For Home Seekers-- Life Made Easier

How many times have you gone out to look at properties, either on your own at open houses or with agents, and realized around the 5th house that you'd totally forgotten the 1st?

The Home Seeker's Checklist is a good solution.

Just take a stack of these check lists with you and put the address of the house at the top of the list. Circle the things that apply, and add a few notes. When you get home, you can look the house up on the internet and you have a detailed list of whether the house has the features you're looking for. You can always use my site, www.marcymoyer.com, to search for homes without having to register with anyone. You can also use my website--just click on the link Cyber Home Valuation to look up the last sale of any property and get other interesting county information as well as an estimation of the home's current value. Just type in the address of the property you are interested in, which you have saved on your Home Seeker's Checklist. 

If you have any questions about check lists, real estate, or anything else--contact me! I'm here to help.

You cut and paste this list into a word doc and print it on your own, or create a new one featuring what you really want in a home. 

Home Seeker's Checklist

Home Address:

Exterior

1. wood, stucco, shingle, siding, brick
2. windows: single or double paned
3. front yard landscaping
4. back yard landscaping
5. lighting
6. sprinklers
7. garage: 1,2,3, or 4 car
8. driveway: paver, cement, asphalt, pebbles, dirt
9. location

Entry

1. formal
2. flooring: wood, tile, marble, granite

Kitchen

1. gas or electric
2. galley or square
3. breakfast room
4. kitchen/family room combo
5. counter top: granite, tile, marble, corian, silestone
6. cabinets: oak, maple, cherry, beech, metal, melamine, painted
7. floor: tile, wood, vinyl
8. appliances: stainless, white, black
9. microwave: built in, on counter
10. dishwasher: built in

Dining Room

1. separate or part of another room

Family Room

1. separate or part of another room
2. fireplace
3. flooring: tile, carpet, wood, vinyl

Living Room

1. flooring: tile, carpet, wood, vinyl
2. fireplace

Master Bedroom

1. has own bath
2. room for king-sized bed
3. closet: walk-in, along a wall with sliders, small with a door that opens
4. floor: wood, carpet
5. fireplace
6. sitting area

Master Bath

1. tub with jets, shower over tub, stall shower
2. floor: marble, vinyl, tile
3. vanity: 2 sinks, oak, cherry, maple, beech, painted, melamine

Hall Bath

1. tube with jets, shower over tub, stall shower
2. flooring: marble, vinyl, tile
3. vanity: 2 sink, 1 sink, oak, cherry, maple, beech, painted, melamine

Additional Baths

1. 1/2, 1,2,3,4

Additional Bedrooms

1. 1,2,3,4,5,6
2. flooring: wood, carpet

Additional Rooms

1. library
2. mudroom
3. basement
4. attic
5. den/office

Additional Amenities 

1. heat: central, wall, baseboard, pellet stove
2. air conditioning: central, room
3. balcony
4. deck
5. air filter
6. wine celler/storage
7. high ceilings
8. dog run
9. horse pasture
10. barn
11. creek
12. pool
13. spa
14. tennis court
15. home theater