If you’re like many people, you have – or you’d like to have – a sunroom in your DC Ranch home. But sunrooms aren’t run-of-the-mill spaces that we all grew up with, so what are you supposed to do with it? How do you decorate a sunroom, and if you don’t have one, how can you turn a patio into one without doing a full-scale remodel? Here’s what you need to know. Everything You Need to Know Continue Reading
5 Amazing Gyms Near DC Ranch
If you’re a fitness buff buying a home for sale in DC Ranch, you’ll be glad to know that in addition to the community’s state-of-the-art fitness center (where you can take yoga classes, strength and balance classes, and general fitness classes), we’re close to some of Scottsdale’s most renowned gyms and fitness centers. Check out these five must-visit gyms near DC Ranch so you know what’s close Continue Reading
3 Secrets to Choosing the Perfect Mirror for Your New DC Ranch Home
When you buy a new home for sale in DC Ranch, you’ll want to decorate it – and if you’re like many people, you know that a mirror can add a tremendous amount of style to any space. Even better, mirrors make rooms look bigger. So how do you pick the perfect mirror for your space? This guide explains. 3 Secrets to Choosing the Perfect Mirror for Your New DC Ranch Home There are three key Continue Reading
7 Tips to Make a Small Bathroom Look Bigger
When you’re selling your home in DC Ranch, every room is important – and every room needs to look as spacious as possible. That goes for guest bathrooms, too… but how do you make a small bathroom look bigger? These seven tips can help. 7 Tips to Make a Small Bathroom Look Bigger Your REALTOR® will talk to you about home staging – the process of making your home as appealing as possible to Continue Reading
How We’re Keeping Our Scottsdale Real Estate Clients Safe
If you’re like many people buying or selling a home right now, you’re concerned about coronavirus and the disease it causes – COVID-19. And you’re right to be concerned; it’s a dangerous illness and we don’t have too many ways to prevent it other than staying home. But a good REALTOR® will take special steps to keep his or her clients safe. That’s what we’re doing. And here’s how. How We’re Continue Reading
How to Stage a Foyer (With Photos)
When you’re selling a home in DC Ranch, your REALTOR® will talk to you about home staging – and how it can make a tremendous impact on how quickly you sell your home. Staging can even affect how much buyers are willing to pay, so it’s definitely a worthwhile investment. But if you’re like most people, you need to know how to stage a foyer, your living room, your master bedroom and each other space Continue Reading
Fall Fireplace Prep for Your DC Ranch Home
Winter is right around the corner – and the nights are certainly getting cooler. If you have a wood-burning fireplace in your DC Ranch home, it might be time to light your first cozy, crackling fire of the season. But before you do, you need to tackle these fireplace prep tasks. Fall Fireplace Prep for Your DC Ranch Home When it’s time to get your fireplace ready for winter, you can hire a Continue Reading
Halloween Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treat 2019
Whether your little ones are big enough to trick-or-treat on their own or you're gearing up to accompany them on Halloween, check out this list of Halloween safety tips. You can talk to your kids about these, even if they're very small, so they get into good trick-or-treat habits. Halloween Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treat 2019 If you're trick-or-treating in DC Ranch or elsewhere in Scottsdale, Continue Reading
The 5 Best Interior Design Apps for Your Home in DC Ranch
When you buy a new home for sale in DC Ranch, you might consider hiring a professional decorator – or you might want to try your own hand at design. If you’re in the latter camp, you’ll love this list of the best interior design apps. The 5 Best Interior Design Apps for Your Home in DC Ranch The five best interior design apps include: The west elm Room Planner Decorist Ikea Continue Reading
10 Tips for Staging a Master Bedroom (With Pictures)
Cleaning Your Home to Sell It? Never Mix These Chemicals
If you’re like many people selling a home in DC Ranch, your REALTOR® has talked to you about how important it is to stage your home – and you know that before you can stage it, you have to clean it from top to bottom. You might want to hire a professional cleaning company to tackle the job (that way, you only have to maintain what they’ve done while your house is on the market), or you might want Continue Reading
7 Summer Moving Hacks to Make Your Big Day a Piece of Cake
Whether you’re buying a home for sale in DC Ranch or you’re selling your home in our community and moving to another fabulous Scottsdale golf course neighborhood, congratulations on your big move! Are you ready? If you're like most people, you probably need these seven summer moving hacks that will make your life so much easier. 7 Summer Moving Hacks to Make Your Big Day a Piece of Cake Moving is Continue Reading
Staging Basics to Help You Sell Your Home in Scottsdale
Staging is an essential piece of the home-selling process, but if you're like most people selling a home in Scottsdale, you're not sure where to start - or where to stop. Here's what you need to know. Staging Basics: The Fundamentals of Making Your Scottsdale Home More Appealing to Buyers When your real estate agent talks to you about listing your home, he or she will walk through it with Continue Reading
Should You Offer More Than a Seller’s Asking Price for a Home in DC Ranch?
