Turlock And Surrounding (Turlock, CA)
By Addie Scharff, HomeStaging REALTOR - Beautiful Homes Realty
(Beautiful Homes Realty)
11 Tips on finding your ideal first Dream Home....in Turlock, CA or anywhere else! If you're like me when I was in my 20s (long, long ago!) you really have no idea of what you want when you're looking for a home.  It's after you move in that you learn what you don't WANT, NEED or USE in a home, or what will not work for your family.  For example...your dining room seems fine until you host your first Thanksgiving dinner!  All of sudden it seems to shrink in size! You may not be the entertaining type, but since you've just bought a new house you're excited (along with everyone else) and you want to invite everyone over!   Having been there, I will tell you that you really need to MAKE a WISH LIST of what will be essential in a home so that when you start looking you know which ones meet ...
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By Addie Scharff, HomeStaging REALTOR - Beautiful Homes Realty
(Beautiful Homes Realty)
If you have an alley next to your house it may your responsibility to keep it clean and free of weeds and trash that can somehow mysteriously just happen to appear out of nowhere!   Last I checked someone had left a pair of black sweatpants right by the gate leading to my alley! A clean and weed-free fence line is good for safety, weather it'd be fire hazards, trash to be hidden such as old junk people throw away.  An un-kept alley may also give the appearance that no one ever looks back there and may invite idle minds to cause trouble.  With July 4rth around the corner and temperatures rising, it is a good idea to inspect and correct any thing needing attention.  This will lessen the chance of a fire getting started. If you are not sure if you are responsible for keeping your alley cle...
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By Addie Scharff, HomeStaging REALTOR - Beautiful Homes Realty
(Beautiful Homes Realty)
When you're selling your house you have to think of it as a "product" that buyers would want to buy. It will be a pruduct that will be competing with other houses on the market.The way we live in our homes and the way we sell them are two different things. You prepare the home by de-personalizing it and preparing it for the unknow buyer.Studies show that staged homes sell in the average for more money and in less time. Staging does not have to be costly and it can be done with items already in the home. If there is a cost to stage, it is always less than your first price reduction!! Staging is not really a cost, it's an investment.Staged homes send the message of well-cared for homes. Photos are more appealing to buyers and allow them to see the potential of the home and will be more l...
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By Addie Scharff, HomeStaging REALTOR - Beautiful Homes Realty
(Beautiful Homes Realty)
Any gardeners out there bugged down by the "June bug"???  This bug is something new to me.  I moved to the CA Central Valley a year ago and discovered that [especially] my light colored roses were being devoured by this very hungry and most unsightly little critter of a bug!!!  A friend of mine, Eleanor, who used to own a flower shop told me that the best thing to get rid of most plant bugs is to spray the plant with soapy water.  Well, that sounds too easy, doesn't it!?!?  So, I am trying it to see if it works for this particular bug.  I looked up info online as to how to get rid of it but didn't find any 'easy' remedies.  This bug apparently is present in areas with sandy soils, which is the case here but not in all gardens for some reason.  I had been visiting my parents here for the...
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