chōu Real Estate Group

Get your home ready to sell
in 16 days

Sell on easy mode

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Staging included free, up to $7,500

The plan and the budget

A written budget you can hold me to

The two things that go wrong on any home project are the budget and the timeline. 16DayPrep is built to remove both: a written plan and a fixed budget before any contractor starts, and the whole job on a 16-day clock. You approve the number, then you hold me to it. This is the plan I handed my last homeowner at 1458 Portobelo, with the final invoice beside it.

Projected budget$18,350Owner approved
Final invoice$18,454
Difference+$1040.6% over, across nine line items

My Budget GuaranteeYour prep bill won’t exceed your approved budget by more than 10%.
If it does, I pay for the overage.

What I didCost
Trash out$1,250
Interior lighting, switches and outlets$1,350
Replacement glass shower door$975
Reglaze hall bath tub$635
Restore shower and bath tiles$950
Paint and patch every surface, powerwash exterior$11,800
Yard cleanup and landscaping$1,200
Misc covers and hardware$194
Smoke and CO detectors$100
Total$18,454

Licensed trades only: C-10 Electrician, C-33 Painter. See the full 1458 Portobelo breakdown, projected against actual

1458 Portobelo Dr, San Jose

The result

Results from a recent San Jose sale. 1458 Portobelo Dr.

16 daysPrep
2 daysMultiple offers
7 daysPending

★★★★★

Wangda Tan, 1458 Portobelo, San Jose

“When we finally saw the house after everything was finished, we were honestly amazed.”

The process

How 16DayPrep works

My team completes all of the prep in 16 days and has your home ready to hit the market on the 17th day. The prep is fully managed and the sale is executed together as one package.

  • I start with a home tour.
  • You get your home's value as-is and the after-prep value.
  • I give you the prep plan and budget (usually 1% or less of your home's value)
  • Once you approve, I get bids from contractors and start work.
  • I coordinate the prep day to day. You never need to be there.
  • I sell your home.

What you handle

  • You approve from your phone.
  • You pay contractors directly. No markup, no middleman.

My last seller handed over the keys and didn't see the home again until it was staged, photographed, and ready to launch 16 days later. He approved every step from his phone.

I'll walk your home, tell you what I'll fix, what I'll skip, and what it'll cost.

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