorating donuts. We do wagon rides, face-painting, food and other activities.”

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Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle Ciderworks Another Albemarle County Family, the Sheltons, have been farming in southern Albemarle County since 1986. That’s the year Bud and Mary Shelton, nearing retirement, bought a small farm in North Garden, named it Rural Ridge after Rural Plains, the Shelton family seat in eastern Virginia, and built their dream house. Along with their four children, Bud planted about 20 fruit trees – apple, pear, peach, and cherry. Inspired by the heirloom apple tastings conducted at Monticello by author and apple historian Tom Bur-

ford, in 1992 the Sheltons purchased trees from Burford’s own orchard. Today their orchard has more than 200 cultivars, including the GoldRush, a late 20th century variety developed by Purdue University, and the MonArk, an early ripening cultivar from the University of Arkansas. Tom Burford, known as “Professor Apple,” serves as orchard consultant. They have collected about three dozen peach varieties, plus plums, pears, cherries, nectarines and apricots, and they sell over 100 varieties of vintage fruit trees, many of them virtually unobtainable anywhere else. In 2000 the family founded Vintage Virginia Apples, and in 2009 it opened Albemarle CiderWorks.

On November 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Vintage Virginia Apples and the Cove Garden Ruritan Club will hold their 15th annual Apple Harvest Festival. The Ruritan Club will make apple butter, and their Brunswick Stew, cooked over a slow fire, will be ready in the early afternoon. Fresh cider will be sold by the cup, half gallon and gallon, and hot cider will be sold by the cup. Hard cider will be available in the tasting room, and tours of the cidery will be given at 11:00 a.m. and 12:30, 2:00, 3:30 p.m. Dozens of craft and artisanal food vendors will be on hand. Gallatin Canyon will play at 10:00 a.m., Jim Waive & The Young Divorcees at 12:30 p.m., and Her Checkered Past 3:00

p.m. Families can enjoy hayrides on the ridge above the orchard. The events tent will hold apple tasting sessions and lectures on horticultural topics including apple pressing, apple tasting, herb growing, and tree planting.

Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards Nelson County’s Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards (SCSO) is a family (or rather, families) affair as well, dating back to the 30’s. Today the orchards grow about 25 varieties of apples, plus pumpkins, blueberries, cherries, strawberries, and wine grapes that they sell to wineries in Virginia and North Carolina. Silver Creek’s next Pick your Own Apples Days are October 10 and 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Varieties available for picking include Jonathan, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Virginia Gold, Mutsu, Jonagold, September Wonder (Early Fuji) and Empire. Containers will be provided. The Seaman and Flippin families have held their Apple Butter Makin’ Festivals on the first and third Saturdays in October for over 30 years. They make their apple butter “the old-fashioned way,” stirring it constantly while it cooks in large copper kettles. The 2015 festivals, October 3 and 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will feature pick your own pumpkins, children’s games, food, crafters, a corn maze and a clown. The Maury River Band will play bluegrass from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the 3rd, and Bennie Dodd will play Southern rock and country favorites from noon to 3:00 p.m. on the 17th. Apples, Apple Butter, Jams, Jellies, Cider, and crafts will for sale. The CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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PERFECT BRICK RANCH with 2 car garage and fenced yard located in Earlysville. The house has been updated and a new HVAC system was just installed. Very nice eat-in kitchen and laundry/mudroom area. Earlysville is just 10 miles NW of downtown Charlottesville and UVa and literally minutes from NGIC. $197,500. CharlottesvilleHOME.com Virginia Gardner, 981-0871. (537338)

4BR/2.5BA BORDERING POND at Bedford Hills in Earlysville. 2 car garage, full unfinished walkout basement, sunroom, hickory cabinets, 500 sq. ft. of gorgeous Wolf composite deck overlooking pond. Location amazing! $356,500. Photos and details at CharlottesvilleHOME.com Virginia Gardner, 981-0871. (537513)

CONVENIENT RUCKERSVILLE LOCATION & move in ready! Bright and sunny, well maintained 1200 sq. ft. 3BR/2 BA ranch in a quiet & established neighborhood. Open floor plan; vaulted ceilings; eat-in kitchen; ceiling fans; laminate flooring, clean carpeting; full walk-out basement; large covered front porch and a large landscaped yard. $189,900. Ginny Barefoot, 531-7864. (536039)

2 HOMES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. This property would be a great investment property with good rental history. Live in one house and rent the other. Both homes in good condition. $175,000. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (537126)

SMALL COTTAGE with nice views over Dyke, VA. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, eat in kitchen, screened back porch, covered front porch. Great value! From Ruckersville, 33 West to Right on Dyke Rd. (Rte. 810) follow to Dyke, Right on Bacon Hollow Rd., go 1/2 mile to Snow Hill Rd. House at top of hill. $140,000. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (537130)

