The Real Estate Browser Volume 9, Issue 3 | Page 10

10 — Say you saw it in The Real Estate Browser of Lynchburg — Volume 9 Number 3 www.LynchburgRealEstateBrowser.com Top Tips for Filling (Killing) Your Free Weekend by Dan Vollmer, Associate Broker, ReMax 1st Olympic Recently I did a short video with my Top 3 Tips for One-Hour Weekend Projects (find my Facebook Business page: Dan Vollmer REALTOR). Here are those ideas, and a few more, if you happen to have a free Saturday on your hands with nothing better to do! Paint your front door: your front door probably takes a beating in the direct sun- light, so it needs some love from time to time. We often recommend to our clients that they go with a Rustoleum High Gloss black. Just get a quart and if your painting over some- thing bold (like a red or blue) you might need to give it 2 coats. Replace your mailbox: after taking the abuse of rain, sleet, snow, direct sunlight and maybe a few hits from those neighborhood hooligans, its time to give your mailbox an upgrade. Run by your favorite hardware store and grab a new one. You’ll need a screw- driver, and maybe a paintbrush (if you have wooden posts). The voila - good as new! Clean light fixtures: admittedly, not the most fun way to spend an hour. But… go through your house, replace all your burned our light bulbs, and then clean and dust all your fixtures. You’d be amazed at the dif- ference it makes and how much nicer your home will look! Extra Credit: Clean all your windows, inside and out: okay, so maybe you wait until after pollen season to do this one. But take a few hours and get every window in your house clean and streak free (use newspaper to clean instead of paper towels). Trust me, your home will sparkle and shine. Clean your gutters: this one you probably should have done in the late fall, but if you’re like me and forgot, now’s the time. Get them clean and clear of debris before the rainy sea- sons hits. And don’t risk it if your gutters are too high or hard to reach - call a professional. Trim your bushes and shrubs: take a few minutes before you do and research the best time of year to clip back your plantings. But if you go ahead and get this one done now - and rake out the debris from your landscap- ing - then you can move on to… Mulch: I know, I know… you plan to get to this. But before you know it, it’ll be July. And you’ll want to take a free Saturday to go to the lake, or somewhere else out of town. And soon the summer will be over. If you don’t do it now, you might not get to it at all. And besides, there’s nothing quite like spreading a half-ton of mulch to give you a great workout. What are you planning to do this spring? How else do you make good use of a perfectly nice Saturday afternoon? I’d love to hear - or see - the projects you’re undertaking! Shoot me a photo through my business page, or email me at [email protected].