I decided to repost this blog post because we have been getting intense downpours this summer, 2023, and it is time to remind people of this important homeowner task. Clean your gutters and drain pipes! Watch the video below that a client in Falls Church sent me one night as he panicked when seeing water stream into his window well. Caller Continue Reading
Here’s a start… imagine you’re Getting Ready to Sell
In 2021, my main strategy is helping each client's home look its best online with careful planning, staging, and professional photography. The photo above didn't just happen, it involved my staging team and a creative professional photographer to compose this warm and inviting space. We follow certain steps to add market appeal to every photo. Continue Reading
Replacing your beeping smoke detector
It may be that first cool autumn night in Vienna when your beeping smoke detector chirps to let you know the battery is almost spent. Let me guess... it was 2:00 am or something and you had an important work Zoom meeting at 8:00 am? It's October already? And why is it always when I am sound asleep forcing me out into the hall to figure out which Continue Reading
Screened-in Porches
Way back in the 1970's, I remember going to friend's house and sitting in their screened-in porch eating burgers, local corn on the cob and beefy tomatoes from their garden. No one really had AC back then, and it was in here where we could feel the summer evening breeze, hear birds, and an occasional car from down the hill. Those porches Continue Reading
