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Bellevue TN Condo for Sale in a Peaceful Wooded Setting

jstaler — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:13:04 +0000

Former Model Condo for sale located in a prime Bellevue TN location. Great front porch welcomes your guests to a Peaceful and Private wooded setting.

307 Post Creek Road Bellevue TN

Dramatic architecture features; an open staircase, soaring ceilings, loft, double balconies, two story living room with two sided wood burning Fireplace and floor to ceiling windows. Convenient bedrooms both Downstairs and Upstairs each with its own full bathroom.

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This Bellevue TN condo for sale is listed by JoAnne Staler, Bellevue TN REALTOR with Rochford Realty & Construction Company.

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Bellevue Tennessee real estate agent JoAnne Staler is providing a unique level of service to buyers and sellers in Nashville, Bellevue, Brentwood, Franklin, Williamson County, Green Hills, Belle Meade, Bellevue, Forest Hills, Oak Hill, Vanderbilt, Belmont, Midtown, Downtown, Historic Areas, Spring Hill, and Thompson Station Tennessee. Whether Buying or Selling Real Estate locally or Relocating to Middle Tennessee, let a Top Selling Nashville Real Estate Agent help. To find out more about JoAnne Staler or search for real estate via the Middle Tennessee MLS visit www.JoAnneStaler.com.

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Budget Friendly Updates to help Sell Your Nashville TN Home

jstaler — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:34:45 +0000

Spring is the ideal time to sell your Nashville TN home! The weather is comfortable for home buyers and curb appeal is at its prime. Check out the following article to help get your Nashville TN home ready to sell without spending big bucks.

Budget Home Updates

Need to spruce up your house before you sell? These low-cost upgrades will boost your market value without breaking the bank.

By Kara Wahlgren, FrontDoor.com

Most homeowners have a room or two they’d like to overhaul, and when you’re looking to sell, those must-do projects seem even more important. But while a major renovation might boost your home’s value, does anyone really have the bottomless bank account to fund those big projects? The average home staging budget is only 1 percent to 3 percent of your home’s value — hardly enough to finance those handmade hickory cabinets for your kitchen or marble mantle for your fireplace.

“If you’re getting ready to sell in the next few months, major renovations are probably not going to pay off,” says staging expert Lori Matzke. According to a report from Remodeling magazine, even a swanky $50,000 kitchen remodel will only earn back about 80 percent of its cost when you sell. A smarter bet? Stick to inexpensive upgrades that can make a huge difference in your home’s saleability. These simple projects will get you the most bang for your buck.

Fix what’s broken.
Got a broken heater? A cracked ceiling? A torn screen door? Put your money into these overdue repairs before you start worrying about cosmetic improvements. “A rule of thumb is, if it’s there and in disrepair, you need to fix it,” Matzke says. “Buyers are looking for a house that’s in working condition.” If they see a leaky faucet, they’ll wonder what else needs to be fixed. A few minor repairs can eliminate those red flags.

Create curb appeal.
First impressions are critical, especially in a competitive market. If half the homes in your neighborhood are boasting for-sale signs, curb appeal can give your property the edge — so put a fresh coat of paint on your siding, re-stain your deck or power-wash your patio, and trim back any overgrown shrubs. And don’t overlook your front door, which can be a make-or-break detail for would-be buyers. “It’s the first thing people see when they pull up, so do they want to come in or not?” Matzke says. If your entryway is lackluster, consider investing in a mahogany door or a decorative-glass style.

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Lighten up.
It only takes a few dollars to make your home feel infinitely more warm and welcoming. If you’ve got clutter, box it up and put it in storage. Replace your mood lighting with the max allowable wattage for your fixtures. Tear down faded or dated wallpaper, and grab a few gallons of paint to cover up blemishes or soften a bold color palette. (So long, mauve living room!) “Neutral, neutral, neutral,” Matzke advises. “It sounds really boring, but most people are looking for a house they can move into right now.”

Modernize for less.
Kitchens and baths are big-ticket items, but there’s no need to plunk down thousands of dollars on a total overhaul. In these rooms, even minor upgrades — such as new faucets or fresh lighting fixtures — can reap major rewards, and a little elbow grease can go a long way. “Ripping out and replacing kitchen cabinets is great, but unless they’re really horrid, it’s probably better just to enamel them,” Matzke says. You can also find bargains on newer appliances and plumbing hardware at sites like eBay or Craigslist. In the bathroom, replacing a tired vanity with a pedestal sink can instantly renew the decor and create more space, and outdated vinyl flooring can be replaced with inexpensive ceramic tile. Many big-box home stores offer options for around a dollar per square foot, so tiling a small room won’t strain your wallet.

