This Neighborhood, Good or Bad?

(image courtesy of AreaVibes.com)

As a contractor and a Class-A builder, New Earth comes across different kinds of neighborhoods, if you're new to the area it may be a little bit overwhelming to figure out where is a good place to live. Even as a current resident of RVA, it may be difficult to keep up with all the neighborhoods that are up and coming and the ones that have deteriorated. For the most part, Richmond is growing, at an alarmingly exponential rate. This is great for anyone living here or considering moving to Richmond. The value of property is rising. This is especially important for a homeowner to know because home care and maintenance are more crucial than ever.

So what's the best way of knowing if your neighborhood or a neighborhood that you're interested in is worth living in? Thankfully the internet has a lot of different websites that offer all kinds of information including statistical facts about any particular neighborhood. One of our personal favorites is AreaVibes.com. They offer useful knowledge like: crime rate, average household income, property value and the amenities available in any specific area. The only problem that we find with Area Vibes is that you need to do preliminary research on an area that you're interested in since they want you to plug in the name of the subdivision, zip code or address.

Richmond.com breaks the different neighborhoods down for you, they tell you stories of what's happening in some of them so it offers a more personable perspective to give you a sense of what that place is like. They talk about upcoming areas and complexes, specifically what places are being built out. This is important because if different stores and shops see the value of building in a neighborhood, that means that others will follow and see the value in it too. This means more and better housing.

They also include Real Estate listings so you can check out what is available on the market, this allows you to make easy comparisons between properties and see what your competitors are doing if you are in the market to sell.

Even though we are partial to downtown Richmond and the Churchill area, we like knowing what is going around in the Richmond Tri-Cities area, so we find these two resources incredibly useful. You will probably find them useful too.

Are you working on home improvements? Check out what your neighbors are doing by reading about it online, see what works and what doesn't. Some properties will have better value than others and this could be a good way to find out why.

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A Passion for Restoration: New Found Life

New Earth has a commitment to produce high quality products while preserving the full integrity of the raw material.

In the case of these wooden coat rack hangers, we build them so that you can see as much as the grain as possible. We want that earthy feeling to shine through the finishing coating. The contrast of the wood and metal create an unusual marriage that is complimentary: rustic vs. industrial. 

For this cabinet, we've tried to have the individual pieces fit like a puzzle. This allows easy assembling and disassembling. We've paid close attention to detail, always keeping the grain of the wood in mind. The drawer part of it uses a carving in the wood itself to open and close, we've avoided the use of too many moving parts since they tend to fail over time. 

Here is another view of the same cabinet closer to completion. 

We found this wondeful piece of wood recently. We'd like to use it to perphaps create a unique coffee table or a great looking foot rest. Like an artist that carves out of marble, it's important to envision the art within.

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