Selling a Home

When selling a home, its very important that you advertise the home in the right way! There are websites, like Multiple Listing Service (www.mls.com), that can help people buy and sell homes!
My parents have decided to sell their condo in Long Beach, NY. They mostly live in Florida, so they wanted to downsize their home up north. They have been working with a friend of theirs, who is a realtor, in order to get the house sold!
The home is beautiful! Its an oceanfront home, which means that it's on the beach. There is a master suite, which has a porch, a full bathroom, and two walk-in closets. The downstairs also has two guest bedrooms, another full bath, a laundry room, and access to the garage.
The 2nd floor of our condo is a great room (see picture), or a room that has an open floor plan, so that the living room, dining room and kitchen are essentially one room. There is a balcony overlooking the ocean.

You can see the "virtual tour" of the home here:
http://homesite.obeo.com/viewer/default.aspx?tourid=595522&refURL=&locale=en-US

Vocabulary Words
Advertise (verb) - to market a product, to make it appealing to potential buyers
Condo (noun) - a home that is physically attached to other homes, and are a part of a complex
Downsize (verb) - to make smaller
Suite (noun) - a space that has many rooms, oftentimes including a bathroom and a sitting area
Great Room (noun) - living room, dining room, and kitchen with no walls between them
Balcony (noun) - A small outside area, above the ground floor, with a railing.


Fill in the Blanks!
1. After our children went to college, we wanted to __________ our home, since its now just the two of us.
2. At the hotel, I ordered a _________ room. There's not only a bedroom, but a kitchen, a full bath, and a sitting area!
3. Romeo called to Juliet when she was standing on her ______________.
4. There is a lot of open space in our house. One whole floor is a ________ _________.
5. If I'm going to start my own company, I have to ______________ to show my potential buyers how good my product is!
6. When Grandma and Grandpa retired, they moved into a __________ complex, where they can be near all of their friends.



Grammar Point:
In these sentences, I used embedded clauses, or clauses that are imporant to the overall statement and can't be removed. Often, they are proceeded by a "who" or a "which," and embedded clauses use commas to separate thoughts.

The bolded phrases are the embedded clause.

a) They have been working with a friend of theirs, who is a realtor, in order to get the house sold!

b) There is a master suite, which has a porch, a full bathroom, and two walk-in closets.



Now you try!
Write up a description of your house, as though you're trying to sell it! Make sure you advertise it appropriately! Make your potential buyers want to come in and take a look! Be persuasive!!!