North Capitol Hill Revival
The Highlights
In 2020, this home was listed by another real estate agent for $1,150,000 but did not sell
In 2021, Happy at Home Contracting made $60,000 worth of upgrades to this home
4 months after the home had initially been listed by the previous agent, Get Happy at Home Real Estate Team listed the home for $1,150,000 and sold it for $1,360,000
The Story
Before we entered the picture, this beautiful home in North Capitol Hill was listed by a very good real estate agent, but unfortunately they couldn’t sell it. The 1906-built home really needed some updates to appeal to modern buyers, and the agent just didn’t have the resources to make the necessary updates. Luckily, the owner also quickly realized that their home didn’t quite “look the part”; it was very dated, and was a hodgepodge of different styles.
We envisioned who the buyer of this house would be, and what they would want. Luckily, with the real estate side of our business, we have worked with literally thousands of buyers, and we know what they want! Once we made our assessment of what needed to be done, we got to work.
In addition to simple refresh things like new paint and lighting, we took on a few major projects, including fixing a sloping floor and making significant updates to the kitchen. Keep scrolling to learn exactly how we updated this home!
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The Work We Did
Our goal is always to get our clients the most “bang for their buck.” In this case, we wanted to make sure that we made the updates that would attract potential buyers to the home. And since we are also real estate agents, we know exactly what buyers want, because we have worked with thousands of buyer clients!
Here are the updates we made to this home:
While nothing was structurally wrong with the house (whew!), there were some sloping floors that really needed to be corrected. Our team pulled out all of the floors, leveled the floors, installed new wood floors that matched the old ones, then refinished all of the floors.
We installed new carpet in the bedrooms.
We pulled out all of the tile in the updated bathroom and replaced it.
In the kitchen, we made several updates; we saved the kitchen cabinets but removed the counters, appliances and flooring. We installed new counters, and painted the cabinets a color that was fashionable at the time.
We changed out the lighting; none of the lighting was original, but we wanted it to fit in with the time period of the home.
We painted the entire interior of the home, including the trim.
We cleaned the basement out. It was too short to transform into a real room (no one is fooled by fake square footage—sell a space for what it is!) but it was excellent storage.
The Results
We spent 3 months on this refresh that cost $60,000, and just 4 months after this home failed to sell with another agent, we listed and sold the home.
We listed it for $1,150,000 and sold it for $1,360,000.
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