When you bring home green pears from the supermarket, you have to keep them out and let them ripen before you can eat them. There is a short Window of Opportunity. The pear on the left in my photograph is ripe and ready. If you wait too long for pears to ripen, they will look more like the pear on the right. You can still eat it, but you have to cut out the bad spots or perhaps you end up not eating it at all.
When you list your home, there is a Window of Opportunity, too. Your Realtor and you study the market: absorbtion rates, market analyses, graphs and charts, and come up with the very best, realistic price to attract buyers and get you the the most money iwithin the timeframe you need. You clean down to the last window pane and floor tile, it de-clutter, paint and stage it, mulch and mow and trim the yard for maximum curb appeal.
Photos and virtual tours or videos are taken and placed on the MLS, Realtor.com, a slew of internet Real Estate sites, and and other Internet locations, eye-catching brochures and flyers are created to tempt buyers even more. You are ripe and ready to go.
It's showtime! Your house ready to go and priced right for the market, will sell! It does not have to get bruised and battered. Have you been unable to sell your house in the Middleton Wisconsin or greater Madison area? I can help! Email, call or text me at 608.239.2777and find out how! Here are a few testimonials from some of my happy sellers:
I chose Barbara Chatterton as the realtor to sell my late mother's house because she was such a good friend to my mother, and my mother always made it clear that whenever and however that house was sold, she wanted Barbara to handle it. Well, Mom knew what she was doing. Barbara has been hard-working, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. She has been a great communicator all along the line, letting us know what to expect and what was happening, explaining our options, giving advice, but applying no pressure when we occasionally did things differently, and listening to what was most important to us. She has been generous with her time, expertise and resources, even helping us find a free piece of carpet for staging the house. The bottom line -- the house sold as soon as it was listed, at a price we were very happy with. In fact, we had 3 offers, all above the listing price,in spite of significant drawbacks to this house. As we approach the closing, she continues to help us with everything that needs to be done. I can whole-heartedly recommend Barbara Chatterton as a realtor.
-Kathy Wendorff
Dear Barbara, I just wanted to write a bit of a thank you for all that you have done to sell my house. After moving from Madison to Denver I had wondered how on earth am I going to sell my home in Madison without being around to take care of things or oversee what was happening. With all due respect and trust towards you I didn't have a problem. We had daily conversations involving your expert advice and I honored your voice every time. You staged my house beautifully and you took your personal time to make sure things were up to par. I could not have done this without you. I truly believe that your hard work, wonderful personality and great spirit is what sold the house. I really enjoyed working with you and I enjoyed our dinner once the house sold. I wish all the best!
-Sarah Shafer
I am so glad I chose Barbara Chatterton to be my real estate agent. Barbara sold my house in the difficult market time of 2008/2009 and for a good price. The property, a one hundred year old house, presented some unique challenges-out of date wiring and the lack of a driveway to name two. Adding to the complexity of the transaction, I, the owner, lived in Puerto Rico during the winter. Barbara took these challenges on energetically and brought the sale to a successful closing. THANK YOU BARBARA!!!
-Jean Matos
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