…and say that I hope Santa brings you everything on your wish list!
At Christmas, all roads lead home. Marjorie Holmes
Hey… you never know!
Maybe Santa can bring you a dragon…
Or maybe your home value is accurate on Zillow…
It’d be a miracle, but…
After all…the true reason we celebrate Christmas is all about a miracle!
Warmest wishes to you and yours,
Christy Walton 503.793.3345 RE/MAX Select
P.S. It’s the holiday season, and I know many people think they shouldn’t “bother” me about real estate at this time of year…
Please feel free! I’m here if you need me…
Especially if you need an accurate value of your home. I’d rather be “bothered” during the holidays, than have a client get an unrealistic value of their home (too high, or too low) by looking at Zillow.
I’m not Santa, and I can’t produce miracles… but I can definitely give you the gift of an honest, objective value of your home!
(Or for your friends and family… so if you hear anyone bringing up the value of their home at a party, please feel free to pass along my information to them!)
Happy Holidays! December brings good news for the real estate market. Listing are down, which is a seasonal normal but pending sales are almost 20% higher than last year, which tells us that we’re probably going to have a busy winter. That means that if you’re thinking of selling, now is a really good time for it! Give me a call and we can talk about it!
Julius Willowwaver Walton-Smith, pacific parrotlet
The New York Times posted an article about possible indoor pollution causes and what you can do about it. What struck me was the inclusion of scented candles and incense as a major source of indoor pollution according to a study by the E.P.A.
Cooking fumes (especially Teflon coated pans), cigarettes, fireplaces, and furnaces may cause a large percentage of other pollution. We no longer use Teflon coated pans because the fumes can injure pet birds (like little Julius, our late Pacific Parrotlet) and, after reading this article, have banned burning scented candles in the house.
Dark Wall Stains May Signal Indoor Pollution By C. Claiborne Ray March 14, 2016
Victoria Roberts from the NY Times
Q. What could be causing black stains on the walls above each segment of our radiators? Could the heating fuel be leaking from the radiators into the air we breathe?
A. The stains are coming from the air, not the radiators, and while the furnace and the chimney should be checked, there are other possible sources besides heating fuel for the black material.
Such stains, called ghosting by building engineers, are caused by deposits of soot, dust or ordinary dirt carried by the air and then deposited on the walls or ceilings.
The pattern of the deposits depends on factors like air currents, gravity, electrostatic attraction and temperature and humidity differences. For example, the reason the stains mirror the radiator segments is probably that the wall temperature varies with the shape of the radiator.
One of the most common sources of soot is partly burned carbon fuel, but soot could come from cooking fumes, cigarettes and fireplaces as well as the furnace. A surprisingly big source of the carbon that causes ghosting stains is perfumed room candles, a 2001 review of previous studies found.
As for health risks, they are related to the size of the particles; the smaller the particles, the higher the risk, the Environmental Protection Agency says.
The visible soot can be a signal of the presence of the more dangerous microscopic particles, less than 10 micrometers in diameter, that can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause heart and respiratory illnesses. [email protected]
