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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Eight thirty six thirteen ten Wui b A and ask
the Experts. Brought to you this morning by Rock Realty
and Studio This Morning with Matt Hyman of Rock Realty.
You can learn more online their website Rock Wisconsin dot com.
That's r O c K Wisconsin dot com. Uh telephone
number six oh eight six three seven or six yes,
(00:20):
six seven three. I'm like, boy, I didn't feel right.
Six seven three fifty four hundred. That's six seven three
fifty four hundred. Matt. How you doing this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm doing pretty good for rainy morning.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
It's I haven't been out there since before the sun
came up a little drizzle and that's kind of little Jerry.
You avoid the avoid the hail and stuff that came through,
I believe.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So I got to get the car wash to make sure.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, take a take a peek there. Wow, what a
what an event that was. And uh, we've got a
lot of ground to cover, of course, today is Earth Day.
We are going to talk about some energy efficient tips
when it comes to your home. We're also going to
get to our featured listing, but first I do want
to talk speaking of listings. Your website, Rock Listing dot com.
That's Rocklistings dot Com. The website's got it's obviously got
(01:07):
listenings on it.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I also see when you go to the website you
see the the tsd Tso the totally spaced Out trailer
container pod sitting out front of a house. Let's talk
about the why that's there.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, that's that's a new promotion we're doing this spring,
and we've had a number of people take advantage of
it already. We partner with Totally spaced Out. They're based
out of Edgerton. You know you think of pods where
you know they deliver it to your driveway. Well, this
is a local company. They deliver sixteen foot twenty foot
units to your driveway. You can take your time loading
(01:44):
it up, they can pick it up from there and
bring it to your new home. They can pick it
up stored in Edgerton until you're ready to move. Super convenient.
So what we did was we partnered with them and
we are offering that as kind of this added incentive
for working with Rock Realty, whether you're doing buying or selling.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
What a really good incentive. What a really cool little
bonus too. And you can learn all the details online.
Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's rock R O c K Wisconsin.
Excuse to me be rocklistings dot com. You can also
go to rock with I wouldn't fault you if you
go to Rock Wisconsin. But if you go to rock Listings,
that's where you learn all about learn all about that.
And uh does this help too with with like staging
(02:24):
and kind of decluttering as well for folks when it
comes to like when you're showing your home, having some
of that stuff if you've got to got a place
to put it, kind of help with that as well.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, sure, if you if you're working on the buy side,
obviously it's probably not necessary until right when you're about
to move. On the cell side, a seller is going
to want to declutter, start getting some stuff out of
the home, some of those personal items, and uh so
they we'll have those pods delivered a bit earlier, you know,
maybe even before you know getting it up on the market.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I always, I'm always amazed by by what sometimes holds
people back. And I know sometimes you know, especially you've
been in your house while you're like I dread like
the idea of listing my own because I don't want
to pack and have a big old moving day and
those type of things. And this is a really convenient
thing to really kind of let you at your leisure
get things loaded up. And what a great, great promotion
(03:13):
going on again. You can learn more online the website
rocklistings dot com. That's rock rock listings dot com speaking
of rocklistings and houses in the area that you guys have.
This is a really cool this week's featured listing, really
cool condo. And I looked on the map, what a
fantastic location. This is just off of just off the Isthmiths,
(03:37):
just off University have as well. Let's talk about this
this place on Brody Drive. Yeah, in March as normal,
we have a lot of listings hitting the market. I
wanted to feature this one because it's it's a rarety
to get something affordable in Madison that's conveniently located. So
this is a condo at fifty three to nineteen Brody Drive.
(03:58):
It's unit one three and it's listed for only two
hundred and thirty nine thousand and nine hundred two bedroom,
one and a half bath, and uh you know it's
uh got a pool there as well that you can
partake in. So I thought it was a it was
a nice little listing to feature. And you talk about
convenience as well. The price is amazing, and then you
(04:20):
look at kind of where you are on the map,
like literally, you've got the convenience of just a hop,
skip and a jump from from the downtown area. I
jump in an uber, you're there, and you know, a
couple of bucks, you're you're right downtown and a heart
of everything. Prime spot. In places like this, they don't
come around all that often, do they.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Man, No, they don't. I mean a lot of people, Uh,
you know kind of stick around because it's hard, it's
hard to find affordable yeah, yeah living, Yeah, and especially
runs down that area not the cheapest, but yeah, it's
really close to Hilldale as well. You can just jump
on over to Hilldale Mall and yeah, I mean there's
a some good stuff there.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Could you do you mentioned the rent word? Could you
do an investment property with something like that?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
It all depends on the condo association. Typically those are
a little more rare. Most condo docs will specifically state
that it's not allowed to be rented. Some of them
will state that it can be rented, but it has
to be a year term, and you know, there are
the occasional ones that do allow for more short term
(05:22):
or longer term rentals, but that does raise some question
marks with financing, so you have to get a little
more creative with financing on condos like that.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
I just see that spine, like, oh my goodness, that
that could be something really what a great place to
live as well. So of course Sadie A you are
is the listing agent on this one. We've had Sadie
a couple of months ago, really really great agent to
work with. By the way, Oh see, yes, yes, absolutely,
and her number nine two zero nine eight eight sixty
(05:52):
seven oh two. That's nine eight eight sixty seven oh two.
