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On storage areas and pantry when selling your Western MA home

Kitchen pantry staged for saleBelieve it or not, people open and explore every inch of a home for sale in Western Massachusetts and storage COUNTS.

Buyers who tour your Western MA home for sale will be opening every cabinet and closet to assess if the home holds enough storage for all of their stuff.

It may seem a bit overboard, but staging your storage spaces will make a better impression with the buyers.

Take the time to empty out pantries, linen closets and clothes closets and place items back in with an editorial eye.  Pretend you are setting up a closet for a retail store, only in your case it is the closet that is for sale, not the stuff inside!

You may want to consider storing some of what was in the closet and only placing essential items back inside so that the storage area seems more spacious.

kitchen storage is importantMake sure that the doors and drawers to storage areas can open easily with no fear of items falling out or blocking use.

Food pantries are not exempt from organization.  To take it one step further, a clean and well organized refrigerator is a big, help, too.  Yes, buyers will even open the refrigerator while on a home tour!

If you remember that the goal is to show off the home’s attributes and make it the best looking option in the price range, you will see how important the storage areas can be in getting a buyer to make you their best offer.

You know you want this closet

If you are considering selling your Western MA home, please get in touch with me for a free consultation:

Lesley Lambert, Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

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Planning a Remodel and Wonder What the Eventual Value to Your Western MA Home Will Be? 2014 Cost vs. Value Remodeling Report for Springfield, MA Area

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Whether you plan to sell your home in the near future or have no plans, it is wise to know how the investment of a home improvement or renovation may impact your Western MA home value.

Not all home improvements are created equal and you should enter your renovation investment with some understanding of the resulting home value.

You might be surprised to learn that replacing your entry door with a steel door has a huge rate of return.  According to the Cost. vs. Value Report a steel door replacement could give you a 104% return!

A minor kitchen remodel could gain  you 90% and a wood deck upgrade or addition could bring back over 77% of the investment made.

To read more and discover what your home improvement plans might bring in resale improvement take a look at the Cost vs. Value Remodeling Report for Springfield, MA. 

If you are considering selling your Western MA home, I would love to meet with you.
Lesley Lambert, Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

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Checklist Guide to Prepare Your Western MA Home for Sale

living room staged for saleWhether the weather is cooperating or not, Spring is here and with that season of renewal comes thoughts of making a move in Western MA or beyond.

It can take several weeks or more to prep your Western MA home for sale, so you need to get a jump on the checklist if you are going to be ready to hit the market this Spring.

We are actually experiencing a shortage of homes for sale in Western MA so if you are considering making a move, you should get in touch with me right away to get the ball rolling!  Getting on the market ahead of the crowd means less competition for you!

According to Laura Gaskill on Houzz your order of operations is this:

First steps:

  1. Interview and choose a real estate agent.
  2. Assess your property — not just the value but also what could be done to the interior or exterior to appeal to more buyers.
  3. Decide what work you are going to do yourself and what you would like a pro to do.
  4. Hire a home stager. Your stager will have important input on what repairs and changes will be most worth your time and money, and which ones to skip.
  5. Hire additional pros as needed, starting with a landscaper. Remember, the landscape needs time to fill in.

Your first step in getting your Western MA home ready to sell should be to get in touch with me.  I will make a no obligation visit to your home to discuss what changes and improvements can be made to get the most out of your sale.  Often these are simple and not very expensive improvements, but they can take some time, so we should meet before you think you are going to go on the market.

To get started on selling your Western MA home, get in touch with me:

Lesley Lambert, Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

For more tips from the Houzz article, see below.

Kitchen ideas, bathroom ideas, and more ∨Before starting a bathroom remodel, search for bathroom ideas and interesting products, including a one-of-a-kind bath, vanity and bath sink.
As you get ready to host an event, be sure you have enough dining benches and dishes for dinner guests, as well as enough bakeware and kitchen knives sets for food preparation.

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Lesley Was Phenomenal! Buyer testimonial on buying their Western MA home with Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty

Lesley was phenomenalI love getting feedback and testimonials from my clients.  It means a lot to me that they take the time to write down their thoughts on working with me to buy or sell their home in Western Massachusetts.

Recently I had the great pleasure of working with Betty and Larry.  They currently live in Oak Park, Illinois, but Betty wanted to return to Western Massachusetts.  She and Larry had been looking for Victorian homes for sale in other parts of Western MA when they found the internet marketing for a Victorian home in Westfield, MA that I was representing.

While in town visiting family, Betty called me up and asked to see the house.  She fell in love with it and made an offer that day.  Fast forward a couple of months and Betty and Larry are now the proud owners of that home.Victorian home in Westfield, MA 01085

They were lovely to deal with and it was a joy because all the parties involved were getting just what they wanted from this transaction.

This week I received a written note to my office telling Park Square Realty that Larry and Betty thought:

“Lesley was phenomenal!  I wish our Oak Park REALTOR could be half as good.”testimonial on buying a home with Lesley Lambert

Betty stopped into my office the other day and was kind enough to repeat those words in person to the owner of Park Square Realty, as well.

I am thrilled that my passion for internet based marketing brought Betty and Larry into my life and got them the house of their dreams.  I am excited that they will be relocating to Western MA because I want to spend more time with them!

If you have a house to sell in Western MA and you want to make sure your listing gets the best exposure possible, please give me a call.  I would love to sit down with you and explain my online marketing plan and show you personally how I found buyers in Illinois for my Westfield, MA home for sale.

If you are looking to buy a home in Western MA, I would love to assist you with that, too!

Lesley Lambert, Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

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Find Out What a Home Improvement Project Will Mean to Your Western MA Home’s Value

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If you are considering making a home improvement to your Western MA home, you may wonder what that improvement will do to the bottom line of your home’s value.

Some renovations make a bigger impact than others and it is smart to know an estimate of the value before making the investment.  Even if you aren’t thinking of selling your Western MA home now, it makes sense to keep up to date on market values.

I have access to a tool that can calculate a reliable figure for most common home improvements.

“Hanley Wood, a provider of housing development market data, is the source of the home improvement data that supports (the) “Refine Value Based on Home Improvement”.  Hanley Wood is known for collecting and aggregating residential and commercial construction data, and for publishing magazines such as Remodeling.

The home improvement data are produced at a regional level, and refactored at the ZIP code level for the most accurate results. The data are updated annually.”

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The tool supports improvements from window replacements, decks, kitchen renovations and even additions.

If you are considering a home improvement on your Western MA home in the near future, let me work up a report for you!

Lesley Lambert, Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

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