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GILL
80 Center Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Benjamin Woodard Seller: Frederick W. Sheard Date: 02/18/22
180 Main Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $200,000 Buyer: Michael J. Leva Seller: Joseph M. Parzych Date: 02/17/22
12 West Gill Road
Gill, MA 01354 Amount: $555,000 Buyer: David Edelman Seller: Bernier, Marc J., (Estate)
Date: 02/09/22
GREENFIELD
9 Bowles St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Stephen A. Hermann Seller: James Richards
Date: 02/08/22
8 Cooke St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Robert L. Kidder Seller: Deborah L. Deskavich Date: 02/18/22
36 Colrain St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Alexia Manin Seller: Jeffrey T. Hendricks Date: 02/07/22
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in kitchens and bathrooms.
Ceramic flooring is one product in
short supply. Levine said consumers who want the durable floor are faced with limited choices. “Many of these companies are still running at half capacity, so they are producing their most popular selections, and that’s all.”
Rising inflation on everything in the economy is causing a shift in customer attitudes when they sign up for a home improvement.
“I’ve been seeing people make more practical choices,” Ronan said. “We’re seeing projects where the emphasis is less on making it beautiful and more on what’s practical.”
Rosa noted that his customers have stopped asking for add-ons. “Back when people were receiving stimulus checks, they wanted esthetic projects like retaining walls, and they would often request an extra project like hydroseed- ing their lawn. Now that things are get- ting tight, lots of people are pulling back on the extras, and I get it.”
Levine believes there are two types of customers, those who watch what they are spending and those who get what they want, no matter the price.
“These days,” he said, “I’m definitely seeing more people who are careful about spending their money.”
MONTAGUE
38 1st Ave.
Montague, MA 01347 Amount: $238,500 Buyer: Curtis Weaver Seller: John H. Stewart Date: 02/16/22
104 4th St.
Montague, MA 01376 Amount: $280,000 Buyer: Amanda L. Nash Seller: 104 Fourth St. LLC Date: 02/17/22
5 Kingsley Ave.
Montague, MA 01376 Amount: $134,000 Buyer: Toni Costa Seller: Brian Costa Date: 02/18/22
52 Montague St.
Montague, MA 01376 Amount: $260,000 Buyer: Ethan Sicard Seller: Matthew D. Donaldson
Date: 02/11/22
119 Old Sunderland Road
Montague, MA 01351 Amount: $155,000 Buyer: Ryan Richards Seller: Suzanne Webber Date: 02/08/22
NORTHFIELD
28 Hamilton Dr.
Northfield, MA 01360 Amount: $234,500
Buyer: S&A RT
Seller: William S. Robinson Date: 02/18/22
259 Conway St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $120,000 Buyer: Shahid D. Habib Seller: Bruce J. Bednarski Date: 02/07/22
22 High St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $366,000 Buyer: Jared D. Mallet Seller: Wilhelmi, Dorota, (Estate)
Date: 02/07/22
30 Main St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $370,000 Buyer: Ray A. Newton Seller: Lisa Ashcraft Date: 02/07/22
70 Main St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $240,000 Buyer: MAG Real Estate Holdings of Greenfield Seller: Melissa A. Winters Date: 02/09/22
125 Maple St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $312,000 Buyer: Matthew Goglin Seller: Jackson T. Powers Date: 02/07/22
20 McLellan Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $138,000
Buyer: A Plus Enterprise Inc. Seller: Dunn, Roger F., (Estate)
Date: 02/18/22
58 Smith St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $239,999
Buyer: Kim Yap
Seller: Bartos, Dorothy M., (Estate)
Date: 02/11/22
60 Washburn Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Michele M. Waters Seller: Elaine A. Perchak Date: 02/11/22
39 Wildwood Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $152,500 Buyer: Nicole M. Moore Seller: Kaye To
Date: 02/11/22
9 Willow St.
Greenfield, MA 01301 Amount: $270,000 Buyer: Nathan J. Sugerman-Castle Seller: James P. Curtis Date: 02/17/22
HAWLEY
292 East Hawley Road
Hawley, MA 01339 Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Hawley Preserve LLC Seller: Cheryl A. Yates Date: 02/18/22
LEYDEN
838 Greenfield Road
Leyden, MA 01301 Amount: $280,000 Buyer: Oscar R. Cornejo Seller: Saline 2019 RET Date: 02/17/22
88 Mount Hermon Station Road
Northfield, MA 01360 Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Jason R. Bassett Seller: Black, Lois M., (Estate) Date: 02/07/22
271 West Road
Northfield, MA 01360 Amount: $400,000
Buyer: David W. Leduc Seller: Michael Wasilauski Date: 02/15/22
ORANGE
42 Cheney St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $175,000 Buyer: Jarad May Seller: Edward J. Berte Date: 02/17/22
564-566 East Main St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Kanchana Fernando Seller: Wayne D. Whitmore Date: 02/15/22
54 East Myrtle St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $250,000 Buyer: Kyle A. Carr Seller: Daniel Carr Date: 02/16/22
140 Memorial Dr.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $270,000 Buyer: Keri L. Barros Seller: Tracey Weed Date: 02/07/22
72 North Main St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Jet Investment LLC Seller: Ames Rental Proper- ties LLC
Date: 02/11/22
864 North Main St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $330,000 Buyer: Richard Wilson Seller: Pamela Kessler Date: 02/08/22
85 Pleasant St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $165,000 Buyer: Efrin Troche Seller: William P. Brown Date: 02/16/22
195 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $333,000
Buyer: Michael R. McGehee Seller: Ashley Warner
Date: 02/18/22
35 Summer St.
Orange, MA 01364 Amount: $125,000 Buyer: Homestead Real Estate Investments LLC Seller: Stephen E. Cody Date: 02/07/22
SUNDERLAND
70 Plumtree Road
Sunderland, MA 01375 Amount: $373,000
Buyer: Robert L. Hesseltine FT Seller: Nancy R. Gesualdi Date: 02/18/22
49 South Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375 Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Plata O. Plomo Inc. Seller: Nhu L. Nguyen
Kyle
Rosa says retaining walls are an example of the outside work customers are asking for.
Up and Down
Jimenez and his crews continue to stay busy with projects from their current customers, but lately his phone is ringing less. “I have seen a decrease in calls com- ing from new customers,” he noted. While he expects the commercial side of his business to remain busy, Rosa predicts that high prices will cause a slowdown in residential work as consumers delay home improve- ments such as re-grading their yards.
Sometimes, however, when one side of the business decreases, the other increases. Rosa may be doing less work at older homes, but he has been pre- paring building sites for new homes “like they are going out of style” and does not see that trend slowing down anytime soon. He believes the high prices of established homes are making new construction more desirable.
“New houses are selling before they even hit the market,” he said. “In fact, people are making offers to buy the homes we’re building while we are still on the job site.”
Overall, even in this up-and-down business environment in many sectors of the economy, home-improvement contractors remain busy and always on the lookout for what will drive new business.
“We follow the market trends,” Ronan said — however unexpectedly they may shift. u
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