Getting Your Home Ready to Sell – Top 10 Tips for the Laundry Room

Laundry room

The laundry room is important in staging, because the typical mom spends so much time in there!  I know that Dad’s also do laundry, but so far, I haven’t met too many that really care what the laundry room looks like as long as the washer and dryer are in there and they are working. [...]

HWA Home Warranty 1-888-HWA-RELY or 1-888-492-7359

hwa

Many of our buyer and sellers choose to purchase a home warranty to protect the home during the first year.  HWA offers free seller coverage for 180 days and covers the buyer for 13 months after closing! A home warranty is your best defense against upcoming home repairs and replacements. It’s not your homeowner’s insurance [...]

Get your house ready to sell – Easy steps to clean out your closet.

Messy Closet

Most sellers are highly embarrassed when I ask to see their closets, and personally, I wouldn’t want anyone to look into my closets either.  When you are getting your house ready to sell, cleaning out the closets is an important step, but it doesn’t need to be difficult. Here is a step by step guide to getting [...]

Kreg Staging & Design 651-270-0301

Kreg Staging & Design

  The Jensen Team is happy to recommend Kreg Staging & Design as our professional staging and design consultant partners.  Kreg Staging & Design is a Premier Home Staging Company for vacant and occupied residences in the Twin Cities. Each  team member contributes something different and unique to their dynamic professional Design Team. Minnesota has [...]

Get Your House Ready to Sell -The Perfect Paint Color!

Pebble Path

When I meet with prospective sellers to help them get their house ready to sell, I will oftentimes suggest that they repaint some rooms.  Especially if the home is vacant, or if they have a room that has a loud color that buyers may not be attracted to.  I ALWAYS suggest the same color – [...]

Hot Stuff! Pinterest – A Tool for Decorating or Designing your Home!

pinterest log

My Team Leader Olivia told me about this great site called www.Pinterest.com during one of my coaching meetings – she told me to make a dream board on this site – and it works beautifully for that, but so much more! According to the Pinterest website, Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard that “lets you organize [...]

Declutter and Organize in 2012

declutter

Had to share this great article from www.bhg.com (Better Homes and Gardens) on Declutter and Stress Less!  Start off the year organized!  Follow these tips for an amazing start to 2012! Smart Ways to Declutter and Stress Less! Overwhelmed by stuff? Cut down your clutter with these easy tips, designed to help you streamline your [...]

NorthView Window Treatment Cleaning & Repair MN 651-644-1424

NorthView

Why buy new blinds or window treatments when you can have your existing blinds cleaned and repaired?  If you are thinking of listing your home, or you have just purchased a home that needs the Blinds or Window Treatments repaired, give Steve at NorthView a call.  They can repair the cords on your window blinds, [...]

Small Home Storage: Maximize Your Storage Space

Small Home Storage: Maximize Your Storage Space Your small home has more storage space than you think. For relatively little money but a lot of common sense and ingenuity, there’s space to be found. Read Visit houselogic.com for more articles like this. Copyright 2011 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

Get your House Ready to Sell- The Utility Room

Have your furnace checked before listing your house

  The Utility room is most often overlooked when Sellers are getting ready to Sell, but Buyers always look closely at the furnace and water heater when looking at houses.  Typically, a buyer has no idea what they are looking for when looking at the furnace, they are just trying to determine age and whether [...]

Get your House Ready to Sell – Fix it!

Attraction at the Wisconsin Dells

If you are getting your house ready to sell and you want to make it more attractive to buyers, look around and think about all of those little (or big) issues in your house that you just have not quite gotten around to repair.   We all have them – I have a window in [...]

Get your House Ready to Sell -My agent is making me re-arrange my furniture!

Lower Level - After

One of my favorite things to do when I list a home is working with the seller’s to get the house ready to sell.  Sometimes one (or both!) of the sellers will resist my suggestions, thinking that it’s just a waste of time, but they always like the end result.  While I’m not a decorator, seeing [...]