That's a nine to zero area code. And Matt, this
morning is today is Earth Day, which means a lot
of us are thinking about the environment and things we
can do when there's kind of there are benefits to
being environmentally conscious. Obviously, it's always a good thing when
you do things better for the planet and of course
(06:15):
help with longevity and to sustainability. There's also savings when
it comes to being energy efficient. Let's talk about some
of the some of the key points when it comes
to being more energy efficient and some of the options
out there homeowners and folks have when it comes to upgrading.
Some of these things are very affordable by the way,
they're overall energy efficiency in their home.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, and you know, we've got some energy efficient kind
of home tips here that we can kind of go over.
You know, most people are probably familiar with a lot
of them, but you know, it doesn't hurt to kind
of reiterate some of the things, one of those being
LED lighting. Right, going ahead and replacing your bulbs with LED.
It's amazing the difference that incandescent bulb and l D bulb,
(07:00):
the difference in electricity usage. So they've gotten very creative
too with the LED lighting, you know. I mean, it's
pretty pretty hard to find a ball that hasn't had
the conversion to LED. You know, so maybe sometimes those
chandelier balls, maybe maybe those ones are those exotic yeah, weird,
the candle looking ones, but I'm sure they have those two,
you know.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
We It's funny when you mentioned to l ed's. I
remember when I was a kid, it was very much
like you turn off your lights, right, that was a
big thing. Incandescent bulbs literally would chew up energy. As
a father, I always thought I was going to be
like that with my son, like make sure you turn
off lights, and I do remind him the turn off lights.
But the reality is it's just habit. LEDs really do
(07:41):
make an impact on energy. It's easier on kids.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yes, No, I remember back when I worked at sub zero,
one of our big selling pots was this refrigerator uses
less energy than a hundred ball. So wow, it just
goes to show you how much energy I can incandescent
bulb actually uses.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Really it's interesting too as you think about thing about
savings and of all the type of things you think
of too, about heating, cooling, those areas, there are some
really good products out there that when it comes to
controlling the temperature, heat, humidity, uh, coolness of your home. Uh.
Smart thermostats are a good option, aren't they. Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
The neat thing about the smart thermostat ish it can
adapt to kind of your lifestyle. Right. Let's say you
like it's cooler in the evening when you're sleeping, or
maybe cooler during the day, or maybe you want to
keep keep the heat low until you're just about to
get off work. You can you can do those things
with a smart thermostats. So having that and especially having
(08:38):
one that's like a you know, tied end with Wi
Fi so that you can control it, you know, on
your phone, is a It's a pretty neat option to
have and it can save some money.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
There's other you mentioned to some of the comfort stuff
is our house. We have a two zone heating, so
we can have different but the main part of the
house has has one system and the and we have
the smart system that hasstats, not not thermostats, thermometers in
all the rooms and it's smart enough to know, like
at night, which room we're in, So it's monitoring all
the room temperatures now, but it knows where you are
(09:10):
and it adjusts to that room. So let's say you know,
typically your thermostats in a living room, you say, oh,
it's always gets so hot or get so cold in
the bedroom at night. These things are smart enough to
know where you are and adust the temperature there and
could that could ultimately and does ultimately lead to lower
bills there.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
As well as a nice system here.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's a very nice system. I'll have to I'll have
to show you all about U. We're actually going to
talk about where I learned about it in just a moment.
