This week the temperatures finally dropped low enough that we were forced off of our porches and decks and into our homes. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
If “Family Feud” were to ask the question, “When is a family happiest in their home?” the top five answers would have to include the following: scenes of families sitting around the table having Thanksgiving dinner, loved ones gathered around a fire sipping hot apple cider and brandy, followed by children raking leaves into mountainous piles only to be jumped on and flattened by those same children with their shouts of joy.
As fall is upon us and the reds and yellows of changing leaves color the streets of Bergen County, I ponder this “traditionally” slower time of year for the real estate market. Sure the bursts of color we find in spring and the signs of life emerging all around both from the trees above to the green grass and flowers below are energizing and signal to all that it’s time to come out and look at homes. However, it’s autumn and the coming of winter that is truly the time when our homes really take center stage and shine. There is also no better time to test how soundproof the windows are in a potential house. The sounds of the leaf blowers coming from your neighbors backyard are surely the loudest noises that your home will face over the course of a year.
Now this is the time to see a house!
I moved into my current home in Teaneck 35 years ago on a sunny fall day and those first memories of seeing the moving trucks pulling up in front of the house with the backdrop of a giant oak tree lit up by the sun were just surreal. I will never forget the oranges and reds of the branches all swaying gently in unison, opening at times just enough to let rays of sun rush through. I am lucky enough to have two fireplaces in our home and starting in November there Is nothing more hypnotic than hearing the crackling fire with the backdrop of classical music (or jazz).
It may not be the traditional time to buy or sell your house but nothing says home more than a sunny autumn day.
Nechama Polak is the Broker of Record and Owner of V&N Group LLC located at 1401 Palisade Avenue in Teaneck, New Jersey. Send your thoughts and comments to [email protected] or call 201 826 8809.
