Selling your home in Huntington, with a builder in the room

Selling your home in Huntington starts with one question we hear at almost every kitchen table here: what is this house actually worth, given that no two houses on the block are alike? In and around Huntington Village you have old historic homes, craftsman-style homes, cottages and bungalows, and many of them have been expanded more than once. That variety is part of what buyers love. It is also what makes pricing here harder than in a town where every house came off the same plan.

What you get from us is a clear answer to that question, a plan in writing before you sign, and two people who pick up the phone. We live in the village ourselves. We walk Main Street and New York Avenue on a Saturday like everyone else, so when we describe your home to a buyer, we are describing a place we know.

Step one is the walk-through. We come with a range, not a promise, and we walk the house together before we name a price. You can read how we build that price in our pricing approach. Our comps stay in Huntington, in the same school district, the same style of house, a similar size, sold in the last three to six months. In the village, the style rule matters more than usual, because a renovated craftsman and an original bungalow on the same street can be very different houses.

Step two is paperwork that saves you money later. Huntington is a hamlet inside the Town of Huntington, so permits and certificates of occupancy live with the Town of Huntington building department. We ask our sellers to pull those records before listing. Additions and finished basements are common here, and an open permit found by a buyer's attorney in week five costs far more than one found by you in week one.

Step three is presentation and launch. Photos, video and a Matterport 3D tour happen in one day, then the Full Exposure Marketing Method goes out together. See how we present a home and how we launch it. We handle every piece of it.

Step four is the follow-through. You get a weekly update, showings run through ShowingTime, and with System 31, if there is no accepted offer in 30 days we sit back down on day 31 and look at what the market is telling us.

Huntington sellers tend to ask the same few things, and the answers are specific to this town. The first is about timing around the village calendar. Huntington has something going on almost every weekend, from parades to summer events, and we plan open houses so street closures and parking do not work against you.

The second question is about renovations. Many sellers here wonder whether to redo a kitchen before listing. Mark usually says no to big projects and yes to small repairs that protect value at inspection, like a loose railing, a dripping fixture or a missing smoke detector. A buyer who loves an older Huntington house often wants to make the big choices themselves.

The third is about showing an older home well. Original woodwork, built-ins and old windows are selling points in the village when they are presented as character rather than as work to be done. Gina plans the shoot so those details read clearly in photos and video.