We were excited when Mark Hardwicke with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Reliance Partners came to us with this bright, spacious home near the scenic vineyards of Sonoma. This serene Chanterelle 55+ community home offered a great canvas with soaring ceilings in the public rooms and a multitude of large windows to provide natural light.

Mark knew that accentuating the great lighting was the key to attracting the right buyer for this home. Each room in the home received a lighter coat of paint and new pendant lights were hung in the entryway, living room and kitchen to modernize the space. The living room and fireplace were painted simply, which helps to draw your eye to the large windows and beautiful ceiling beams. In the bathrooms, new showers, tubs, vanities, tiling and lighting fixtures were installed which gave them all a refreshing, open feeling. The backyard received a facelift after power washing the deck and removal of rotted wood.

After these neutralizing renovations and retouches, this home in Sonoma sold in just under a month for $825,000, giving the sellers a 132% return on their investment!