THIS CLASSIC 3+ BEDROOM brick Cape Cod will surprise and delight, with fabulous new kitchen, sunroom, screen porch, gleaming hardwood and ceramic floors, a separate and a beautifully appointed 1 bedroom guest cottage! Outdoor barbecue under tree canopy beside Totier Creek! $445,000. JimBonner.com 951-5102. jim@jimbonner.com (529470)

SPACIOUS ONE LEVEL HOME with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths on a corner lot in Four Seasons over 55 adult community with clubhouse, pool and so much more. Two car garage, 9 foot ceilings, lots of light, open floor plan with formal and informal spaces. Come and relax in this resort style community! $290,000. Fiona Tustian, 540-661-9089. FionaTustian1@gmail.com (537568)

ICONIC TOWN SETTING where history comes alive. One of the most recognized homes around! This property has always been a beautiful residence but is also zoned for business uses. Prominently placed on the bustling corner lot Main St. and Madison Rd., the possibilities are endless. $399,000. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (530614)

SPECTACULAR LOCATION and property by anyone’s standards. Arguably some of the best views in the county. Comfortable one level living with an abundance of windows providing views from every portion of the home. Great home for entertaining with lots of open areas. $499,900. MatthewWoodsonProperties. com 960-5187. (523840)

BEAUTIFUL, QUALITY, CUSTOM BUILT HOME in desirable area and convenient to Charlottesville, UVA, Richmond, medical facilities. This is the builder’s personal home with many amenities. Enjoy your privacy while being minutes away from shopping facilities, the mountains, historical homes and many types of entertainment. $469,000. Lee Wyatt, 540-718-3065. (534565)

GREAT VALUE FOR A HOME in a great location! This 4BR/3.5BA, 3300 square foot home located in Carodon is ready for its new owner. Tile and hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, granite counters, cherry cabinets, new heat pump, new microwave, new dishwasher and full finished basement. $325,000. www.TammiCampbell.com 985-2348/882-5403. (534789)

BEAUTIFUL ESTATE PROPERTY situated on 3 private acres with no HOA fees in an established neighborhood. 1st floor master, open floor plan, hardwood floors, beautiful chef’s kitchen with all the upgrades & an upgraded trim package throughout. Maintenance free deck, 3 car garage. $469,900. susanstewart76@gmail.com Susan Stewart 434-242-3550. (531999)

TIPTON HOUSE. Historic home c.1842 on National Register. Main floor paint colors authenticated as reproductions of original 1842 paints through microscopic lab analysis. Security system, in ground irrigation system. 5 FP, heart pine floors, beamed ceiling in family room and graciously proportioned rooms. $445,000. JimBonner.com 951-5102. jim@jimbonner.com (523101)

EXCEPTIONAL ONE LEVEL LIVING located on a private cul-de-sac with golf course views. The open floor plan in this home is perfect for family or entertaining; sunroom located just off the kitchen provides access to back deck. Features include bamboo flooring, vaulted ceiling, gas FP, sky lights and tile floors. Easy access shopping & dining. $223,000. Kim Johnson, 465-5138. (535992)

CHARM GALORE IN IVY. Winter mountain views. Great natural light in the south facing eat-in kitchen/family room. High ceilings. Beautiful oak floors on top two levels. Four large bedrooms, one with an attached playroom/office. Two decks, one of which is 30x30! with benches. 2.9 acres in Meriwether Elementary. $525,000. Jim@JimMcVay.com 434-962-3420. (530451)

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DON’T MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to own this remarkable home in the highly sought-after neighborhood of Fontana. This home boasts 4BR/3.5BA and a first floor study with hardwood floors and ceramic tile kitchen. All drenched in light throughout the main and upper levels. With a fully finished English Pub style basement you’re set for billiards and darts. $489,000. Mike Plecker, 566-3372. (533257)

MOVE IN READY. 3BR/2.5BA Preddy Creek home with 1 car garage and full unfinished basement. Enjoy the oversized deck and private, wooded .81 acre lot situated on a quiet cul-de-sac. The updated kitchen boasts granite countertops, glass tile backsplash and more. Backyard is level, fully fenced w/shed, fire pit and garden area. $289,900. Angie Shupe, 942-9249. (530521)

COME AND ENJOY THE PRIMROSE on this lovely lake front lot. Enjoy one level living, with a first floor master. You can choose a rear deck or a screened in porch. Call today for more info. $219,900. www.GerriRussell.com 531-9581. (514886)

