What we have on, and the seven towns we work most. Every home on the MLS is available through us.
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If you'd rather see how the whole thing goes before you talk to anybody, the buyer's guide walks it in order, money first. And what $500K actually buys here is the honest version of the question everyone opens with.
Our office is in West Hartford and that is the town we write about most. These are the others, and here is the plain version of where each one sits.
West Hartford
Home base. Our office is on South Main Street, and three pockets come up in almost every conversation, and they feel genuinely different from each other. The Center is the walkable one, Bishops Corner sits up north near Route 44, and Elmwood on the south side is where a lot of first homes happen.
The fourth name people always raise is the West End, and it is worth saying plainly that the West End is in Hartford, east across Prospect Avenue, which is the line between Hartford and West Hartford. We work it daily and the guide covers it. It is simply a different city. The neighborhood guide takes all four street by street.
Farmington
Straight west of us, on the Farmington River, with Route 4 and I-84 doing most of the commuting. UConn Health and its hospital sit here, so for a good part of the town the drive to work is a short one.
Unionville, the village on the west side, has its own center and its own character, and people who love it tend to be specific about wanting that side of town.
Avon
Avon sits at the foot of the mountain that Route 44 climbs on its way over the Talcott ridge and down into West Hartford. Cross it and the land opens up fast.
This is where the Farmington Valley starts, and it is the usual answer for someone who wants valley space without giving up the drive back into town.
Simsbury
Keep going up the valley on Route 10 and you reach Simsbury, with the Farmington River on one side and Talcott Mountain on the other. Heublein Tower looks down on the whole town, and the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail runs right through the middle of it.
The trade is the obvious one. More room and more quiet, a longer drive into Hartford.
Glastonbury
The one town on this list east of the Connecticut River. Getting there from West Hartford means going around Hartford first, which is why people tend to pick a side of the river and then stay on it.
Glastonbury makes the case for east: a real Main Street, farms and orchards along the ridge, and Route 2 running straight back toward the city.
Bloomfield
Directly north of us, sharing the same stretch of the Talcott ridge. Cigna's campus is here, Penwood State Park sits up on the mountain, and downtown Hartford is a short drive.
It is the town people usually find by widening the search one stop north of West Hartford.
Newington
Directly south, between us and Berlin, with the Berlin Turnpike running down the middle of it. The state's DMV headquarters is here, which is why most of Connecticut has been to Newington at least once.
Much of the town was built out in the decades after the war, so the lots are level and the streets are easy to walk.
Thinking about one of these and want an honest read before you spend a Saturday driving it? Ask us. The first conversation costs nothing, and we will tell you if a town is wrong for you.
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