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Pre-Listing Gas Lantern & Sconce Repair for Realtors in Austin
Pre-Listing Gas Lantern & Sconce Repair for Realtors in Austin
Help your listing make the right first impression before photos, showings, and open houses.
**You never get a second chance for a first impression!
**The one thing appraisers notice when they step out of the car..
Exterior gas lanterns and wall sconces can either elevate a listing or quietly damage the first impression.
For luxury homes, estate properties, and older homes throughout Central Texas, gas lanterns are often one of the first exterior details buyers notice. When they are dirty, sooty, crooked, broken, oxidized, missing glass, or not burning properly, they can make an otherwise beautiful home feel neglected.
Oak Parke Gas Lamps helps Realtors, listing agents, brokers, stagers, and sellers prepare gas lamps, gas lanterns, and exterior gas sconces before listing photos, showings, open houses, and buyer inspections.
Pre-listing gas lantern services
Pre-listing gas lantern services
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Services may include:
Services may include:
Cleaning soot and buildup from glass panels
Burner cleaning and flame troubleshooting
Mantle replacement
Igniter troubleshooting
Gas flow evaluation at the fixture
Copper lantern cleaning or complete restoration
Sconce and wall lantern inspection
Replacement glass and parts sourcing
Repair-versus-replace recommendations
Electric or solar retrofit consultation
Photo-ready exterior fixture cleanup
Best timing
Best timing
For listing Realtors, the best time to schedule luxury home gas lantern repair service in Austin is
before professional photography.
Ideally, gas lantern and sconce service should be added to the pre-listing punch list along with landscaping, window cleaning, pressure washing, paint touch-ups, and staging.
Realtors, brokers, and stagers
Have a listing with dirty, damaged, or non-working gas lanterns in Austin, TX?
Send clear photos of the fixture, burner area, glass panels, gas valve, igniter assembly, and the front elevation of the home. I will help determine whether the lantern needs cleaning, repair, restoration, parts, replacement, or a licensed trade referral.
Pre-listing lantern checklist for Realtors / Listing Agents
Pre-listing lantern checklist for Realtors / Listing Agents
Before listing photos, check:
Are the front lanterns visibly dirty or sooty?
Are wall sconces crooked, loose, or missing glass?
Do the flames burn evenly?
Do electronic igniters work properly?
Is the copper heavily green, black, or uneven in color?
Are post lamps near the walkway clean and upright?
Do the fixtures match the quality of the home?
Would the lanterns look good in twilight photos?
If any of these are issues, the lanterns should be handled before photography.
For your convenience, download this checklist .
If photography or an open house is already scheduled, send photos of the fixtures and timeline. I can usually tell from photos whether the issue looks like cleaning, maintenance, repair, restoration, parts replacement, or something that should involve a licensed plumber or electrician.
or CONTACT:
Curt Barbour
Oak Parke Gas Lamps (.com)
Cell: 512-750-5153
Important scope note
Oak Parke Gas Lamps focuses on fixture-specific service, maintenance, repair, restoration, troubleshooting, and appearance improvement.
For new gas-line installation, underground piping, in-wall gas piping, pressure testing, or regulated plumbing/electrical work, the homeowner should use a properly licensed plumber or electrician. We can recommend a master plumber with extensive experience with gas lantern piping codes, permits & requirements.
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