Many seniors are looking for Marin homes that are easier for living: usually single level, smaller, and with less upkeep. They may be moving to be closer to family and convenient to shopping and services. It’s important to understand the challenges seniors may have in buying their next home. Selling your current home It’s important that seniors have qualified help in selling their homes, Continue Reading
How to Choose a Marin County School
Choosing a Marin County school, either private or public, for your child is a very personal issue. To investigate the considerations in choosing a school, we interviewed Debra Lambrecht, Founder and Head of Caulbridge School, a private, K-8 school in San Rafael, CA. The most important factor in choosing a school is what parents want for their child. This decision is weighted by Continue Reading
Mill Valley Neighborhoods: Strawberry
Strawberry Peninsula, Mill Valley, CA Strawberry is a unique section of Mill Valley on a small peninsula in Richardson Bay, across Highway 101 from downtown Mill Valley. A ridge of hills provides fine views of the Bay, San Francisco, and Mount Tamalpais. To Learn More about Strawberry Go to our Strawberry page at Livinginmarin.com. You will find special features of Continue Reading
Mill Valley Neighborhoods: Alta Vista to Boyle Park
Alta Vista-Boyle Park Neighborhood This neighborhood stretches along the north side of E. Blithedale Ave--one of the two main arteries into Mill Valley--from Camino Alto to Downtown. The neighborhood moves up a small ridge, providing southern exposures, views across the valley, and at the top, views of San Francisco. To Learn More About Alta Vista and Boyle Park Go to our Alta Continue Reading
Transforming Your Property Pays Off
Making your property attractive to buyers pays off in many ways: Quicker sale Possibility of multiple offers Good sale price High return on investment Here is a typical success story. The out-of-state heirs to a townhouse in Corte Madera hired us to prepare their parent's home and sell it. Though the townhouse was in a choice location, it was 20 years out of date and worn. Continue Reading
To Stage or Not to Stage
Is it worth staging your Marin County, California home before you sell it? Many sellers at every price point object to having their homes staged. Their reasons are that it is not worth the expense, the house looks good, or buyers are still going to negotiate the price, so staging doesn’t matter. Staging Your Marin Home IS Important We know first hand that staging your Marin home is more Continue Reading
Marin’s Distinguished Schools
Marin's Distinguished Schools Each year, the California Department of Education selects the highest achieving public schools in the state as Distinguished Schools. Schools may apply for this award only every four years. Here are the Marin schools on the list for the last four years: Continue Reading
Ross, Marin’s Special Small Town
Ross is a very special kind of small town. There are only about 800 homes with a median sale price of $2.812,500 in 2016. There are some grand old homes, many over 100 years old, which range in price up to $15M (7 bedrooms and 10 baths in 12,800 sq. ft. on about 2 acres, sold in 2016). Continue Reading