Is YOUR Home Ready for Winter?

It’s hard to believe winter is just around the corner and we are not left with many more fall days to get prepared. Below are some tips for you to get started on winterizing your home:

• Wrap, seal, and drain – Use heating tape to wrap any exposed exterior pipes, caulk around windows, and be sure to turn off interior valves for exterior faucets and drain any water left in the pipes.

• Sweep it up – Prevent fires by having your chimney swept and don’t forget to clean out those gutters.

• Safety check – This is the perfect time to make sure all of your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in good working order and have fresh back-up batteries!

• Go backwards - Make those ceiling fans work for you this winter by reversing the direction! This will force warm air downward and recirculate, making your home temps more comfortable!

• Maintenance check – Consider having your furnace serviced annually and don’t forget to keep some extra filters on hand to keep everything flowing properly!

These are just a few small tricks to help keep your home in tip-top shape this winter and usher you into the spring with a lot less on your to-do list!
(info courtesy of Gina Tufano, Keller Williams)

Not a homeowner yet, but ready to take the plunge? Contact Selling Homes by Design today for your no-obligation consultation.
Sharon Goetz, Keller Williams Realty, Reston, VA
703-679-1712

SELLING YOUR HOME & THE VIRTUAL TOUR

PREPARING YOUR HOME FOR THE VIRTUAL TOUR COMPANY

You finally realized that hiring a professional Virtual Tour company to photograph your property was a great move. Next step is to prepare your home so that it looks appealing to potential buyers who will be looking at your home online? Think about “staging” your home, or in other words, setting the scene for immediate buyer interest in your property.

To be really effective, you need to look at both the outside and the inside of your home. Here are 3 tips to get you started with the inside of your home:
1. De-clutter. This is one of the most important things you can do. It might be easier to think of de-cluttering like this – you’re moving anyway, so why not start packing now?
Pack up everything you don’t need and store the boxes out of sight in the garage (or consider temporarily renting a small storage locker).
2. Organize your closets – put similar colors together, pants together, skirts together, shirts together etc. Why? Because it will make the closets look bigger. (Really.) An organized closet appears bigger, and you want your closets to look as spacious as possible.
3. Make your home look like a model. You want to de-personalize as much as possible so potential buyers can imagine themselves and their own belongings occupying the space in your house. That means minimizing – putting away everything you don’t need or use. Clear off kitchen counters as much as possible – stash all those appliances you don’t use, and put miscellaneous small clutter in a few attractive baskets or boxes
And the biggest tip of all? Imagine yourself as a potential buyer looking at your property for the very first time. What impressions are you getting? Would YOU buy your house? What would you like to see changed before you submitted an offer on your house?
Proper staging helps you sell your house in a shorter time and at the price you want.

Interested in selling YOUR home? Consult with Selling Homes by Design for a no-obligation meeting to discuss your home and our professional realty and Staging services!

(preparation information provided by The Murphy Group of Keller Williams

Coming Soon! Reston Condo with an A+ Location!

The Living is EZ on Lovedale Lane in Reston!

This 2 bedroom / 1 bath condo has an A+ location! Close to shopping, pool, paths, tennis courts - and use of ALL the Reston amenities!

Reston Town Center, Reston Station Metro, Toll Road, Dulles Tech Corridor and Dulles Airport are ALL nearby!

This 2nd floor condo offer an open floor plan which the kitchen opening to the dining and living areas! Enjoy the cozy wood burning fireplace and great windows featuring YOUR serene treed view!

The living room and well as both bedrooms offer access to the large deck! This space is large enough for both dining al fresco and relaxing!

The spacious Master Bedroom has a walk-in closet and separate dressing area with sink to ease your morning routine!

This condo will be available SOON!
Want to know more about how to make this home YOUR home? Or want to set up YOUR own private Pre-Market showing? Contact Selling Homes by Design today

Will you be in Reston this weekend! Be sure to stop by the Taste of Reston, Northern VA's LARGEST food festival! You'll want to call Reston HOME!

Sharon Goetz
Keller Williams
Reston VA
703-679-1712

Another Reason to Live in the Washington DC Area!

ANOTHER REASON TO LIVE IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA!

Very! According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), our area comes in second in their recent rankings on the American Fitness Index! The Index rates the state of health and fitness of Metropolitan levels across the nation.

So, what makes our area one of THE best? Below are just a few reasons why ACSM puts the Washington D.C. Metro area near the head of the class:

• Lower percent unemployed

• Higher median household income

• Higher percent eating 5+ servings fruit and vegetables per day

• Higher percent of city land area as parkland

• More park unit per capita

• More farmers markets per capita

And the list goes on, and on, and on! (For a complete list, please visit: ACSM)

Ready to make our great community your home? Call Selling Homes by Design today for YOUR no-obligation consultation.

Keller Williams Realty, Reston, VA 20190
703-679-1712 - Sharon Goetz

How's the Market in Reston, VA 20191 ?

How's the Real Estate Market in Reston, VA 20191:



The median list price in RESTON, VA
20191 this week is $519,900. The 35
properties have been on the market
for an average of 114 days.

The market has shown some
evidence of slowing recently. Both
prices and inventory levels are
relatively unchanged in recent
weeks. Watch the Market Action
Index for changes as it can be a
leading indicator for price changes.

Want to know what's going on in YOUR neighborhood - just give Selling Homes by Design a call! 703-679-1712

Sharon Goetz
703-679-1712, Sharon.G@KW.com
Realtor®, Accredited Staging Professional, Certified Interior Decorator
Keller Williams Realty

www.SellingHomesByDesign.com
www.facebook.com/SellingHomesByDesign

Please visit my website to see photos of Staged homes
& to request my FREE report on “Preparing Your Home for Sale”.

SELLING HOMES!...by design®
• Staging® services designed for YOUR home
• A choice of 3 commission plans designed to fit YOUR needs
• A satisfaction guarantee designed with YOU in mind

What does 1 MILLION + get you in Reston, VA ?

What can you get for a MILLION + in Reston, VA these days ?

There are currently 4 active listings over a million $$ right now:

*Bishopsgate Way = $1,050,000 - Colonial


*North Village Road = $1,049,900 - Contemporary


*Upper Lake Drive = $1,199,000 - Contemporary


*Walnut Branch Road = $1,085,000 - Colonial


Sharon Goetz

703-679-1712, Sharon.G@KW.com

Realtor®, Accredited Staging Professional, Certified Interior Decorator

Keller Williams Realty



www.SellingHomesByDesign.com

www.facebook.com/SellingHomesByDesign



Please visit my website to see photos of Staged homes

& to request my FREE report on “Preparing Your Home for Sale”.



SELLING HOMES!...by design®

* Staging® services designed for YOUR home
* A choice of 3 commission plans designed to fit YOUR needs
* A satisfaction guarantee designed with YOU in mind

Do Trees = $

Do Trees = $$ ??



The following question was posed to SellingHomesByDesign:

Thought it was indeed very interesting! PLZ offer your opinion on this !!

"If you had two houses, identical in size, location, etc. but one had a marvelous tree on the property and the other didn't, would the list price be essentially the same? What if the house were in a heavily treed community vs. one that is in a cleared fieldlike community?"

This article from Realty Times says YES, Trees DO add value!!

THNX for your view on this subject!

Sharon Goetz

703-679-1712, Sharon.G@KW.com

Realtor®, Accredited Staging Professional, Certified Interior Decorator

Keller Williams Realty


www.SellingHomesByDesign.com

www.facebook.com/SellingHomesByDesign