THE COSTELLO GROUP

Chestnut Hill is known as the Garden District. This beautiful Wissahickon Stone Schist home is the perfect example of why it's called the Garden District. I'ts located on a quaint tree lined street, just steps away from the shops and restaurants of Chestnut Hill. Both the front and back exteriors have mature evergreen plantings that provide color and foliage year round. This link will show you in more detail all the wonderful things this home has to offer! #ChestnutHill #Mi

This charming 3 bed/1 bath twin embodies the essence of an (approximately) 144 year old home in Chestnut Hill, with one exception. The kitchen is HUGE! With it's center island, it is perfect for entertaining. One of the best features is that the kitchen opens out onto a covered patio that overlooks a very serene backyard. Just a block off the 'Ave, it is very convenient to walk to all the shops and restaurants Chestnut Hill has to offer. It's situated between the East and

Photo: Betsy Barron Photography I recently shared an article with my clients citing the “hottest" neighborhoods in Philadelphia where home values are set to skyrocket this year. "Why these neighborhoods?" do you ask. One of the main reasons is that the neighborhoods are really profitable for flipping. This Philly.Com article gives some great insight. While most of my clients that buy properties to flip are builders, I increasingly have home buyers who are looking to get in

I always enjoy the Philadelphia Inquirer writer Alan Heavens articles when he spotlights a town in the surrounding Philadelphia area. So I loved reading this recent story about Haddonfield, NJ. It really highlights every reason why we choose to call this lovely gem of a town our home. When moving from Chestnut Hill, we struggled to find something that was similar to “our little village in the city". Haddonfield embodies the same quaint village-like community. One where yo

Years ago, when I moved to Philadelphia from the Midwest I was very apprehensive of the ‘BIG CITY’. Getting to know people, understanding culture norms and of course learning how to navigate from place to place. Upon my very first tour looking for an apartment, I learned that it wasn’t just one big city, but rather a city made up of many and very different neighborhoods. Each neighborhood felt like it had it’s own culture, landscape, and something that made it unique that eve