The Northern Virginia Radon Map You Want To See

Making a wise investment means making wise choices.

A radon test is a small investment relative to the peace, safety and ease of correction it provides.

You want the radon test as part of your inspection contingency.   It does cost more, but  it is well worth it.

If radon is found, you can ask the seller to correct this prior to closing.

Correcting a radon issue means putting in venting pipes so it is not built up in the ground beneath your home, and costs somewhere int he neighborhood of $1000.

This map shows the areas of elevated radon

This video provides a good overview about radon, why it is important to check for it, and how to fix it.

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Don't forget to call Heather Maier when you are ready to buy, sell or to get a detailed analysis of your homes current market value.

Best wishes,

Heather Maier

email: HeatherNovaHomes@gmail.com

305-281-1873

Crime Mapping: Safety Ratings of Your New Neighborhood

It is best to be as well informed as possible when moving to a new area.

My family moved so many times for my husbands career, that I got quite good at knowing what to look for. Often we had to find and move to a new home sight unseen.  

Once, three days before our move, on a whim I googled the address of the home we would be renting.

The search engines brought up multiple news reports of a major drug bust that just occurred in that home, and how the police had been watching it for months due to gang activity.

Needless to say, there was no way I was moving my family into that house.

I had done all my research, due diligence, and thought we would be moving to safe, quiet, suburban home.   Obviously not the case!

Here are a few links you may find helpful when choosing the are you wish to live in:

https://www.crimereports.com/

http://spotcrime.com

http://sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor/

None of us have any guarantees about safety or the decency of the people around us, but we can use these tools to help us make the wisest choice we can about where we want to live.

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Don't forget to call Heather Maier when you are ready to buy, sell, rent or need a qualified home analysis to measure how your home value stands in this current market.

Best wishes,

Heather Maier

email: HeatherNovaHomes@gmail.com

305-281-1873

Top 10 Things to Do To Sell Your Home Quickly

Once you have made the decision to sell your home, you probably want to get it sold as quickly as possible so you can move on to the next chapter in your life.

Here are Heather Maier’s top 10 suggestions to help you sell your home quickly

1.  Price it right.  This is the number one factor.

2.  Get a CMA – Comparative Market Analysis so you can make data-driven decisions and make sure you are listing your home for a price that is both fair, and will make your home sell quickly in whatever the current market conditions are.

3.  Clean up the front of your home.  First impressions count.

4.  Remove all clutter and organize. Organizing shows that your home has been well cared for.

5.  Pack up and store as much as you can.  Let your home be a blank slate for the buyers to imagine it as their own.

6.  Purge!  Get rid of all the things you don’t use, need or like.

7.  Clean. Clean everything.  Windowsills, baseboards, windows. Everything. Clean counts.

8.  Organize those closets.  Not only will this make your home more presentable for sale, but it will make things easier for your come move time.

9.  Make your kitchen spotless! Including organizing the cupboards. 

10.  Make the house smell clean, pleasant and inviting. 

These are the essential things for you to do in order to help your home sell quickly.

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Heather will prepare you a custom and detailed report in exchange for a donation of any size to one of her listed charities. CALL TODAY!

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