Getting your home totally organized: Hiring a Professional Organizer (Part 1)
September 4th, 2010 categories: Buyer Strategies, Home Life, Seller Strategies
EPISODE 45 – REAL ESTATE IN CHANTILLY
Hiring a professional organizer in the Chantilly and Centreville area may be a lot easier after you have heard this set of Chantilly Radio shows.
Karen Gardiner of Simplify for Life gives us information and insights on how to create a productivity revolution in your life as you get your home more organized.
We address questions that may be on your mind if you have ever though about the value of getting your home – and your life – more organized and under control.
• What exactly does a professional organizer do?
• What can you expect if you hire one?
• What are the benefits and value, and how much will you spend?
If you are a Chantilly or Northern Virginia area home seller or home buyer you will also benefit as we discuss how organizing can enhance the sale of your home as a seller, or get your started on the right path with a fully organized home as a buyer.
The Kathy O’Neal Team strongly believes that well prepared homes will serve their sellers far better than their less competitive counter-parts. Home organizing is one strategy to remember as you get your property ready to sell in the current market.
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Easy Fixes Before You Sell Your Home
March 19th, 2010 categories: Home Life, Seller Strategies
If you are a Chantilly or Northern Virginia area home owner, and you are starting to get your house in shape for an upcoming sale, these three easy DIY projects will be good to know about.
Better to save your money for the big stuff that you can’t do on your own, and do many of the small things yourself, as you are able.
If you have granite counter-tops you will especially want to see the sealant demo.
And if you are giving serious thought to a home sale, you will want to start becoming aware of what homes have actually sold for in your community. You can get that info simply by going to our Market Snapshot page.
We will email you a current list of what homes have actually sold for, and keep you updated as other homes are sold. And of course, you can always contact Kathy for details on any property that you would like to know more about.
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Painting your home’s interior as preparation for selling? Check out this tool.
March 7th, 2010 categories: Buyer Strategies, Home Life, Seller Strategies
If you are starting to get your Northern Virginia home ready to put on the market, this is a tool that may be helpful.
A little paint can go a long way toward refreshing a home’s appearance. It is one relatively cost effective way to add curb appeal
But it is a challenge to imaging how the room will look with any particular color. This is also true if you are a home buyer and are wondering how a certain color would look in your new home.
If you are in either situation, or just getting ready to do some painting on your current home because it needs to be done, there is a very helpful tool at the Better Homes and Gardens website that you should know about. You can apply various color combinations to get a sense of what the room would look like with your new color.
This could save you a lot of time and regret.
Using the Color This! product suite does require a basic registration process. But it’s worth the few seconds it will take. Exteriors and window treatments are included. This helpful tool will take some of the guess work out of your project.
We can also take the guess work out of the current market value of your home, if you are painting in preparation for selling. Visit our Market Snapshot tool and find out what homes in your Northern Virginia community have actually sold for, or just Contact Us for a quick read on the market value of your own home. We are always here for you!
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What home buyers and home sellers should know about roofing – Part 3
February 1st, 2010 categories: Buyer Strategies, Home Life, PODCASTS, Seller Strategies
EPISODE 32 – REAL ESTATE IN CHANTILLY
We continue our series on roof repair and replacement for home buyers and sellers in the Chantilly, Centreville, or Northern Virginia area.
In this series on Chantilly Radio we interview veteran Home Inspection professional, Reggie Marston.
If you are a buyer, you will want to have a basic understand of what you should be concerned about. Likewise, as a seller, you will want to know what roofing issues are important for the effective sale of your home.
Reggie is inspecting homes every day, and his insights can help you avoid loss and make more informed judgments about potentially costly roof repairs.
In this episode we focus on what sellers should consider before they put their property on the market. What is the one thing most buyers will be very concerned about? When are the services of a roofing contractor needed? What common sense preventative steps can you take as a seller to help ensure your roof won’t be a Home Inspection issue?
If you plan on buying or selling a home in Northern Virginia, check out this series (Part 1 and Part 2). It may save you time and money.
By the way, if a home buy or sell is in your future, and you are wondering about the selling prices of other homes in your neighborhood or community, by all means take advantage of our Market Snapshot.
It will give you immediate access to actual selling prices. Any questions or comments, just contact us anytime!
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HOW TO SELL YOUR HOME IN A CHALLENGING MARKET: BEING BETTER THAN THE COMPETITION – STRATEGY 4
January 13th, 2009 categories: PODCASTS, Seller Strategies
EPISODE 3 – REAL ESTATE IN CHANTILLY RADIO
In this series, Kathy O’Neal takes future home sellers in the Chantilly, Centreville, and Northern Virginia area through the seven strategies that characterize successful home selling in the current environment.
You may not have the need or desire to “transform” your home before putting it on the market, but there are many things that can be done to set the home apart and give you a huge advantage over your competition.
Kathy will help get you thinking about how to set your home apart.
To get the full benefit of all the strategies, we invite you to listen to the other episodes in this series: Episode 1 and Episode 2 .
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