April 30th, 2008
What upgrades will make you money when you sell your condo in Frisco,
your home in the Reserve at Frisco or your townhome in Waterdance? A client of mine is currently making some upgrades to his Frisco duplex, and he is concentrating on the kitchen. Kitchen and bath upgrades will almost always make your money back and may even increase the price you can ask. It is worthwhile to add granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Replacing cabinets is a big project, but if the home is older than 15 or 20 years you may need to do that too. Perhaps a coat of paint and new knobs will be enough, but not in high end properties. Appropriate upgrades will help your Frisco property sell faster, and closer to the top of its price range. Overdoing in the lower price ranges may……
April 24th, 2008
In Summit County, home owners are busy in the summer
getting all our home maintenance and landscaping jobs done in just three short months. In spring, we get outside, walk around the house and realize that it might be time to paint it again. Now is a good time to prepare, deciding not only what color to use, but what product to use. My husband recently retired after being a painting contractor for a number of years, and over time, I picked up a thing or to from him. We have had a discussion or two about what “paint” means. To him, paint is a product and he won’t use it on the outside of a house at this altitude. To me, it is a process. You paint your house, even if you are using a stain to do it. I think most people use the words interchangeably, but be sure you know which it is that you want when you go to the paint store or hire someone to “paint” your house.
Our high altitude makes a difference in the paint or stain that you use on your Colorado home, as the UV rays…..
April 9th, 2008
More Summit County real estate is listed in April and May than any other time of the year.
It is a sure sign of spring. April is mud season and it is also listing season. Real estate signs pop up like tulips, and fall over just as fast. When the ground is still frozen, there is no place to put them except in snow banks. Snow melts pretty quickly this time of year, and we are constantly having to check our signs to make sure they are still standing. We encourage our clients who are planning on buying this summer to move the dates up if possible, so that they can take advantage of the good selection we almost always have by Memorial Day. It is a great time to choose your new condo, before the majority of tourists arrive mid June and everything gets picked over.
I drove around Summit County this week to find other signs of spring. Space for lease is a big one this time of year. Businesses held out through winter but they close in spring rather than pay rent through a couple more months without business. Many locals head for Moab and Mexico, and with the tourists gone too, there is not much money coming in to pay the rent. Retail businesses here are very seasonal, and you must either have a great local’s base to support you through the off months or make enough money during the season that you can still pay the bills. It is a tough way to make a living sometimes, but the place we live in makes it worth it.
March 31st, 2008
If you are looking for an information packed website (in addition to our own Summit County Real Estate site) check out the Summit County website at www.co.summit.co.us. It is loaded with information, from the hours the Landfill is open to the location of the Animal Shelter. I often use it when I am looking for real […]
February 26th, 2008
Have you wondered how Copper Mountain real estate has fared over the last ten years?
So did we, and we were not able to find any numbers that went back that far, so we put them together ourselves.
First, let me fill you in on what has been happening this year. Currently, as of February 26, 2008, […]
