Had fire, should I change layout in my 2013 Gardenweb assist kitchen?
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Comments (22)bmorepanic, how would I accomplish that type of island counter and have seating? Would the ends be some type of more narrow cabinetry? I showed it to dh and he likes the rectangular look also. Seems to "anchor" better in our room and fit with the overall shape. The refrigerator flush thing. How would you build out with 2x4s? Actually build the entire length of the wall out? Would I have to have more granite to fill in at the back? Mostly, what happens when you get down to my angled corner? Now I am considering the "bump" out into the family room to recess the frig into the wall. Not sure how that is going to look in the other room. malhgold, I have intentionally left that 36" space blank for now. I will eventually put something there, but I really wanted to have some space left for after I was LIVING in it to see what I would need/want there. If I promise to eventually fill that space in with something, then may I leave the island over that far? Or is it that it should end with the cabinetry for a balanced look? I am going to see granite folks this week and will ask them about that countertop look, but not with the sharp corners. Thanks again....what is nice now...when I look at my kitchen design I feel like I am at home. Final tweaking, but I very happy with this decision! ccat...See MoreShould I Fire My REA?
Comments (17)I've asked my agent repeatedly about advertising and she says the listing will be in one of the upcoming homes magazines, evidently she missed a deadline for the previous month's issue - she also stated that the bulk of interest lately is online (!) Regardless, I've been adamant about it and have yet to see it anywhere on paper. I specifically mentioned the local papers, too. I want her to deluge the market with my home - visibility is important. FWIW, most of the mags can be accessed online. If she told you which mags she'll be advertising in, look them up online, then do a search for a house like yours in your area. Does your house show up? Can you see if agents can log in online to upload and edit their listings? Depending on where you are, she could be right. Do you have a good retiree's house? If so, more paper advertising may be necessary as a lot of older people I know don't have computers. With online advertising, I've said this before & will say it again... What I always suggest to someone selling their house (I do this myself) is I will sign up at all of the major real estate sites (this will be c/p from a post I made elsewhere) Major real estate sites Realtor.com main search - click advanced search to get more options Caldwell Banker Century 21 ReMax ReMax find an office Prudential Fox & Roach Weichert Yahoo Real estate You can check foreclosures there also. It's a pretty decent list. You can also find an agent through their Home Gain. Make an account at all of the sites. Put in your search criteria (which is similar to your house on beds/bath, give a generous price range for high and low) then save the search. You will get emails when new listings come on as well as price drops. Every site is different and in order to find a house, you may have to sign up at all of the sites so that you can see what buyers see. For someone selling, you then want to put your MLS number in their search box, if your house comes up, save it to your profile. This will allow you to see every time your agent does something, such as price drop or new photos. You will now see what other buyers searching in your area sees. This is especially helpful if you are not getting a lot of traffic, because now it becomes a question of why. My favorite site is Remax for ease of use. I actually save all homes I'm interested in from other places in my Remax home finder. I will copy the MLS # searching at Remax. How much longer is your contract? Does your agent give you the option to cancel due to not being happy? If so, you might want to consider it. You should also go to realtor.com and do a search of your area / similar homes. You want to see what your agent is doing for your house there (a lot of people use it to look at houses) as well as seeing what other agents offer. If you truely are not happy, you can use it to find a new agent. My agent didn't want to do an open house, but when pressed, did. Surprise, no one showed up. She said she advertised for the open house but suggested after the fact that I check the paper to see if it was there (ummm... isnt that her responsibility?) There could be a few reasons for this. Open houses are not popular in my area. If anyone shows up agents are surprised. With our Open houses (old agent) they were not advertised to my liking. The 1st one was rushed, I don't recall it being advertised on the MLS and it was only in the Sunday paper. If I were to do an open house again, I would do 2 weeks notice, have the agent add it to the MLS, and since I have an agent with enhanced listings on realtor.com, it will show as open on the online page. I would also ask for weekend advertising, Friday to Sunday in the newspaper. I would also advertise on craigslists. Her lockbox has scraped some paint from my front door & I asked her 3 