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Impromtu Open House 11:30 AM Sunday at 1 Clipping Tree Lane

Where 1 Clipping Tree Lane-Greencroft-Hunt Valley 21030

When 11:30 AM

When I have scheduled showings at one of my listings, I will set up an impromptu open house.That's what we are doing today.

Please stop by 1 Clipping Tree Lane in Greencroft to see this exciting custom built brick, stone and cedar five bedroom two story contemporary on a 2.15 acre lot that has the right combination of lawn, landscaping and wooded areas. Six skylights and loads of over sized Pella windows allow light to shine into this custom Griffith-Brilhart home with high ceilings.This home has it all from the three door side loading garage to the gourmet kitchen with an abundant amount of cherry cabinets. Offered at $649,944

Agents, please send your buyers. You will be honored!

Directions: I-83 to Shawan Rd > Turn right onto Cuba Road (Enter the private community of Greencroft) Right onto Greencroft Lane> Right on 1 Clipping Tree Lane. Look for this OPEN HOUSE SIGN.

Being featured as the Open House Master by Realtor Magazine, I still feel the traditional open house is more beneficial for the agent than for the seller. I really enjoy doing unusual Open Houses...Opens that bring attention to the property. Realtor Magazine's Open House Master Video is Here! First ActiveRain Open House Update!

When will there be a Baltimore Open House? When would you like it open?

Wednesday Night Open House..Are You Kidding Me?

I decided to do it again. Please join me at 1 Clipping Tree Lane-Greencroft-Hunt Valley 21030 today Sunday 2/12/12 starting at 11:30 AM.

I LOVE THIS TABLE. I am getting ready to purchase it as replacement for my existing table. It is sleek and modern and it has plenty of seating to accomodate my family, BUT, it does not have the memories that have been made over the years on our old farmhouse table.

Our kitchen table has served many purposes over the years. Not only has it served as a place in which to eat our meals, it has served so many other functions. Our table has been in use since my children, the youngest of whom is now 30, were children. It is scarred and dented and it shows its age in some places. The chairs are marred from little feet standing on them with their shoes on and my husband has repeatedly "shored" up the legs to make the chairs more stable. It's time for a replacement and I'm ready to let go but I will always remember this old farmhouse table as a place where my family and I made so many happy memories.

My children learned how to write their names on this table. They played play-doh and they colored in coloring books . As they grew older they did their homework on this table and they filled out thier college applications on it. They discussed their day to day routines and their inner most thoughts around this table. They spoke of marriage and babies and new homes and cars around this table.

The table has a long and mostly happy history in our home. It has been used as a place to play board games as a family, a place in which to gather to share or finest AND our weakest moments as a family. We have discussed life, death, disease, happiness and sorrow around our table and if it could talk it would have many tales to tell. I am hopeful that our new table will serve the same purposes for our grandchildren. Already I know that my grandaughters will learn may things as they sit around this new table.

They will learn that their Mommy and/or Daddy had a hard time forming their letters sometimes, too; they will learn how to color in and OUT of the lines of the coloring book. They will form funny little creatures with their play-doh and they will stand on the chairs with their shoes on because they can't reach the kitchen island to make cookies without a chair.

They will learn that words spoken around the kitchen table are often words of comfort and encouragement, and sometimes words of caution and disappointment, but always words based in love and commitment to family. They will learn that a cup of tea at the kitchen table is comforting when they are upset and that if they ever want or need to talk something through they need only have a seat .

Our new table will get its own dents and dings and it too will be place in which we will gather as a family to eat meals, share our stories, share our happiness and sorrows and learn that the most important piece of furniture in our entire home is this, THE KITCHEN TABLE. The place in which all our fondest memories are made and where all manner of learning can take place.

I hope that this new kitchen table gives the next generation of our family the sense of belonging that our old table always offered. As we gather around the new table we will offer thanks for our many blessings and begin to make the new table the center piece of our home.

Hernwood Heights in Baltimore County... a Community of Custom Homes! And a new HomeRome Listing!

A new listing will be coming on the market soon in this established neighborhood. This brick four bedroom rancher has a sunroom, 2 car garage, finished lower level, a lovely large landscaped lot of (.64 acres), a large eat in kitchen, two fireplaces and hardwood floors. Stay tuned til I have photos for you.

Hernwood Heights is in Baltimore County northwest of Baltimore and a bit south east of Owings Mills.

It is not far from Virginia's Rose... in Eldersburg, MD This is a good place to De-Furnish or Re-Furnish your home.

My job as a REALTOR® and Broker is to bring buyers and sellers together, to find that perfect home to fall in love with. (We wrote about that, you'll recall.)

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Community College of Baltimore County CCBC

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Minutes to Liberty Reservoir and Soldiers Delight Park is a few minutes away.

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Like sports? Raven's Training Camp is also nearby

Hernwood Heights in Baltimore County... a Community of Custom Homes! And a new HomeRome Listing!

Call me for information on this Rancher coming soon in Hernwood Heights Zip code 21133.

Love where you live.....and talk & write about it too. (Part Two ~ Catonsville, MD)

In January I posted Love where you live.....and talk & write about it too. (Part One ~ Ellicott City, MD) , so this is Part Two, which is dedicated to Catonsville where I currently reside.

Catonsville is where I took that first "Big Girl Step" into home ownership shortly after starting my career in Real Estate. I was not even looking for a home on the day when I found the perfect property for me. I was heading to an Open House in Catonsville to drop off paperwork to an agent I was currently in a transaction with. It was love at first sight. I put in a full priced offer with an escalation clause. (It was the start of the multiple offer frenzy)

Discovering Catonsville has always been a joy. It has wonderful, historic neighborhoods to walk through with every shape of home imaginable- small and large! (I love looking at homes even when I am not "on the clock") Friendly neighbors always wave and say hello. Although it's a suburb of Baltimore City, it feels like an intimate community.


There is a small, yet interesting commercial district that offers eclectic stores such as Bill's Music, a medical supply shop, Atwaters Bakery and Cy's which has tuxedo rental and swim wear! There are plenty of great restaurants to choose from in all different price ranges: The Catonsville Gourmet, The Ships Cafe and El Nayar to name but a few.

There are year round events for all ages in Catonsville. There is always something to look forward to.

In short, there is always something to write about in "the 'ville"!








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These are the areas that I serve Buyers orSellers in the Metro Baltimore area : Howard County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Harford County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Montgomery County or Prince Georges County . If you would like more information please call me, Ellie McIntire at 443-418-7668or e-mail EllieMcIntire@MRIS.com

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team Real Estate Services.

Keller Williams Realty Centre

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