Remodel

Remodel or Move

January 29th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, Real Estate Tips, Remodel

Remodeling your home brings up questions that Im sure most have and I will make an attempt to answer some of them with the help of resources for you to determine whether remodeling your home is to your advantage or not. In a previous article, Should I Remodel How Much Do I Get Back, I showed the return on your dollar as well as the top remodeling rooms that gave the home owner return on their dollar spent. Just as a reminder, the top return on your dollar for remodeling when selling your house are: Kitchen, bathrooms, and additional Bedrooms (increasing square footage). Be sure to read the 10 tips below before hiring a contractor.

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Should I Remodel …How Much Do I Get Back?

January 15th, 2007 categories: Real Estate Tips, Remodel, Seller

Remodeling for re-sale value is always good. Making sure that you use a licensed contractor for your remodel is key.

Check out references and also check out the contractors license.

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Seven Local Contractors Arrested in Liscensing Sting

December 16th, 2006 categories: Home Buyer, Placer County, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips, Remodel, Sacramento, Sacramento County, Seller

ContractorTruck Take heed, when thinking about hiring a contractor make sure that you check their license at www.cslb.ca.gov or by calling 1-800-321-2752.

Many homeowners are left high and dry when they pay all or a portion of the bid price to find that the job never gets completed and/or never started at all. Also, be very wary of your liability in hiring a non-licensed individual to do work.

There are so many implications, one being if the workers get hurt on the job at your home and your cost of liability, if supplies are delivered to your address that were not paid for “ you could end up paying through the nose with law suits and liens on your house.

To learn more about liens be sure to check out the links at the bottom of this article. Check out the Sacramento Bee (need to have subscription in order to see the following article) Dec. 16, 2006 that I have provided for you. This is just one of many articles.

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