Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Parks & Weisberg, Realtors: Louisville Real Estate Blog

September typically signals the end of wedding season but this year it begins the wedding season for two of our Realtors^®, Dana Vetrano and Olivia Wrocklage. As their wedding dates creep closer, they rush to perfect the final details of their special day. This week we wanted to feature how Dana met, and fell in love, with her fiancé. 

Before Dana met her now-fiancé, Michael Sansbury, she never could have imagined all they would have conquered together. Dana had signed up for an online dating service, Match.com, and before she knew it, she had matched with Michael. They started dating soon after.

As their relationship got more serious, Dana asked Michael to be her RCIA sponsor, someone who served as a support system while she entered the Catholic faith. Michael supported her throughout the entire 15 month process. While Dana had Michael by her side, her favorite moment to experience next to him was her Baptism and Confirmation. That day will remain a special day for both of them.

Michael surprised her everyday with his thoughtfulness and love for her no matter what challenges presented themselves. The day Michael proposed was no different. One afternoon they were sitting on Michael’s sofa talking about their potential future together when he did something incredible.

At Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Parks and Weisberg, Realtors^®, we believe that age isn’t an obstacle to success. We value the differences between our masters and our millennials because we know those differences are strengths. This week we wanted to introduce one of our Master Realtors^®, Louise Miller. The story of how she became a Realtor^® is truly inspiring as well as her interests outside of real estate.

Louise, then a teacher, had just moved to Louisville with two little boys in tow, one 5 and the other 7. Since she moved in the middle of the year, she signed up to be a sub and was waiting for a position. Louise became close with her agent during her hunt to find her new home in Louisville. That’s when her Realtor^® told her something astonishing. 

“She said to me ‘You ought to be selling real estate’ and I said ‘Oh no I don’t think so’. And she said ‘You remember all the details of the houses you go into… It could be a house I showed to you two weeks ago and you could tell me what color the bathroom was…’ ”. 

Thinking real estate wasn’t for her, she turned her attention back to teaching and subbed throughout May. Subbing made it difficult to watch her young boys as they were in preschool and...

Louisville is a diverse and eclectic city which is reflected by the cultures offered in the countless communities within our city. Norton Commons is one of the newest communities spanning over 500 acres and which offers lifestyle choices as unique as the architecture and community itself!

So how did Norton Commons transform from farmland into one of Louisville’s hottest neighborhoods? At the beginning of the 20^th century, a man by the name of George Norton had a passion for television and farming. These passions combined to create WAVE-TV which regularly featured agricultural segments pertaining to local farmers. Norton’s passion for television led to the nickname of his estate, WAVE farm.

After Norton’s passing, the WAVE farm was designated to be a new kind of subdivision. Mrs. Mary Norton Shands, Norton’s daughter, hired 2 local planners, Charles Osborn and David Tomes. Together they agreed to build the development in the style of New Urbanism, an innovative design concept that encourages environmental awareness with dedicated common spaces and features a wide array of housing. Andres Duany, a town planner at the center of the New Urbanism movement, was asked to help create a community that would connect people in a new way.

Today Norton Commons continues this tradition by providing a little something for everyone! You can stroll through one of the numerous parks, relax with afternoon tea in the Rose...