How to eliminate odors in your home For Sellers, decluttering and staging a home are both incredibly important to presenting it in a flattering way, but it’s also important to make sure potential buyers don’t stop at the front door because of an unpleasant smell. We all have walked into homes that have the strong […]
Moving abroad?
Moving abroad – how complicated can it be? If you think moving across town or a few states over is hard, consider what’s involved with moving to another country. As exciting as a move abroad can be, it’s also complicated — with a seemingly endless number of issues thrown at you as you make your […]
Charlottesville 2016 4th Quarter Market Report
Charlottesville Real Estate – CAAR 2016 Fourth Quarter Market Report Our Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has just released the latest real estate market report showing stats for sales in our area, 2016 4th Quarter. This report comes out Quarterly and gives us a good idea of the current Real Estate Market in the greater […]
Tips For Keeping Your Home Safe
Protecting your home and family go hand in hand. With the help of a little research, finding the right home security tools will prepare a homeowner, whether they’re just moving in, are already living in or are in the process of selling a house, for whatever may happen. Most burglaries occur on weekdays between 10 […]
Charlottesville 2016 3rd Quarter Market Report
Charlottesville Real Estate – CAAR 2016 Third Quarter Market Report Our Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has just released the latest real estate market report showing stats for sales in our area, 2016 3rd Quarter. This report comes out Quarterly and gives us a good idea of the current Real Estate Market in the greater […]
Moving Checklist
Moving Checklist It’s that time of year again – college students are heading back to school and anxious parents are trying not to forget anything along the way. Moving to your dorm room or apartment is the same as moving into a new house – just on a slightly smaller scale. We have some great […]
FSBO Charlottesville
FSBO – Is It Really Better To Sell A Home Yourself? Here at Solutions we’ve touched on the issue of FSBOs (For Sale By Owner) quite often as we’re frequently asked by potential Sellers why they should consider having an agent versus selling their home themselves. Selling a Charlottesville home is easy, at least that’s […]
Clean Your Home Before AND After Selling
The importance of Cleaning Your Home Before AND After Selling In previous blogs, we’ve discussed the important of decluttering a house before listing it, and also about what the term “broom clean” means as you’re getting ready to close, but what about the importance of having a clean home before and during listing, and then […]
Interview with a Professional Home Inspector
Interview with a Professional Home Inspector Having an inspection done is the only way for Sellers and Buyers to know the state of a house, at a given point in time, and have a general understanding of what to look out for in the way of potential upcoming repairs. Your home inspector wants the process […]
Ways to Prepare for Your Home Inspection
Ways to Prepare for Your Home Inspection After you’ve fallen in love with your dream home, ratified the contract and contacted your lender, the next vital step in the buying process – for both Sellers and Buyers – is the home inspection. Having an inspection done is the only way for Sellers and Buyers to […]
Will Bookcases Become Obsolete?
Will Bookcases Become Obsolete? With all the talk of technology, e-readers and cell phones, it appears likely for people to assume books will also go the way of the dodo – with bookcases not far behind, because, if you don’t need them for books, what use are they? To many, a house without books is […]
Pros & Cons of Removing Shoes Before Showing a House
Pros & Cons of Removing Shoes Before Showing a House Sellers want their houses shown in the best light, and many think that asking potential Buyers and their agents to remove their shoes is the perfect solution – thereby keeping their houses clean and dirt-free. Some Sellers, for example, may have severe asthma – so […]
Downsizing in Charlottesville
Downsizing in Charlottesville Whether you’re an empty nester moving from a house into a condo, or a renter trading in a two-bedroom for a studio, downsizing is hard— a smaller place means you don’t have room for all of your current belongings. But downsizing is also an opportunity to refresh and start anew. If you […]
Should I Sell my Home As-Is?
Pros and Cons of Advertising a Home “As-Is” Sometimes people find themselves in a situation where they need to sell their house “as-is.” Perhaps they’ve already moved and can’t be there to arrange for repairs, or maybe they don’t have the money that improvements will cost, are dealing with complications to their health or are […]
How to Make a Small Room/Bathroom Appear Bigger
When it comes to listing a home it’s ideal to have professional photos done to show off every aspect of every room, but there are some rooms that are just so small they often get skipped in this process. But, there ARE ways to make these rooms – which are often bathrooms – stand out […]
Sellers – Renovate or Sell AS-IS?
Should you renovate to sell your home? We often get asked by our Sellers, is it worth making a ton of home improvements – other than the typical staging suggestions we’ve made in previous blogs – or should you sell “as-is”? Of course, it depends on what the Seller can afford to do, how much […]
Median vs Average Price
We recently released the 2015 3rd Quarter Charlottesville Market Report and sometimes it helps to define how numbers are determined. Many Buyer clients ask us: “What’s the difference between median and average values?” And many of our Sellers want to know: “How does this affect my listing pricing strategy?” Let’s start with defining the term […]
7 Signs That Your Home Is Over-Priced
We get asked lots of questions about when the best time to list a home is – we’re heading into a traditionally quiet time of year – but there are other ways to make sure your listing gets noticed. We’ve talked about ways to spruce up your home so it stands out, from curb appeal […]
How do you break up with your listing agent
How do you break up with your listing agent if you decide it’s not working? Here at Solutions, we’ve talked in earlier blogs about ways for a Seller to prepare their home for sale in the Charlottesville area, what to look for in a Listing Agent and what factors come into play in a Buyer’s […]
How to Get your House SOLD
We often get asked by Sellers, when the inventory is as low as it has been recently, about pricing strategy. After all, Charlottesville has captured national attention because of its desirability as THE place to live – whether you work or retire here – and so Sellers can pretty much ask any price they want, […]
