As a Menlo Park Realtor I specialize in selling ugly duckling homes that are begging to turned into swans, like this upcoming listing at 209 Market Place in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park. I have a team of experienced contractors who help me get the most increase a home's value for the least amount of money. I thought you might be interested in hearing about what we do.
In the case of this home in Belle Haven we had a house with a roof that was way beyond need of replacement, ugly laminate kitchen counters, old carpet over hardwood floors, a poorly painted interior, very old fashion red brick fire place, no landscaping, ugly kitchen cabinets, ugly bath vanity and fixtures, and ugly closet doors.
My contractor started work about a month ago. We tore out the old fashioned Home Depot kitchen counter and replaced it with a sleek new counter from Ikea that is still laminate, but looks great and only cost $150 for the material. The entire inside was painted a color called Sierra White which has a hint of grey in it, today's it color. The kitchen cabinets were painted a darker shade of grey called Malibu Beige and an incredibly dramatic slate backspash was added.
The bathroom got a new vanity in a dark chocolate color with vinyl tile squares, a beveled glass medicine cabinet, new light, and new towel bar, toilet paper holder set.
All three bedrooms got new beveled mirror closet doors.
The red brick fire place was panted with a chalk paint in the same grey as the kitchen cabinets.
The old carpet was removed and the original oak hardwood floors were re-finished and stained a dark color called spice.
A new roof was installed in a bright green color to match the newly painted front door and pale green house color.
Staging was done yesterday, and landscaping will happen today.
This Belle Haven ugly duckling home for sale is about to become a swan.
I will show you the finished results in a few days.
If you have any questions about buying or selling a home in Belle Haven please feel free to contact me.
Marcy Moyer
Cal BRE 01191194
650-619-9285
