Dear Alice | Interior Design Alice Lane

“How do you help clients make design decisions?” 
“Are built-ins always a good idea?”
“Can you help me decorate around my short ceilings?” 
On this episode of Dear Alice, the hosts circle up to answer the latest batch of listener questions, and - spoiler alert! - there are some good ones. 
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What our process is for coming up with ideas 9:00
Strategy for built-ins 18:15
Incorporating millwork 22:25
Shoe molding 29:40
Strategies for a coastal home to not feel like a beach house 33:30
Decorating with short ceilings 37:45
Fireplace mantle 42:15
Keeping the integrity of specific home styles 44:30
 
“I like my ceilings. Like right now, my ceilings are all the same color, whatever’s happening on the wall of that room. So in my public areas, they’re white. My floor is white and the ceiling’s white, it’s all the same finish, so it just feels continuous. There’s no stopping and starting. It really stretches the eye and kinda fakes it out that I’m not being drawn to a contrasting line or a colored wall is meeting up with a flat white on the ceiling. It keeps going and is just the best trick.” 39:10
 
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In this week’s episode we have again real estate guru Rob Corcoran with us. He has a high end boutique real estate firm where he relocates people all over the United States of America and he is really good, not just for Utah, but for all of you across the nation. We’ve had tons of questions come in from our social media channel and we wanted to take this second episode to be able to answer all of your questions that we have for Rob.
 
Intro 0:00
Return for homeowners who sell staged and furnished homes 1:10
Young married couple saving for a home, FHA loan 4:10
Update or renovate a rental as an owner? 8:45
Is it a good decision to buy a home today? 13:20
How can couples afford a home in this market? 16:15
Buying in Utah 18:00
Unique and timeless designs, white kitchens 19:45
Replace or let buyer replace floor? 22:30
Negotiating a lower price 26:00
Finding a real estate agent 27:15
Non negotiables in selling a luxury home 29:50
Gauging pricing yourself out of your neighborhood with updates 32:00
Is a rental worth it if you don’t make much? 36:30
Keeping clients in budget 38:00
Priority updates 40:10
What’s happening to Airbnb’s 44:50
 
“Selling a home is all about how someone feels when they walk into it. Does it feel clean? Does it smell great? Is it bright? Am I gonna have to redo–we just sold a home recently that we had the entire, I told you the doors were painted. We also painted the entire inside of the house, had all the flooring done. They had lived there for 15 years, and it sells like that…selling a house is not just how you feel. It’s your senses.” 23:03
 
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This week we have Rob Corcoran on the podcast, who is a real estate expert and has been a resident real estate agent for 24 years. One of our most successful podcasts of 2023 was one where we had a real estate expert come on, so we felt it would be great to do it again as people love it. The market is constantly changing, so Jess called Rob. He built a high end boutique that he sold in 2015 and kept the relocation division of the company, and then founded Influence Relocation, which has now expanded to over 50 markets across the USA from Miami to Alaska. 
 
Intro 0:00
Buyer confidence and the housing market right now 1:55
Market trends and economic indicators 5:00
Rates and credit 11:00
Can young people afford a home? 14:00
Do we still see mega mansions? Or smaller? 19:50
Landscaping 25:30
Top buzzwords, home offices 27:30
Staging 29:45
A seller’s or a buyer’s market? 32:15
Pricing a home or a lot 35:40
Buy a renovation or not? 40:00
Does making your home your own make it hard to resell? 44:10
Is investing in a home as a 2nd or 3rd home a good option right now? 46:15
Are Airbnb’s still a good investment? 55:00 
 
“You should never buy a home if you only plan on owning it for less than 5 years. So if you plan on buying a home and only being around for say 3 years, I would advise you probably not to purchase. You could get bitten to shorts on that if you need to sell or get relocated by your company, whatever happens in your life, the odds are you might be paying to get rid of your home.” 49:40
 
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