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Garden Club of Cape Coral | Garden sanctuary

Living in Paradise and creating your own garden is a sanctuary where you can enjoy the beauty of nature. Below are nine practical design tricks that I’ve used to help you transform my outdoor garden. The best part is that all of these strategies are straightforward and easy to ...

Real Estate Law | How you share title should depend on estate goals

Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I am purchasing a house with my sister in Cape Coral. We are wondering how to hold title. We each have our own families, and we are just pooling our assets to buy this rental home. Our friends said we should hold the property as joint tenants because we are buying the ...

Homing In | More of the same with July home sales and prices

The theme in the Cape Coral single-family home market remains much the same, as homes priced properly to the market seem to find their way to a buyer, although things have slowed down a bit in our typical out-of-season fashion. Home price trends remain under pressure. Current active ...

Real Estate Law | Higher escrow can protect sellers

Mr. Feichthaler: My wife and I recently contracted to sell our house to buyers from Michigan. They paid a $5,000 escrow deposit, which was held by the law firm handling the closing. The property passed inspection, the loan was approved, and we signed all the closing documents to transfer our ...

Cape Coral Animal Shelter | Looking for a loving home | Maize & Crumble

Maize Maize is a 1 to 3-year-old male. He is a bit of a slow burn — think mystery man vibes. He doesn’t hand out kisses to just anyone, but once you click, he’s yours. Maize has been chillin’ with the small dog crew at the shelter and doing great. He likes good vibes, gentle people ...

Garden Club of Cape Coral | Grace your landscape with groundcover

A neighbor of mine had a side yard that sloped toward the street. I watched him each week as he laboriously hand-mowed that area of grass. Soon, the turf became sparse and he hired a landscaper to do the mowing. A simple solution could have saved the neighbor time, effort and money: ground ...