Drafty windows doors, that is definitely uh. I think they
would call that low hanging fruit to address, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Sure? Sure? I mean some people will you kind of
do the easy solution of the the saran wrap over
the window. Sure, yeah, especially over the winter. But you know,
the the ideal thing to do there is to you know,
replace the the small little thrusholds on the doors and
or the weather stirping on the windows, just to make
(10:05):
sure that those drafts aren't coming through. And it's a
pretty you know, cheap fix as far as parts go,
you know, just a little bit of labor, but it's
it's probably gonna have a significant impact on your energy
bills when you're not having a cool or warm draft
coming in.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
One of the things I want to ask you about
you mentioned that that, of course you you under you
know a lot about appliances. People may be surprised to
learn that you mentioned that energy savings h newer apply
modern appliances. You kind of illustrated they actually do have
a kind of have a substantial impact on lowering your
overall energy usage. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Absolutely, you know, it's it's interesting how they obtain that, right,
energy Star is the big name that everybody's kind of
probably heard of. You if you can choose energy Star products,
you're generally going to be uh using less like electricity. Yeah,
but there's so many different things that go into it.
Like a refrigerator, they'll have compressors, and you know what
(10:58):
they learned. It's sim You know how a car they've
kind of turned to have it sometimes shut off automatically
at the stoplight. Well, what they learned with a lot
of these refrigerators is it it's more cost effective and
uses less energy to have it just continuously run and
just it kind of at lower amounts, right, So there's
not as big as swings in the temperature, and it's
(11:20):
better for the food and such inside too.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Fascinated. I guess I had never heard that. That's very interesting.
We talk a lot about some of the stuff you
do inside outside as well. There are some sustainable ideas
when it comes to landscaping, and these things not only
could make your house look better, but can cut down
on costs as well, can't they.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah. I mean some of the things you can do
is add some native plants that can kind of support
the local ecosystem. Requires a little less maintenance. You know,
it's used to surviving in the Wisconsin environment. You can
do composting, right, taking kitchen scraps and turning that into
you know, fertilizer and such through a composting bin. Other
(12:01):
things would be rainwater harvesting. Just depends on how committed
you want to get getting out there and getting things done.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, that is for sure. And some of this stuff
too can cain beautify and of course you think about
things like rainwater, and water can get get quite pricey
if you if you're not careful with it. So we're
gonna break down some things I mentioned earlier some of
the areas when we were talking about thermostats and other things.
There's a group called Focus on Energy. We're going to
(12:29):
talk a little bit about them, what they're able to
do for you. We've got some other details. Will also
readdress and talk about this fantastic property. Are featured listing
this week right at thirty fifty three to nineteen Brody
Drive here in Madison. We'll get the details from that
on that. Next as Ask the Experts with Rock Realty
continues here on thirteen ten Wui b A eight fifty
(12:50):
thirteen ten Wui b A and ask the experts with
Rockrealty online Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's r o ck
Wisconsin dot com. Dolph Umber six O eight six seven
three fifty four hundred. That's six seven fifty four hundred.
Speaking of websites too, if you haven't been over to
the website rocklistings dot com. Really good website. As we
talked with Matt earlier about a great promotion they have
(13:11):
going on with totally spaced out and get all of
the details online at rocklistings dot com. That's rockrock listings
dot com. Talking this week, of course, Hit at earth
Day Today is talking about some energy efficient home tips
and there is a group that is I do believe
they work with the power companies I think is where
(13:31):
they're primarily funded. It's a statewide agency focus on energy,
and it's a really good place to kind of get
a start for folks to start the conversation or start
the ideas of what can I do to make my
home more efficient. It's a It's a really good organization,
isn't it. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Yeah, there's a few different organizations out there. Focus on
energy is one of the top ones and probably a
perfect first place to go when people are considering, you know,
how can how can they button up their older home
to make a little more energy efficient Let's say, right,
newer builds. Obviously they're a little more air tight. Yes, yeah,
(14:06):
but no, they can help residents analyze their energy costs
just make sure that they can get that home to
be a little more energy efficient with tools and tips.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
And they've also gone a little tip for folks if
you haven't been over to focus on energy recently, you
go to their website. You can oftentimes get very steeply
discounted energy, smart thermostats, weather stripping, all that kind of
stuff we've been talking about that's available as well. It's
a really, really really good website as well. Speaking of
ways folks are saving energy and focusing on solars, it
(14:41):
is a thing that a lot of folks consider. There's
a lot to think about. There are incentives and other
things that folks should be aware of when it comes
to thinking about going solar, about exploring there isn't there Yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Mean, as far as energy efficiency goes, solar tends to
come first to mind, right, and a lot of incentives
and rebates for going solar, whether or not that's state
or federal and there's even you know, financing programs to
make it pretty affordable. You know, that's that's usually what
the salespeople are telling you about, right, But yeah, there's
(15:15):
a federal solar tax credit, so Wisconsin homeowners can take
advantage of that. You know, I and obviously check to
make sure, but I believe it's a thirty percent credit
on their federal taxes when they switch to solar. So
that's that's one of the bigger, you know, bigger credits
that people are excited for and kind of push them
over the defence to choose solar. But yeah, there's also
(15:37):
Wisconsin solar tax credits. You know, there's a property tax exemption,
so like even though you know you have a large
home improvement like installing solar panels, you know it won't
increase your property taxes. It's a property tax exemption for
solar panels.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Do we see when it comes to folks looking to
buy a home, are these things? I know a lot
of this stuff is definitely added value to the overall
overall home, but do things like solar panels do you
get clients are saying we'd really like to see IM
guessing folks that have maybe had them in the past,
probably once you're in you really want to make sure
you've got them still.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely an added benefit.
