Selling our home -- seeking advice
Minnie Mouse
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selling our home..need advice on curb appeal
Comments (35)You guys are awesome! I finally got back here today to see if anyone responded and I couldn't believe the number of people who were willing to help. I love the ideas. I'll have to talk to my dh about the shrubs. I like the idea of hiring a professional to trim. The t.v. antennae was actually removed a couple of weeks ago, so I'll have to give my dh a high five for that one! The front door is painted red, but could use a new coat. The house is brick, so we will not paint it, but we have always thought that a lighter trim color might help. The windows are vinyl, so there's nothing we can do there. The entire side of the house (both sides) has a dark wood vertical siding - not sure what that's called). We should probably paint that a lighter tan? The flowers around the lightpost were the ones that were there when we bought the house. Last summer, I changed those to pansies, I believe. There is a nice selling point to this house - our back yard was beautifully landscaped by the former owners. I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to landscaping or taking care of plants, but I am going to try really hard this spring to get the back yard ready. It has a water feature that I'm also clueless about. I may need to get some help with that. I'll attach a picture of our back yard, so you can see our true selling point. The pictures taken in August were taken on move-in day, thus the van in the back yard. Any pictures taken last summer would not be suitable for viewing since I was due for baby #4 in September - not a lot was done to the back yard! Some occasional weeding - that was about it. The rest of my energy was used up on the vegetable garden. Phew! Thank you again! Caryn Here is a link that might be useful: back yard...See MoreNew Poster - seeking advice on our floor plan
Comments (49)Just as an aside re: age and forever homes. My husband and I built our dream home when we were in our mid and late 20's. We spent a year designing it and 18 months building it. It is a 4500 sq.ft. center hall colonial with an 1100 sq. ft. finished basement. At the time we heard a lot of these same criticisms, it's too big, wait until you have kids, this won't be your forever home, it's too much to maintain, no one needs a house that big, etc. I have now lived here for almost 18 years. I absolutely *love* this home and have no intention to sell until we retire (I am 43 now). Yes your family changes, we now have an 11 year old son, but your house will change along with it. (Ex: we converted a room into a play room for him when he was younger and needed it, we built a huge bar and entertaining kitchen in the basement, we have completely replaced all the floors in the house to hardwood, we have a completely new kitchen etc.) It was my dream home then and it's my dream home now. So many blood sweat and tears have gone into this house, I simply can't imagine living anywhere else!...See MoreSeeking advice on how to end the copper scuppers over our deck
Comments (4)I would probably go with white and ideally run the one on the left (left as facing the house) down the edge of the home and extended out behind/ under the deck. The one on the right I would also do white with a rain chain either into a plant like you suggested or a rain catcher. It is definitely a poor design the way it is currently. I cannot believe they left it like that. But your house does look fantastic....See MoreSeeking Landscape/Exterior Advice for Small Home
Comments (6)Nice home! Put in a real path to your front door. Those little steppers are not safe or long term practical. The path should be wide enough so two people can walk side by side. The path should come from the sidewalk if you have one or from wherever visitors park. This will make the home much more inviting for guests, besides the visual improvement. Do not hug the path close by the home. Leave space (at bare minimum 1/3 the max height the home--1/2 is better) between the path and the home so you have sufficient planting room. One of the biggest mistakes people make is creating narrow planting beds. Shrubs end up planted too close to the home (you should be able to get behind them to paint, check, repair) and quickly become overgrown; once they are overgrown people buzz them into "meatball" shapes and they look silly. Wider beds enable layering of plants, tallest plants in back, (often plain green shrubs) then medium (roses, daylilys) then edging plants (thyme) and that complements the home. Narrow beds create a line of what becomes overgrown shrubs crammed up against the house....See Morekirkhall
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