palos verdes homeowner information: Palos Verdes Home Improvements Cost vs Value 2019 - 04/08/19 01:21 PM

Palos Verdes homes owners often ask me what they can do to get the highest sales price for their home.  In addition to a realistic listing price, it is important to remove the clutter and stage your home along with possible home improvements.  Which home improvements and remodeling projects give the greatest return on investment?  For owners of Palos Verdes homes (and Los Angeles County) this year’s Remodeling Magazine’s “Remodeling 2019 Cost vs Value Report” (www.costvsvalue.com) © 2019 Hanley Wood Media Inc. is a blend of upscale and midrange projects.  For 2019, the remodeling project with the highest return on investment is Manufactured Stone … (0 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: Palos Verdes Free Post Holiday Tree Pick Up 2017 Schedules - 12/18/17 08:29 AM

                                           
Palos Verdes home owners once again can have their Christmas trees picked up after the holiday for free!
Palos Verdes Estates residents are scheduled for pick up of their Christmas trees starting one week after the holiday January 1 through January 15, 2018.  This year, service will be provided during your normal weekly trash pickup.  Trees will be removed from your normal trash enclosure or trash area.  After January 15, 2018, however, you are responsible to cut and bundle … (2 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: Palos Verdes Bulky Trash & E-Waste Pick Up 2017 - 05/15/17 08:30 PM

Palos Verdes Estates Annual Bulky Trash Pick Up is approaching and this year it has been expanded to provide E-Waste pick up at the same time.  This popular curbside event is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, 2017.  This is the only time each year that Palos Verdes homes owners can have large items removed from their property if left curbside for pickup.  The City’s waste hauler will pick up furniture, appliances, water heaters, refrigerators (compressors removed), stoves, sinks, lawn furniture and more.  They will not pick up construction waste, green waste, automotive fluids, pool chemicals and cleaning products.  However, you may contact Athens … (0 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: FAVORITE 2016 PALOS VERDES HOMES FOR SALE - 01/16/17 12:10 PM
Here are my favorite Palos Verdes homes in 2016 taken from my weekly articles reviewing new homes for sale that were on the Broker’s Tour.  I have also included an update on those homes to let you know if they have sold and at what price.  
Chris Adlam’s (Vista Sotheby’s Int’l Realty) 2101 Rosita Place, Palos Verdes Estates 90274 (above left) was a 4 bedroom, 5 bath, 3,620 square foot home listed for $12,500,000.  This 1925 Spanish “Casa Felicia” ocean front home in Malaga Cove features unobstructed ocean views, old world charm and lush landscaping on a 65,000 square foot bluff lot.  This Palos Verdes home came on … (0 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: Palos Verdes Cities 2016 Update - 10/14/16 07:40 AM

I always look forward to hearing the Palos Verdes Peninsula City Managers at our Palos Verdes Real Estate Board Breakfast Meeting with presentations from the City Managers from all 4 cities on the Peninsula – Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills.  This is a great opportunity to learn what is happening in Palos Verdes.  Last week, the City Managers gave us the following updates:
Rolling Hills – Raymond R. Cruz, City Manager, gave the following update:
Developement in this 3 square mile city has increased with permits doubling in the last 4 years. There has been a “boon” … (1 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: Winter Water Saving Tips - 12/15/14 09:57 AM
Winter Water Saving Tips
Even though it has rained all day, Palos Verdes homes owners can begin to implement their winter water saving tips.  Make sure that you have your sprinklers turned off, and you can put buckets or large clean containers in areas where the run off is the strongest.  Also always redirect downspouts so as to capture the water.  This water can be used for your garden or plant areas.  We have cooler weather in these winter months and your lawns and plants do not need as much water as other times of the year.  It's also a … (2 comments)

palos verdes homeowner information: Palos Verdes High School Students Can Choose Their School! - 01/22/14 10:04 AM

Attention parents of eighth grade students!  Palos Verdes High School, and Peninsula High School will be hosting their annual forums and tours at their respective schools for Palos Verdes homes owners (and tenants).  Any current eight grade student will have an opportunity to enroll under “open enrollment” which means that the students who will enter 9th grade in September 2014, may choose which high school they wish to attend.  Planning for the 2014-2015 school year is beginning, and enrollment numbers are critical to effectively prepare for the year.  Students must make their commitment by Wednesday, February 19, 2014, or the student will … (0 comments)

 
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