It's something that does, you know, help sell the home
maybe over a house that doesn't have solar panels, you know.
I sold one to McFarland, And you know, the two
big questions were, hey, can we see an example of
the utility bill, you know, and it shows just how
small it was or non existent, which is a big
(16:35):
selling point, right, especially considering you know, we don't really
have any control on energy prices, right, so who knows
where it could go? A fixed mortgage is a fixed mortgage,
but who knows where the.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Costs on the monkey basis now? Right?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
So, and then the other big question was whether or
not those solar panels are paid off. So it's just
one thing to consider is if you're buying a house,
if the solar panels are paid off, you shouldn't have
an issue. If they aren't paid off, sometimes have to
be paid off at closing, or you'll have to assume
that that amount that's over.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
That's I I know that their financed. Oftentimes that way,
I guess i'd never thought about that being part of
a home sale as well. And that's one of the
great things about working with an experienced agent understanding again
great benefit solar panels, amazing to buy a house with
solar panels installed, but making sure that when you're working
with an agent that they understand all of the kind
(17:25):
of the ins and outs and those really interesting and
important nuances when it comes to that, and that's a
great thing working with the folks at Rock Realty. Of course,
you can learn more online the website rock Wisconsin dot com.
That's r o c K Wisconsin dot com. That's r
o c K Wisconsin dot com, Rock Wisconsin dot com.
Another website we've talked about this morning is rock Listings
dot com. That's r o c K Listings dot Com.
(17:47):
And of course, so they've got the listings up there
for Rockrealty. They've also got the details on their promotion
with totally spaced out. What a great benefit that is
for if you're if you're selling and listing your home,
able to put your stuff somewhere in the in the
mobile storage solution. Very cool. How did you guys, and
I know we had I'm drawn a blank on his
(18:08):
name right now Avery, Avery. I was gonna say Aiden,
but it's Avery had him in a couple of weeks ago.
But how did you guys partner up on this? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (18:16):
You know, it turns out that you know, we both
live in Stoughton, and uh, you know, I had actually
seen these trailers out and about and we made a connection,
and I thought it was pretty neat to have a
solution like that that's locally based. They typically will we'll
go about a thirty mile radius, but they also can
(18:36):
do customer quotes if you're like moving out of state and.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Ston really really very very cool and get all the
details online rocklistings dot com. That's rocklistings dot com. Speaking
of listings, what listing we have this week for a
featured listing? This house right on the cities. Would you
call it near west side? That's basically on the isthmus.
I mean, you're right right in the heart of everything.
So it's a it's a great house and the price
(18:59):
is not going to be beat is it.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Yeah? For those that can't find anything affordable in Madison,
this is the listing for you. And to find anything
under two hundred fifty thousand dollars in Dane County. Let
alone Madison, Yeah, let alone close to downtown. So yeah,
it's a two bedroom, one and a half bath house
at condo sorry at fifty three to nineteen Brody Drive,
Unit one oh three, and it's listed for two thirty nine,
(19:24):
nine hundred.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
And it's a really nice condo, really nice building. As
we've been talking about the location as well, a fantastic location.
But there's one and a half baths. I mean, this
is what a thousand square feet, So it's a it's
a it's a fair sized condo in a great location
and a great building in a great neighborhood. It's got everything. Yeah,
next time somebody says to me, you can't find I
(19:45):
can't find anything affordable in Madison, I'm just gonna hand
them this page.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Yeah they're rare, but this one's here.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
So this is here. Come get it for now. And
that's why you got exactly get on it. Call Sadie
this morning. Your telephone number nine two zero nine eight
eight sixty seven oh two. That's nine two zero nine
eight eight sixty seven oh two. You can see this
other listings online rocklistings dot com. That's rock r O
c K listings dot com. Don't forget as well as
we talk with Matt each and every week. If you
(20:11):
ever a miss part of the program, you can always
listen back at Wi b A dot com and of
course Rock Wisconsin is their main website, Rock R O
c K Wisconsin dot com. Matt, it's always great chat
with you, my friend. You have a great day you too.
