by Megan Morris | Jun 27, 2018 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers, For Sale
Do you know how much your home is worth? No, really, do you? Homeowners and buyers across the country often answer this question by turning to a figure known as a Zestimate, produced by Zillow.com. Zillow’s intention is to create an accurate value estimate for the...
by Megan Morris | Jun 13, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
Owning a house is a never-ending adventure in investing your heart and soul into a wholly unique structure. Some homeowners have great big budgets for massive changes or enhancements to their home; others are working with a shoestring. If you’re in the second group,...
by Megan Morris | May 30, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
Summer’s unofficially upon us. That means more ice cream, fewer snowball fights and, of course, the battle to keep your house cool as the heat bears down. As it turns out, you don’t have to build your own ice cave to keep cool until fall. There are plenty of easy...
by Megan Morris | May 9, 2018 | CoVA Tips, For Sale, Home Improvement
First impressions are everything. That’s as true for job interviews as it is for making your house the best version of itself it can be. No matter how big or small your remodeling budget, your first plan of attack needs to aim at improving the curb appeal of your...
by Megan Morris | Apr 25, 2018 | CoVA Tips, For Sale, Home Improvement
Selling your home is one of the most tricky parts of owning a home. There are always little projects that you meant to get to and didn’t, and things that probably weren’t perfect, but didn’t bother you enough to fix. You can’t possibly do everything to make your house...
by Megan Morris | Apr 10, 2018 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers
Buying a house is a confusing process. Not only is there a lot of material to process, you really have to do a lot of introspection to find the home that’s right for you and your family. It’s about more than just ceiling treatments and square footage, there’s...
by Megan Morris | Mar 28, 2018 | CoVA Tips, Home Improvement
In 1986, Tom Hanks starred in a movie called “The Money Pit.” It was all about a couple’s adventures in remodeling what has to be the worst house ever. Even though it was a comedy, if you’ve ever been part of a big remodel, some of the situations the co-stars find...
by Megan Morris | Mar 13, 2018 | Coastal Virginia Community, Featured Listings, For Sale
Back in October of 2017, the Chesapeake school board voted to rezone six different schools in the area. The schools that will be affected are Hickory High School Great Bridge High School Hugo Owens Middle School Deep Creek Middle School Great Bridge Middle School...
by Megan Morris | Feb 21, 2018 | CoVA Tips, First Time Home Buyers
As a functioning adult, you know there’s something about debt that you’re supposed to understand at this point in your life, right? Something about not having too much, or maybe not too much in relation to something else… but frankly, this stuff is confusing and some...
by Megan Morris | Feb 7, 2018 | Home Improvement
Light has a powerful influence on the way your home feels to you and how others perceive your space when they come to visit. It can affect how you use different areas, too. If you’re looking for a quick and relatively inexpensive way to give your home an...
