Laurie Shenkman's (livingbranch3) Blog

Sustainable Energy for Your Soul - on the LAKEFRONT at Bear Creek Estates! 3 floors of living space - 5 bedroom, 3 full bath home - with panoramic windows for water views at every turn! Contemporary style floor plan - completely rebuilt from the foundation up in 2007. First floor features open c...

  Just off the Walnutport Canal of the Lehigh River with panoramic views of Lehigh Gorge, this 1869 hotel, The Pennsylvania House, could be the answer to your entrepreneurial dreams. The imposing stucco structure with decorative flair is comprised of 10 furnished rooms, 4 apartments, balcony sun ...

It's time for a different kind of house. A house that is more than square footage; a house that is Not So Big, where each room is used every day. A house with a floorplan inspired by our informed lifestyle instead of the way our grandparents lived. A house for the future that embraces a few well-...

Every House Has a Story - 2     It was a warm September afternoon when I first met Cheryl – an engaging woman with intelligent eyes and a wry smile. We stood on the porch of her property- a neat, modest row home with second story angled bay window and third floor dormer (identical to perhaps 30 r...

PRICED RIGHT in Tamaqua - Prime Condition! 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths Townhouse ~ available for Rural Housing Mortgage Program plus first time home buyers $8000 tax credit. Incomparable win win! Low taxes - TURN KEY INVESTMENT property! Spacious living & dining rooms, eat in kitchen with washer, dryer...

PRICE REDUCED! Adorable Southern Lehigh Cape awaiting your finishing touches! Great location, good bones & solid construction; a home worthy of your inspection! Estate of original owners! 1st floor - easy flow throughout~living room w/picture window, expansive DR w/sitting area, large powder room...

  2747 Elm Ct. Allentown, PA 18104 $214,500 Holiday Open House - November 29th 1 - 4 PM. Clean+Well Maintained Home in One of the Very Finest Deep West End Sub-Divisions. Expanded Cape w/2 Full BR on Each Level...Total of 4 BR or 3 BR Plus Den/Office. BedRoom w/1/2 Bath Upper Level. 400+ Sq Ft Ma...

2634 Wassergass Rd. Lower Saucon Twp, PA 18055 Offered at $499,900   There is nothing more beautiful than a farmhouse in autumn seen from a country road. The road is Wassergass ~ among the most picturesque in the Lehigh Valley & within a few miles from the Bucks County border. The home is the old...

Every House Has a Story   Friday November 20th, 2009   I picked up Esther at noon. We were on our way to the final walkthrough on her new home, first home, which was scheduled to settle on Monday, November 16th but was postponed until Monday, November 23rd.   Delays are common to real estate tran...

  O Little Town of Bethlehem Tomorrow morning there will be a settlement just a few blocks up from the Moravian Church, academy and Main St. Campus of Moravian College in the little town of Bethlehem, PA. The home is a lovely 19th Century edifice with  converted rental space within the main house...