If you’re wondering how to prepare your house to sell for the best price possible, you’re in the right place. Follow our 7-step checklist.
Landlord-tenant relationships are often contentious, but this can be overcome by exploring the ethics of real estate investing.
Discover some of the most unique homes of Pittsburgh. Along the way, we’ll explain what they can teach you about buying a home. Click to learn more!
Old Pittsburgh homes often lead to lengthy inspection reports. Read our blog to learn what to expect so you can buy with confidence.
Pittsburgh Spring brings us hope. Even though we have many overcast and rainy days, the warmer weather, longer days, and budding flowers bring us new energy. The chance to spend more time outside is a welcome relief to our whole family, and we are incredibly grateful for the days our kids can climb trees and play in the yard.
Buying a home is an enormous moment in a person’s life. For many, buying a home is the biggest financial decision they’ll ever make. It’s an exciting, stressful, wonderful time, but some of our clients have a question before they start shopping: “How many homes should I look at before I make an offer?”
We love watching the city transform every December! Each year, businesses, towns, and individual houses decorate in fun, festive lights and colors, sparking fresh energy for our transition into Pittsburgh’s coldest months. All of the excitement is especially popular for our kids, who enjoy all the trappings of the holidays as they wait patiently for Santa to arrive later in the month.
Pittsburgh loves its fireplaces. If you’ve ever looked at older homes when shopping around, you know how frequently they pop up. Some fireplaces are boarded up and no longer in use (we’ll talk about those in a minute), but you can find some that are still in use. While they can certainly make a living room cozy, they can also become safety hazards if they’re not maintained properly.
With a small army of kids in the house, we love Halloween! It’s always fun to get everyone dressed up and then parade around the neighborhood trick-or-treating. Now that we’re halfway through October, the kids are talking nonstop about their Halloween costumes, and that has us thinking about decorating houses, especially when people want to increase their home value before a sale.
As Pittsburgh realtors, we’ve helped people buy and sell homes all over the Steel City. Though we’re experienced at it now, we still remember how we felt when we bought our first home years ago. Like many first-time home buyers, we were nervous, scared, and excited. Because of this, we do everything we can to be the best realtors possible.
Owning a home is great, but it certainly demands a lot of upkeep! In a place like Pittsburgh, your house experiences all sorts of strain from Mother Nature: bitter cold, heat waves, heavy rain and wind—the list goes on and on. All of this adds up to different seasonal influences that tear away at paint, break down your sidewalk, and create many other headaches for homeowners to manage. Here’s how to keep your home beautiful for summer.
We love summertime in Pittsburgh! From discovering new coffee shops to trips to Kennywood, there’s plenty for everyone to enjoy. Out of all the attractions, there’s nothing we love more than checking out the local farmers markets, especially the one in Squirrel Hill! Here’s our guide to Pittsburgh farmers markets in 2019:
