Brighton, NY

According to Business First Brighton Central School District ranks third in NY for test score performance.

Business First has rated the academic performances of 431 public school districts in the 48 counties of Upstate New York, based on four years of test data from the New York State Education Department. (Click here to learn how the rankings were calculated.)

• 1. Pittsford (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

• 2. Fayetteville-Manlius (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

• 3. Brighton (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

• 4. Williamsville (Erie County, Western New York)

• 5. Skaneateles (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

• 6. Honeoye Falls-Lima (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

• 7. New Hartford (Oneida County, Utica-Rome Area)

• 8. Niskayuna (Schenectady County, Albany Area)

• 9. Cazenovia (Madison County, Syracuse Area)

• 10. Clarence (Erie County, Western New York)

• 11. Voorheesville (Albany County, Albany Area)

• 12. Bethlehem (Albany County, Albany Area)

• 13. East Aurora (Erie County, Western New York)

• 14. North Colonie (Albany County, Albany Area)

• 15. Guilderland (Albany County, Albany Area)

• 16. West Irondequoit (Monroe County, Rochester Area)

• 17. Jamesville-Dewitt (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

• 18. Westhill (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)

• 19. Victor (Ontario County, Rochester Area)

• 20. Orchard Park (Erie County, Western New York)

Are you interested in the local architecture of the Rochester area? If so, you won't want to miss the Landmark Society's 40th Annual House and Garden Tour. It will be taking place this Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.

Each year, the House and Garden Tour showcases homes in various parts of the Greater Rochester area. This year's tour will feature eight homes in the suburb of Brighton. They will range from the oldest home in Monroe County, built in 1792, to the Alcoa aluminum house, built in the 1950s. Each home on the tour has something unique and interesting to offer visitors.

I always look forward to the House and Garden Tour, and I will be volunteering as a "tour guide" for the second year in a row. This year, I will be stationed at the Isaac Moore-A. Emerson Babcock House, located at 1496 Clover Street. It's a Federal-style Brick home built by Isaac Moore, Brighton's first brick maker, in 1829. As you can see from the exterior photos, this impressive home has been lovingly maintained and updated.

Tickets for the House and Garden Tour are $20 in advance, and $18 for Landmark Society members. You can also purchase tickets on the day of the event for $25 at Tour Headquarters located at the Baptist Temple at 1101 Clover Street. You can learn more about purchasing tickets on the Landmark Society's website.

Don't forget to stop by 1496 Clover Street. I would love to share its fascinating history with you!

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There is absolutely nothing more fun in real estate than calling your buyers and saying, "Congratulations! Your offer was accepted!"


And there is almost nothing worse than calling buyers and having to tell them their offer was out-bided.

My weekend started off marvelously when I showed a house in Brighton to a young family that had been looking most of this year. We were the very first to get to see the house and it was lovely. The buyers loved it and so we got together that evening and wrote an offer, a generous offer more than $2000 over asking price. And we made the offer good until Sunday at 1, which is when their open house was scheduled to start.
Well, Sunday at 1 came and went with no call from the listing agent. 3pm and the end of the end of the open house came and still no word. By 5 pm, I was getting steamed and called the listing agent. Of course all I got was voice mail. Finally, at 7 pm I received a call from him to say that he still had not been able to reach the sellers to tell them about our offer and by the way, there are now two additional offers on the table.

It was not until Monday morning that we learned that a total of three additional offers came in. Since ours was first, they did give us an opportunity to match the highest offer, which was $11,100 over asking and a cash deal. And so, I have emotionally drained and heartbroken clients that are still looking to buy a house in Brighton, which has to be hottest market around!

In between phone calls and property showings, I took a nice walk through Linear Park (also known as Philbrick Park) in Penfield. That's where the photos were taken. It was a great escape from the stress and burned more calories than chewing my nails.