Master bedrooms with the 'royal' treatment
Posted on Sep 05, 2019
You may not think you need to have a master bedroom fit for royalty, but perhaps you do.
You may feel undeserving of such perceived opulence, but you’re not.
When you’re a buyer, make a “master bedroom fit for royalty” a priority.
It’s a good idea for buyers to think about what’s impressive for them, but also what’s important for the next buyer. That...
A Garage: important or just cosmetic?
Posted on Sep 02, 2019
Okay, it’s time for full disclosure.
Hands up if you park your car(s) inside your garage.
Drive around your neighbourhood and see how many two-car garages have two cars parked…in the driveway!
It begs the question: How important are garages?
In real estate listings, the seller almost always points out that a selling feature is the “double garage.”
Buyer...
Make privacy part of your Open House
Posted on Aug 29, 2019
When you’re having an Open House, it goes without saying that you sacrifice a little privacy for the occasion. So here’s a tip on some of the items you might want to make sure to put away before your potential clients arrive:
• Keys and garage remotes
• Prescription medications
• Private documents and mail
• Passwords that you keep next to your compute...
Tape-measure jobs sellers can consider
Posted on Aug 26, 2019
Check out the two pictures below, of chairs on one side of a dining room table.
Which of the two pictures looks best, in terms of how the furniture is spaced?
If you said the first one, that’s an actual photo of where the chairs are always arranged at this table, located in a Vancouver apartment. In other words, your answer would be the norm.
If you s...
How Hong Kong could impact local market
Posted on Aug 22, 2019
In June’s issue of News From Nexus our monthly newsletter, we explored how international money can affect Vancouver’s real estate market.
One point of discussion was the potential impact of the protests in Hong Kong, and how quickly things can change.
Fast forward to next week.
The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia has scheduled a 90-minute di...
Who buys a ‘messy’ house? Who knows?
Posted on Aug 19, 2019
Your realtor calls. Another realtor has a client who’s interested in the home you have for sale.
The bad news?
The potential buyers want to see it in 15 minutes.
But…
The lunch dishes are still in the sink so you stuff them, along with everything else that doesn’t belong on the counter, into the dishwasher.
The teenagers just came home from school and d...