The Pre-Sale Renovation Playbook
28 pages on the updates that pay back at closing, the money-pits to skip, and how the concierge plan handles every detail. Same playbook we used here.
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The short version. Two owners had to move out of state before their Snohomish County condo was ready to list. They could not be here to manage contractors, paint cabinets, refinish a tub, or stand in the kitchen at 8 AM to let the flooring crew in. So they let us do all of it. We took the keys, ran the punch list with our own crew, staged the unit with Kim's own pieces, photographed it for the listing, and got it on the market. They never had to fly back. The unit is currently listed. The 60 photos below show exactly what that actually looks like.
The transformation
Same square footage. A very different first impression.
The brief
They had a job to take. The condo had to sell anyway.
The owners called us a few weeks before they had to be out of state. The condo needed real work to sell well: a top-to-bottom paint refresh, new flooring throughout, new bath hardware and refinished surrounds, updated lighting, fresh staging. They could not be in town to manage any of it.
The traditional answer here is: list as-is, take less, move on. We do this work differently. We took the keys, ran the entire prep ourselves, and got the condo on the market without a single round trip back to Snohomish County. It is listed and available right now.
What we actually did
The concierge service, end to end
- Walked the unit with the owners before they left the state, then took the keys
- Planned the punch list with our crew so every dollar went where buyers actually look
- New LVP wide-plank flooring throughout, fresh designer paint top to bottom
- Repainted the navy fireplace wall in soft sage, swapped the white-tile surround for the marble herringbone
- Refreshed the original oak kitchen cabinets and restyled the counters instead of gutting them
- New vanity, quartz counter, and matte black faucet in the primary; matched refresh in the secondary bath
- Full Pelham Group staging across living, dining, primary, secondary bedroom, and the patio
- Professional listing photography in May once the place was ready to show its real story
- Got the condo on the market without a single round trip back to Snohomish County
TODO Kim/Rachael: when ready, add a "Listed for $X" line + link to the MLS listing here. Once it goes under contract, swap in the final price and days-on-market.
The walkthrough · before and after, room by room
Same room. New chapter.
Each photo holds for a beat, then fades into the after of the same room. Tap to flip it yourself, or use the arrows to step through the unit.
Living room
New sage paint. New marble herringbone fireplace surround. New flooring. Fully staged.
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