Finish it off.
A basement remodel can rack up hefty labor costs, but if you’re handy, it can be a profitable DIY project. Installing carpet and sheet rock in an unfinished basement instantly adds a few hundred square feet of living space; it’s like putting an addition on your home for a fraction of the cost. “A basement finish, if it’s done properly, is one of the best investments,” says Leslie Sellers, president-elect of the Appraisal Institute. “The most expensive items — the foundation and walls — are already taken care of.”

Go green.
Eco-friendly extras might seem like frivolous expenses, but according to the National Association of Realtors, nearly half of all homebuyers said energy efficiency was “very important” when considering a purchase. Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you need to retrofit your home with solar panels or install bamboo floors in every room — but you may want to fix that drafty window or replace your stone-age dishwasher with an EnergyStar model. “These items will cut your energy bills down, make the house more comfortable while you’re living there, and add to the marketability of the home when you sell it,” Sellers says.

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JoAnne Staler, Nashville Tennessee REALTOR with Rochford Realty & Construction Company is providing a unique level of service to home buyers and home sellers in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Williamson County, Green Hills, Belle Meade, Bellevue, West Meade, Forest Hills, Oak Hill, Vanderbilt, Belmont, Midtown, Downtown, Historic Areas, Spring Hill, and Thompson Station Tennessee. Whether Buying or Selling Real Estate locally or Relocating to Middle Tennessee, let a Top Selling Nashville Real Estate Agent help. To find out more about JoAnne Staler or search for real estate via the Middle Tennessee MLS visit www.JoAnneStaler.com.

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New Construction Bungalow Style Townhomes For Sale in Nashville TN

jstaler — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:50:14 +0000

You’ll know you’re home when you walk into these impressive three bedroom, two and half bath townhomes located in Cherokee Park, just minutes from shopping, downtown Nashville TN and Interstate 40.

The appeal begins with the rocking chair front porch and continues inside with the warm soft colors, hardwood floors and open floorplan.

A popular feature of these Nashville townhomes is the main level master bedroom which boasts two large closets and lush bath with double vanity sinks.

The home’s main living areas are completely open, allowing for gracious entertaining and comfortable everyday activities.

The Kitchen boasts abundant cabinets & stainless appliances. Just bring your furniture and starting enjoying this charming neighborhood overlooking Cherokee Park. Visit the model home at 6020 Morrow Road.

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Lose Your High Maintenance Nashville TN Lawn! Inspiring Low Water Gardens

jstaler — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:14:26 +0000

It gets hot during Middle TN summers! Lose your Nashville TN home’s high maintenance lawn and instead go with an earth friendly water conserving garden. Imagine being lawn free this summer……See how some homeowners are ditching their grass for low water landscapes and still maintaining “green” beautiful curb appeal.

Lose the Lawn: Inspiring Gardens

by Sunset

Front-yard meadow

Two great ideas from this garden;

Grassy screen: grass screens the sitting area from the street and “Character” plants.

Easy-care front yard

Flagstone paths curve through a low-water front yard. A low berm of soil on either side of the walk adds interest, and weed cloth topped with permeable pea gravel allows excess water to soak into the earth rather than run off into the street.

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Low Water Curb Appeal

Add mostly low-water plants that give the yard all-season appeal.

Learn more about this low-water makeover

Lush Garden, Light Touch

Instead of expanding their 1,250-square-foot home Gabe Gelbart and landscape designer Paul Rhoadzhagen decided to keep the house compact and let the garden shine, providing plenty of outdoor living nooks, colorful plantings that require little water, and lessons on incorporating environmentally sound materials and practices into the landscape.

Get Gelbart and Rhoadzhagen’s low-water secrets

Lawn Free Tapestry

This homeowner ripped out much of her lawn and replaced it with a mixture of perennials and shrubs.

From Lawn to Private Retreat

Perfect for your Nashville TN luxury home; turn a small section of lawn into a private retreat.

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This information was brought to you by JoAnne Staler, REALTOR. JoAnne is providing a unique level of service to home buyers and home sellers in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Williamson County, Green Hills, Belle Meade, Bellevue, West Meade, Forest Hills, Oak Hill, Vanderbilt, Belmont, Midtown, Downtown, Historic Areas, Spring Hill, and Thompson Station Tennessee. Whether Buying or Selling Real Estate locally or Relocating to Middle Tennessee, let a Top Selling Nashville Real Estate Agent help. To find out more about JoAnne Staler or search for real estate via the Middle Tennessee MLS visit www.JoAnneStaler.com.

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U.S. House Prices Increase – Is This a Good Time to Sell or Buy a Home in Nashville TN?

jstaler — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:20:48 +0000

Traditionally Spring is the busiest time in the Nashville real estate market. The weather is comfortable for home buyers to tour listings, the foliage is in bloom making seller’s curb appeal optimum, and now with the news that house prices unexpectedly advanced in January this may be the right time to buy or sell a home in Nashville TN. If you have been waiting until the Nashville real estate market improves to buy or sell a home this recent rise in home prices may be a signal that the market is on the way up.

