Posted by Ashley Walsh // October 26, 2014
If you are selling and relocating to a retirement home, real estate solution companies like Stylemaker Homes can help with that. Since we buy homes as-is, quickly, and for no fees or commissions, we can help in so many ways. Imagine being able to count on the sales price being the amount you will receive […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // October 16, 2014
Our family likes to grow what food we can, and we have community garden plots in Redmond and Sammamish that we love to garden. We’re very proud to have volunteered our time for the creation of the Sammamish Community Garden at the Lower Commons Park last year, and to the record year of food donated to […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // September 28, 2014
At Stylemaker Homes, we don’t just solve real estate problems, we help with real estate opportunities! Take for example a husband and wife who are expecting another baby. Imagine already having a toddler underfoot, toys everywhere, food stained carpeting, and no time to do repairs, clean, or pack anything up to get your home ready […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // August 27, 2014
Build Time: 6hrs 45mins Cost: $640.14 (labor & materials) Labor Day is approaching, and I’m reflecting on my labor intensive firepit project. (Yes, I built the firepit shown above. Gorgeous!) It was both easy, and really laborous. I loved it, and can’t wait to do it again. In fact, I’m planning on building one here […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // July 15, 2014
Over the past two years, home prices have seen double-digit percentage price increases in some cities, and more modest percentage increases in others. But overall, there are more buyers vying for fewer homes in many markets across America. As that happens, it is inventible that you are going to make a few offers on a few homes […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // July 2, 2014
Awesome Tip #1 – When you have your plumbing exposed, take the opportunity to raise the shower head higher! Depending on the year your house was built, the chances are pretty good that your shower head is too low, or that you took great care of your kids and they grew like weeds. Raising the […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // June 20, 2014
As we’ve been remodeling the house in Mountlake Terrace, we’ve gotten to know many of the dog walking neighbors. This is quite the dog walking, dog loving community! Morning, afternoon or after work, people are out walking with their dogs in Mountlake Terrace! It makes sense too that there are so many dog lovers in […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // May 28, 2014
“I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.” – Maya Angelou Here I am building this cute little fence along the side of the […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // April 6, 2014
I’m glad it’s me remodeling the Mountlake Terrace house. The demo process has been eye opening. Being a 1962 house, the city building inspector, Lance, asked me to have an asbestos test done and to submit the results with the permit application. I was so glad to know that there isn’t asbestos in the house. […]
Posted by Ashley Walsh // March 21, 2014
It’s so exciting!! The house my company just bought in Mountlake Terrace is our first redevelopment. We’ve all heard bad contractor stories. I don’t know why I was surprised when my first couple of contractors either didn’t want to pull permits or didn’t have their state license, bonding or insurance. That’s not me. Stylemaker Homes is […]