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Avoid These 3 Bathroom Design Trends Buyers Hate

If you’re selling your home in Tampa Bay, your REALTOR® will talk to you about home staging and what you need to do before you list your home – when they do be sure to take a closer look at your bathroom. Does your bathroom have any of these characteristics that buyers hate? Most real estate agents will encourage buyers to look past cosmetic issues and focus on the structure of the house while encouraging them to update the home to match their own style once they move in when they’re trying … Continue reading...

3 Tips for Creating Your Perfect Home Office

There are plenty of people working from home these days- parents with small children, freelancers, digital nomads working remotely while they travel, or even people working from home for a day or two while they're under the weather. But whatever your reason might be for creating a home office, it needs to be a place to get work done efficiently. 1. Make Sure You Have the Tools You Need for Success For most people, having the tools you need means a bare minimum of a desk, a chair, and a … Continue reading...

3 Household Areas You Should Declutter Today

Whether you are looking to downsize or just want to clean up the clutter, getting rid of all the accumulated stuff in your house can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be. There are some simple steps you can take first to get a good jump on cleaning out your home. Here are a few areas of your home you can declutter by getting rid of what you don't need. A lot of the accumulated clutter comes from just saving things that you think you may want someday or seemed like a good purchase at … Continue reading...

5 Home Projects with Value You Can’t Measure in Dollars

Every year, trade magazine Remodeling releases a "Cost vs Value" report, which lets consumers know how much return on their investment they can expect from different home improvement projects. In the 2020 report, for example, installing manufactured stone veneer on a home's exterior is projected to cost a national average of $9,357. Meanwhile, the homeowner is expected to gain $8,943 in resale value, recouping 95.6 percent of the project's cost. According to the report, adding a stone veneer … 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...

Selling your Home: 3 Remodels that will Make you Money

3 Home Remodels that will Make you Money

Selling your home is a massive undertaking, one that requires plenty of dedication. If you're looking to maximize your home's selling potential, it might be worthwhile to look into some remodels. Today, we're going to look at the three best remodels that can significantly increase the value of your home. Remodeling your Kitchen: Undertaking a minor kitchen remodeling project is an excellent investment that will pay dividends for the value of your home. On average, homeowners can recoup between … 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...

Five Home Improvement Projects Under $100

You want to add some pizzazz to your house, but cash flow is a problem, or you're trying to make eye-catching but inexpensive improvements while your home is on the market for a better chance of it selling. While most home projects costs thousands of dollars (such as new cabinets, new floors) - there are some very snazzy things you can do with your house to give it a fresh, updated look for under one hundred dollars! If you took on a couple projects a month, it still wouldn't break the bank but … Continue reading...

Three Ways To Tidy Your Home In Half An Hour

Maybe you just found out the in-laws are stopping by, or maybe you are selling your home and find out from your agent there's a showing in half an hour. Where on earth do you begin? There's dirty dishes on the counter, the mail is overflowing on the table, and the bathroom hasn't been cleaned in a few days. What's most import, and where do you start? It can be tempting to throw your hands up in the air in and walk away, but a better solution is to learn some tried and true clutter control and … Continue reading...