ShareA general rule is that people pay for square footage, so the bigger you can make your space feel the more money you can command. This doesn’t mean that empty rooms look bigger, because this is not true at all. With no furniture, it is hard for buyers to judge the scale of a room [...]

ShareStaging first gained most of its appeal and credibility with vacant homes. As a general rule, buyers have a very hard time imaging what a house “could” be like. Realtors saw that vacant homes were stagnating on the market, and so staging was brought in to address the issue. This is also why home builders [...]

ShareWhen you consider doing any major renovations, it is because you love your home and/or neighbourhood, and have no plans on moving. You want to make improvements so that your home continues to meet your needs and wants and you can enjoy it for many years to come. Given all this, resale is often the [...]

SharePeople underestimate the power of focal points. Everything in the room cannot have the same weight and level of importance, and so focal points help to establish a sense of order for the eye, and tell it where to took. Without focal points, rooms look haphazard, confusing and flat. If not planned out or at least [...]

ShareEveryone has heard that they have to de-clutter. What can I say that’s new? Perhaps not much, I’m more interested in finding a way to motivate you to do it, because it is so incredibly important. But the reasons why it hasn’t been done in all the time you’ve lived in your home are probably [...]

ShareThere are four essential documents to have ready when meeting with a REALTOR® to list your home.  You might have to do some searching through dusty boxes, but these are essential documents to the process. Have the SURVEY of the property showing the location of the home and any other buildings.  Both parties to the eventual [...]

ShareStaging first gained most of its appeal and credibility with vacant homes. As a general rule, buyers have a very hard time imaging what a house “could” be like. Realtors saw that vacant homes were stagnating on the market, and so staging was brought in to address the issue. This is also why home builders [...]