2005 PARADE HOME NESTLED UP ON A CUL-DE-SAC. EVERY EXCEPTIONAL DETAIL YOU WISHED FOR...AND MORE! FROM THE OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURE ACCENTED BY THE WARM STONE EXTERIOR & AND PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING TO THE ENDLESS INTERIOR SPECIALTY DESIGNED COMPONENTS. NOTICE THE MAPLE TRIM WITH CHERRY ACCENTS, ROUNDED CORNERS, NUMEROUS NICHES, SEVERAL CUSTOM BUILT-INS, PLUS MUCH MORE. EVERYTHING IS SEEMLESSLY INCORPORATED INTO A UNIQUE FLOOR PLAN DESIGNED FOR THE WAY YOU LIVE.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

*HARDWOOD FLOORS
*LARGE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT
*CHERRY KITCHEN CABINETRY
*GRANITE COUNTERTOPS IN THE KITCHEN
*STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES
*CUSTOM GAS FIREPLACE
*STUDY W/BOOKCASES AND FRENCH DOORS
*CUSTOM MAPLE TRIM WITH CHERRY ACCENTS
*OPEN STAIRCASE W/CUSTOM RAILING
*FORMAL DINING AND LIVING ROOM
*CUSTOM BUFFET W/STAINED GLASS
*MASTER BATH W/DOUBLE VANITIES, JETTED TUB, CUSTOM TILED SHOWER
*LOWERLEVEL REC/FAMILY ROOM- WETBAR WITH SILESTONE COUNTERTOPS
*SURROUND SOUND
*DECK AND PAVER PATIO
*MANY TRAY CEILINGS
*ROUNDED CORNERS
*CUSTOM TILE
*SEVERAL DISPLAY NICHES
*SECURITY SYSTEM
*4 CAR GARAGE
*MAIN FLOOR LAUNDRY W/SILESTONE COUNTERS
*75 GALLON WATER HEATER

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates- 608-225-0926 Homes@HomesByJV.com

Check out the new HomesByJV.com site. From a streamlined appearance and easier to use navigation, to improved marketing via the Restaino Edge marketing plan, to the incorporation of our HomeValuesInMadison.com Market Snapshot- things are really starting to take shape.

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0946 homes@HomesByJV.com
 

Tax credits aren't just for First Time Home Buyers!

With homeowners on the lookout for ways to save money and make their homes more energy friendly everyone should definitely be aware of the Tax Credits for Home Improvements. Where do you find such information???

Well, one good website with information on tax credits for such things as:

• Windows and Doors
• Roofing
• Insulation
• A/C
• Furnace
• Water Heaters
• Solar Panels
• Geothermal Heat Pumps
• etc, etc, etc.

is...the Energy Star.gov website

Check out the site...if you are planning any home improvements you'll be glad you did.
 

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0946 homes@HomesByJV.com 

This article in Tuesday's Wisconsin State Journal Business section talks about how Building Contractors now have to register with the state.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/456637

Here are some important links related to this:

State Commerce Dept Website

Site where contractors can register

Some will see this as a good way for consumers to research prospective contractors. It should also allow the state to distribute information to these contractors in an easy way. Others may see it as another way for the state to make a buck (or $25) of off these contractors.

Let me know what you think about this...

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0926 homes@HomesByJV.com

***SOLD***SOLD***SOLD***

404 Skyview Drive Waunakee, WI Home for Sale

GORGEOUS CUSTOM HOME THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED WITH 4 BEDROOMS, 2.5 BATHS & 1ST FLOOR LAUNDRY! LARGE KITCHEN W/CHERRY STAINED MAPLE CABINETS, SOLID SURFACES, ISLAND, BUILT-IN DESK & STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES OPENS TO THE DINETTE & LIVING ROOM WITH GAS FIREPLACE. FORMAL DINING WITH FRENCH DOOR OFF FOYER & DOUBLE DOORS TO LIVING ROOM-CURRENTLY USED AS MUSIC ROOM COULD BE USED FOR MULTITUDE OF THINGS! HUGE MASTER SUITE W/SOAKING TUB & DOUBLE MARBLE VANITY. ENJOY THE OUTDOORS & MANY PERENNIALS FROM COVERED PORCH OR HUGE DECK! 

***SOLD***SOLD***SOLD***

Had enough of seeing it online and want to actually experience the real thing. Call or email us today to schedule a private showing on this North Ridge Estates Home in Waunakee, WI.

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0946 homes@HomesByJV.com

and if we had one now, we would have brought them through your home before the listing expired. Part of our job is to match buyers and sellers together and when we "have" a buyer that means showing them all the homes that potentially meet their needs. If we are not doing this then we are not doing our job very well. Remember this as you hear from those who tell you they may have the perfect buyer for your now conveniently expired listing. Where did these buyers come from and why weren't they around weeks or months ago?

While we may not have a buyer currently for your home what we do have is an online listing package that continues to evolve as one of Madison's most aggressive home listing programs. Doing the whole aggressive online marketing plan thing for a few years now we have learned what works and what doesn't work and how we can take what "everyone else does" and tweak it to make it better. We may freely publish our online marketing plan for everyone to see- but it is a lot of these behind the scenes tweaks that allows us to dominate the search engines and really get our listings the exposure that they deserve.

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0946 Homes@HomesByJV.com

Marketing your Madison, WI home with Media

According to the front page of the REALTOR® version of the SCWMLS last week I saw a note stating that there was a requirement of getting at least one picture online for the MLS. There was a date this was needed to be done by (I think in the first day or so of the listing) and if it wasn't done a $50 charge would be assessed the REALTOR® and the MLS would sent out a photographer to take a picture to be uploaded to the listing.

Are you kidding me!

I don't think that anyone out there can convince me that buyers online don't want media to look at when deciding which homes to view in person. Whether that be pictures (lots and lots of pictures), or a virtual tour, or even better yet a video tour.

If you have any questions on the use of media to market your home give me a call or send me an email. Your home deserves the best in online marketing! Don't sell it's marketing short.

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0926 homes@HomesByJV.com

Taking the Zillow App for a Test Drive- Real Estate Search on the Iphone

Is searching for homes on mobile phones the next big thing?

If Zillow has anything to say about it- it may be. According to the Zillow blog almost 25,000 people downloaded the app within the first 2 days it was available from the App Store and almost 8% of Zillow's searches were being conducted on the Iphone.

Say what you may about the accuracy of the Zillow estimates the technology behind this is pretty powerful. Being able to access the app, have it locate your location, and proceed to show you homes for sale in your immediate vacinity isn't necessarilly groundbreaking. But it does give a new meaning to going for a Sunday Drive.

John Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0926- homes@HomesByJV.com

A Sun Prairie Real Estate Auction is taking place on Saturday May 2nd at the Crowne Plaza hotel- 4402 E Washington Ave in Madison, WI. According to the J.P. King Auction Company 60 properties will be up for auction in Sun Prairie and Fall River with 30 properties being sold regardless of price. For more details check out the following story from the Wisconsin State Journal.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/448533

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0926 homes@HomesByJV.com

*The Madison Real Estate Show and John & Vicky Schroeder are not involved in the auction*

$8000 Tax Credit available for First Time Home Buyers

John & Vicky Schroeder -Restaino & Associates REALTORS®- 608-225-0946 Homes@HomesByJV.com