weeks ago to please place a rubber pad under the lockbox. She said she would - hasn't. (Minor, I know, but Im irked.) This is the reason we don't have it on our door. Do you have a bench outside? Ours is attached to the bench, there is nothing to get ruined with it hanging like that. I asked about a brochure box for the front, she stated that shed prefer people call her. I agreed to that (shes the pro, not me). Two days later, theres a brochure box in my yard. *shrug* What is on the brochures? Our front page is nicely done with a bulleted blurb about the house, and a few photos. The listing agents info is on the 1st page. Our 2nd page is the MLS print out, which can easily be changed if there is a price change. It's very important to have the price & MLS number on the flier as people will throw it away if it is not. This is a peeve of mine. I can't tell you how much time I do not have to look information up online only to not be able to find it, or to find I have to join an agents site just to see the info. Forget it. I also do not have time to call an agent, I do not want to give them my name / number just to find out how much a house is. I detest some of the pictures she's taken Have to agree with everyone, if you post your MLS number we can give you feedback on the photos. You do not have to link to the agents site, finding the house on realtor.com is fine. Re an agent caravan, she told me that agents and brokers are innundated with them and she gets so many email notices that she merely deletes them - hence, she wouldn't do one for my home Depending on your area, agents may or may not come. We had 3 agents come to ours, hardly worth the time / effort / money to even have one. Price-wise, I feel it's where it should be. It's priced under what I paid for it 1 year ago and I also dropped about 15K into it (fencing, painting, etc.) So I'm taking a hit coming out of the gate - I paid 250K, it's listed at 235K. I know my agent has an issue with that, she continually remarks, "I can't believe you're willing to lose 30-40K and sell the house. You should stay in it for a couple of years..." I figure that's my concern, not an agent's. The house still may be over priced depending on what else is out there. If you don't know your MLS, you can give us your zip code as well as price, beds & baths. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to upload pictures - I did a quick search of the threads here for help, but was only directed to picasa. Is there a simple way to merely upload a couple of pictures? Picasa is easy to use. All you have to do is make an account, upload the photos, then link to your public album....See MoreNeed help with changing kitchen layout
Comments (23)Ha! I typed that very idea last night, then deleted it before I posted, thinking you wouldn't want to give up that lovely pantry since you have 5 kids. Plus it was late. Here's a quick idea: You have little kids right now (and at least one high chair), so I think you can get six seats around the island. Later, when the kids are bigger, remove one seat on the long side and they can still fit at an 8' x 42" island. It looks as if the dining nook seats 8 (you can have another kid! :), so the island won't need to seat the whole family. I moved the island to give you a few more inches between it and the sink/DW. Since there is now plenty of space between the cooktop and island, you can pull the cabinets on that wall out to be flush with a standard depth fridge, so you have more space in the fridge, and more counter space around the cooktop. If you are doing custom cabinets, the drawers on that wall can be deeper, to add to storage capacity. I also included a window seat/reading nook just off the play room, for the kids. (And I love window seats.) GW discussions--deeper counters GW discussions--deeper drawers...See MoreISO Layout Assistance - Planning/Drafting Stage
Comments (16)My goals with this layout were to 1) Make the range hood a focal point from the living room, centering the hood on the pillars 2) Order the fixtures for Ice-water-Stone-Fire 3) Tuck the fridge out of the way of sight lines as much as possible 3) open up traffic flow to the french doors outside as to not crowd the living room arrangement. I think you'll need gaps in your island cabinetry to run electrical outlets. Microwave drawer in the island. Aisle at range is 42", but aisle at fridge/microwave/dishwasher/sink is 48" because there will be a lot more traffic on that side. It's a bit of a hike from the fridge to the range (less than 9 feet from center-front to center-front is recommended) but for the sake of centering on those posts, I put it beyond the 9 feet in this drawing. A 36" range with a 42" hood might look really nice on that back wall. IMO, when your fixtures are ordered Ice-water-stone-fire or fridge-sink-range, a prep sink is less necessary. If this were my kitchen I would not have a sink in the island. Any cooking I'd do that needed a water source would be done on the perimeter between sink and range. The way I work, the stuff I'd do on the island wouldn't need an immediate water source, but would definitely need a trash pullout to easily wipe the counter into....See Morehomebuyer23
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