Defiance area homes with dining rooms for sale... what would your dining room have to say?

Defiance area homes sell better when they offer a little more formal space called "The Dining Room" If your dining room could talk, what would it have to say?

When I was growing up our Defiance family home had a dining room, most of the time it was a 'walk through" space to get to the kitchen or the living room. We used the dining room table as our homework area, the cat loved the dining room table, it held both our Easter Baskets and our school books! I can remember my graduation cake and it was proudly displayed on our dining room table along with many Thanksgiving dinners! Oh the conversations a dining room table must hear... Every Thanksgiving I wish my home offered a dining room, maybe I will just enjoy everyone elses!

If you are searching for a home with a dining room Realty Five of Defiace has many of them for sale, we can't include the conversations & the memories a dining room offers but we would love to get you started with a family space for special dinners & special guests around the table!

Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays are now upon us if dreaming of a dining room is what you are doing then please give us a call, text, email or facebook or click to visit us at www.realtyfive.com we would love to get your family around the dining room table soon!  Pictured are only a few we have for sale in and around the Defiance area...

 Karol

"We choose to give"

Choosing a home with your special treasure in mind!

Choosing your new home with a special piece of furniture in mind, that unique piece Grandma gave you or perhaps a wedding gift from years ago? We want those treasured items to have placement in our new homes that are just as priceless as the space they are being moved from!

As a Realtor I hear my buyers talk about their "Rare Gems" these gems have followed them from their apartments to houses to a new house again! Sometimes I get to hear the story behind their special pieces of furniture, proud & happy to share the history with me and why the "new house" has to have just the right spot for it.

A couple buyers come to mind when I think of finding the right home with the right location for the treasured pieces. I almost feel like I have seen them for years even though I have never seen them at all... When my friend and buyer Sue finds just the right place to put her grandfather clock... I know she loves the house. Carol looks for the perfect dining room wall for her grandmothers antique hutch, Susan always wants to find the perfect corner for her Christmas tree! Gentlemen buyers are completely different; usually it is a gun case, a desk or maybe a mounted fox they want a special place for. Yes...guys also have treasures to find the right location for in the new house, theirs are just a little different than us ladies!

I guess I like getting wrapped up in the story behind my buyers furniture pieces, their favorite pictures they love to show case, the rose bush they are digging up and taking with them... a piece of someone’s family history shared with me as their
Realtor is a very nice thing indeed!!

Let me know if you have a timeless treasure that needs a new home, I'd love to help you find just the right spot for it...

Karol
"We choose to give"
karol@realtyfive.com

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Ready for USDA, FHA & VA Mortgage Loans...

Do you have a pre approval for a mortgage loan? NOT all mortgage loans are the same, government backed loans have requirements! You might be asking "Karol what do you mean by ready for a loan?" A home that is listed for sale needs to meet a level of condition in order for your loan and appraisal to go through... give me a call and I will help guide you with those requirements that your bank is insisting on.
Our listing at 100 Pinewood, Defiance meets those loan requirements plus it is "move in ready"
 Ready to show, ready for loans and available to purchase! Call, text ,email or find Karol on Facebook...  she would love to get you inside this fantastic listing!  
 Realty Five of Defiance
"We choose to give"
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karol@realtyfive.com

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Master Bath re-model in Defiance home!

This Defiance home under went a master bath re-model...

If a new updated master bath is on your "wish list" then this home is one you will want to put on your "must see" list, it just had a price reduction so make your personal showing appointment quick!

100 W. Pinewood, in Pine Ridge Sub Division, Defiance ranch built in 1999, so well cared for... this one is a gem from top to bottom!

NOW $124,900, now add in or I schould say subtract the "Welcome Home Fund Grant" of $5000 and you have a tip top, move in ready 3 bed room 2 bath home for $119,000

Hurry, call, text, email or find Realty Five of Defiance on Facebook to set up your appoint... see for yourself how fantastic this house really is, including the new master bath!

Call your favorite lender to ask about the $5000 Welcome Home Grant, or give us a call we can get you started in the right direction... Karol

"We choose to fgive"

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Is a web site like a phone number?

Is a web site like a phone number? YES a web site is just like a phone number... you just gotta have em!!! If you are doing business in the Defiance area or any area for that matter you better have a user friendly web site, it's a must in today's business world and Defiance area Real Estate is no exception!

I can still remember years ago Tom Brokaw (or a news anchor of the day) broadcasting about the "World Wide Web" they talked on and on about "surfing the web" at the time I had no idea what they were speaking about, I just knew if it was on the evening news it must be of great importance...

Jump to 2012 and ask ourselves how could we possibly survive without the Internet? All that information at our finger tips 24/7; anytime we please we can seek information on any subject & become an expert in a matter of minutes! Amazing isn’t it?

We can chat and view photos of our families clear across the Atlantic, stay in touch with our men and women in the military, look up the sale price of our favorite vehicle, play catch up with our High School friends who are living all over the Nation, view the inside of homes for sale and at the tap of a few computer keys see our Grandchildren’s great big smiles! The World Wide Web has come a long way from that broadcast not so long ago…

My broker works with such determination on our web site: www.realtyfive.com you might be asking me, is it really that important Karol? YES it is, today’s Real Estate buyer starts on the Internet, it is used more than any other form of media to seek out the housing market and what it has to offer. You guessed it… our site is available 24/7.