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Eight thirty six thirteen ten Wui b A and ask
the Experts. Brought to you this morning by Rock Realty
and Studio This Morning with Matt Hyman of Rock Realty.
You can learn more online their website Rock Wisconsin dot com.
That's r O c K Wisconsin dot com. Uh telephone
number six oh eight six three seven or six yes,
(00:20):
six seven three. I'm like, boy, I didn't feel right.
Six seven three fifty four hundred. That's six seven three
fifty four hundred. Matt. How you doing this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm doing pretty good for rainy morning.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
It's I haven't been out there since before the sun
came up a little drizzle and that's kind of little Jerry.
You avoid the avoid the hail and stuff that came through,
I believe.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So I got to get the car wash to make sure.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, take a take a peek there. Wow, what a
what an event that was. And uh, we've got a
lot of ground to cover, of course, today is Earth Day.
We are going to talk about some energy efficient tips
when it comes to your home. We're also going to
get to our featured listing, but first I do want
to talk speaking of listings. Your website, Rock Listing dot com.
That's Rocklistings dot Com. The website's got it's obviously got
(01:07):
listenings on it.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I also see when you go to the website you
see the the tsd Tso the totally spaced Out trailer
container pod sitting out front of a house. Let's talk
about the why that's there.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, that's that's a new promotion we're doing this spring,
and we've had a number of people take advantage of
it already. We partner with Totally spaced Out. They're based
out of Edgerton. You know you think of pods where
you know they deliver it to your driveway. Well, this
is a local company. They deliver sixteen foot twenty foot
units to your driveway. You can take your time loading
(01:44):
it up, they can pick it up from there and
bring it to your new home. They can pick it
up stored in Edgerton until you're ready to move. Super convenient.
So what we did was we partnered with them and
we are offering that as kind of this added incentive
for working with Rock Realty, whether you're doing buying or selling.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
What a really good incentive. What a really cool little
bonus too. And you can learn all the details online.
Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's rock R O c K Wisconsin.
Excuse to me be rocklistings dot com. You can also
go to rock with I wouldn't fault you if you
go to Rock Wisconsin. But if you go to rock Listings,
that's where you learn all about learn all about that.
And uh does this help too with with like staging
(02:24):
and kind of decluttering as well for folks when it
comes to like when you're showing your home, having some
of that stuff if you've got to got a place
to put it, kind of help with that as well.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, sure, if you if you're working on the buy side,
obviously it's probably not necessary until right when you're about
to move. On the cell side, a seller is going
to want to declutter, start getting some stuff out of
the home, some of those personal items, and uh so
they we'll have those pods delivered a bit earlier, you know,
maybe even before you know getting it up on the market.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I always, I'm always amazed by by what sometimes holds
people back. And I know sometimes you know, especially you've
been in your house while you're like I dread like
the idea of listing my own because I don't want
to pack and have a big old moving day and
those type of things. And this is a really convenient
thing to really kind of let you at your leisure
get things loaded up. And what a great, great promotion
(03:13):
going on again. You can learn more online the website
rocklistings dot com. That's rock rock listings dot com speaking
of rocklistings and houses in the area that you guys have.
This is a really cool this week's featured listing, really
cool condo. And I looked on the map, what a
fantastic location. This is just off of just off the Isthmiths,
(03:37):
just off University have as well. Let's talk about this
this place on Brody Drive. Yeah, in March as normal,
we have a lot of listings hitting the market. I
wanted to feature this one because it's it's a rarety
to get something affordable in Madison that's conveniently located. So
this is a condo at fifty three to nineteen Brody Drive.
(03:58):
It's unit one three and it's listed for only two
hundred and thirty nine thousand and nine hundred two bedroom,
one and a half bath, and uh you know it's
uh got a pool there as well that you can
partake in. So I thought it was a it was
a nice little listing to feature. And you talk about
convenience as well. The price is amazing, and then you
(04:20):
look at kind of where you are on the map,
like literally, you've got the convenience of just a hop,
skip and a jump from from the downtown area. I
jump in an uber, you're there, and you know, a
couple of bucks, you're you're right downtown and a heart
of everything. Prime spot. In places like this, they don't
come around all that often, do they.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Man, No, they don't. I mean a lot of people, Uh,
you know kind of stick around because it's hard, it's
hard to find affordable yeah, yeah living, Yeah, and especially
runs down that area not the cheapest, but yeah, it's
really close to Hilldale as well. You can just jump
on over to Hilldale Mall and yeah, I mean there's
a some good stuff there.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Could you do you mentioned the rent word? Could you
do an investment property with something like that?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
It all depends on the condo association. Typically those are
a little more rare. Most condo docs will specifically state
that it's not allowed to be rented. Some of them
will state that it can be rented, but it has
to be a year term, and you know, there are
the occasional ones that do allow for more short term
(05:22):
or longer term rentals, but that does raise some question
marks with financing, so you have to get a little
more creative with financing on condos like that.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
I just see that spine, like, oh my goodness, that
that could be something really what a great place to
live as well. So of course Sadie A you are
is the listing agent on this one. We've had Sadie
a couple of months ago, really really great agent to
work with. By the way, Oh see, yes, yes, absolutely,
and her number nine two zero nine eight eight sixty
(05:52):
seven oh two. That's nine eight eight sixty seven oh two.
