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29 November 2018 | 10 replies
We meet just down the street from Bethalto at Polly's Restaurant in Cottage Hills.
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14 June 2021 | 10 replies
My properties don't work in this scenario, they are mostly a house and cottage on the same lot with a long-term tenant in the other house, and I won't allow people without background checks to rent, period.
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11 September 2019 | 8 replies
I'm not sure about Boston proper but I have a friend on the Cape who has a little cottage industry working with RE agents that have to permit / bring up to code existing renovations that were never permitted.
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23 October 2021 | 9 replies
The absolute best Cuban sandwich and guava and cheese pastries I've ever had were from the Cuba Bakery on Mount Prospect (recommended to me by a Cuban former coworker).
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2 February 2021 | 3 replies
My grandparents had a cottage there from the 50's to the late 80's, so I spent my summers there growing up, and still go on vacation there almost every summer.
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6 September 2014 | 3 replies
Basically it's 2 structures, one big one with 6 bedrooms and another cottage with 2 bedrooms and maybe future potential for 3.
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11 January 2016 | 10 replies
In short, this used to be a quiet, cottage industry largely operating without much fuss.
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9 June 2016 | 9 replies
It's one of the older smaller 'beachy' cottages so no frills but it was built to be simple/affordable and most guests appreciate that.
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19 February 2015 | 6 replies
You can make a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches with it as well.