Here’s a description of what I think is a great web site: Current, user friendly, interactive, easy on the eye, versatile, informative and yes, even stylish! I invite you to go to our web site www.realtyfive.com and let me know what you think; YES it is that important to our company!

Karol~

Realty Five of Defiance

“We choose to give”

karol@realtyfive.com

 

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Christmas lights & decorations once again stored away? Try "winter" decorating!

I don’t know about you but every year I LOVE getting out & hanging up the Christmas lights inside and outside of my Defiance home, decorations add a bolt color we might not normally use in our decorating schemes… Christmas makes it easy to go a little wild with reds and greens and lights of all colors throughout the house! I truly enjoy it all December long, then comes January and it all gets put away… I decided to “Winter Decorate” again this year, I did that by putting away all my Santa’s but leaving out a few of my snowmen, putting away my Nativity Scene and leaving out the winter greenery of evergreen pines, berries and pine cones, I put away my multi colored Christmas lights and left a few white lights out & added a few candles here and there… now I have myself a little winter cheer as I pass by my kitchen counter top to find a snowman smiling back at me!

Enjoy a winter evening with the soft glow of a flickering candle and a toasting warm throw! Try one of your left over candy canes dipped in a mug of hot chocolate… yummy!

 My Grandson loves the candles in the window & wants the lights to be lit up, when he comes over he walks right straight to them and points, adds in a little “Ooooo & Woooow” so we turn them on for him, he calls snowmen and Santa HoHo they are apparently all the same to him! To say the least he is putting some fun in to our winter, visit with a 16 month old and you will see what I mean!

If you are interested in listing your home on the Defiance area Real Estate Market give me a call, text, email or find me on Facebook and Like our page… I will even show you how to get your home properly staged making it “buyer ready” which is ever so important in today's competitive market.

Happy buying and selling, Karol

“We choose to give”

karol@realtyfive.com

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Christmas decorating with bulbs…loads of style on a budget!!!

I really had a fun time decorating my kitchen this Christmas Season… using my Christmas tree bulbs was cheap, easy and festive! Anyone can do this~

First gather your decorative Christmas bulbs you didn’t put on your tree, then collect things from your cupboards you already have like: rose bud vases, pretty glasses, a cake plate, clear glass items show your bulbs off best. Shinny bulbs of all shapes and sizes will work, it is ok to use different colored ones too or try all the same depending on your décor` and taste.

Dabble your bulbs in and around your accessories, add a sprig or two of pine or your favorite Christmas candle! It is so easy to take a plane shinny bulb and mix it up with a few others… perhaps in a clear glass pitcher or a canister meant for flour & sugar. Look around your house you probably have items stored away for those fancy dinners we never really have, maybe you have your Grandma’s china that would look gorgeous with Christmas colors… bring them out of hiding so you can decorate beautifully without breaking your budget!  Everything I used to decorate my kitchen was already in my house~  Curio cabinets also look festive with a few bulbs tucked here and there on the shelves, when the light hits them they shine with Christmas cheer!

When you are out after the Holiday’s shopping those 60% off deals pick up a couple boxes of shinny Christmas tree ornaments, next year you will have a blast decorating with them!

Happy decorating & Merry Christmas, Karol

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NEW Defiance lising in the charming Pine Ridge sub division...

Wouldn't your Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Easter and Christmas dinners be delightful in this family friendly kitchen dining room combination at 100 W. Pinewood? It is ready to show and available to purchase! Call, text, email or find Karol on Facebook... she would love to get you inside this fantastic new listing!  

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Creating my new home office~ will a little help from my hubby!

I have a new "home office" well kinda sorda new, Tim shampooed the carpet & did a fantastic job on the new paint and trim work... so to me, we created a "NEW HOME OFFICE"

Today was the first day I have not had any Real Estate appointments (busy days for which I'm thankful for) so I got to spend some time playing in my new office space... I walked around the house and checked in storage cabinets searching for just the right accessories I wanted to place in and around my office, once I had it completed (minus window treatments) I looked around and was pleased! A couple hours later it dawned on me why I felt so pleased with my new space... I filled it with memories from past shopping trips, special buyers who gave me a kind Thank You token and cherished gifts from those who love me!

My lamp is from our sister trip to South Haven, Michigan a couple years ago along with my wall plates that I just love! My pretty crystal bird tea light holder is from my sister Kristi for my Birthday, my cup and saucer is from my friend and relative Sandy, I decided it held my business cards with class, my plant is from Ed and Rebecca who purchased a wonderful North Side home this summer, my picture on the wall and my lilac chair is from a Relay for Life fundraiser a few years back, I knew I would eventually find a good place for them... I must say I kinda liked making my office a little feminine and girlie!

I also have a bookcase I bought from one of our sellers, Lynn... it now holds my books, paper work and files along with a couple Real Estate awards that I never had anywhere to display, whooo hooo for me it is all coming together, I think I'm going to like it here!

