As summer vacation comes to a close, it’s time to start thinking about going back to school. While kids might not want to think about school just yet, now is the perfect time to start preparing them for the new school year. Here are some tips that can help ease the transition from summer to school: Adjust to a new routine While it’s tempting to wait until late...
Big news today about California’s drought: the San Francisco Chronicle reports $500 per day water fines have passed the California legislature. Water wasters now face serious penalties, so now seems like a good time to share some water saving tips for our Bay Area new home owners. [caption id="attachment_2734" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo by Justin Sulliv...
What are your plans for the 4th of July and the long weekend? The sales team at our bay area new home communities will enjoy the most welcomed day off (and reopen for the weekend traffic on Saturday). With the day off approaching, everybody’s been talking about where to go celebrate the holiday, and some folks did some research into various festivities, and we figur...
With memorial day behind us, we can now turn to thoughts of summer. For many in the bay area, that means thoughts of gardening. At our new attached homes community in Sunnyvale, Las Palmas, the team of landscaping pros have thought a lot about what makes a garden beautiful. Rows of beautifully manicured palm trees dot the landscape and everywhere you’ll see beautifu...
SummerHill Homes has a lot of moms working in our office and with Mother’s Day just around the corner (Sunday, May 11th, and we’re guessing if you are a mom you already knew that) we thought we would share some tips to make sure the moms out there are treated to a really special day. These tips are borrowed from conversations we’ve had with the moms at our offi...
Spring is in the air and that means its baseball season! The Giants season opener is today, and around here everybody’s wearing orange. One of our favorite things about a ballgame is getting there. See, with CalTrain you get the party started early because on game days the train is filled with Giants fans and the excitement builds and builds as you get closer and c...
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Now that Labor Day is behind us and fall is here what are you plans for the weekend? Well our recommendation if you are living in Mountain View is to check out the Annual Art and Wine Festival happening this weekend! This annual event is turning 40 this year, so its got to be good! You can learn more about this fabulous event at the Mirama Events web page located: htt...
For those of you looking at The Enclave at Waverly Park, check out the school ratings from www.greatschools.org. Frank Huff Whisman Elementary Frank L. Huff Elementary School, located in Mountain View, California, serves grades K-5 in the Mountain View Whisman School District. It is among the few public elementary schools in California to receive a distinguis...
Well, I had to think long and hard on this one and apparently didn't get the post on the regular Let's Blog Off day - Tuesday! I wanted horseback riding lessons! (more…)......