WELCOME TO a new kind of neighborhood and a new kind of lifestyle. A place where you can bike or walk. Where a short stroll brings you from the shop to your home. Where home means shade trees, green walkways, inviting porches and architect designed abodes in the craftsman style. From $465,000. The “YES” Team, Yonna & Keith Smith. 531-0817/531-0795. (527805,07,09,11)

THE HILL MODEL from Liberty Homes offers 2 stories with a large great room and laundry just off the kitchen. Nice large lot central to Richmond and Charlottesville. Other plans available. Why would you rent when you can own this home with little money down? $166,000. susanstewart76@gmail.com Susan Stewart 434-242-3550. (517432)

SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT HOMES. Village Oaks, Fluvanna’s newest retirement community for ages 55+ offering easy living certified homes w/incorporated universal design elements. Our to be built Savannah model offers a main level living w/vaulted great room, 1st floor master suite & second bedroom/ study option, spacious kitchen, 2-car garage & more. $354,000. Susan Stewart 434-242-3550. (529212)

FIRST BRIDGE FARM. Privately situated 20+ acre farm located in Western Albemarle that features dramatic year around views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and enjoys 3 board fenced pastures with a 2 stall barn below the main house along with over 1100 linear feet of frontage along the trout stocked Moormans River. $895,000. info@stevewhiterealtor.com Steve White, 242-8355. (531932)

THIS ELEGANT, TOTALLY PRIVATE, custom built brick home sits on a knoll overlooking fenced pastures and creek. 4000+ sq. ft. of living space plus a partially finished basement with full bath, wood fireplace and French doors to the patio and in ground pool. Easy commute to C’ville. $775,000. Fiona Tustian, 540-6619089. FionaTustian1@gmail.com (536158)

YELLOW ROSE FARM. On beautiful Middlebrook Road, just south of Staunton. Long range, unimpeded and dramatic mountain views. Private and quiet! Efficient cattle farm of 36 acres. Two renovated cottages (granite counters) exquisite man cave garage with bar and full bath. Barn for tractor and horses, shop for serious work. Plenty of water. $649,900. www.GerriRussell.com 531-9581. (530792)

SWEETHEART FARM. Green Springs area. 36 acres with 2 ponds, board fenced pastures, run-in sheds and a 10-stall center aisle barn. Efficient layout with completely renovated home dating to 1890. All in excellent condition. $565,000. www. GerriRussell.com 531-9581. (477459)

ALBEMARLE POST & BEAM. This post & beam cottage of 3000 sq. ft. is to be hand-crafted by a master builder, out of vintage chestnut logs, native stone and Hardiplank. Built with a 1st floor master this 3BR/2.5BA home has a full basement and a 2 car garage. Turkey Run features beautiful estate properties of 21 acres and above. $650,000. JimBonner.com 951-5102. jim@jimbonner.com (531135)

LAFAYETTE is a stunning home of exceptional quality. The 91+ acres of pristine pasture and woodland provides a blank canvas for one to create the perfect country estate. Prime Keswick location, in a completely private setting, convenient to town, and I-64. $2,950,000. JimBonner.com 951-5102. (529307)

LANTRE FARM. Beautiful riverfront farm of 200 acres, just 5 miles to Scottsville. Immaculate one level brick home, with delightful screened porch overlooking a pond and the Hardware River. Several serviceable barns. Quiet and private setting. $875,000. JimBonner. com 951-5102. jim@jimbonner.com (525924)

FRAY’S RIDGE ESTATE. State of the art Albemarle mansion of over 10,000 sq. ft., (9BR/11BA, 4 kitchens, 6 FP) with every amenity imaginable. Exquisite styling, but ever so comfortable living spaces. Pool, pool house, 6 car garages, apartment and superior construction. Overlooks lake with fountain, on 21 acres. $3,450,000. JimBonner. com 951-5102. jim@jimbonner.com (513246)

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ONE LEVEL LIVING in this split bedroom design home on a very lush and private lot. Vaulted ceilings, natural gas heating, lots of natural light, open kitchen/family room/breakfast nook. Bonus room with full bath over garage can be 4th bedroom. $450,000. Phyllis Novotny, 760-0548. (533642)

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SPREAD OUT on this nearly 25 acre parcel in the heart of Dyke Va. Property is gently rolling. Primarily wooded but offers some elevated house sites with Northwestern views of the Virginia countryside. $169,000. Other lots available. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (537323, 322)

BEAUTIFUL ROLLING ACREAGE with Blue Ridge Mountain views. There is a stocked pond for your enjoyment. All that is needed is your imagination and a good builder. There are no covenants, restrictions or HOA fees on this property. This lot was previously perked for a 3 bedroom home. $142,500. www.GerriRussell.com 5319581. (535293)

