Jennifer Manchester's Matthews, Mint Hill Real Estate and Home Staging Blog

Big Guys Pizza, Mint Hill, NC.  Big Guys Pizza is located at 6914 Matthews-Mint Hill Road next to Monroe Hardware and is a family owed neighborhood Italian restaurant right here in Mint Hill, NC.  If you are looking for a good New York style pizza at a good price this is the one.  And they make a...

What are the benefits of doing a Pre-Listing Home Inspection?  In North Carolina our exclusive right to sell listing agreement contains a paragraph asking  whether or not the seller would like to perform  a home inspection once they have signed the listing agreement.  When I review the listing pa...

Preparing your Home for Sale Part 5, Accessorizing.  You may have read my series of posts 1-4, this will be the last one for now imparting my wisdom for anyone looking for some quick tips to help them prepare their home for sale. Accessorizing can be fun, it can be overwhelming and it is where ma...

CharlotteHomeStagers.com is the newest web address for the Charlotte Chapter of International Association of Home Staging Professionals.  That makes it even easier to locate a certified accredited home stager in the Charlotte, NC area. Did you know that the  Accredited Staging Professional and Ac...

Home Sales for Charlotte, NC.   Well there is good news and bad news.  The good news is that there is a slight increase in the total number of homes in Charlotte, NC that sold in 2010 over 2009 and 2011 is tweeking up as well.  The bad news is the average price for a home is lower.  Well that is ...

Preparing your Home for Sale Part 4 - curb appeal.  It's been a few days since I posted Preparing your home for Sale Part 3, no I did not run out of stuff to write, I had a  few local events I wrote about and would love for you to check out those posts too.  Now if you have been following the ser...

What type of Que do you do?  Barbeque that is.  Here is North Carolina their are major divisions in opinion of what is real BBQ.  It's serious business, there is even a North Carolina Barbeque Society (I'm not making this up).  The goal of the society is to preserve North Carolina's history as th...

Snap Fitness Grand Opening in Mint Hill, NC, was today.  Kristin Ganzenmuller the owner of Snap Fitness welcomed everyone to her Mint Hill facility for food, fun and ribbon cutting. Snap Fitness is the newest business to move into The Village in downtown Mint Hill.  I attended today with several ...

Preparing your Home for Sale Part 3 - color.  Today we will discuss color.  Color consultations are a service I provide to clients who are looking to put their home of the market or do a re-design project.  While I promote neutral colors and that may sound boring there is a huge range of neutrals...

Peparing your Home for Sale Part 2 de-cluttering.  I started this blog yesterday with Preparing your Home for Sale Part 1.  In an effort to help sellers and agents alike understand the basics of what I do when I work with a client to prepare their home for sale.  Now to some people this stuff is ...