Pre-builds good idea — check with a realtor
Posted on Aug 15, 2019
This is a story based on fact because the figures are estimates.
We know some people who know some people who bought a condo in Vancouver a couple of years before it was built.
A down payment of $5,000 was applied to a purchase price of $400,000 for a condo that would sell five or six years later for $800,000.
That’s why people buy “pre-builds.”
Now yo...
Home buyers value ‘Going Electric'
Posted on Aug 12, 2019
Gone are the days when shopping for — or selling — a home included just seeing if there was a place to park, be it a garage, driveway or owner parking in an apartment building.
Now that equation includes electrical outlets.
This is especially true if you’re looking to live in a condo or apartment that’s part of a complex. Perhaps when the complex wa...
Making sure rental suites are legal
Posted on Aug 08, 2019
When you’re house-hunting, sometimes the opportunity to have the opportunity to have a mortgage helper — i.e., a rental suite — can make a home more appealing. That’s understandable, but it also requires caution on the part of the prospective buyer — you.
The first thing you’ll want to know is if it’s a legal suite. One insurance-company survey det...
The first thing you’ll want to know is if it’s a legal suite. One insurance-company survey det...Putting your home’s best look forward
Posted on Aug 05, 2019
If your property is listed and your realtor is bringing prospective buyers to see it, there’s a myriad of tips to consider that might impress a prospective buyer.
Here’s one of them:
While there’s a tendency to want your house to look “homey” that’s not necessarily the right approach. The picture on the mantle of your children and grandchildren is pa...
Taking the ‘down’ out of downsizing
Posted on Aug 01, 2019
We have friends who moved from the Okanagan to the Lower Mainland a few years ago, from a 3,000-square-foot house to an apartment. It was a big step down in size…yes, that’s what downsizing really is.
Our friends did everything right, or so they thought. They counted boxes, measured furniture and packed carefully so that the moving company — from V...In Preparation for your Open House
Posted on Jul 29, 2019
You have an Open House scheduled and, because you want to sell your home, you’re concerned about how good it looks, how clean it appears, even how nice it smells.
Bake some cookies!
If there’s a nicer, warmer smell emanating from the kitchen than home-made cookies it will be hard to find.
And it sure beats plug-in air fresheners.
Looking for more ideas...