SITUATED OFF A QUIET COUNTRY LANE you find this 5.01 acre wooded parcel located close to Stanardsville and Ruckersville in Greene County. Parcel is priced to sell. $70,000. info@stevewhiterealtor.com Steve White, 242-8355. (525604)

GREAT LEVEL BUILDING LOT in Sterling Heights. Short distance to Rt 29 in Greene County makes an easy commute to Charlottesville or points north. From Route 29 in Greene County, turn on Matthew Mills (609) at Sheetz, left at fork on Matthew Mill, right on Angie Place. Lot on left. $50,000. MatthewWoodsonProperties. com 960-5187. (528368)

ALL LOTS - $34,900 EACH or $135,000 for all lots, ready to build on with perc sites. Close to Culpeper, Fredericksburg and all points North in Merry Meadows Subdivision. Lots range from 2.0277 acres to 2.4371 acres. Lee Wyatt, 540-718-3065. (516261)

SECLUDED 22+ ACRE PARCEL in White Hall area off Garth Road only about 12 minutes from Barracks Road Shopping. Several home sites to choose from, one would allow for overview of potential pond site. Established pasture area available for your animals, and a year round stream on southern boundary. $562,500. Ginger Ashcom 978-1066/953-8045. (516621) Additional acreage available.

WOODED 112 ACRE TRACT fronting Louisa Road in the Cismont area with superb potential for multiple home sites. In 4 tax map parcels and frontage on Mechunk Creek. Call Maury for other details. $625,000. Maury Atkins 540-223-2719. (532269)

MOBILE HOME PARK with 7 leasable lot sites. Doublewide home and single wide home already in place and convey with property. 5 additional leasable lots. Recent upgraded electric meter. Great investment and long term rental income. $225,000. MatthewWoodsonProperties.com 960-5187. (537328)

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7081 Secretarys Sand Road Nicely remodeled 3 BR, 2 BA ranch-style home near Scottsville with partially finished, walkout basement. Lovely kitchen cabinets, stainless appliances and beautiful hardwood floors. Enjoy county living on this 2-acre lot, with mature fruit trees, and an easy commute to Charlottesville. $139,900

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Make this your Country Home in Albemarle! Gently rolling and partially fenced 20 acre farm. Restored 1893 farmhouse, 1st floor master, wraparound porch. 4 car garage with apartment above, cottage with caretaker in place! Pond and barns. $675,000. MLS#530063

James River frontage just one mile to Scottsville. Three contiguous, buildable parcels totaling 36 acres, each with river frontage and easy access for boats, kayaks, canoes and tubes. Groomed and magnificent campsites. $375,000. MLS#520927

SWIFT RUN FARM Rich in character, c.1880. Private, featuring 3 bedrooms, an elevator and backup generator. Old boxwoods, springs, barns and fencing on 32 acres in Advance Mills. Open and wooded, frontage on Swift Run.

OLD LYNCHBURG FARM Located just 6 miles to town, this 123+ acre farm, both open hayfields and A stunning home of exceptional quality. The 91+ acres of pristine pasture wooded land enjoys long frontage and woodland provides a blank canvas for one to create the perfect country on the Hardware River. Ample water, estate. Prime Keswick location, in a completely private setting, convenient to some fencing, pretty land. town, and I-64. $795,000. MLS#522768

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Embracing a classic Albemarle chestnut log cabin c. 1821, this artfully crafted 5BR home features natural materials, excellent craftsmanship, top of the line appliances, library, and luxurious heated soaking tub in first floor master. 63 acres, guest cottage, stable, and pond.

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1777 Franklin Drive Immaculate 5 BR family home, completely upgraded with new floors, kitchen, baths, and fresh paint. Attached 2 car garage and finished basement with custom home theater and whole house professional sound system. Tranquil setting on 2 acres, with fabulous salt water pool and covered pavilion, overlooking the fenced shady lawn of the back yard. $545,000. MLS#534485

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space, not throwing things away that ends up in a landfill.” Although earning money is your incentive and decluttering is your goal, many homeowners don’t have a clear plan of what to do with items that don’t sell. Kathryn McMillan of Clutter Conversions (www.clutterconversions.com) says that she runs across this with many clients that she consults. Her advice is to donate all unsold items to a charity or donation place, like Goodwill. In many instances, you can have various organizations scheduled to pick up items at the end of the yard sale. If you don’t have a follow through plan for unsold items, “it comes back into your home as clutter,” she adds.

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ccording to a recent University of California (UCLA) study, U.S. households have more possessions per home than any society in all of global history. Furthermore, the study reveals that clutter attributes to increased levels of stress in many American households. In fact, cleaning up the litter in your home not only provides additional space, but it helps to clear your mind and makes it easier to focus on other important things like family time. If you didn’t have the chance to do some serious spring cleaning, then here’s an opportunity to plan a yard sale and clean up the clutter in your home, while lacing your pockets with some extra cash for the upcoming holidays.

