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HOW DO YOU GET PET AND SMOKE ODORS OUT OF YOUR HOUSE
Dear Dave, After months of house hunting, we have found one. The problem is house odors. The sellers are an older couple who both smoke and who have a dog and two cats that stay indoors most of the time. We have mentioned our concern to the sellers, but they don’t share our concern. We... Read More
WE WANT TO DOWNSIZE OUR HOME BUT WHERE DO WE START
Dave,We have been living in Grand Junction for nearly 12 years. When we moved here, we had our 3 children living at home and our lifestyle required much more space, inside and out, than it does now. We are in our late 50s and have a large home on several acres and we need to... Read More
WHY ARE MY PROPERTY TAXES GOING UP SO MUCH
Hey Dave, We just received the property valuation notice for our house and the new value is $110,000 higher than the previous assessment. Certainly, the current property value they have listed is still lower than what we paid two years ago, but is that large of a jump in value reasonable? I guess with... Read More
CAN YOU ADD HOME IMPROVEMENT COSTS TO YOUR HOME LOAN
Dave, We have seen several older homes that need a lot of work to bring them up to acceptable standards. We’re more than happy to purchase a “Fixer Upper” but we’re not sure where the funds to do so would come from. We do not have a lot of cash to put in the home after... Read More
HOW DO YOU FIND THE BEST REALTOR IN A NEW TOWN
Dave, We will be moving out of state, to a city where we know absolutely no one. How do we go about finding the “best” realtor to help us in our new location? Thanks Andrew, Grand Junction Andrew, Great question. There are several ways to go about finding an agent in the city where you... Read More
IS RADON PRESENT IN WESTERN COLORADO
Dave, Our question is not as much a question as it is to get your opinion. We recently purchased a new home and during our inspection process we asked our agent about getting a Radon Test and she told us there really was not any radon in the valley and we did not need one. ... Read More
IS AN ENCLOSED CAT PLAYGROUND BAD FOR RESALE
Dear Dave, We are in the process of building a new house. I recently saw some plans for an enclosed cat yard with a “cat” door that had been installed in one of the windows of the home. My cat is very important to me and we are considering doing something like this in our... Read More
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE AFFECT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE
Dave, We have been watching a couple of homes that have been on the market for a couple months and we would be happy with either, but we really do like one of them quite a bit better than the other. Neither are perfect, but the one we like the most has two homes on... Read More
WHICH FLOORING HAS THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
Hi Dave, We have a 10-year-old home that had a lower-end engineered wood floor when we bought it new. The flooring has a lot of scratches, a few chips, and some warping from water spills. We are looking to replace it with good quality laminate flooring with a hand-scraped wood look – not to save... Read More
HOW DO I IMPROVE MY CREDIT SCORE
Dear Dave, I would really like to be able to buy a house this late spring or at least by the end of the summer! However, I don’t have a very good credit score. Five years ago I had a foreclosure and two years ago I changed careers to get out of the natural gas... Read More