"Time of the Essence" Renovations
My wife and I want to renovate our kitchen and bathroom this Spring, in order to place our condo on the market asap. Can anyone recommend a reputable, insured and licensed home renovation contractor that is willing to include a “time of the essence” contract clause in the service contract?
My wife and I want to renovate our kitchen and bathroom this Spring, in order to place our condo on the market asap. Can anyone recommend a reputable, insured and licensed home renovation contractor that is willing to include a “time of the essence” contract clause in the service contract?
We knew that Ysabelle finally got laid, now we know who it was-poor Leonard.
sure, it could sell for more, and more quickly, with nice renovations, but given that it is May, it isn’t going to happen this spring with renovations – they don’t happen that fast here.
We sold a home in Rockland County about a year ago. I know that’s a significantly different market, but still worth considering:
We first tried the 1:39’s approach, but didn’t get any (realistic) offers after 3 months on the market. After a $20K spruce up (mostly of kitchen and baths), we put it back on the market for $40K higher and sold it within a week.
We’re just convinced that most people have limited imaginations (“gosh, I don’t know if my sofa will fit”), except when it comes to the worst (“this bathroom MUST be GUTTED–and that will cost AT LEAST $50,000”).
Good luck!
8:09 – It includes tile work. Good to know that I am not getting fleeced.
Also, thanks to everyone else for your insights on broker v. FSBO; reno vs. no reno; etc.
It depends upon the extent of the bath work. The $13,000 doesn’t sound that bad at all for a complete bath including tile and the kitchen work. Does that include any tile work or just replacing each fixture with a new one. If he’s just replacing a Bath sink and a toilet, that should only take about 3-4 hours!!!
I think it is the brokers who push sellers into renovating. It ups their price but I don’t think the seller recoups in the end when you add in the time and expense.
If you want to sell ASAP, forget the reno. You can’t reno and get it on the market this spring – no way. Clean it up, fix anything broken, move out the clutter and extraneous stuff, and stage the furniture you have left, and it will sell (by broker or FSBO – whichever you prefer – brokers will take stuff not perfect – where do you get your ideas?).
Let the new owner change things to their liking. Believe it or not, older kitchens and baths appeal to many who hate the new trend of kitchen and bath renos anyway and don’t want to pay you for them (they will not make an offer if your new reno is not to their taste.)
My advice (and I sold a coop a year ago) is to contact some brokers at the big ones who co-broke, have them take a look, sign one (unless you decide to go FSBO), set a date for an open house, then clean up, clear out, and get that thing sold before the hot summer weekends set in. This is prime selling season – now through mid-June – just do it.
Circa 1988 is in…or will be in a year or so. You’ll see…
I highly reccommend Leonard Lushi.
His phone number is !-646-209-1245.
He is competent and reliable.
There is no charge for the estimate.
He has a department of consumer affairs HIC license number and he has a $1 million dollar liability policy.
When you call him ask him to bring it when he comes out for the estimate.
On top of everything else he is reasonanbly priced.
He is not a con artist.
He is nice.