Setting Goals And Ironing Out Details Before deciding whether planning for a yard sale is right for you, you should first decide what your outcome is. Sara Bereika of Abundance Organizing (www.abundanceorganizing.com) says that before planning a yard sale, you should first assess whether your items will sell. You can achieve this with a little research. For example, you can check online or visit a consignment store, just to see what types of items they are taking in. Providing potential customers with desirable items will help your chances of selling them and yielding a financial profit. However, keep in mind that most people visiting consignment stores are not necessarily looking for items sold at yard sales,

but it will help homeowners determine whether certain items will likely sell. According to Bereika, you also want a defined goal in order for your yard sale to be successful. You don’t want to be indecisive because it will make the process extremely stressful. Approaching this venture with a realistic outcome and mindset will help alleviate stress about the process. You don’t want the focus to be just on the monetary value of the yard sale, but rather on the space you will gain once your home is cleared of clutter. “Typically the goal isn’t really the yard sale but the goal is to clean out your basement or attic,” says Bereika. “So, if you are going into it with the mindset of making money, it’s probably not the best mindset to have…the mindset should be that I’m gaining

After determining what items you no longer use, need or want, it’s time to let the community know that you are having a yard sale. According to McMillan, before investing too much time in planning a yard sale, you first want to check with your locality or district to determine whether there is a fee or restriction for posting signs around the neighborhood. When placing signs around the neighborhood, Bereika says to make sure to include the accrual date of the yard sale, and not that it’s just on Saturday. Furthermore, you want to place signs at traffic lights and stop signs, making sure that they are visible and the writing is large enough to read. McMillan also suggests placing ads in free neighborhood publications, on Facebook and other social media platforms like Twitter, as well as online publications. In addition, Bereika advises using Craigslist or www.freecycle. com, an online website that allows you to advertise your yard sale provided you give a few items away for free. In addition, Bereika suggests grouping with someone else so that you have a lot of items at the yard sale, making it more attractive to individuals. When you partner with others, you get the “most bang for your buck” because you are sharing the expense to advertise in the paper.” And, lastly, there is wordof-mouth or corporate bulletin boards.

Negotiating Pricing and Safeguarding Your Home McMillan says that people coming to yard sales are looking for a deal, which is why you need to be flexible when negotiating price. In addition, having a clear goal about your outcome helps the process even more. You should ask, is your goal to declutter the house and get rid of unwanted items, or is your goal to make money? If your goal is to make money, then you may

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STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS nights are chillier marking the end of summer and the start of fall, take advantage of this time and plan a yard sale to get rid of the clutter in your home. Although having a yard sale could provide some monetary benefits, it should not be your primary goal. If you cultivate the mindset that you are reducing clutter, making space for new items, relieving stress, and keeping things out of a landfill, you can make this process rewarding and fun and end up with some extra cash for the upcoming holidays. n Janet Thomson is a freelance writer, copywriter and military wife residing in Charlottesville.

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apricots), plus making apple butter and cider, and peach jam and peach butter. The annual Drumheller Apple Festival is on September 26 and 27 and October 17 and 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Along with crafters and food vendors, and hayrides to the pumpkin patch, “we have this thing called the Apple Slingshot,” Drumheller says. “People just go wild about it.” For the

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price of a ticket, festivalgoers shoot small apples; sharpshooters win bigger ones. Then there is the Drumheller’s Corn Maze. “We go through and cut out a pattern,” she says, “and they pay to go through. We give them a little card when they pay. We put about ten stations in there and they mark the stations, and if they can find every station and complete their cards we give them a peck of apples.”

Drumheller’s Orchard in Lovingston was established in 1937, when Everette and Eva Drumheller purchased the property and planted peach and apple trees in its abandoned orchard. “My mother-in-law and father-in law bought this place,” Doris Drumheller remembers. “My husband went in business with his father from 16-17 years old until he passed away at 64.” That’s when Doris took it over, in 2005. “We’re just trying to carry on. My inlaws were the first generation, my husband was the second, and now my son is with me, so he’s the third generation and now his daughter is working with us, so actually we’re into the fourth generation here. It’s hard work, but it’s a good life being on the farm.” Drumheller’s grows seven varieties of white peaches: Sugar May, White Lady, Klondike, Sugar Giant, Snow King, September Snow, and Snow White. Their yellow peaches include three varieties of Flaming Fury, Sentry, Starfire, John Boy, Sunhigh, Loring, Summer Breeze, Crest Haven, Laurol, and Victoria. They also grow five kinds of pluots (crosses between plum and

