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Watch out for ordinary wear and tear on your Western MA home
Did you know that there are over 144 million homes in the United States and Canada and that the median age is 36 years?
Odds are if you live in Massachusetts, your home may be much older than that! When is the last time you performed regular preventative maintenance to your Western MA home?
You should expect some natural deterioration or wear and tear on your property and you will want to budget appropriately so that you can maintain your home and protect the value. Insurance policies may not cover damage caused by a lack of maintenance, so homeowners should be prepared by understanding the normal lifespan of their home’s components.
The following slides will explain the life expectancy of things like roofs, windows, flooring, plumbing, appliances and decks. There is also a checklist of preventative maintenance for homeowners to follow.
If you are looking to buy or sell your Western MA home, please give me a call! Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty 413-575-3611
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Spruce up your entryway for $100 or less! First impressions sell homes
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A Dozen Foyer Ideas for Under $100
When you open your front door, do you step into what looks like a lost-and-found? Here’s how to organize the jumble and avoid a bad trip. Read
Visit houselogic.com for more articles like this.
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Single Family Home Sales in Westfield, MA 01085 for May of 2013
A total of 18 homes sold in Westfield, MA in May of 2013.
The lowest sale price of a home in Westfield was $140,000.
The highest sale price of a home in Westfield was $585,000.
Average days on the market was 124 days.
If you are looking to buy or sell a home in Westfield, MA 01085, I would love to help.
Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty, 413-575-3611
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Inspirational Books…What is Your Favorite?
I am currently reading “The Kaizen Way”, which was recommended by Brian Buffini in a training that I am taking at Park Square Realty. It is an easy read with lots of great actionable steps that I think will help me improve my skills as a real estate professional, but it is not a real estate book.
“Introducing the practical and inspirational guide to incorporating Kaizen and its powerful principles into one’s daily life. Rooted in the two thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching–“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”–Kaizen is the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady increments. Kaizen is the tortoise versus the hare. Kaizen is the eleven Fortune 500 companies that significantly outperformed the market through moderate, step-by-step actions. Kaizen is losing weight not by a crash diet (which more often than not crashes) but by eating one bite less at each meal–then, a month later, eating two bites less. Kaizen is starting a life-changing exercise program by standing–just standing–on a treadmill for one minute a day.
Written by an expert on Kaizen–Dr. Robert Maurer, a psychologist on the staff at the UCLA medical school who speaks and consults nationally–One Small Step is the gentle but potent way to effect change. Beginning by outlining the all-important role that fear plays in all types of change–and Kaizen’s ability to circumvent it–Dr. Maurer then explains the 7 Small Steps: how to Think Small Thoughts, Take Small Actions, Solve Small Problems, and more. He shows how to perform mind sculpture–visualizing virtual change so that real change comes more naturally. Why small rewards motivate better than big rewards. How great discoveries are made by paying attention to the little details most of us overlook. Hundreds of examples of Kaizen at work grace the book, as well as quotes from W. Edwards Deming (who brought Kaizen to Japanese industry), Peter Drucker, coach John Wooden, and others.”
I made my Abouthom.es Girls video this week a book report on “The Kaizen Way” and I also want to know what books inspire you…I want to add them to my reading list!
