In our years of experience selling real estate, we have easily walked through more than a thousand homes for sale in the Charleston, SC area. Some homes are very well staged for showings, and you can tell that the home owners have really taken care of the home and have made good improvements to it. [...]
I bought a regular cookie cutter 3bed-2bath-2car 1590 sq. ft. house brand new in December 2008 for $125,000 with nearly NO upgrades, being a handy person that can do them myself for cheaper. My question is: approximately how much value will I have added to my house through home improvements? So far I’ve: 1. painted [...]
We bought our house in 2007, brand new. It had no upgrades at all, and we’ve done a lot of work to it to the tune of almost $10,000. Now I realize you do not get a dollar for dollar return. I understand that. But the realtor said a deck adds ZERO. We have 15×20 [...]
Home decorating the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry-room all start with the appliances. However, with so many new, energy efficient, and ecologically friendly products coming out in the near future, one wonders if they shouldn’t take a look at some of the new designs and decorate and design these rooms to accommodate the new appliances. Americans [...]