Kara C’s Top Three: Top Three Things to do to Get Your House Ready to List!
Sell-ability, what is that all about? Sell-ability is the appeal of your home to other home buyers. What is going to “set the hook”? Setting the hook is about how your home presents itself to prospective buyers. You need to not only have it looking its best, you need to make sure it photographs well! Give it the “umph” it needs! Here is how to work with what you have to get your house ready to list! The following is [...]
Around Town: Removal of Existing Kitchen Backsplash
Today we also started on a new project, removing the old backsplash in the kitchen of a home in Waxhaw, NC and the install of a new one. Removing existing backsplash can be a challenge. You never really know if it will chip off cleanly or bring all the drywall behind it along for the ride! This tile came off nicely. The homeowners are picking out the accent pieces to put over the cooktop area this afternoon. The accent tiles [...]
Nursery Design
Our children are the most precious things in the world. As parents we want to love, nurture and mold them into fabulous people. We have hopes and dreams for them before they even enter this world. On day one of discovering that a bundle of joy (at least we hope for joy 24/7!) is going to be in our lives in 9 months the designer starts coming out in all of us! Colors, furniture, accessories, supplies oh my! It is [...]
Master Suite Retreat
I’ve watched Candice Olson on Divine Design (HGTV of course) a million times. I usually love her designs. The change is very dramatic every time. One of the things that always struck me as strange was a sitting area in the master suite. I always thought “why would you need another sitting area?” and “who actually wants to go hang out in their master bedroom?” Two toddlers later I realized that the sitting area in the master suite is [...]
Design to Sell….Traci Zeller Style!
As Realtors® we encounter all different types of homes in various states of repair and design. Explaining to a seller that they need to make design changes or repairs to their homes can be challenging. I sometimes struggle with this aspect of my job. I can relate to their situation. Here you are trying to sell your home for whatever reason and in I walk telling you you need to spend money to repaint or make repairs. The odds are, [...]
Remodeling Challenges….Biggest Bang for Your Buck!
If your are like many homeowners out there thinking about remodeling, you probably fall into one of these two distinct categories:
1. You have outgrown your current home and with home values in your neighborhood being low, you can’t afford to sell.
2. You have a large enough home but it lacks the character or the usable space that you need.
Outgrowing your home isn’t hard to do, add another child or a live-in parent and presto! Many people I’ve encountered have decided [...]
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