Although you read that housing is in a state of limbo or sluggish, home buyers are still aggressively searching for a house in Vienna that is going to fit the bill. There is only so much room, and plenty of demand. In fact the pressure is so intense that some homeowners who have outgrown their 1950's ramblers are tearing them down and Continue Reading
Enjoying My Home Grown Tomatoes
Having a tomato garden in my side yard is one of the simple pleasures that makes summer feel like summer. Here are a few tips that helped me grow my crop again this year: Pick a spot that gets plenty of sun Get a "bird fence", which is a plastic mesh to cover the area with wood stakes at corners and the middle, then staple the fence to the Continue Reading
Vienna helps pick up hurricane debris
One of the benefits of living in the Town of Vienna Virginia happens after big storms like Hurricane Irene pass through the area. That's when the Town sets up a special day to pick up all those broken branches that fell into our yards... and all you need to do is set them out at the curb. Vienna's storm debris pick up day is September 6, Continue Reading
Do Home Buyers Look for a Fenced Yard?
Our decision to get a dog was the final reason to install a fence in my back yard. I always liked the free-flowing yards we had which allowed the kids to run or sled from yard to yard but, I have to admit, the yard looks good with the new fence. Is a backyard fence going to add value when I sell my Vienna VA home? After helping hundreds of people Continue Reading
Realtor Tip of the Week | Think CLEAN
If you are planning to sell your home anytime in the future then you should start cleaning right now. In the old days we used to say... give it a "white glove test" but most people under forty wouldn't automatically understand that reference. People want to buy clean homes! It seems that many people miss this one point when they are putting their Continue Reading
Residential’s Subtle Shift | Northern Virginia Real Estate
Although many people are "chartists" reading the tea leaves of the local real estate market from the raw data that gets pumped out by MRIS on the Northern Virginia real estate market, I get my temperature reading from a more organic source. Those are the people who are in the dirt, actual real estate buyers and sellers. Hey, these people are Continue Reading
5 Tips for Buying Luxury Homes in Vienna
You have probably already started your home search online and noticed that most of the photos look great. But after seeing about 50 luxury homes in Vienna, McLean, Oakton and Great Falls over the past two months, I have noticed that not all luxury homes are created equal. In fact you would notice how much styles have changed after seeing only a Continue Reading
Vienna Home Blog Weekly Wrap
There hasn't been a week when I haven't had an opportunity to share an old blog post with a current client or friend. And sometimes the analytical WordPress Plugin that I use (Lijit) shows me a post that gets read often. What is cool about this Plugin is that I see the term that was Googled and a link back to Google where my post matched the Continue Reading
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