Graves Mountain Lodge Graves Mountain Lodge is a country resort in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Syria, with an educational farm with sheep, goats, cows, pigs, chickens, peacocks, ducks, and horses. The 2015 Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival takes place October 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Bluegrass music, cloggers, hayrides, horse and pony rides, a hay mountain, a hay maze, and more than 70 arts and crafts vendors. Graves will cooks apple butter in kettles over an open fire, and its orchards will be open for picking Red and Golden Delicious, Stayman, York, Winesap, Mutsu, Fuji, Rome, Granny Smith, and Empire apples. n

incarceration, illness, divorce, abandonment, abuse, and teen pregnancy are some of the common reasons why children are being raised by grandparents. For many grandparents the situation was thrust upon them. Recent U.S. Census data shows that nearly 6 million children are living with and being raised by 2.5 million grandparents. What’s more, over 20 percent of these children have neither parent present in their lives. And while grandparent-headed families are very diverse, they are most likely to be female, African-American, and living in poverty. While more and more grandparents across the nation are caring for their grandchildren, it is also the case locally. According to the Kids Count Data Center, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, data from 2006-2010 show that 40.9 percent of grandparents living in Albemarle County, and 41.5 percent in Charlottesville, are responsible for their grandchildren. “There are unique challenges to raising a child when you thought you were done,” says Donna Baker, JABA’s Director of Operations. “ As the number of grandparents raising grandkids rises, this group of organizations has come together to better understand the issues and the importance of letting grandparents know that there is support for them in our community, that is informed and easily accessible.” According to AARP, while most grandparents say they are happy to help, and find joy in raising their grandkids, they also face “financial, health, housing, education and work challenges that often foil their retirement plans.” “These grandparents and other kinship caregivers and the children they are raising are often isolated,” states AARP. “They lack information about

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the range of support services, resources, programs, benefits, laws and policies available to help them successfully fulfill their caregiving role. In addition, to better serve children, families and older adults, educators and program practitioners need access to information about these key resources.” JABA, United Way, the Departments of Social Services for Charlottesville and Albemarle County, County and City Schools, the UVA School of Nursing, ReadyKids, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, the Thomas Jefferson Area Health District, and Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), hope their Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group will make it easier for grandparents and their families to feel less isolated and gain access to the resources available in our community. For grandparents seeking support about resources available in this area, contact the United Way Help Line at 434.972.1701. For more information about the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group, contact Donna Baker, JABA’s Director of Operations, at dbaker@jabacares.org or 434.817.5228. n

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SCSO Pumpkin Patches will be open daily from October 3rd through the 31st. Paint Tyro pink is the slogan for Pink Lady Fun Day, October 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A large selection of Pink Lady’s and other varieties will be available. Besides apple tasting and apple butter making, families will enjoy a scavenger hunt, kid’s games, and live music. Food will be for sale.

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PARK STREET - Classic north downtown Victorian with stunning curb appeal graciously sited on spacious 3.5 acre lot in City. 5 BR, 3.5 BA, 4 FP, with over 3,540 fin.sq.ft. $990,000 Andrew Middleditch 434-981-1410 MLS#531436

WILLOW BEND - Classic Virginia-style farmhouse on 21 acres, brand new, 4 BR, 3.5 BA. Mountain views, pond, stream, fencing, open and wooded, gently rolling land. $749,000 Jim Faulconer 434-9810076 MLS#517443

FARMINGTON - Elegant 4BR brick home, over 6,400 fin.sq.ft. on 2 levels. Spacious LR & FR, superb kitchen, wonderful porch overlooking beautifully landscaped grounds, pool & golf course. $2,850,000 Steve McLean 434-981-1863

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PARK STREET - Terrific north downtown residence on nearly three quarters of an acre lot with separate home office/studio. $799,999 Charlotte Dammann 434-9811250 MLS#515228

Remodeled home in Farmington - 5 BR, 2 FP, family room, spacious light-filled sunroom & large deck w/hot tub. Hardwood floors, many custom built-ins, terrace level in-law apartment. $995,000 Betsy Swett 434-249-2922 MLS# 5364510

FARMINGTON - Stunning residence situated on over 6.6 landscaped private acres. 6 BR, 5 full 2 half BA, with over 6,880 finished feet of living area. $2,895,00 Andrew Middleditch 434981-1410 MLS#523345

KESWICK ESTATES- Stone, Frenchinspired, custom residence on 22 acres, superb quality construction & details. 3-Stall stable, spacious carriage home, beautiful private setting. $2,595,000 Jim Faulconer 434-981-0076 MLS#530692

