Newsletter: December 2014

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Ho, Ho, Hold the Decorations

If you have just moved to a new suburban community or planned unit development, you may now be a member of a homeowner’s association, or HOA.  Since HOAs create and enforce the community rules and regulations, you’ll want to find out if they have any restrictions surrounding the display of holiday decorations before going to the effort of putting them up.

Paint and Paper Prep

You’ve finally found the perfect print or paint color and are itching to give that room a facelift!  Not so fast, though — surface preparation is the key to being happy with your results; as such, problems like the following need to be addressed before you go applying that wallpaper or fresh coat of paint.

If I’d Only Known

Buying a home can seem a complex and often confusing business  These are four aspects of the process buyers wish they had better understood before they purchased their homes.

Staging Services

If you’re a seller who’s written off the idea of hiring a professional stager due to price, think twice!  Stagers offer a variety of services, so you can spend as much or as little as you like.

Survey Says

Property surveys aren’t just for when disputes between neighbors arise.  Below are a few other occasions when having a survey performed is well worth the (modest) expense.

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