Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Remodeling projects often bring surprises for homeowners because one never knows just what they’ll find when walls are opened up and floors removed. What exactly did the original builder or previous owners do with the electric and plumbing? Contractors always have stories about the crazy things they’ve seen on their jobs once they get to the demolition phase and take down the sheet rock or plaster. Often these surprises are not good and increase the
Our kitchen remodel project starts in two weeks. That means it’s time to officially start decommissioning the existing kitchen and set up the temporary space which we’ll be using for the next two months while construction is underway. At one point someone used the third floor of our West End house as a rentable apartment. Left over from those days is a full size sink, about 5 feet of counter space (2.5 feet on each
We’ve been showing a lot of houses over the past few weeks. And it seems like there just isn’t anything out there for buyers. What do the inventory levels of single family homes in various towns in the Hartford area tell us? All of the data used to develop this chart came from the CT Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. We looked at the number of homes currently for sale
Oh happy day, our kitchen remodel project begins in T-minus 3 weeks. So, what exactly are we getting rid of and what kind of space do we have to work with? Here are some pictures from when we first bought our home and what the kitchen looked like… I like to try to be positive, so let’s first start with the good things about our existing kitchen. It’s quite a large space (12×20) and has
Recently I had a client ask me how long the offer process takes and then apologize for asking me what they considered a dumb question. First, I’d like to say that there really are no dumb questions in real estate, as with just about anything else in life. It’s only dumb to not ask the question in the first place. Unfortunately for HGTV watchers, the offer process is not really at all like how the