208 acres. Built with the finest materials & craftsmanship the custom designed 4 BR home is bright, airy & perfect for fulltime living or the ultimate family retreat. The main great room with a beamed vaulted ceiling is a natural gathering space for relaxing & dining. Chefs kitchenw/ top-of-theline appliances.Double sided Tulikivi fireplace in both great room and den/ media room. Main level also has master & 2 en-suite BR& screen porch. The land is rolling w/ stocked pond. Enjoy many recreational activities. $1,650,000 Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250 MLS#532232

SYLVANIA FARM - Colonial country estate offering fine stock farm containing 283.9 acres located in Green Springs National Historic Landmark District in Virginia’s Piedmont. $950,000 Mark Mascotte 434825-8610 MLS# 532013

FARMINGTON – Elegant residence, c. 1931. Unique 4 BR, 5 BA + 6,800 fin.sq.ft. home meticulously maintained in “turn-key” condition. Situated on 2.6 acres adjacent to the 16th Fairway. $3,600,000 Andrew Middleditch 434-981-1410 MLS#533998

KESWICK ESTATES - Tremendous views of Paradise Lake & golf course beyond from this 2.2 acre lot, w/water frontage & adjacent open space. Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250 MLS#463335

Private 354+ acres of gently rolling land in an area of estate properties located 25 minutes south of Charlottesville. 100+ acres open, year round streams, pond, renovated log home. $1,770,000 Steve McLean 434-9811863 MLS#534895

OUT THERE FARM – Charming immaculate 4BR farm house in a private valley on 106 acres at the base of the historic Southwest Mtns, stunning views of open fields, small lake & Mtns. Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250 MLS#530554

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MAJESTIC OAKS - English Country-style residence with 3 BR, 3.5 on 7 acres on Garth Rd less than 5 miles west of town. Lovely private setting, gorgeous landscaping. $1,775,000 Steve McLean 434-9811863 MLS#529963

REDBUD FARM - Excellent candidate for a conservation easement! 169+ acre farm, with Blue Ridge views, 2 lakes & Lynch River frontage. MLS#530570 $1,350,000 Tim Michel 434-960-1124

CLOUDS HILL FARM – Spectacular c. 1870 barn w/ magnificent beams has been transformed into a stunning updated residence on 35 acres in Ivy. $3,900,000 Charlotte Dammann 434981-1250 MLS#533616

TWENTY COLUMNS - Originally built as a summer house for display at the Jamestown exposition of 1907 then dismantled & relocated to its present location on 18.5 ac. $499,000 Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250 MLS#519977

BLANDEMAR - Uncompromising taste and elegance, 2-story brick with copper roof, 4 BR/4BA/2.5 BA of over 4800 sq.ft. residence on 21 acres with an exceptional tranquil setting. $1,460,000 Andrew Middleditch 434-981-1410

HIDDEN HILLS - Beautiful 6.2 acres conveniently located to Charlottesville & UVA. Cleared area for residence & surrounded by established hardwood trees. A lovely spot to build & enjoy. $175,000 MLS#475441 Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250

Extraordinary 73+ acre estate parcel in southern Albemarle. Mostly gently rolling pastures, magnificent Blue Ridge Mountain and pastoral views, gorgeous rural setting with exceptional privacy, excellent building sites, pond and creek. Set among other notable large farm and estate properties in historic southern Albemarle. $1,200,000 Steve McLean 434-981-1863 MLS#536922

113 Pristine acres, 14 miles NE of city, with pastures & forest, elevated plateau for spectacular homesite, panoramic Blue Ridge views! $1,490,000 Jim Faulconer 434-9810076 MLS#530335

JAMES RIVER FRONTAGE! 11.61 ac. - 3BR/3.5BA contemporary residence perfectly sited on a bluff overlooking the river. Stunning great room & huge deck w/ magnificent views! $455,000. Will Faulconer 434-987-9455 MLS#530515

UNIQUE IN A GOOD WAY - 2+ ac. and an interior that feels like a big city loft. Heated tile floor in kit, polished concrete floors, soaring ceilings, real pine paneling, built-in storage. MLS# 534920 Dora Conway 434-825-5742 $295,000

HOLLY HILL - Quintessential cottage in Ivy on 3+ acres. From the rear deck enjoy privacy & serene views of the yard & stocked pond. $339,000 Charlotte Dammann 434-981-1250 MLS#534685

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GREAT IVY LOCATION – 7 Acres, gently rolling pastures, beautiful pastoral setting with mountain views. Quiet location, but convenient to Meriwether Elementary, shopping in Charlottesville and Crozet. $349,000 Jim Faulconer 434-9810076 MLS#518376

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BLOOMFIELD ROAD - Impressive 7,400+ sq.ft. brick residence sited on 21+ acres w/ magnificent pastoral & Blue Ridge Mtn views, minutes west of UVA. $2,595,000 Steve McLean 434-981-1863 MLS#524788

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HOME SALES STATS

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There were 26 homes sold in the seven-county area n Fourteen were in Albemarle with an average price of $384,524. n Three were in Charlottesville with an average price of $273,990 n Two were in Fluvanna with an average price of $328,000. n One was in Greene with a price of $175,000. n Three were in Louisa with an average price of $118,666. n One was in Madison with a price of $280,000 n One was in Nelson with a price of $265,000. n One was in Orange with a price of $96,000.

