Coeur d'Alene Real Estate - Come Live the Life Style - Christina Ethridge

We live in beautiful, rugged country. Beautiful rugged country comes with lots of granite. Granite is GORGEOUS on your counter tops - it just has this dirty little secret.

Granite carries a heavy amount of uranium, and as uranium decays it produces radon gas. North Idaho has a lot of granite in the ground.

So, it is absolutely imperative that you get a radon test done in your home and take remediation measures if necessary. It's a cheap and easy thing to do to prevent lung cancer.

Check out the EPA's map of radon in North Idaho.

For more information on North Idaho Real Estate, stats, homes for sale and more, check out our North Idaho Real Estate Blog.

And no, granite counter tops are not a health hazzard. Granite still in the ground can be the danger, not granite on your countertops.

Wonder no more - every few weeks I post an up-to-date list of local events on the North Idaho Real Estate Blog. This list encompasses events in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Rathdrum (and every so often, there is an even thrown in from other surrounding areas).

I think the biggest even for this week is the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo:

August 20-24 - North Idaho Fair & Rodeo. For a full schedule, go to www.northidahofair.com.

Check out other things to do in North Idaho here.

What a wonderful opportunity to enjoy beautiful downtown Coeur d'Alene on a warm summer evening. Special thanks to STCU (Spokane Teachers Credit Union) and the Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association for providing this wonderful service!

FREE Carriage Rides Downtown Coeur d'Alene

STCU and the Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association welcomes you to ride off into the sunset on a FREE horse-drawn carriage through beautiful Downtown Coeur d'Alene!

Treat your friends and family to a relaxing and romantic horse-drawn carriage ride, enjoying the scenery from an old-fashioned point of view.

Dates: Saturday evenings from July 19th - August 30th, 2008 (NOT available August 2nd)
Times: 7:00p.m. - 10:00p.m.
Cost: FREE
Location: You board the carriage at 1st Street and Sherman Avenue.

For more information: Please visit the STCU Website or contact the Downtown Association at 208-667-4040 or www.cdadowntown.com.

Visit our North Idaho Real Estate Blog to find the following new updates:

More North Idaho residential real estate stats for May 2008:

County:
Kootenai County

By Town:
Coeur d’Alene/Dalton Gardens | Post Falls | Hayden | Rathdrum/Hauser

By Community:
Coeur d’Alene Place | Hawks Nest | Sunshine Meadows | The Landings at Waterford | Broadmoore Estates | Best Hill Meadows | Bentwood Park | Armstrong Park | Fieldstone | Prairie Falls | Woodbridge | Avalon Estates | Greensferry Landing | Riverside Harbor | Hunters Glen | Northridge |

More development in the Silver Valley area of North Idaho

The Kellogg area is considered one of the ‘hot and growing’ areas in the nation - with firmly expected appreciation...

Coeur d’Alene & Post Falls area events - May 2008

Self explanatory!

Get involved in the Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan . . . Here’s how:

A completed draft of the county’s Comprehensive Plan was unveiled Thursday and is available for review. Chapters including housing, transportation and education will guide the next two decades of land-use decisions...

Do you need an attorney when purchasing North Idaho Real Estate?

The answer is, it depends. Real estate purchases in North Idaho do not require the services of an attorney (unlike some other states). In fact, for most transactions, hiring an attorney to assist you can be an unnecessary use of your money...

You can find all this and more at the North Idaho Real Estate Blog.