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4 Steps to Ready Your Home for Sale

Your house is your home, but it is also your biggest investment. And like any investment, it's only worth what the market is willing to pay for it. You can increase that perceived value by looking at your home with the eyes of a buyer. You don't need to hire a professional stager, but you should follow these four steps before putting your house on the market. Get it Clean This isn't saying you are a sloppy housekeeper, but there is a big difference between everyday clean and "this house is … Continue reading...

5 Tips for Staging a Cottage

Selling a cottage is similar to selling any other property. It's important to stage it carefully before you put it on the market. Staging involves preparing each room of a house for viewing by removing unnecessary items, fixing whatever is broken, redecorating, and doing anything else that could improve a visitor's impression of the room. Nevertheless, cottages have particular staging requirements that owners should address. Here are five special tips for effectively staging a cottage. … Continue reading...

Avoid These Things That Can Lower the Value of Your Home

Even if you don't plan on selling your home any time soon, preserving its value in the modern real estate market is always a good idea. This makes it important for you to keep track of things that can lower the value of your home over time, and to keep an eye on improvements you can make to increase value. Here are a few common things that can lower the value of a home. 1. Wallpaper With each passing year, wallpaper continues to become less desired by those looking to purchase a new home. If … Continue reading...

3 Basic Ways to Save Money on a Home Remodel

With home prices rising rapidly over the last several years, the home remodeling industry experienced solid growth. Many homeowners either improved their properties hoping to sell and cash in on the price growth or chose to remodel a current home rather than buy an expensive new one. Even though remodeling might be less expensive than moving, and even though analysts say the industry slowed considerably in 2019, a home remodel can still be a very pricey proposition. According to an annual … Continue reading...

3 NEW Christmas Traditions you will LOVE

If you're like most people, the holidays are a time of fun and a little anxiety. You are excited to celebrate with your family and friends, but you're also wondering how to fit everything in your busy schedule and how to adequately prepare. These plans and anxieties can detract from the fun of the holiday, so maybe it's time you added some creativity and fun alongside traditional customs. Having unique traditions gives you an opportunity to make great family memories and celebrate the spirit of … Continue reading...

Three Tips For Moving To Florida

Florida is a grand destination/dream home state for many - and it's easy to see why! Most of Florida has very mild winters, and their summer season is about nine months long. It's full of beautiful beaches, which is perfect for all types of hobbyists and athletes - offering an array of fishing, snorkeling, surfing, or just sitting back and capturing the waves! With trees that don't go into dormant stage, the state offers lush gardening and flower growth all year round. If you love sunshine, … Continue reading...

Three Ways To Make The Outdoors Festive In Florida

You're in Florida, either living in your dream home or trying to sell someone else's dream home. How can you capture the fun and feel of the holiday when you're in eighty degree temperatures? Because many people in Florida haven't necessarily lived in Florida all their lives, this warm holiday season may seem a bit strange. If you are selling a home, decorating in a fanciful but fun way that celebrates both the diverse cultural backgrounds that are prevalent in Florida, as well as the … Continue reading...

How To Make A Tiny Bathroom Look Bigger

Small Bathrooms can truly be a pain when you're claustrophobic or trying to sell a home. It's no fun to feel like you barely have room to turn around in one of the rooms the requires you to spend a lot of time in it! Unfortunately, a fad in the 1990s was to sacrifice bathroom space to add bedroom space to new houses, so if you are living in a 20-30 year old house, you may be dealing with this issue! Never fear, though, as there are always things that you can do, short of knocking out walls to … Continue reading...

Three Bold Colors To Paint Your Kitchen

When you are considering what colors to paint a house, you will hear a lot of very accurate advice that neutral is where it's at, particularly if you are trying to sell: white, cream, light yellow and all shades of gray are consider safe and appealing to almost everyone because they won't clash with furniture and most people don't have strong negative reactions about neutrals. It's still wise to paint the majority of your home a neutral shade if you want to put it on the market. However, one … Continue reading...

Five Ways To Brighten A Dark Room

When you're selling a house, there are a lot of tricks to the trade...some of which you may have no clue about! For instance, if you are a night owl who enjoys darkness, you probably don't realize that the majority of house hunters are looking for homes that are light and bright. The amount of time and money you've spent on room-darkening blinds likely won't impress them any, and may just scare them away. The main reason for this is that light, bright rooms appear larger and cleaner than dimly … Continue reading...