Porches are becoming more common on new homes over the past decade, showing their increasing popularity with homebuyers. Sixty-four percent of new single-family homes started in 2015 included a porch while 23 percent included a deck, according to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction data. Decks, on the other hand, have seen a decline in new homes. From 2005 to 2008, over a quarter of single-family homes started included decks. But that share has dropped to under 24 perc

The folks that follow us on social media have inquiring minds! They have often asked where the name Chipman Hill originated, and so here’s the scoop. Daniel Chipman, for whom the hill was named, was a United States Representative from Vermont and a Professor of Law at Middlebury College in the early 1800’s. The hill itself is the most prominent point overlooking the town and part of the well-traveled Trail Around Middlebury traverses its slopes. Those in their sixties and bey

CERAMIC TILE SILO A friend of Chipman Hill Property Services let us know that he is interested in having the tile silo presently on his land dismantled and taken away. The family farm and all the farm buildings, like so many in Vermont, has long since disappeared and the silo, probably assembled before WWII, sits like a lonely sentinel guarding the once-thriving dairy. Apparently, the silo can be taken apart piece by piece, from the top down after removing the iron bands ho