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SG Blocks CEO: Paul Galvin

Former Real Estate Agent and Now CEO Gives Back to the Staten Island Community Once Again

SG Blocks “reduces the cost and carbon footprint of any construction project.” They build greener with their 100% recycled and repurposed materials, they also have a fast turnaround time as their construction period is reduced by 40%. They build for less; SG Blocks projects end up saving you 10 to even 20% on construction costs. The CEO of SG Blocks is Paul Galvin, a Staten Island resident who brings 25 years of experience in real estate and developing projects. Galvin’s real estate experience includes residential condominiums, luxurious sales, market rate, and low-cost rental complexes.

Due to Paul Galvin’s persistence and his hard work, his company was…

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Home Improvement Tips for Your Living Room

Ways to Improve your Living Room

Have you been looking at your living room wanting a chance but have no clue where to start? Well here are a few tips on how you spruce up the space that work for all types of homes whether you are a homeowner, interior designers or even a prospective homeowner.

Expanding your living room if able can be a place to start. To save energy, living rooms were typically kept small and cramped in the past. However, house purchasers want larger living rooms than before, thanks to the mid-century open floor plan movement and today's desire for greater space. If you can not secure the right permits or this may be out of budget, an alternative can be creating the illusion of a bigger space.

Painting the ceiling…

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Home Improvement Tips for Your Dining Room

Ways to Improve your Dining Room

A dining room is a shared space where people eat, it is frequently close to the kitchen in contemporary times for ease of serving. However, it was commonly on a different level in medieval times. Whether your home was built recently or years ago, there are always ways for you to tidy up and achieve a new look for your space.

Knocking down the ways around the space is always an option, the separation of rooms in old homes is well known. Creating an open floor concept gives room for the home to flow better. Families desire to be together and spend time with one another however, that cannot happen with the cramped feeling of separate rooms. Previously kitchens were built separately due to the fact that the women of…

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Significance of the Exterior Color of your Home

Does the Exterior Color of Your Home Matter When Selling?

The exterior color of your home influences buyers a whole lot more compared to the interior of your home. Many purchasers would not want to spend more money after closing on a new home, so neutral color schemes that work with almost anything, such as white, light gray, taupe, beige, tend to have the most appeal to buyers. The exterior color of your home is important as everyone interprets color in different ways, this is called color psychology.

Color psychology is the examination of how different colors influence people's behavior. Varied colors have multiple interpretations, implications, and psychological effects depending on culture. Color psychology is heavily influenced by personal…

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Importance of Real Estate Photography

Should You Hire a Real Estate Photographer When Selling your Home?

Homes with more images sell quicker, which is understandable given that buyers are conducting more research than before. The more buyers you can discover early in the process, the more likely your house will sell fast. It is frequently the first impression that purchasers receive of your house before they ever set foot on the property. For this exact reason, it is better for agents to pay a photographer to take professional pictures of the property. Houses with professional pictures tend to get looked at more often and sell faster due to the growing digital world, the entire process of buying a home happening online nowadays.

Prior to the pandemic, potential Staten Island…

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Renovating Your Home or Sell As Is

Should You Spend Time Renovating Your Home or Selling it As Is?

When it comes to selling your home, you will come across two types of prospective buyers. Type one is people who are ready to move in right after buying or type two is people who want to fix or flip the property. However, the answer to whether you should or should not renovate it has a tricky answer. Certain upgrades will never increase the value of your property enough to compensate yourself. When it comes to selling your property, you should plan your renovations depending on the sort of buyer you want to attract. Saving money is the most important consideration for home flippers. Many people who wish to fix up or flip a house appreciate the house and the area, and some even believe…

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Significance of Paint Colors in a Listed Home

Are Interior Paint Colors Significant When it Comes to Selling Your Home?

When it comes to selling your home, something as simple as the paint colors in a listed home make a huge difference. While selling your home, you are thinking about moving to a new location as well so you may not have the disposable income to redecorate the home you are selling or simply may not even have the time. Making your home seem more appealing can be done with a fresh coat of paint on the interior. To the blind eye you may not realize how much wear and tear is done on the walls of the home, interior designers suggest that even one fresh coat of paint can help revive the look of the room and as well as masking any odors. Stated below are a few ideas that can help even…

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Selling a Home? Here’s a great idea!

People love garage sales!  If you are selling your home you most likely have personal belongings and furniture you no longer need. 

Combine a garage sale with an open house.  Works great. Be sure to check the weather and advertise it in both the open house section and garage sales section.  Distribute flyers spreading word about both.  It’s an all win situation.  Just make sure your realtor has ample coverage to handle the large expected traffic through your home.  Hey you never know, people that patronize garage sales buy homes too!  Call us to strategically sell your home.  We have both state of the art marketing tools as well as “old school” approaches.

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