Sugarcane season is here again and with that come the dust and dark clouds of the cane burning in our area but also the Louisiana Sugarcane Festival & Fair in New Iberia.

The Sugarcane Festival features various venues throughout New Iberia: blessing of the crop, carnival rides, food court, 4-H sugar cookery contest, Bayou Girl Scouts bake-off, coronation of Queen Sugar, judging of best decorated storefronts and homes, sugar artistry display & tasting, garden/flower, sugar cane, photography, and arts & crafts exhibits, livestock show, parades, fireworks, fais do do. For more information, visit the Festival’s offical page or their Facebook page here.

Of course Down Town Alive will be swinging tonight with the Mercy Brothers at Parc Sans Souci starting at 5:30 and going till 8:30.

There is also a “Community Celebration to Honor Mickey Shunick” tomorrow (September 29th) at Parc International in Lafayette. The event begins at noon and features art, t-shirts, speeches by those involved in the search and band performances by “Whole Damn Town” at 1:30, “imagineIAM” at 2:30, and “Rareleuth” at 3:45. It will conclude with a bike ride. For more information, visit their Facebook page.

There is also Louisiana Chicken Festival in downtown Dubach, Baker Buffalo Festival in Baker, NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival and so much more going on in every nook and cranny of the state! You never have to sit around and wonder “What to do” in south Louisiana!

See you around!

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

This is a quick snapshot of home sales so far this year in Acadiana and it shows that sales are up a little over 17% compared to last year.

As we can see, most price ranges saw an increase in sales this year except for a couple in the higher ranges. This is of course good news for Lafayette and Acadiana.

If you are thinking about buying, selling, or investing in real estate, I am here to help!

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

We’ve just reduced the price on this wonderful Acadian style home centrally located at 203 Great Plains in Lafayette, LA. This home is in Prairie Estates, which is right behind Prairie Elementary off of Congress Street and minutes from Lafayette’s best restaurants and shopping.

The home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, separate dinning room and a very large living room. The kitchen features granite slab counter tops, tile back splash, and new tile floors while the living room has a wood burning fireplace.

The master bedroom is downstairs with private bath and walk-in closet. Upstairs are two spacious bedrooms with double closets and another bath. There is lots of room and ample storage inside and out if space is what you are looking for.

The seller is motivated and offering a one-year home warranty to the new owner. Make plans to view this wonderful home today and make an offer!

For more information and more pictures or 203 Great Plains, visit this link.

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

If you are looking for something to do tonight, head to Youngsville for the Sugar Jam concert series at Sugar Mill Pond. This is a family-friendly, free event and tonight, Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin’ Cajuns take the stage. Voted best cajun & zydeco band in Acadiana for the 7th year in a row, they will be sure to get your feet moving.

There will be a fun jump to entertain the kids and they ask that you keep food and drinks at home and let the local restaurants quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger. You can visit the band’s web site here: www.kickincajuns.com

Next month, Sugar Jam will feature Devon Allman’s Honeytribe Live (blues rock) on October 20th.

Keller Williams is a sponsor for the event this year so come by our tent and say hello. I will be around with my daughter.

Also today is the monthly get together of the Club Lego en français. If your child speaks French and loves to play with Lego bricks, you are welcome to join.

This will be our first time for my daughter and I and I’m really looking forward to it. If you would like more information about this event, visit En Français à Lafayette on Facebook or email them here.

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News

When clients tell me that they want to look at homes for sale in the Saint Streets, this is the map I use to search. This is what I consider to be the “Saint Streets” area. It can vary a street or two this way or that way.

The top left corner that I left out is what we call the “White Subdivision.” It was developed by a Mr. White a little later than the Saint Streets area. Home in the “White Subdivision” are mostly larger, ranch style homes on slab.

In the Saint Streets area, most homes are between 50 and 75 years old and are cottages on piers. The Saint Streets area is not one subdivision but rather a group of small subdivisions: Cornay Addition, Comeaux Place, Souvenir Heights, Broussard Addition, Fairfield, and others. We call it the saint streets because several streets have saints names: St Patrick, St Thomas, St Mary, St Catherine, St Camille, St Micheal, St Louis, etc.

 

I always have several buyers looking in the Saint Streets at any given point in time. They all have different needs, wants, and budget. If you have been thinking about selling your Saint Streets home, give me a call today or email me. I might have what you are looking for, i.e. a buyer!

If you would like to buy a home in the Saint Streets, contact me today and I will send you available homes and new listings as they hit the market.

 

Originally Posted at: Lafayette Real Estate News