Comments on: The Beautifully Staged Home: Nicely Remodeled or Cheaply Flipped http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/ your consumer guide to the sf bay area real estate market Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: John Black http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-566 Tue, 20 May 2008 03:44:45 +0000 http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-566 Mary, a very thorough and enjoyable piece! I've just discovered your blog so belatedly would like to add a thought about "flipped" landscaping: often the new sod has been rolled out without a corresponding upgrade to the irrigation, so what looks lush and green today will be patchy and brown next month. Conversely, I've seen new irrigation installed with no consideration of existing trees (usually native oaks or madrone), which invites root rot, fungus infections and ultimately death for those extremely valuable mature specimens. In either case, the buyer of a flipped property usually has no idea anything's amiss until it's too late. I invite you to read my take on Bay Area landscaping and the "green life" at http://www.averdantlife.com. If I can ever help you with an expert perspective on landscaping or outdoor living, I'd be honored. Thanks for a great resource! John Black Verdance Fine Garden Design Palo Alto Mary, a very thorough and enjoyable piece! I’ve just discovered your blog so belatedly would like to add a thought about “flipped” landscaping: often the new sod has been rolled out without a corresponding upgrade to the irrigation, so what looks lush and green today will be patchy and brown next month. Conversely, I’ve seen new irrigation installed with no consideration of existing trees (usually native oaks or madrone), which invites root rot, fungus infections and ultimately death for those extremely valuable mature specimens. In either case, the buyer of a flipped property usually has no idea anything’s amiss until it’s too late.

I invite you to read my take on Bay Area landscaping and the “green life” at http://www.averdantlife.com. If I can ever help you with an expert perspective on landscaping or outdoor living, I’d be honored. Thanks for a great resource!

John Black
Verdance Fine Garden Design
Palo Alto

]]> by: Mary Pope-Handy http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-548 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:48:35 +0000 http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-548 Ron, Thanks for taking the time to leave your nice and encouraging comments. Mary Ron,

Thanks for taking the time to leave your nice and encouraging comments.

Mary

]]> by: Steve Leung http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-547 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:13:18 +0000 http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-547 Thanks, Ron! We all appreciate the kudos and aim to provide the best consumer protection for folks in the Bay Area interested in real estate. Even if folks have taken a look at the <a href="http://www.1siliconvalley.com/contact-steve-leung/" rel="nofollow">agents here</a>, but have their own or aren't in the market yet, what's very helpful is if you send articles you like to friends, or link them from your own blogs or websites. This type of support (and these types of kudos) are very much appreciated. Best, Steve Thanks, Ron! We all appreciate the kudos and aim to provide the best consumer protection for folks in the Bay Area interested in real estate.

Even if folks have taken a look at the agents here, but have their own or aren’t in the market yet, what’s very helpful is if you send articles you like to friends, or link them from your own blogs or websites.

This type of support (and these types of kudos) are very much appreciated.

Best,
Steve

]]> by: Ron http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-546 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:32:14 +0000 http://www.1siliconvalley.com/the-beautifully-staged-home-nicely-remodeled-or-cheaply-flipped/#comment-546 Just wanted to say thanks for a great job. Your blog is consistently useful and helpful. Just wanted to say thanks for a great job. Your blog is consistently useful and helpful.

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