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Welcome to Arbour Realty!
Arbour Realty is Northern Virginia's first green real estate company. What does that mean to you exactly? Arbour Realty offers all the services you would expect from a top real estate company. We help with the purchase and sale of homes whether they are considered "green" or not.
Marketing Advantage
Many homeowners and home builders are investing thousands of dollars to make homes perform better and more comfortable to live in. How much of that investment is lost when the benefits are not communicated to potential buyers? A recent study in the Northwest showed that green homes sell in 18% less time and for 28-37% higher value per square foot.
Every agent at Arbour Realty is EcoBroker certified or in the process of becoming so. We want to provide extra value by being capable of communicating the real benefits of the properties we are helping people buy and sell. It is essential that the person selling your home understand the latest construction practices and be able to advise homeowners that want to improve the value and efficiency of their homes.
Free Home Energy Audit
Arbour Realty has teamed up with the home energy professionals at EDGE to provide everyone of our clients with a Home Energy Audit. Arbour Realty will pay the cost of your home energy audit. Every home purchase is a major investment and we want to make sure you are making the most informed decision possible. What the Home Energy Audits entail:
- Audits deliver a comprehensive report that can identify and prioritize cost-effective energy upgrades.
- Illuminate building flaws, insufficient insulation, air leaks, and behavioral changes that can increase comfort and energy savings within the home.
- Infrared imaging and blower door tests are used to benchmark a home's air leakage and help fix the identified breaks in a home's thermal envelope.
- EnergyStar testing for new homes, and HERS ratings for FMNA loans and IRS tax credits
The average annual savings after implementing the audit recommendations is in excess of $850.
Carbon Neutral
For every person that buys or sells
a home with Arbour Realty we will have a tree planted in their honor at
one of the National Forests that have been recently damaged. When we work with homebuyers we often spend a lot of time in the car looking for the perfect home. Once we find the perfect home they often employ a moving truck to bring all their belongings to the new home. Every time we sell a home we have buyer driving to see it from all over Northern Virginia. Planting a tree for very homebuyer and seller is our way of offsetting the adverse affects of this driving . According to the Arbor Day Foundation there are some wonderful benefits to replenishing the forests you can feel good about:
- The roots of these young trees will help hold the soil in place, so it doesn't wash away with heavy rains or melting snow.
- The seedlings will help keep ash from the fire from washing into the rivers and streams, where it can harm fish an people.
- As they grow, the trees will provide homes and food for animals.
- Newly planted trees will keep the air fresh and clean.
- Planting trees today will help make the forest as beautiful as it was before the fire.
- Replanting trees will make hiking, camping, fishing and other fun activities in the forest more enjoyable.
The more friends of yours we help buy and sell homes for, the more trees that get planted.
Reduce Waste
Arbour realty wants to be green all the way around. We are finding alternatives to traditional products that produce further waste and drain on our natural resources. All our business cards, letter head, newsletters and envelopes are made of 100% recycled paper and printed with soy ink. Our yard signs will be made of a cutting edge product called Richlite that is used in everything from skateboard ramps to counter tops. We want to stand out and be earth friendly. It is made of renewable, recyclable resources and adds a nicer look to the front of your home than the aluminum signs we are all tired of seeing.
Make the Right Choice
It is people like yourself that helped us build our business with referrals. We find it essential to be able to refer suppliers we trust and even better if they are green. We are aligning ourselves with green suppliers that all of our clients will have access to. Usually their prices are the same as other service providers in their industry. It is just about knowing how to find them and being able to make the right choice. For example: you can call Red Top Cab or EnviroCab. Your trip is going to cost the same amount in either cab. With EnviroCab you are riding there in a hybrid with reduced emissions and fuel consumption.
A Greener Way To Buy & Sell Real Estate
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