At some point your present home may begin to feel cramped. You would like enough room to have an "adult haven", but you must weigh the price of a larger home over against the prospect of living with contractors and plaster dust for a long time. Is it better to remodel or to look for a new home?

Before you decide on a major home improvement project, talk with a real estate agent who knows your neighborhood. Will the changes you have in mind over-improve your home, making it difficult to re-sell? Will you be able to recover the cost of your investment? Find out how much your present home is currently worth, and how much home equity you have. You may be able to make a substantial down payment that lowers your mortgage payments on a larger home. It may be worth making a move to avoid the stress and inconvenience of remodeling, if you can find a new home with all the features you would like to add to your present home.

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Hildi Baker , CSP, ABR, CRS & Terri Coyle, ABR
Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors
601 E. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
Hildi Baker's Direct : 610-627-4925
Terri Coyle's Direct: 610-892-5773
Business: 610-566-3000
Fax: 610-566-8664
Email: hildibaker@prufoxroach.com
Email: Terri.Coyle@prufoxroach.com

Hildi Baker is a full-time Realtor with over 25 years experience selling in Delaware County, Chester County and the Main Line. Hildi is a recipient of many Multimillion Dollar Producer Awards as well as multiple Service Awards. She is an accredited Buyer's Representative and has worked with many relocation clients. She has a Bachelors Degree in business and languages and is bilingual in English/German. She came to the US from Europe in 1967. As a US citizen, she has lived in Delaware County for 43 years during which she raised 3 children. For more information on Hildi and her background, please check out the "About Us" tab! Terri Coyle is a lifelong Pennsylvania resident. She grew up in Yardley, Bucks County and is a graduate of Drexel University. Her undergraduate degree in Accounting and MBA in Human Resource Management combined with 17 years experience with a local advertising agency provide the financial, people and marketing skills necessary for the real estate business. Terri has lived and raised children in Delaware and Chester counties for the past 20 years and happily worked in Real Estate for the last five. She is an Accredited Buyer's Respresentative as well as a Relocation Specialist. For more information on Terri, please check out the "About Us" tab. With honesty and integrity Hildi and Terri will employ vast Real Estate knowledge to provide you with excellent customer service in a timely and caring manner that produces exceptional Real Estate results.