Shopping Local Today

Thanksgiving Greeting

 

We’re thankful for you!

 

Team Patereau – Susan & Rick

Pre-Thanksgiving Week-End DIY Checklist

 

You have time this week-end to get prepared for the big Thanksgiving holiday coming up. Here's a checklist for you to go over to make sure everything is working in and around your house so you and your guests will fully enjoy the holiday. We particularly like these helpful ideas:

• If you must deep-fry your turkey, do it outside.
• Place a plunger next to your toilet to avoid embarrassing your guests who have to ask you for one.

Thanksgiving pre-preparation pays off!

 

Ellen Does Real Estate

Ellen DeGeneres is funny. Real Estate is fun, but not necessarily funny. Until Ellen does Real Estate.

 

Real Estate Trifecta

Thank You Veterans

Half of our Team, the Rick half, is a veteran. He was in the Marine Corp from 1965 to 1969, and served 13 months in Vietnam. Thank you Rick. And thank you to ALL Veterans everywhere.

posted by the other half of the team, Susan

Listings Wanted

Getting Ready to Sell Your Home – Tip #1

Thinking about what to do to your house to get it ready to sell? Here’s one of the things that Buyers really hate, and that Sellers can remedy before putting their house on the market that won’t break the bank, but will dramatically improve the sell-ability: Popcorn ceilings.

If you’ve lived with a popcorn ceiling, you know that it accumulates dirt, defies cleaning and is impossible to paint. Worse, if your home was built prior to the mid-1980s, it may contain asbestos.

Removal is a messy and laborious process, with or without asbestos. The material must be wetted down and scraped and the underlying wallboard wiped clean. Once the popcorn is gone, the ceiling is usually repaired with joint compound, textured and painted. Even if there’s no asbestos, you probably should hire a drywall or painting contractor for the job.

Before you tackle this job or any others, contact us. Team Patereau will gladly tour your home and make suggestions about what needs to be done, and what not to worry about in the current market. We’d love to hear from you.

Facts About Taxes for Sellers

Vote Today

Today is voting day for me. Working on filling out my mail-in ballot and plan to get it in the mail tonight with today’s postmark. I’ve decided on most things. Trying to be thoughtful and informed on things I haven’t been able to decide about yet. The ballot is long and the issues are complicated. Voting feels like a “Job” right now.

The other half of Team Patereau has his voting booklet in hand and has marked his choices. He always goes to the voting booth to cast his ballot so he’ll be there bright and early tomorrow morning.

In this partnership we often cancel out each other’s votes. That doesn’t prevent either of us from voting!