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Victoria Standring of Stone House Properties offers a magnificent estate, beautifully restored and perfect for comfortable living. Kenzie Fields and her husband Shawn Fields bought the house next door and transformed it while preserving memories of its past life. Plus, real estate market view, recent sales, a new gardening column and more.

Here’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section:

  • Property of the Week – Victoria Standring of Stone House Properties offers a magnificent estate—perfect for year-round living, for an elegant second home, or for an addition to an investor’s portfolio grounds.
  • Transformations – Kenzie Fields and her husband Shawn Fields gave the house next door a new life while not erasing signs of its old life.
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and Columbia County.
  • Market Perspective – The number of sales and the dollar volume transacted are both down in 2023.
  • The Self-Taught Gardener – With chemical treatments available, you have the choice‑save your precious plant or save the environment. What would you do?
  • The Lazy Berkshire Gardener – Why does Jodi start some seeds indoors? “I have the gardening bug. I like to see things growing.”
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