That's a nine to zero area code. And Matt, this
morning is today is Earth Day, which means a lot
of us are thinking about the environment and things we
can do when there's kind of there are benefits to
being environmentally conscious. Obviously, it's always a good thing when
you do things better for the planet and of course
(06:15):
help with longevity and to sustainability. There's also savings when
it comes to being energy efficient. Let's talk about some
of the some of the key points when it comes
to being more energy efficient and some of the options
out there homeowners and folks have when it comes to upgrading.
Some of these things are very affordable by the way,
they're overall energy efficiency in their home.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, and you know, we've got some energy efficient kind
of home tips here that we can kind of go over.
You know, most people are probably familiar with a lot
of them, but you know, it doesn't hurt to kind
of reiterate some of the things, one of those being
LED lighting. Right, going ahead and replacing your bulbs with LED.
It's amazing the difference that incandescent bulb and l D bulb,
(07:00):
the difference in electricity usage. So they've gotten very creative
too with the LED lighting, you know. I mean, it's
pretty pretty hard to find a ball that hasn't had
the conversion to LED. You know, so maybe sometimes those
chandelier balls, maybe maybe those ones are those exotic yeah, weird,
the candle looking ones, but I'm sure they have those two,
you know.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
We It's funny when you mentioned to l ed's. I
remember when I was a kid, it was very much
like you turn off your lights, right, that was a
big thing. Incandescent bulbs literally would chew up energy. As
a father, I always thought I was going to be
like that with my son, like make sure you turn
off lights, and I do remind him the turn off lights.
But the reality is it's just habit. LEDs really do
(07:41):
make an impact on energy. It's easier on kids.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yes, No, I remember back when I worked at sub zero,
one of our big selling pots was this refrigerator uses
less energy than a hundred ball. So wow, it just
goes to show you how much energy I can incandescent
bulb actually uses.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Really it's interesting too as you think about thing about
savings and of all the type of things you think
of too, about heating, cooling, those areas, there are some
really good products out there that when it comes to
controlling the temperature, heat, humidity, uh, coolness of your home. Uh.
Smart thermostats are a good option, aren't they. Yeah? Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
The neat thing about the smart thermostat ish it can
adapt to kind of your lifestyle. Right. Let's say you
like it's cooler in the evening when you're sleeping, or
maybe cooler during the day, or maybe you want to
keep keep the heat low until you're just about to
get off work. You can you can do those things
with a smart thermostats. So having that and especially having
(08:38):
one that's like a you know, tied end with Wi
Fi so that you can control it, you know, on
your phone, is a It's a pretty neat option to
have and it can save some money.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
There's other you mentioned to some of the comfort stuff
is our house. We have a two zone heating, so
we can have different but the main part of the
house has has one system and the and we have
the smart system that hasstats, not not thermostats, thermometers in
all the rooms and it's smart enough to know, like
at night, which room we're in, So it's monitoring all
the room temperatures now, but it knows where you are
(09:10):
and it adjusts to that room. So let's say you know,
typically your thermostats in a living room, you say, oh,
it's always gets so hot or get so cold in
the bedroom at night. These things are smart enough to
know where you are and adust the temperature there and
could that could ultimately and does ultimately lead to lower
bills there.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
As well as a nice system here.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's a very nice system. I'll have to I'll have
to show you all about U. We're actually going to
talk about where I learned about it in just a moment.
