How should I update our very traditional home?
Maggie Porterfield
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How should we price our house?
Comments (13)I'm trying hard to not fall into the "our house is better" trap, and just stick with buckets for finishes (very updated, medium updated, dated), and land (small lot, acreage). People aren't going to pay $20K more for our house just because we have heated tile floors and a 200 sf master closet. I'm not feeling great about the comps he used that were far away. I think he was trying hard to match size and land, when it seems to me that the more accurate approach would be to match size and neighborhood and adjust for land. "Extra" acreage is valued by appraisers at $10K/acre, so that should be a $30K boost. I will call the appraiser and ask him for a data dump of everything in our 2 neighborhoods that sold for >$400K in the past year. The zip code is pretty relevant. It covers the whole city of 31K population, all attend the same high school, and we're in the slightly more desirable elementary & middle schools. But some home shoppers will also look in the larger adjacent city to the west, and there are some higher-end subdivisions there as well. The far-away comps are in a smaller town to the north, with a less desirable high school. Good point that people that can buy in our price range might buy lower. When we moved here, we started looking up to $250K, then raised it to $300K and then $350K when we didn't find what we wanted. We could similarly have buyers who start at $400K, eventually bump up to $500K, and the realtor shows them everything up to $520K in their usual fashion, and ours, which is priced at $550K doesn't get shown. Here's the info on the comps the appraiser used: A. $550K, 5 acres, 5500 sf, 1.5 miles away, adjusted to $497K B. $410K, small lot, 4100 sf, our neighborhood, adjusted to $459K C. $550K, 4.75 acres, 3800 sf + basement, 1.5 miles away, adjusted to $496K Cost approach came up with $503K. While I know that sold comps are what matter, how you're priced compared to what's on the market does impact buyer behavior as well, so I'm looking for any insights you can offer on that front....See MoreHow should we update the exterior paint& landscape on our new home
Comments (5)Find a paint chip card that has the colors of the lightest, medium and darkest bricks. Use the lightest color for the siding and the darkest for shutters. A new pinkish white will be fine for the trim that is already white. Test your samples on foamcore board cut to the width of the shutters....See MoreHelp with updating our traditional Tudor home with stone exterior.
Comments (12)I would try to match the color of the large bottom stone in between the two large windows - or maybe a just a bit lighter version - for the stucco. Then see if SW Urbane Bronze works well with it for the trim. Charcoal gray would work with a lighter more neutral stucco, but make sure that it is a tone of gray that works well with the stones. The yellow has to go, definitely!...See MoreWhat Color Should We Paint our House? Update
Comments (12)Since the stone is staying you don't want to drift too far away from it when choosing the paint color. That's why Celery suggested Grecian Ivory, and the other commenters are suggesting bronze, not black windows. Black windows would not look good, and I also don't think you can use gray or blue on the body because the stone doesn't look gray. Maybe up close there is some gray in it, but most people will be looking at your house from a distance, so you want to be complementing the overall color of the stone from a distance. Your roof looks brown also, so if you're not replacing that you need to keep that in mind. I think if you were to use the ivory or something similar it would be quite a different look than what you have and you would like it....See Moreapple_pie_order
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