Friday, August 2, 2013

New Listing: 4824 Farm Pond Lane Charlotte, NC. 28212

Looking for a ranch home in a nice quiet community? Open floor plan and roomy with low maintenance? Look no further than 4824 Farm Pond Lane Charlotte, NC. 28212. This 3 bedroom one and half bath brick ranch home is conveniently located off Albemarle road in the Four Seasons subdivision. The home features over 1300 feet of living space on a nice almost quarter acre flat lot. The owner had laminate flooring installed throughout the whole main level of the house last year. It has helped open the house up and give it a nice updated warm feeling. When you pull up to this beautiful home the professional landscaping stands out immediately. With various flowers and trees that bloom and offer color as well as shade.... Walk in to the front door of this large home and you are instantly greeted by a very large open living room that has a nice neutral paint color on it as well as chair rail molding. The openness of the room leaves the possibilities endless for you to decorate as you see fit with man possibilities. Going through the living room you enter what is considered the den. It is a very large room that opens up to the kitchen and offers possibilities as a den or a dining area or a combination of both. Professionally painted and with large windows against the back of the house a lot of natural light coming in. That rooms opens up to the very spacious kitchen. A nice counter with an overhang for barstools divides the room form the den. But plenty of cabinet space and all the appliances convey with the house. Off of there is a large laundry room that she uses as a pantry as well... Down the hall you have three good sized bedrooms with ample closet space and a nice full bathroom with custom tile work. The master also has a separate half bath attached to it as well... Go outside and enjoy the spacious backyard that has additional flowers and trees to provide color and shade. But I like best of the back yard is that there is no neighbor behind you. The end of the property backs up to a nice wooded area and a walking trail ...It gives you the added privacy. This great ranch home is listed for only $129,000. With many updates inside and low maintenance with the brick outside this home is a great value for someone looking to be close to everything yet the feeling of being in the country..... Dave diCecco Realtor/Broker Coldwell Banker United Cell:704-519-7895 ddicecco@cbunited.com www.davedicecco.com

Monday, July 29, 2013

Do You Read Before You Sign Those Documetns From A Realtor

The question I always wondered is; do clients read the papers the listing or buyer’s agent send them to sign or just sign them without any question because they trust them? I trust my doctor and the surgeon who operated on me a few years ago....However; I still read the papers they put in front of me before they treated me or did the surgery. These were people I put my life in their hands. So why would I trust my Realtor and not read the papers or have them at least explain them to me? I try to make it a policy to review each and every page of paperwork I ask a seller or buyer to sign. I will not let them sign if I feel there is any question that they do not understand or if there is something wrong with the paperwork. In some cases (time permitting) I will provide them with sample copies of what they are going to sign to read over. This way before they list the home or put an offer in they can know what it is they are signing minus the fill in the blanks. In all my transactions I have never had anyone sign one that was wrong. I have made errors on them before though....However; before I ask my client to sign I made the corrections first. This past week I ran into not one but two instances where agents rushed to have things signed or ran a stack of papers in front of a client and told them to sign and briefly and vaguely covered the topics and the clients signed. One instance almost cost a client their earnest money that she could not afford to lose that I caught for her and helped get fixed. The other happened at the closing for one of my listings. The buyer was unaware of a fee charged by the realtor who initially tried to pawn it off on the seller (which I caught reviewing the HUD) and then changed tune and billed it to the buyer. The buyer was unaware of the fee and we almost were not sure it was going to close. It put the seller in an awkward position because they needed that to close in order to get the proceeds to close on the house they were buying...In essence it was a domino effect. After THREE hours the attorney calmed the buyers down and they rectified it and paid the fee...But should they have paid it? The attorney told them that they signed an agreement stating they would pay it if the seller did not and that they would lose in court....But is that good business practice? Why not fully disclose to your clients your intentions and actions? Why did the buyers not read over the papers before signing them? All valid questions for which I do not know the answers to but for those reasons ALWAYS have clients read over the paperwork before to sign..... Dave diCecco Realtor/Broker Coldwell Banker United Cell:704-519-7895 ddicecco@cbunited.com www.davedicecco.com