Downsizing in Vintage Township

I'm Shelby Cotton, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty, LLC in Lubbock. When you downsize, I start with your next chapter. What do you want less of? What do you want more of? How do you want an ordinary Tuesday to look?

Choosing a cottage well takes a careful eye, and my background in architecture helps. Front porches often mean steps at the entry, and some homes have more than one level. I'll count the steps from the alley-side garage to the kitchen and check where the main bedroom and laundry sit. I'll also look at storage, since it varies a great deal between smaller homes.

On the selling side, we'll prepare your current home, price it with evidence and launch it with professional media, a property website, paid social media ads, agent email, neighbor mailers and open houses.

Vintage Township's trade-off is space and privacy. Homes sit closer together and closer to the sidewalk, and private yard space is more limited. If you want the quiet of a large lot, Vintage Township isn't the place. If you want less upkeep and more neighborhood, it may be exactly right.

If a newer home with a modern layout matters more than walkability, compare downsizing in Uptown West. If you're leaving a larger home in Lakeridge, a cottage here can be a very different and lighter way of living.

If you're downsizing into Vintage Township, you're probably selling a bigger home somewhere else, perhaps one you've lived in for many years. That sale usually decides the budget and the timing for everything that follows, so we plan it first.

A long-held home may need some preparation before it goes on the market. We'll walk it together and sort the work into three piles: what buyers will reward, what an inspector will raise anyway and what isn't worth your money. Then I price it with evidence from the homes buyers will compare it to.

If you're selling a larger custom home inside Vintage Township, your buyer may be someone trading up from a cottage on the next street. We'll price and present your home for that buyer as well as for people coming from elsewhere.

Whichever home you're leaving, we'll set a closing date that gives you time to move without rushing, and line it up with the purchase of your cottage where we can.