When you’re buying a home for sale in DC Ranch, it’s exciting – and it’s easy to fall in love with these spectacular homes. But should you offer more than what the seller is asking? In some cases, yes – and your Realtor® will give you the guidance you need. Here’s what you need to know when you’re house-hunting in DC Ranch. Should You Offer More Than a Seller’s Asking Price for a Home in DC Continue Reading
The Ultimate Curb Appeal Guide to Sell Your Home in Spring in Scottsdale: 10 Tips From the Pros
If you’re selling your home in DC Ranch, you already know that buyers will start forming that incredibly important first impression when they see your high-resolution photos online – but they don’t finish forming it until they pull up at the curb in front of your house. That first impression is vital; it’s what buyers carry into the house with them, and if it’s good, they’re going to be more open Continue Reading
4 Things You Should Never Compromise On to Buy a Home
When you start your house-hunt, you’ll most likely have a wish list of all the features you want it to have. Because there are so many spectacular homes for sale in DC Ranch, you’ll probably find most – if not all – the items on your wish list. Sometimes, though, buyers find homes that don’t check all the boxes – and then they compromise. But there are four things you should never compromise on Continue Reading
7 Hottest Paint Colors for 2019 for Your Home in DC Ranch
If you’re buying a home for sale in DC Ranch, or if you’re selling one, it pays to know about the latest-and-greatest trends in interior décor – and 2019’s hottest paint colors are already making a huge splash in the design world. Here’s what they are (and where you can put them for maximum effect). 7 Hottest Paint Colors for 2019 for Your DC Ranch Home Color trends change every year, and this Continue Reading
6 Things You Can Do to Prepare for the Next Monsoon Season
Monsoon season is supposed to be over – it runs from the middle of July to the end of September – but we’re still getting significant amounts of rain. While we’re unlikely to have any big storms between now and next summer, it reminded us that now is the perfect time to monsoon-prep your home for 2019. Here’s a quick list. 6 Things You Can Do to Prepare for the Next Monsoon Season We’re heading Continue Reading
3 Tips for a Fire-Safe Backyard
Keeping a beautiful backyard is tough in desert climates – but with these tips, you can keep yours looking great and ensure that it’s more fire-safe than an ordinary yard is. 3 Tips for a Fire-Safe Backyard While there’s no guarantee that any yard will be completely fire-proof, these tips can help you create a safer backyard. 1. Space Plants Appropriately When you’re placing plants in your Continue Reading
3 Myths About Selling a Home in DC Ranch
Selling your home in DC Ranch requires a few things – and the first is a DC Ranch Realtor® who understands the market and knows how to connect with local and long-distance buyers who want nothing more than to live in this spectacular community. But it’s also fraught with myths, as is much of the high-end real estate market. These are three common myths – and three helpful truths – about selling Continue Reading
6 Steps to Finding the Right Interior Design Pro
If you’re like many people who buy a home for sale in DC Ranch, you need to find the right interior design professional – but where do you start? 6 Steps to Finding the Right Interior Design Pro The right interior design expert will listen to your needs, get to know your style and come up with refreshingly fantastic ideas for decorating your home – and you can use follow these six steps to find Continue Reading