Marin Real Estate Pulse

Staging a home for sale can mean anything from flowers on your walkway to completely furnishing and painting your home.  The cost can be as low as a few hundred dollars to ten thousand or more for complete furnishing for several months.
 Does it pay back to go all out when staging a home?  It may if your home is vacant or if your furniture is out of date or too unique.  Often all that is necessary is packing away the clutter, rearranging your furniture and perhaps adding a few pieces of staged furniture and possibly paint.  Most of the time I recommend we have a stager come to your home to give us ideas on what can be done with the furniture you have and paint colors if re-painting is considered.
 Staged homes can and do sell for more just do not get carried away on the cost.
 

Mold in households can be a health hazard for individuals and a goldmine for attorneys.  Most real estate disclosure forms suggest that buyers test for mold when purchasing a home.  According to a flyer produced by the City of San Rafael…”molds are not always easy to recognize. They often look like a simple stain, smudge or discoloration. Sometimes they give off a musty or earthly odor, or smell faintly like alcohol…
Chlorine bleach is the only product that kills molds on contact.  Remember that bleach is a strong chemical that should be handled carefully.”  Please contact me if you want the names of companies that test for mold or if you would like a full copy of the City of San Rafael brochure on mold.
Warren Carreiro
warren@TheMarinRealtor.com