During winter months, make buyers feel warm and welcome in your home. Warm up your home with fresh paint in warm beiges, creams and vanilla colors. Use accents like pillows and flowers in reds, oranges and yellows. Keep thermostat set at 65 degrees for open houses and showings. Keep lamps lit and front house lights on, so buyers feel welcome and can see your home easily.
KTLA 5 has already begun to collect Toys for Tots. Their Toys for Tots toy drive began on November 14th and will continue through December 20th. KTLA is collecting new, unwrapped toys at special toy drop locations at Fashion Island, Irvine Spectrum Center or The Market Place. The Fashion Island toy drop location is inside the Atrium Court. Pick a toy appropriate for a child up to 12 years old. For each toy donated, the donor will receive a Holiday’s Savings Passport filled with exclusive offers. The Holiday Savings Passport includes a free kid’s meal at Chick-Fil-A, at Fashion Island, among many other offers. For more information, see their website at: http://www.shopfashionisland.com/Events/Details/4562/Toys-for-Tots-Toy-Drive.
Crystal Cove is known for its rustic setting dotted with pristine homes and estates. Crystal Cove is an area of costal cliffs and beach front coves between the Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean, in Newport Beach, just north of Laguna Beach. Located at 4 Hidden Pass, Newport Coast, this 3,550 square foot home is part of the Pienza neighborhood. This four bedroom, five bathroom home has over $600,000 upgrades both indoors and outdoors. The formal dining room feature custom built wine racks. Outdoors, homeowners will enjoy mature landscaping, a large porch with a custom water feature, zinc covered iron work. Pienza is a 24 hour guard gated neighborhood. Residents are encouraged to participate in the resort style activities offered at the Canyon Club Recreation Center. Students in the Pienza neighborhood attend schools in the distinguished Newport Mesa Unified School District, specifically Newport Coast Elementary School and Corona del Mar Intermediate and High School. Pienza is a great place to start your search for the perfect home in the Newport Beach real estate market.