We’re getting ready to sell our 4-bedroom house on the North Shore. It’s a 1990s build we’ve lived in for the last 9 years. The kitchen and bathrooms work fine but they’re definitely dated, the backyard is a decent size but nothing fancy, and the whole place could really use fresh paint and some updating. With three young kids the house is very “lived in” right now, toys everywhere, photos on every wall, and all the normal family clutter. I know how important presentation is when selling, especially in the current market. I’ve been looking into property staging sydney to make the photos and open homes look a lot sharper. Has anyone here sold a similar older family home recently? Did you go with full staging or just declutter and repaint yourself? Was it actually worth the cost in the end? submitted by /u/Dapper_Visual_4449 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1stoxj0/is_professional_staging_actually_worth_it_when/

I'm currently renting an apartment but looking at the possibility of buying a foreclosed house from the city. (City foreclosed previous owners due to unpaid property taxes and now is trying to unload them if they can, otherwise they get demo'ed.) It has repairs mandated by the city to bring it up to code, which must be done in 180 days of closing. I've owned houses in the past and know that it can be hard to get contractors to even bid, depending on the size of the repair. So I'm curious, is it likely that the city has a list of contractors willing to bid and maybe do the work on houses like this (they have a list, only one of which I'm interested in) within the city's timeline? Especially since the mandated repairs are to bring it up to city codes and require permits (thus inspections). Edit for clarity: what I'm wondering about is the timeline for the repairs. 180 days seems very short. submitted by /u/JcWoman [link] [comments] source https:...

I toured a house on Long Island on Monday, gave the offer 30 mins after we left and they accepted the next day. I grew up in nyc around the noise and played on the streets ( literally) would it be any different living on a double yellow street? The driveway is long enough for 8 suvs. submitted by /u/Slight_Suggestion_79 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1sthzgq/will_living_on_a_double_yellow_street_bother_me/

We are in the midst of attempting to buy a new house for our family. My wife and I are both 39 and our third child is coming in May. We purchased our first house new in 2012 for $244,000. It is 2300 square feet which is a nice size. However, the square footage is used quite poorly. Huge family rooms, terrible closets and storage. The house we are looking at building is 3596 square feet and will cost around $695,000 all in. This comes out to about 193/sq foot. Slab foundation, 3 car garage, master on main, 5 BR, 4 BA, good school zone, not a bad lot (neighborhood greenspace on one side and behind and another house on other side). Does this seem like a good value? We think it is pretty good since most of the houses in this zip code are usually like $1,000,000+ nowadays. However, this is still a lot of money so wanted to ask. If this is not the place for this type of question , I will delete and move along. Tennessee. submitted by /u/PenguinRhin0 [link] [comments] source ...

In the PNW. Listed our 1800 ft2 1933 renovated house. Agent convinced us to list at a higher pr8ce than I would have. Have 57 saves in less than 24 hours, which I think is stellar. Two showings scheduled. Open house on Saturday if we get there lol. We are motivated sellers but own it outright. Being very bearish on the economy I want to sell it fast so told agent will look at any and all offers. This is my 7th actual house sale so we are not rookies. Will not accept any contingent offer (other than financing if pre-approved) No inspection contingency should keep the Karens away. Probably the last real-estate deal I'll ever do submitted by /u/TJMBeav [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1ssmejz/listed_yesterday/

I know the listing agent doesn’t have to answer everything but I’m wondering what questions we should at least prep to ask them when we go to see the home? It fell out of contract at least 3 weeks after going under contract which makes me believe it had something to do with inspections / negotiation. However, it was relisted for 15k more than the initial list price. Agent claims home went out of contract because the sellers felt they could get more which I think is BS. We had initially put in an offer on this house and the agent said they had offers closer to ask (our offer was under) - at that time, we chose not to bring up our offer though we did love the house. The listing agent claims the inspection report didn’t have any major flags but and of course we’ll get an inspection done ourselves if we go through with putting in an offer but I wanted to do our due diligence prior as well. Separately, the house has a paid off solar pane lease - anything we should ask about there? ...

Hi, all! I am interested a two-family house that has a renovated basement being used (illegally) as a third unit. The basement has undergone extensive renovations, including the addition of a small kitchen and bathroom as well as tiled floors. The two upstairs units have also gotten cosmetic renovations (eg, floors, bathroom, kitchens). Because the basement is not legally “livable space,” it has been excluded from the sq ft calculation, which is 1,672 sq ft. The house sold in 2022 for $277k and is now being listed for $599k. I think that is overpriced given the fact that the legal livable space is 1,672 for a two-family, but the seller seems to be pricing in the basement renovations to the list price. A key detail is that the house was built in 1897 and the only plumbing updates have been for the bathroom renovations in units 1 & 2 & basement. I’m also not sure of the ages of the electrical or heating units. The water heaters will need to be updated soon (one for each unit)...

My realtor suggested we replace the carpet in our house before listing as it is well loved and quite damaged in some areas from our cats. They ideally want us to recarpet the whole house but said downstairs is the priority as it’s the first impression. Most of the damage is upstairs/on the stairs. I’m hesitant to do this because moving the furniture seems like a huge task that I am frankly not up for AND I’m concerned our cats will just damage the new carpet. I suggested offering a credit for the flooring but they think replacing the carpet would be more appealing than the credit. I’m somewhat open to doing the downstairs but really don’t think I can handle a project like the upstairs as we would have to move everything downstairs and then back up. So it seems silly to replace the downstairs when buyers may want a credit anyway after seeing the damage upstairs. submitted by /u/Wrong-Wall-6732 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1sropt1/re...

The Keller Williams model is heavily built on “teams” and internal profit-sharing, which can lead to a culture where agents prioritize internal transactions (keeping the deal “in-house”) over finding the best external fit for a buyer. submitted by /u/peppy-mint [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1srkvup/a_fair_critique/