No matter what type of real estate market you are living in staging your home will make a difference. If it is a buyer’s market, you will need every advantage you can get and in a seller’s market, staging your home will help get you’re a quicker sale at or above your asking price. Staging will help you to think like a buyer and this puts you in the right frame of mind for de-personalizing the house and keeping clean and picked up throughout the home sale process. Another plus to staging is generally homes stay on the real estate market for a shorter period of time, thus disrupting your life for a shorter period of time.

The Newport Beach Library is having a back to school craft session. To get students ready to head back to school this fall, the library will have a fun and interactive craft making session. On Saturday, September 3rd, join in all the fun at the Central Branch of the library. The craft making session is perfect children ages 3 to 8. There is no registration required for this class. The event is being held in the Children’s Storytime Room. The craft making session will start at 12noon and run until 3pm. This program is provided through funding from the Friends of Library and it is free to participate in. The Central Branch of the Newport Beach Library is located at 1000 Avocado Avenue. For more information about this program or the many other programs held at the library, see their website at: http://www.newportbeachlibrary.org/.

Pelican Hill is situated in Newport Coast, along with Crystal Cove and several luxury developments. Pelican Hill is made-up of five residential developments. Located at 3 Shoreline, this five bedroom, six bathroom home is part of the Pelican Point development. This custom built 5,200 square foot home was built in 1998.  The architectural style of the home is Italian inspired. One bedroom suite is on the main level. The home has views of the Pacific Ocean and the Pelican Hill Golf Course. This home sits on a large 11,000 square foot piece of property. Outdoors, homeowners will enjoy relaxing by the swimming pool and spa and entertaining in the barbeque area and by the outdoor fireplace. Pelican Point, along with all the Pelican Hill developments are a 24 hour guard gated community. Students living in this neighborhood attend Harbor View Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Corona del Mar High School. There are just 48 custom built homes in Pelican Point.