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...
Qualifying for that first mortgage
Posted on Jul 25, 2019
When you’re young and just getting started in adult life, your financial considerations and priorities are, well, different.
That all changes with major purchases, such as a house and the mortgage that comes with it. Some of us gave a passing thought to having a mortgage in our years of youth. Most of us didn’t know we had to “qualify” for a mortgag...
Buying versus renting
Posted on Jul 22, 2019
Rent a home, or buy one?
The first consideration is always financial, of course. Which option can you afford? Beyond that are advantages to living in a home that you own, as opposed to a home that belongs to somebody else, advantages that sometimes are overlooked.
You can build equity.
You can control the “rent.”
If you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you...
Summer days, summer temps
Posted on Jul 18, 2019
The experts at BC Hydro are always looking for ways to help customers economize by being energy-efficient without sacrificing comfort. That’s as true during the hot days of summer as it is the cold days of winter.
And if your home is on the market, making sure it’s comfortable for you also sends the message to prospective buyers that this is already...