If you’re a homeowner looking to sell your property, our Sellers category offers valuable insights on how to prepare your home for a successful sale. Learn about the importance of pre-listing inspections, staging tips to attract buyers, and strategies to address common issues that may arise during the selling process.
Spring is a time of renewal, but it can also reveal hidden issues in homes that lay dormant during the winter months. As a realtor, understanding these common springtime concerns can help you better guide your clients through the home-buying…
Spring is synonymous with renewal and fresh starts, making it the busiest season for real estate transactions. For Connecticut realtors and their clients, home inspections play a vital role in ensuring smooth, successful sales during this period. Here’s why spring…
Owning an antique home in Connecticut is a rewarding experience, but it comes with unique challenges and responsibilities. Here’s a more detailed guide to common issues, preservation tips, and resources for homeowners. Common Issues Preservation and Maintenance Tips Resources for…
Whether your water is supplied by your city or a private well, it is important to be informed about your drinking water quality and to understand how to properly maintain it. The state of CT recommends testing your water yearly,…
Before: How to Prepare If you are a home buyer, the process of finding and purchasing a house can be stressful. You’ve found the perfect home, great location, amazing kitchen, you make an offer and it’s accepted. Now you can…
Do shows like Fixer Upper and Flip or Flop have you daydreaming of renovating a home? Did you know there are renovation loan options to do just that? A 203k loan allows homebuyers to finance both the purchase of a…
You have made the decision to sell your home, whether to up-size or down-size, move to a new area or just a new start. Below are some tips on how to make your house look its very best whether from…
Moving is never easy. When you’re packing up your entire life and shipping it off to somewhere new, you’re bound to hit a snag, no matter how much you plan and prepare. At Schaefer, we know how difficult the process…
Whether it’s your first home or your fifth, selling your property can be nearly as complicated as it was buying it. One way to make the process less difficult is with a pre-market home inspection. Just like a regular inspection,…
For more than 35 years, the team at Schaefer Inspection Services has been performing home inspections, checking out houses in Connecticut from top to bottom, inside and out, making sure every nook and cranny is accounted for. And for almost…
Tips for selling your home while on vacation Just because you are selling your home does not mean you can’t enjoy getting away for some summer fun. If you are going to go away for a week or two, we…