Worthington Ohio real estate

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How's the Neighborhood? How good are the schools?

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This is a reblog of content from Diane Lynch a real estate agent in Illinois.  Diane is in the Chicago area but what she is saying about schools and neighborhood safety is true for Central Ohio too.

There's lots of information available about schools and neighborhoods in Central Ohio. 

Some Central Ohio Public School Info

Some Central Ohio Private School Info

 

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Via Diane Lynch (Realty Executives Premiere):

To the buyers out there......

Realtors cannot tell you "how the neighborhood is" or "how good are the schools" in particular areas. That is against the Fair Housing Laws. We can offer you websites to research these things. We can tell you to search on the internet. We can suggest you knock on doors in the neighborhood to talk to the neighbors. But we cannot give our opinions on how "safe" the area is. We encourage you to research the area before you buy. It's important to buy in a neighborhood you feel comfortable in.

It's not that we don't know the area. It's not that we are holding back. It's just that we can't help you there or we are violating the law.

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Central Ohio - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities

Real Living ecard - Martin Luther King Day

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy." -  Martin Luther King Jr.

24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration (tickets not available at the door)  J. Alfred Smith Sr is the keynote speaker for this years annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Breakfast Celebration at the Columbus Convention Center.  

"In His Own Words"  the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Franklin County Vets Memorial "free to the public" 

4th Annual Westerville Martin Luther King, Jr.  Breakfast Celebration  (ticket deadline was last Monday) at Vila Milano.  The theme is "Stepping Together" and the keynote speaker is Mr. Jefferson A. Thomas, a volunteer to desegregate an all-white  high school in Little Rock Arkansas in the 1950's.   Jeffereson and a group of eight other black students, became known known as the “Little Rock Nine”

More 2009 events from Sunday Columbus Dispatch's  "Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy"  include events throughout Columbus and Central Ohio including  an events in Worthington.

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Sellers ~ For a Faster Sale, empty those "catch all" rooms and Show each room's Best Use

 

Who doesn't want a fast sale?

Here's advice from Maureen Bray, a home stager in Oregon that is applicable to home selling in Central Ohio. 

 

 

Via Maureen Bray ~ Home Stager Portland OR ~ Room Solutions Staging ~ Portland Oregon (Staging that Sells Portland Homes):

Inspired by Mel Salazar's post about sellers using rooms in their home for storage, and Cathy Lee's post about returning rooms to their original purpose .... I recalled a staging project in an occupied home that we completed a few months ago.  The home (in Portland's Hawthorne district) was a charming old Victorian loaded with character, but the room sizes were relatively small and chock full of the sellers' furnishings.

We coach our clients that since they're selling square footage, it's important to show as much floor space as possible.  And that while the room may have served them well with another purpose while they lived there, it's best when selling to show potential buyers the room's original purpose.

This home had two living rooms (or "parlors" as they were called back in 1895 when it was built). One of them had become a "catch all" for music equipment and miscellaneous items that didn't fit somehwere else:

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After removal of all the equipment & miscellaneous clutter, buyers could now walk through this room and imagine using it as a cozy seating area.  The original wood floors, a main selling feature, were now exposed and visible, adding instant equity.  (We also recommended that the room be painted a neutral shade, but the sellers weren't willing to do this and luckily the house sold in spite of it!)

Upstairs there's a bedroom that had been used as an office space as well as storage for miscellaneous clutter:

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After staging, buyers could see the added value of this guest bedroom! Gone were the desks & office equipment and the large area rug (exposing the berber carpeting underneath);  we then added a staging bed, two simple tables & lamps, and used a few of the sellers' items to warm up the space.

Result?  This home SOLD in a challenging market ~  The sellers were happy and so were we!

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Room Solutions Staging in Portland Oregon provides staging services to homeowners and Realtors to reduce market time and maximize equity. Whether your property is vacant or occupied, we can help!  For a no-obligation home staging proposal, call us at 503-246-1800.

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Happy New Year - Pointless

Happy New Year

 

Happy New Year Columbus   

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