Drafty windows doors, that is definitely uh. I think they
would call that low hanging fruit to address, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Sure? Sure? I mean some people will you kind of
do the easy solution of the the saran wrap over
the window. Sure, yeah, especially over the winter. But you know,
the the ideal thing to do there is to you know,
replace the the small little thrusholds on the doors and
or the weather stirping on the windows, just to make
(10:05):
sure that those drafts aren't coming through. And it's a
pretty you know, cheap fix as far as parts go,
you know, just a little bit of labor, but it's
it's probably gonna have a significant impact on your energy
bills when you're not having a cool or warm draft
coming in.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
One of the things I want to ask you about
you mentioned that that, of course you you under you
know a lot about appliances. People may be surprised to
learn that you mentioned that energy savings h newer apply
modern appliances. You kind of illustrated they actually do have
a kind of have a substantial impact on lowering your
overall energy usage. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Absolutely, you know, it's it's interesting how they obtain that, right,
energy Star is the big name that everybody's kind of
probably heard of. You if you can choose energy Star products,
you're generally going to be uh using less like electricity. Yeah,
but there's so many different things that go into it.
Like a refrigerator, they'll have compressors, and you know what
(10:58):
they learned. It's sim You know how a car they've
kind of turned to have it sometimes shut off automatically
at the stoplight. Well, what they learned with a lot
of these refrigerators is it it's more cost effective and
uses less energy to have it just continuously run and
just it kind of at lower amounts, right, So there's
not as big as swings in the temperature, and it's
(11:20):
better for the food and such inside too.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Fascinated. I guess I had never heard that. That's very interesting.
We talk a lot about some of the stuff you
do inside outside as well. There are some sustainable ideas
when it comes to landscaping, and these things not only
could make your house look better, but can cut down
on costs as well, can't they.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah. I mean some of the things you can do
is add some native plants that can kind of support
the local ecosystem. Requires a little less maintenance. You know,
it's used to surviving in the Wisconsin environment. You can
do composting, right, taking kitchen scraps and turning that into
you know, fertilizer and such through a composting bin. Other
(12:01):
things would be rainwater harvesting. Just depends on how committed
you want to get getting out there and getting things done.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, that is for sure. And some of this stuff
too can cain beautify and of course you think about
things like rainwater, and water can get get quite pricey
if you if you're not careful with it. So we're
gonna break down some things I mentioned earlier some of
the areas when we were talking about thermostats and other things.
There's a group called Focus on Energy. We're going to
(12:29):
talk a little bit about them, what they're able to
do for you. We've got some other details. Will also
readdress and talk about this fantastic property. Are featured listing
this week right at thirty fifty three to nineteen Brody
Drive here in Madison. We'll get the details from that
on that. Next as Ask the Experts with Rock Realty
continues here on thirteen ten Wui b A eight fifty
(12:50):
thirteen ten Wui b A and ask the experts with
Rockrealty online Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's r o ck
Wisconsin dot com. Dolph Umber six O eight six seven
three fifty four hundred. That's six seven fifty four hundred.
Speaking of websites too, if you haven't been over to
the website rocklistings dot com. Really good website. As we
talked with Matt earlier about a great promotion they have
(13:11):
going on with totally spaced out and get all of
the details online at rocklistings dot com. That's rockrock listings
dot com. Talking this week, of course, Hit at earth
Day Today is talking about some energy efficient home tips
and there is a group that is I do believe
they work with the power companies I think is where
(13:31):
they're primarily funded. It's a statewide agency focus on energy,
and it's a really good place to kind of get
a start for folks to start the conversation or start
the ideas of what can I do to make my
home more efficient. It's a It's a really good organization,
isn't it. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Yeah, there's a few different organizations out there. Focus on
energy is one of the top ones and probably a
perfect first place to go when people are considering, you know,
how can how can they button up their older home
to make a little more energy efficient Let's say, right,
newer builds. Obviously they're a little more air tight. Yes, yeah,
(14:06):
but no, they can help residents analyze their energy costs
just make sure that they can get that home to
be a little more energy efficient with tools and tips.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
And they've also gone a little tip for folks if
you haven't been over to focus on energy recently, you
go to their website. You can oftentimes get very steeply
discounted energy, smart thermostats, weather stripping, all that kind of
stuff we've been talking about that's available as well. It's
a really, really really good website as well. Speaking of
ways folks are saving energy and focusing on solars, it
(14:41):
is a thing that a lot of folks consider. There's
a lot to think about. There are incentives and other
things that folks should be aware of when it comes
to thinking about going solar, about exploring there isn't there Yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Mean, as far as energy efficiency goes, solar tends to
come first to mind, right, and a lot of incentives
and rebates for going solar, whether or not that's state
or federal and there's even you know, financing programs to
make it pretty affordable. You know, that's that's usually what
the salespeople are telling you about, right, But yeah, there's
(15:15):
a federal solar tax credit, so Wisconsin homeowners can take
advantage of that. You know, I and obviously check to
make sure, but I believe it's a thirty percent credit
on their federal taxes when they switch to solar. So
that's that's one of the bigger, you know, bigger credits
that people are excited for and kind of push them
over the defence to choose solar. But yeah, there's also
(15:37):
Wisconsin solar tax credits. You know, there's a property tax exemption,
so like even though you know you have a large
home improvement like installing solar panels, you know it won't
increase your property taxes. It's a property tax exemption for
solar panels.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Do we see when it comes to folks looking to
buy a home, are these things? I know a lot
of this stuff is definitely added value to the overall
overall home, but do things like solar panels do you
get clients are saying we'd really like to see IM
guessing folks that have maybe had them in the past,
probably once you're in you really want to make sure
you've got them still.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely an added benefit.