Taking good care of my buyers and sellers will be even more pleasant now, call me if I can be of any Real Estate help to you or someone you know who may be ready to purchase or ready to sell, Thanks a bunch, Karol

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Defiance area homes with dining rooms for sale... what would your dining room have to say?

Defiance area homes sell better when they offer a little more formal space called "The Dining Room" If your dining room could talk, what would it have to say?

When I was growing up our Defiance family home had a dining room, most of the time it was a 'walk through" space to get to the kitchen or the living room. We used the dining room table as our homework area, the cat loved the dining room table, it held both our Easter Baskets and our school books! I can remember my graduation cake and it was proudly displayed on our dining room table along with many Thanksgiving dinners! Oh the conversations a dining room table must hear...

If you are searching for a home with a dining room Realty Five of Defiace has many of them for sale, we can't include the conversations & the memories a dining room offers but we would love to get you started with a family space for special dinners & special guests around the table!

Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays will be upon us soon, give us a call, text, email or facebook or click to visit us at www.realtyfive.com we would love to get your family around the dining room table soon!  

 Karol

"We choose to give"

 

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40th Annual Vince Polce Marching Band Spectacular~

Late Saturday afternoon the sun came out making the evening a little bit better at Defiance High School.
Chilly at the 40th Band Spectacular? Yes... but not all that bad considering the way the day started! Worth braving the cool temps and cold stadium bleachers? Yes... the opportunity to watch 6 marching bands is always a great night at DHS and has been for the past 40 years!

This years Feature Band was The Bowling Green State University Falcon Marching Band. How often can a marching band lover see a University Band perform for $6.00? The sights and sounds was awesome as they played and marched to a Beatles Tribute which included an appearance from Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band... Kudos to BG, we really enjoyed your bands performance!

One of the many things I got to witness last night was the "spirit of high school and college students" chearing & rooting for each other & showing appreciation for each bands performance, whoooo hoooo's and shouts of excitement was herd from students as the crowd watched 6 bands with 6 different styles of marching, dance routines, batons with fire and flags whipping and twirling under the stadium lights all on a very wet and muddy football field!

Thanks to the Tinora Marching Band, Coldwater, Clay, Sylvania Northview and Defiance Marching Band of Class for a fantastic fall evening of musical entertainment!!!

Karol

karol@realtyfive.com

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Grab buyers attention.. with FALL CURB APPEAL~

Grab buyer’s attention with FALL CURB APPEAL if your home is listed on the Defiance area Real Estate market!

Curb appeal can be fun to work on during the Spring and Summer months with cheerful blooming flowers and possibly some new landscaping which adds lots of interest to your front lawn, front door and flower beds! Fall can be a little daunting especially if it is a cold and windy day when you are ready to add some outdoor decor… if your home is listed on the Defiance area Real Estate market it will be worth your time and effort! Any time you can spice up your front entrance & add some attractive curb appeal all those “drive by” people searching out homes will notice yours and more than likely call there Realty Five of Defiance Realtor for a appointment to get inside!

If you do it right your fall decor can last right through Thanksgiving, you can do this by avoiding specific decorating items like Halloween ghosts for instance, if you keep it generic and “ fall like” you will get a longer time frame on your curb appeal and more bang for your buck!

You may want to tidy up some of your summer plants and flowers that have now turned brown and not so nice looking, change out your front door wreath & lay down a fresh clean welcome door mat. You may be asking “Karol do buyers really notice these things? “ YES they do!!!

Remember the old saying “first impressions count” I’m here to tell you first impressions and curb appeal most certainly do count in the business of selling houses!

Realty Five of Defiance has homes listed in all different price ranges and in many N.W. Ohio areas from Payne to Ayersville to Pleasant Bend to Sherwood, please take a few minutes to click around on our web site www.realtyfive.com then give us a call, text, email or find us on Facebook to set up your personal tour~

If you would like your home listed and added to our web site I will be glad to do that for you...

Happy autumn, Karol

karol@realtyfive.com

“We choose to give”

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MY GOAL: We will move before Christmas… seriously?

My goal is to move to the Defiance area by Christmas, yes I need to seriously check into the Defiance area Real Estate market! My Realtor, Karol from Realty Five of Defiance told me the average transaction from writing the contract to closing the deal takes about 30 days!

Today is September 22nd, only 14 weeks till Christmas… Thank goodness I still have time to buy my new home, move in and get ready for the Holidays and host a Christmas house warming party in my new house!

If I act now I can move in October or November! Better get on www.realtyfive.com then call Karol back and get house shopping quick, I can't wait to see the beautiful listing at 361 Blanchard Dr. Defiance

Buyer; Sue Fling

Northwest Ohio here I come…

Here is Realty Five of Defiance & Karol’s contact information in case you are buying and moving too!

888.766.8627

419.784.4519

karol@realtyfive.com

P.S. Realty Five chooses to GIVE BACK to the community by donating 5% of their commissions to a local charity of my choice when I buy with them, awesome! Sue

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