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Staging Your House for Less

Something about spring makes me start watching all of those home shows. You know the ones where couples and sometimes singles look for the perfect house, fix up and put their homes on the market or just do some renovations. Maybe it is because spring is the most popular time of the year to list a house and get a buyer. While the housing market has promise of turning around, there is still quite a lot of “stock,” houses on the market. This means that in order to make yours sell, it needs to shine. One thing that helps house … Continue reading →

Sell that House!

Here are the four easy things you should do to prepare your house for a sale. Doing a little work now will save you a big headache later. Clean up the entryway Buyers spend a lot of time in the front of your home. Whether they are gazing at the house from the curb or waiting on the front steps for their realtor to arrive, the entry way gets a lot of examination. Focus on this area to make sure that it is clean and in perfect shape. It is your home’s first impression. Paint the front door, replace worn … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: August 13 – 19

Where Dirt Hides Dirt and dust can hide is so many places. In fact, sometimes, it seems like it’s everywhere! Check and clean the following spots and if you want to share some tips for combating hidden dust and dirt, please let me know. Top Ten Tips for Puppy Proofing Your Home We just brought home the most darling puppy. He is a Yorkie-poo, a mix between a Yorkie and poodle, and he is absolutely adorable. The only problem is that bringing home a puppy is not all that different from having a baby in the home, so check out … Continue reading →

The Basics of Staging

In an earlier blog, Do It Yourself: Staging Your Home to Sell, I talked about our decision to forego a professional staging expert and stage our home ourselves. In getting ready to show our home, we first needed to get down to basics. Here are some of the first things, the very basic things we did to stage our home: De-personalized: We needed to give the sense that no one actually lived in the home; that it was just waiting for the right people to simply move in. Anything personal that could connect our house specifically to us was removed … Continue reading →

Do It Yourself: Staging Your Home to Sell

In this buyer’s market, staging your home may just be the key thing to make it sell quickly and for a good price. Right now, buyers have a lot of homes to choose from, so anything that can give your house an edge in the market is good. Staging is basically arranging the contents of your house, and doing some cosmetic work on the house, to show the house at its best, There is a whole industry devoted to staging, from certified staging consultants and coordinators, to companies that will rent furniture just for the purpose of staging. A professional … Continue reading →