According to a report from the Federal Housing and Finance Administration U.S. there was a 1.7% month-over-month increase in U.S. house prices following a downwardly revised 0.2% decline in December. The largest increase came in the South Atlantic region, reversing a sharp decline the month prior, where home prices were up 3.6%. In the East North Central region, prices were up 3.9%.

Are you a Nashville TN homeowner still not convinced it is the best time to sell your Nashville TN home but concerned about your financial situation if you stay in your current home? An important new government Web site was launched on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Please use the self-assessment tools provided on MakingHomeAffordable.gov to see if you are among the 7 to 9 million homeowners who may be able to benefit from Making Home Affordable. The President’s Plan was created to help millions of homeowners refinance or modify their mortgages to a payment that is affordable, both now and in the future.

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Ideas and Projects for Getting the Most Out of Your Small Nashville TN Home

jstaler — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:22:41 +0000

March 24, 2008

14 Solutions for Small Homes

Ideas and projects for getting the most out of small spaces

Think Up – A converted attic provides needed room and a bath for a teenager
Make Changes Judiciously – A cottage gets an addition in keeping with its scale
Look at the Whole House – What can be accomplished in 1,000 square feet
Construct Smart Built-Ins – From a corner hutch to a home office niche
Entertain Without Being Cramped – A folding island, a mini-bar, and more
Install Knee-Wall Storage – Add storage in this awkward spot for only $400
Build Space-Smart Stairs – Alternate-step staircases need half the space
Choose Space-Saving Furniture – A bed with drawers, computer armoire, and more
Make Strategic Upgrades – Build electronics cabinets, use color strategically, and more
Create a Garage Storage Plan – Click here to see 5 tips for an organized, well-planned garage
Go Bold With Color – Click here to see high-impact color schemes for three small spaces

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JoAnne has over 30 years in Middle Tennessee, and her 14 years of full-time real estate practice. Her 3 children have attended area public, private, and parochial schools, so she can help you find the BEST SCHOOL for your child. Whether looking for a Williamson County estate, a Belle Meade mansion, new construction in Brentwood, a Vanderbilt area cottage, a downtown or midtown loft, a gated community in Green Hills, or a historic home in Franklin, JoAnne’s extensive knowledge will help you find the RIGHT HOME in the RIGHT LOCATION!

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The Foreclosure Fix Plan and What it Means For Nashville Home Owners and Home Buyers

jstaler — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:27:57 +0000

What does the Anti-Foreclosure Plan mean for Nashville home owners and home buyers?

Obama’s Anti-Foreclosure Plan Addresses Upside-Down Mortgages

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson, Esq., FrontDoor.com | Published: 2/18/2009

After signing a $780 billion-plus stimulus package, President Obama revealed the details of a sweeping $75 billion foreclosure-fighting initiative. Grander in scale than many observers expected, Obama expects his Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan to save as many as 9 million homes from foreclosure by helping homeowners restructure or refinance their mortgages. On the other hand, the Plan will not, in Obama’s words, “help speculators who took risky bets on a rising market” or “reward folks who bought homes they knew from the beginning they would never be able to afford.”

The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, set to take effect on March 4, aims to staunch the flood of foreclosures and stabilize falling home values through three key components:

Affordability through Refinancing. Under Obama’s Plan, 4 to 5 million homeowners will have access to low-cost refinancing into a mortgage at today’s low interest rates — even if their homes are worth slightly less than is currently owed on them. The reduction in rate will reduce the mortgage payment, increasing month-to-month affordability for these families, most of whom cannot currently refinance their homes due to negative equity.
Stability through Mortgage Modifications. This, the most striking element of the Plan, reflects a clear departure from earlier governmental policy and industry standard practices in the realm of mortgage modifications. Under the Obama initiative, lenders will be paid a monetary incentive to restructure homeowners’ mortgages within the Plan’s guidelines. To earn the incentive, lenders must reduce monthly payments to at most 38 percent of the homeowners’ income, and can earn increasing incentives for decreasing the payment further.Unlike former government and industry plans, the initiative rewards lenders for modifying the loans of homeowners who are not yet behind on their monthly payments, and rewards homeowners who stay current on their mortgage payments post-modification. Additionally, the Treasury Department will implement a single set of standards for loan modifications conducted under the Plan, and every bank that receives bailout monies will be required to adopt similar standards.
Keeping Interest Rates Low. This element of the initiative charges Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with buying more mortgages, and funds that expansion. The goal? To keep mortgage money flowing through this credit-crunched marketplace, making it easier to buy and refinance homes.

