Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Take Pictures Now

Maybe you've found the perfect lot and are planning on breaking ground this fall and will be able to move in sometime early next year.  But you need a place to live until then so you don't plan on putting your house on the market until January. 

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Or maybe you know that you're relocating this winter and will be forced to put your home on the market in November.  Or maybe you know you'll move sometime in the future, but just don't know exactly when.

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While none of these scenarios is a deal-breaker, one of the problems you will run into is a lack of pictures when you're house and gardens are at their most attractive.


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Each summer when your gardens are at their height of beauty, regardless of whether or not you're planning to move, you should snap pictures of the exterior of your home.  Take some early in the morning, at mid-day and at twilight.  Show it off!  Then, when and if you ever do have to move, you'll have gorgeous pictures of your home to show on-line, even in the dead of winter.


Cottage Exterior of Home with Kaiser Wood Shake Roofing, Pathway, Transom window, French doors
Source:  Zillow Digs

Traditional Landscape/Yard with Transom window, exterior stone floors, Stamped Concrete Walkway, Wrap around porch, Columns
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Craftsman Exterior of Home with Eldorado Stone Autumn Leaf RoughCut, Pathway, Raised beds, Trellis
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Country Exterior of Home with Pathway, Wood bridge, Trellis, Pond, River rock exterior facade, Gravel driveway
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Traditional Exterior of Home with Raised beds, Transom window, Pathway, French doors, Sun room
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Cottage Exterior of Home with Covered porch
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Be sure to include special features of your yard and landscaping that might be buried under snow someday and won't show to their best advantage.


Traditional Landscape/Yard with Raised beds, Outdoor kitchen, outdoor pizza oven, exterior stone floors, Pathway
Source:  Zillow Digs


Contemporary Landscape/Yard with Outdoor kitchen, Outdoor GreatRoom Company Sonoma Pergola, 12x16, Fire pit, Arbor, Trellis
Source:  Zillow Digs


Traditional Landscape/Yard with Campania international williamsburg tea table cast stone bird bath, Pathway, Fence, Bird bath
Source:  Zillow Digs


Contemporary Landscape/Yard with French doors, Pathway, exterior stone floors, Transom window, Amaryllis & Caladium Candidum
Source:  Zillow Digs


Eclectic Landscape/Yard with SuperDeck(R) IR Reflective Exterior Waterborne Semi-Solid Color Stain, Custom pool waterfall
Source:  Zillow Digs


Contemporary Landscape/Yard with Quesnel Antique Floral Down Filled Throw Pillow, Trellis, Arbor
Source:  Zillow Digs


Cottage Landscape/Yard with Pathway, Dove creek quarry natural shape amber quartzite step stone, Raised beds, Gazebo
Source:  Zillow Digs

Highlight the beauty of your landscape during its peak and you'll always have something to show online no matter what the seasons bring.

Source:  Michelle Schwake for Stafford Family Realtors,  All pictures from Zillow Digs unless otherwise noted.

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