Farmers Markets in St. Louis
Farmers Market season is upon us. The 2020 markets looked a bit different because, um pandemic. This year, in all likelihood, we will see continued modifications. Below is an update on some St. Louis area...
Teams – The Future of Real Estate
A 2018 survey of real estate industry professionals found that 26 percent of respondents were part of a team approach, while 73 percent were solo agents. Chances are, if you are planning to buy or...
Fall Maintenance Checklist for Home Owners
Temperatures are starting to cool and fall is the time to being to preparing our homes for the colder winter weather. A couple of hours attending to these main areas of your home can save...
What Do Chicken Sexers and Real Estate Agents Have in Common?
Alternate titles for this post could have easily been”The Myth of Price Per Square Foot” or “Determining the Best List Price” or “Why Does Zillow Keep Spreading Lies about My House” but come on, Chicken...
14 Lessons Learned from 14 Years in Real Estate
April 2018 marked my 14th year in residential real estate. Thinking back to my first season in 2004, I have a visual of myself with a St. Louis street guide plotting every turn for a...
Thanksgiving Gratitude & Recipes
Thanksgiving is EASILY our favorite holiday here at The Dawn Griffin Group. Today we are sharing some of our favorite recipes and the ways we celebrate. Whether you are spending Thanksgiving at home or traveling,...
Preventing Home Fires
It’s Fire Prevention Week and we want to help you protect one of your most valued assets, your home. The importance of working smoke alarms cannot be understated. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has...
The Sweet Life St. Louis
Our team, like most of St. Louis, loves ice cream. And there is no shortage of great places to indulge in frozen sweet treats. To help you beat the summer heat, we thought we would share...
Ten Things I Learned in 2012
Disclosure is a SELLER’S best friend. A St. Charles County family was awarded $472,000 after suing the former owners of their home for failure to disclose a brown recluse infestation. SELLER’S remorse does exist and it is...
So, You Want to Buy a Rehab Project?
Yesterday I went out with one of my new clients to look at rehab possibilities. I always think the first day out with a new client is interesting. It’s a learning process for both of...
Ikeatown
BoKlok means “live smart” and BoKlok is what you get when you combine the Swedish furniture company IKEA and Skanska a Swedish construction company. I am definitely an advocate of affordable well-designed homes, but I...
Scandinavian Designs
I am going to Scandinavia for vacation!!!!!!! And in the course of my vacation research, I found an incredible experiment in urban planning and sustainability. VIIKKI, Helsinki, Finland The general guidelines for Viikki designs were...