Homeowners wondering whether this Plan will go through as many versions or take as long to get through Congress as the stimulus package did can relax — most elements of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan will be implemented under the President’s Executive Powers on March 4th, and are already funded through other recent economic rescue legislation. The one big exception is the “cramdown” power Obama would like to include in the Plan, which would authorize bankruptcy courts to modify home mortgages by reducing the principal amount owed on the loan. Capitol Hill politicos are already gearing up for the battle over whether that provision will become law.

Who benefits from this plan? Only homeowners who occupy their homes can take advantage of this initiative, not investors who don’t live in the properties at issue. The mortgage modification element of the Plan applies only to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-insured loans — this does not include the vast majority of subprime mortgages, which comprise a vast portion of the foreclosure-prone mortgages at present. However, the requirement that all bailed-out banks adopt clear Treasury Department loan modification standards may provide a hidden, but massive, benefit to homeowners with subprime mortgages, who have by and large been unable to figure out how to successfully work with their lenders to modify their loans.

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Completely Renovated 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Bellevue TN Condo for Sale

jstaler — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:55:58 +0000

You will know you are home as soon as you enter this fabulous TN renovated condo for sale located in Bellevue’s Post House community.

404 Post Creek Road Nashville TN

The spacious open floor plan in this Nashville TN condo is ideal for gracious entertaining. Located at 404 Post Creek Rd the condo features include hardwood & tile floors, new paint, new carpet, fireplace, wood blinds, and new fixtures.

Beautiful new kitchen Nashville TN condo for sale

Washer, Dryer, Microwave & Refrigerator to remain. This home is ready to move into. Hurry, it will not last long!

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This Bellevue condo for sale is listed by Gina Turman, a member of JoAnne Staler’s team with Rochford Realty & Construction Company.

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Exquisite New Construction Luxury Golf Course Community Home For Sale Franklin TN

jstaler — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:35:22 +0000

6509 Stableford Lane The Reserve at Temple Hills

This Exquisite 5 Bedroom 5.5 Bath luxury home is being constructed by Michael Shears Construction on a Wooded Golf Course homesite in the Franklin TN gated community, The Reserve at Temple Hills. This elegant home boasts a luxurious Master Bedroom on the main level, four bedrooms upstairs, impressive fireplaces in both the Family Room and Study. Enjoy the serenity of your screened in porch with wood burning fireplace. Additional features of this Franklin, TN golf course oriented home include exceptional moldings, granite countertops and breakfast area, tile backsplash,wet bar, stainless appliances, gas cooktop, fully sodded and irrigated yard and MUCH MUCH MORE! The superior craftsmanship and attention to detail are apparent throughout any home built by this Custom Builder.

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JoAnne has represented buyers and sellers in luxury home and golf club communities such as The Reserve at Temple Hills, and many others in Williamson and Southwest Davidson counties TN. She is the realtor of choice for TN home buyers who desire a certain lifestyle afforded by a luxury neighborhood. If you would like more information on about TN neighborhoods such as Brentwood, Franklin, Green Hills, or Belle Meade click here to speak with JoAnne directly or visit her website at www.JoAnneStaler.com

JoAnne’s 3 children have attended area public, private, and parochial schools, so she can help you find the BEST SCHOOL for your child. Click here for free school reports.’

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Customize This New Construction Luxury Home in The Reserve at Temple Hills

jstaler — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:39:50 +0000

New Construction 4 bedroom 3.5 bath Luxury Home in the gated community of The Reserve at Temple Hills can be customized to your specifications!

6508 Stableford Lane

This spectactular home is located in Franklin TN on a wooded homesite and features a Master Suite and secondary bedroom downstairs, hardwood floors, 10′ ceilings & exquisite finishes. The upper level has the 3rd bedroom and an entertainment room, plus the option to finish an additional bedroom. There is a 3 car garage and covered patio.

This Franklin TN golf community, which is adjacent to the Temple Hills Golf Club offers a gated stone and iron entrance with gas lanterns, street lights, sidewalks and hedgerows, extensive preserved natural areas, and enhanced architectural review. The neighborhood is convenient to shopping, Natchez Trace Parkway & Loveless Cafe. Some of the area’s best public, private and parochial schools are located nearby. Stringent, professional architectural review and keen attention to every detail will ensure that this community retains its distinctive character for generations to come. Residents choosing to join the Temple Hills Club can join at a reduced rate and will have access to 27 holes of championship golf, a gold shop staffed by PGA professionals that offer lessons for all ages. Members will also have access to pool and tennis court. The Reserve is truly a community with universal appeal, but no compromises. Residents of the Reserve may choose to join the Temple Hills Club at a reduced rate. Pool, golf, tennis, while right next door, are not included in HOA dues. Our Sales Center is open Monday-Friday 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM-5:00 PM and Sunday 1:00 PM-5:00 PM. We are located in Franklin Tennessee off Temple Road just past the Temple Hills Clubhouse. Hurry to make your selections!

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