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RING SONJA SONJA CASERO

434.981.3523 Multi-Million Dollar Top Producer for over 20 years. WALK TO UVA Four finished levels in historic in historic Fry Springs area, Charlottesville. Cycle or walk to UVa or hospital . There are 4 bedrooms (2 of them en suite) and 4 bathrooms, plus a huge rec. room in basement could be 5th bedroom . Ideal for sharing or for the person needs some space. Hardwood floors throughout main level, ceramic tile countertops and kitchen island. Backs up to common area. $429,900. VIRGINIA WINE COUNTRY Only 20 mins from Charlottesville, this 1900 farmhouse sits in the heart of Virginia w ine countr y a nd has Blue Ridge Mountain views. Lovingly restored and updated but keeping some of the original charming features such as the double staircase, original extra wide molding, beautiful hardwood floors on both levels, high ceilings and arched entryways. 3 bedrooms 2.5 bathrooms, central air and heat and 2 walk in closets! $224,900

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Lovely Cape Cod style home with 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and 2 car garage. Master on main level. Beautiful deck and yard, great for entertaining. Well appointed basement apartment. $300,000

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First Bridge Farm

1100 Dryden Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903

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MLS#531932 $895,000

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428 MONROE LANE, #506 $519,000

2006 PINE TOP ROAD $1,875,000

619 E HIGH STREET, #5 $499,900

Fifth floor, 2 story penthouse. This outstanding turn-key penthouse condo offers the perfect solution for your clients who want close proximity to UVA Grounds, the Hospital, football stadium, or downtown Charlottesville. Current owners are offering it fully furnished to make things super easy for the next owner. Wonderfully upgraded with bamboo flooring, solid surface countertops, stainless appliances, 2.5 baths, and beautiful mountain views from the covered balcony. MLS# 528763

Fabulous location in arguably the City’s most sought-after and most beautiful neighborhood. Spacious floor plan features spectacular Kitchen overlooking rear Patio/back yard, adjoining Family Room with gas fireplace, formal Living Room and Dining Room with wood burning fireplace. 1st floor Den/Library/Home Office, remarkable master Bedroom Suite with surprising views, 2 Bedrooms with Bathrooms en suite plus 4th & 5th Bedrooms with Jack & Jill Bathroom. MLS# 533281

Brooklyn style penthouse/loft condo steps from the Downtown Mall and 1 block from historic Court Square. Built in 1899 as a church, this conversion to residential condo preserved the original character including internal supports and exposed brick. Chef ’s kitchen with gas, custom cabinets, stainless, and granite. Both bedrooms each have full tiled baths attached. Hardwood floors by Tsar. High efficiency cooling/heat & laundry. Built-ins throughout for added storage. One leased parking space. Truly unique! MLS# 528241

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1411 CHERRY AVENUE $269,000

1800 JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE $349,000

1610 MEADOWBROOK HEIGHTS ROAD $334,900

Cute updated one-level on a bus line and less than a mile from The University Medical Center. Recent roof, remodeled eat-in kitchen with granite counters, 2 bedrooms, remodeled bath with floating sink, large living room with fireplace, separate dining room, wood floors throughout first floor. Large private yard with outdoor Italian Forno Bravo oven/ fireplace. Zoned R-2, Expansion potential in full basement with second fireplace. MLS# 536667

New Price! Incredible value - truly nothing like this Penthouse with breathtaking views on the market today! From the spacious balcony, enjoy expansive, direct views of Monticello, Brown’s Mountain, UVA’s Medical Center & Downtown. Condo has been totally and tastefully renovated, plus it is offered “furnished.” A short walk to UVA’s Scott Stadium and UVA’s Medical Center. Ready to occupy this Fall and enjoy UVA’s home football schedule! MLS# 523835

Charming cottage, c. 1937, located in Meadowbrook Heights on a spacious city lot with wraparound driveway. with 1,650 sq ft of living space, it features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, beautiful beadboard walls throughout and wood beams in dining and living areas. Hardwood floors, cork flooring in kitchen, two master bedrooms with en suites, sunroom, and two fireplaces. Just minutes to the historic Downtown Mall and UVA, this is truly a home with a great central location. MLS# 529153

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Tommy Brannock • 434.981.1486

Hunter Palmer • 434.981.0533

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