I wish I could tell you that I took this picture but I'm still trying to get a good picture of a bird in flight. This was taken by our daughter on a layover in Seattle. I find pictures like this so relaxing.
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The other day I showed the nicest staged home. It was not a big home at 1800 square feet but every room was staged to perfection. It made this home such a pleasure to show. Staging is becoming more popular all the time and is a wonderful way to show your home off to its best advantage. I do realize that not all sellers are going to want to have their home staged but even if you don’t pay a professional stager there are many things you can do yourself. As I was looking around this home one of the things that dawned on me was that the clutter was missing. It looked like a model home. Now when we opened the garage we found a number of boxes already packed. Having boxes in the garage is no big deal as the buyer can see that the seller is preparing to move from their house.
It really boils down to 2 words and they are NO ZONING. When we moved here in 1997 and I was in real estate school I almost fell off my chair when I found out that Houston did not have zoning. It is especially apparent when you live in either unincorporated Harris County or unincorporated Montgomery County. If you are not in an area that has some deed restrictions it is a total free for all. Those subdivisions without restrictions have mobile homes, businesses, salvage yards, farm animals etc. You get the point!
I recently walked refrigerator calendars around my neighborhood and I was AMAZED at the difference I saw in front doors. In my neighborhood the homes were built between 1997 and 2003 so if a door has not been refinished it probably should have been. I was leaving my calendars on front doors so you could say I had a bird's eye view of my neighbor's front doors. I saw some doors that had been replaced, some that had been refurbished, others that had been recently painted and I saw a bunch of doors that looked like no one had touched them since 1997.
As another alternative to replacing your door you could also look at refurbishing your leaded glass doors. Just today I received a local Woodlands magazine and there is a local company called Rick's Front Doors that just refinishes doors. They come to your home take the door off the hinges and replace it with a piece of plastic. Then they chemically strip the door to its bare wood and wash it to remove any residue. At that point they repair any dings or scratches and then sand it. After that comes staining and protection. They spray 4 coats of premium fast drying marine grade spar urethane with built in UV protection. When everything's done they re-hang the door. The homeowner will usually have bought new hardware that they put on. I thought this was a cool concept. This was the first time I have heard of this company so I can't say what kind of work they do but they back their work with a 100% customer guarantee and I thought the price seemed reasonable. You can check them out at