Grand Gables Realty Group, Inc. is proud to announce the affiliation of Mel Strahm with our firm.  Mel has devoted the past 25 years of her professional career to the real estate industry and brings a wealth of industry knowledge to our brokerage team.  Of note, Mel Strahm brings an eye for detail and design with 25 years of design and construction experience to her real estate career as a registered (licensed) Architect in Massachusetts. Mel received her professional degree from Syracuse University and studied abroad with world known Architect Rob Krier in Vienna, Austria. Mel worked for Freeman, Brigham and Hussey Architects designing high end residential properties in the Boston area, and then continued on with commercial firms. She was one of the three in house architects on staff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1990 to 2001. She is the first place winner of the 1996 New England Real Estate design award for her unique design of the Rosalind Denny Lewis Music Library on the MIT campus. She recently designed the new addition to the Art School at Hunt Hall on the Bridgewater State University campus. The new building opened in  2011.

Mel's creativity and love of people, combined with her professional experience, give her an edge in the residential real estate community. She is a natural stager and can easily visualize alternative solutions in residential construction.

Mel is an active parent at South Shore Charter Public School (SSCPS) in Norwell, MA. In the 2010/2011 academic year, Mel served as a parent-teacher of robotics and enjoyed making small walking "bots" and a large geodesic dome with the kids.....She and her daughter sponsored "Shoes for Haiti" and sent 66 lbs of shoes to Haitian children from the South Shore Charter School. This actually allowed many Haitian children to return to school as they needed to have shoes on their feet. Mel is active in the arts and is an active member of both the South Shore Arts Center in Cohasset, MA as well as the Hingham Conservatory where her daughter attends classes at both.

Mel is an active member of the Plymouth and South Shore Association of Realtors® (PASS); the Massachusetts Association of Realtors® (MAR) and the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and also holds active membership in the National Association for Professional Women (NAPW); the Boston Society of Architects (BSA); and for many years has been a active member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).  Mel is a Past President of the Board of Directors for the Technology Children´s Center on the MIT campus - a small school serving the children of the MIT community.

Mel and her family have resided in Hull, MA for many years and also own property in Miami Beach, Florida.  Prior to becoming proud residents of the South Shore, Mel lived in Cambridge, MA.  We welcome you to give Mel a call and let her put her exceptional skills to work for you in helping you with your real estate needs.