Marietta, GA

Home in Historic Marietta SOLD in 5 days!

02-14-12

Kirsten Conover Atlanta Georgia real estate agent

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Office: (404) 386-1103

Home in Historic Marietta SOLD in 5 days!

I was recently pulled aside at the gym by a woman who found out I was a REALTOR in the metro Atlanta area. "Can you please come see my home?" she begged, "it's been on the market for TWO YEARS and hasn't sold!". It had just expired, so I agreed to take a look at it.

When I drove by, it seemed cute enough. It was in the Historic section of Marietta, near the Square, and was a nice ranch with a two-car garage, a rarity in that neighborhood. So I went home to look up the expired listing on FMLS. OMG. Here is what I saw:

Exterior of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

Living room of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

Sunroom of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

The mystery was solved! Unfortunately, these sellers had been victims of BAD MARKETING. Turns out, while trying to be helpful, that the husband had taken the pictures of the home on his cell phone, and delivered them to their agent--who proceeed to load them onto FMLS! Now, these pictures might be fine for texting to a friend or family member, but were certainly not of the quality to be posted to a professional real estate website. And the sellers didn't know--it was the agent's reponsibility to get good pictures taken and posted--ones that would draw in a buyer, not prevent them from ever wanting to see the home!

Was the home perfect? No. But it was a really darling, great home that just needed some fine tuning.

I brought in Kathy Nielsen, a wonderful home stager in Atlanta who owns Georgia Interior Solutions. She re-configured the living room, which had awkward furniture placement, suggested some alternate paint colors in some rooms; and went room by room to help them tweak their accessory and art placement. I also had them update the master bath with a new vanity and light fixture.

Then we brought in Iran Watson, an incredible real estate photographer in Atlanta --not inexpensive, but hey, pictures are what bring the buyers into the home! Here are a few of the "after" pictures:

Exterior of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

Living room of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

Sunroom of home at 476 Maple Avenue in Historic Marietta

We then put the home back on the market at same price it had been listed before and made sure it was posted EVERYWHERE on the web.

The happy ending to this story? We had it under contract in 5 days--with a bidding war between two buyers, and two other agents that were preparing to write offers when we went under contract. The owners are ecstatic, and I'm happy that I was able to right another real estate agent's wrong.

It's a no brainer--a home that is staged correctly, priced comptitively, and MARKETED WELL--will sell.

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Waterford Green, Marietta GA

02-13-12

Joe Malvarapu

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Office: (630) 968-2600 x1129

Waterford Green is located in Marietta, nestled in the Chattahoochee National Forest and bordering the Chattahoochee River, within walking distance of the Gold Branch Trail and about a mile away from great parks and biking paths. Waterford Green is a community of 152 homes with amenities including clubhouse, pavilion, pool, tennis courts, basketball court, and a playground.

Residents of Waterford Green attend Mt. Bethel Elementary, Dickerson Middle School, and Walton High School. The schools have been recognized within Georgia and nationally as outstanding schools.

Visit Marietta Real Estate site and view Homes for sale in Waterford Green, Marietta.

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Atlanta Country Club Real Estate

02-11-12

Joe Malvarapu

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Office: (630) 968-2600 x1129

Atlanta Country Club is located north of downtown Atlanta, in East Cobb County. This beautifully landscaped 260 acre golf community was founded in 1964 by a small group of prominent Atlanta business leaders, intent on building a world class golf course to attract a PGA tournament to the Atlanta area.

Real estate in Atlanta Country Club encompasses large private luxury home sites including many golf course lots. Residents attend the highly desirable East Cobb School District, Sope Creek Elementary School, Dickerson Middle School, and Walton High School. Residents of the community enjoy golf course and club access, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, four clay and four hard surface tennis courts and full-service fitness center with a complete range of exercise equipment. Casual and fine dining can both be enjoyed at the clubhouse, along with special events, such as small gatherings and large weddings, receptions and banquets.

Visit Marietta Real Estate site and view real estate listings in Marietta, Georgia including Marietta Foreclosures and Marietta Short Sale listings.

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Marietta Real Estate

02-11-12

Joe Malvarapu

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Office: (630) 968-2600 x1129

Nestled 15 miles northwest of Atlanta and just south of the North Georgia Mountains, the City of Marietta, Georgia, offers residents the charm of a small city along with a stimulating urban environment. Close to I-75 and the Galleria, city of Marietta offers a unique blend of small-town values with big-city opportunities.

Marietta has a beautiful and vibrant downtown square filled with restaurants, antique shops and the fun-filled Glover Park. As the county seat of Cobb County, Marietta offers her residents and visitors beautiful parks, quaint streets, Victorian homes and historic sites. Area shopping and progressive businesses are found here as well. Multiple local attractions, sporting events, festivals and industry provide visitors with many exciting things to do and business to conduct.

Marietta Real Estate includes a wide variety of new housing developments and redevelopments including new homes, townhomes, flats and condominiums are springing up, most within easy walking distance of the lively Square.

County: Cobb County

Marietta ZipCodes: 30008, 30060, 30062 , 30064 , 30066 , 30067 , 30068

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How We Sold This Marietta Georgia Home in 5 Days

02-11-12

Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

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How We Sold This Marietta Georgia Home in 5 Days

In fact, not only did we get a contract in 5 days, we had a bidding war between two buyers with another two other agents preparing to write offers as well.

For the sellers, this wasn't just good news, it was great news as their home had been on the market for two years prior.

So, how did we sell this Marietta Home in 5 days?

They used an incredible Marietta REALTOR. Her name is Kirsten Conover with Prudential Georgia. I've had the great pleasure of working with Kirsten for over three years and she is perhaps one of the hardest working real estate agents I've met.
I provided the homeowners with a home staging consultation. More on that subject below.
Kirsten hired Iran Watson - perhaps Atlanta's best real estate photographer, to capture the beauty the home had to offer.

Here's what the home looked like prior to the home staging consultation:

The fireplace, which is a feature of the home is not even pictured, and resides to the far right.

Here's the same room after re-arranging their existing furniture.

Marietta Home after being professionally home staged

Photo taken Atlanta Real Estate Photographer, Iran Watson.

As the home stager for this home, I knew it was important to create a more warm and inviting space, which was accomplished by re-arranging the furniture. I had also recommended that the fireplace, which was black, be painted white which elevated the look and feel.

As you can see, it took a team to help sell this Marietta home in 5 days. The combined efforts of the agent, the home stager (me) and having incredible photos truly does make a difference.

Originally posted in AtlantaHomeStaging.net

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