Over the next few Weeks I want to chat a bit about what you should or should not do to your home.  With Julie and I watching a fair amount of TV while feeding the twins- we find ourselves on the design channels mostly.  One theme we see on the shows that help you sell is that after the stager helps get the home ready for the market- the sellers want to stay.  The experts all agree that most homeowners during uncertain economic times will choose to stay in their home and remodel vs selling.  So what projects should you do and will they help or hurt your values if and when you do sell?  As the season is changing here in Frisco and the weather cooling off, Julie and I are ready for our 1st project of taking out the one side door we have and replacing that with French doors that both open and side windows to brighten the kitchen.  Those doors open to a side patio and the long term goal is to frame that in as a screened patio but for now, just the doors.  So what will a project like this add or take away from the Davis value?  Check back next week.

 
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I look forward to your updates...French doors are always a winning replacement, I think!

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That sounds like it will do wonders for the place! Have fun with it. One of my seller clients, after viewing the show, decided they needed to put in pergo floors, of course they hired a relative that is a professional, guess what, My 15 year old did a better job in our basement. I have no gaps, theirs on the other hand, has gaps evident throughout.  The finishing touches are ooh so important, don't you think?

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You're smart Geoffrey to start projects while you can enjoy them!

As home staging is my field I am usually faced with having to tell home sellers to do things for "others" aka buyers, that they did not do for themselves.  I have had many that say their homes never looked so good and wished they had done it earlier.  There are many cost effective things to do if one finds themselves in the position of having to sell but not having kept up with "the Joneses".   I too have done updates on my own home that will return the investment but I am enjoying them too.

I hope you will post some before and after photos here.  I'll be keeping up with these posts.

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