It's something that does, you know, help sell the home
maybe over a house that doesn't have solar panels, you know.
I sold one to McFarland, And you know, the two
big questions were, hey, can we see an example of
the utility bill, you know, and it shows just how
small it was or non existent, which is a big
(16:35):
selling point, right, especially considering you know, we don't really
have any control on energy prices, right, so who knows
where it could go? A fixed mortgage is a fixed mortgage,
but who knows where the.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Costs on the monkey basis now? Right?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
So, and then the other big question was whether or
not those solar panels are paid off. So it's just
one thing to consider is if you're buying a house,
if the solar panels are paid off, you shouldn't have
an issue. If they aren't paid off, sometimes have to
be paid off at closing, or you'll have to assume
that that amount that's over.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
That's I I know that their financed. Oftentimes that way,
I guess i'd never thought about that being part of
a home sale as well. And that's one of the
great things about working with an experienced agent understanding again
great benefit solar panels, amazing to buy a house with
solar panels installed, but making sure that when you're working
with an agent that they understand all of the kind
(17:25):
of the ins and outs and those really interesting and
important nuances when it comes to that, and that's a
great thing working with the folks at Rock Realty. Of course,
you can learn more online the website rock Wisconsin dot com.
That's r o c K Wisconsin dot com. That's r
o c K Wisconsin dot com, Rock Wisconsin dot com.
Another website we've talked about this morning is rock Listings
dot com. That's r o c K Listings dot Com.
(17:47):
And of course, so they've got the listings up there
for Rockrealty. They've also got the details on their promotion
with totally spaced out. What a great benefit that is
for if you're if you're selling and listing your home,
able to put your stuff somewhere in the in the
mobile storage solution. Very cool. How did you guys, and
I know we had I'm drawn a blank on his
(18:08):
name right now Avery, Avery. I was gonna say Aiden,
but it's Avery had him in a couple of weeks ago.
But how did you guys partner up on this? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (18:16):
You know, it turns out that you know, we both
live in Stoughton, and uh, you know, I had actually
seen these trailers out and about and we made a connection,
and I thought it was pretty neat to have a
solution like that that's locally based. They typically will we'll
go about a thirty mile radius, but they also can
(18:36):
do customer quotes if you're like moving out of state and.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Ston really really very very cool and get all the
details online rocklistings dot com. That's rocklistings dot com. Speaking
of listings, what listing we have this week for a
featured listing? This house right on the cities. Would you
call it near west side? That's basically on the isthmus.
I mean, you're right right in the heart of everything.
So it's a it's a great house and the price
(18:59):
is not going to be beat is it.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Yeah? For those that can't find anything affordable in Madison,
this is the listing for you. And to find anything
under two hundred fifty thousand dollars in Dane County. Let
alone Madison, Yeah, let alone close to downtown. So yeah,
it's a two bedroom, one and a half bath house
at condo sorry at fifty three to nineteen Brody Drive,
Unit one oh three, and it's listed for two thirty nine,
(19:24):
nine hundred.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
And it's a really nice condo, really nice building. As
we've been talking about the location as well, a fantastic location.
But there's one and a half baths. I mean, this
is what a thousand square feet, So it's a it's
a it's a fair sized condo in a great location
and a great building in a great neighborhood. It's got everything. Yeah,
next time somebody says to me, you can't find I
(19:45):
can't find anything affordable in Madison, I'm just gonna hand
them this page.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Yeah they're rare, but this one's here.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
So this is here. Come get it for now. And
that's why you got exactly get on it. Call Sadie
this morning. Your telephone number nine two zero nine eight
eight sixty seven oh two. That's nine two zero nine
eight eight sixty seven oh two. You can see this
other listings online rocklistings dot com. That's rock r O
c K listings dot com. Don't forget as well as
we talk with Matt each and every week. If you
(20:11):
ever a miss part of the program, you can always
listen back at Wi b A dot com and of
course Rock Wisconsin is their main website, Rock R O
c K Wisconsin dot com. Matt, it's always great chat
with you, my friend. You have a great day you too.
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