Ronald Goldberg, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

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Create new memories in this beautiful home. #homesforsale

One of the more important steps for removing paint from metal is scraping. #DIYprojects #hometips

Is January A Good Time to List My Home For Sale? If you are in the mood to sell your house, doing so in winter can actually lead to really great results. January turns out to be a fantastic time to list your house, and winter in general is coming to be accepted as as good a time as any and better than some for selling. Low inventory is fantastic for home sellers. Basic economics of supply and demand tells us that most things sell for more money when there is less of them available.

Check Yourself: Home Maintenance Tasks You Need to Tackle in January: 1. Protect the pipes Task: Prevent exposed pipes from freezing as temperatures drop. A frozen pipe can crack or burst, flooding your home. If you’re planning a winter vacation, don’t forget to wrap pipes with heat tape you can control with a thermostat. And if you haven’t turned off water to outdoor spigots yet, consider yourself luckyif they haven’t yet burst, shut off water valves and open spigots to dr...ain existing water. Shortcut: To thaw a frozen pipe, wrap it with a heating pad or turn a hairdryer on it. 2. Check for storm damage Task: After winter storms, your home maintenance routine should include and inspection of your home’s roof, siding, gutters, and yard for wind, snow, or ice damage. Shortcut: Instead of climbing on the roof to look for missing shingles, use binoculars to search for damage. Better yet, buy a drone that can fly over your house and spot damaged areas. Task: After winter storms, your home maintenance routine should include an inspection of your home’s roof, siding, gutters, and yard for wind, snow, or ice damage.95 to $127; a handyman can reattach hanging gutters for $171 to $492; and an arborist can remove cracked tree limbs and prune trees for $375 to $525. 3. Seek and destroy hidden dirt Task: Yes, cleaning counts as home maintenance! Clean those filthy places that people don’t see but you know are there. They include the range hood and grilles, refrigerator coils, tops of ceiling fans, dusty light fixtures and bulbs (make sure lights are off before dusting), and HVAC vents. Shortcut: Let your dishwasher clean metal parts such as vent grilles and range hood filters. You can pop dirty sponges and dishrags in the dishwasher, too. 4. Give hardware some love Task: Shine and tighten doorknobs and hinges; tighten loose cabinet pulls and nobs, and level cabinet doors. Shortcut: To clean metal hardware, wash with soapy water, then shine with a microfiber cloth dipped in vinegar or lemon juice. Brass polish will remove tarnish from solid brass hardware. Not sure it’s brass? If a magnet sticks, it’s most likely metal, not solid brass 5. Do a deep declutter Task: Banish piles, clean out closets and drawers, and tackle the basement if you can stand it. If you haven’t touched something in a year or don’t love it, then you should toss, donate, or recycle it. Shortcut: If you can’t face a total house declutter, do little bits over a few days. Pick one room or a corner of the room to organize. Or, every time you walk into a room, put/throw one thing away.