CALGARY DREAM HOMES REAL ESTATE BLOG

Things to Do Before You List  As more listings come onto the Calgary Market, and more home owners wish to take advantage of the current "Sellers Market", here are some things to consider. Firstly, consider your finances, and factor in expenses like moving costs.  Secondly, make sure that your property is ‘ready-to-sell’. Any parts of your home that requires repair should be attended to. Carry out the necessary improvements and upgrades through renovating or re-modelling, so as to create a home that is free of defects and has the features to hold its own against the competition in your area. Any parts that you leave unfixed can be picked up by a Home Inspector. This can cause a buyer to want something off the negotiated price, or indeed cause the offer to collapse. Your home must be ‘show-time’ ready the first day you get it listed, so do not leave the job of uncluttering and cleaning till the last minute. Take time and effort to give your home a thorough clean. Maybe even thi

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Call before You Dig  Check First before Making A Hole . Drilling holes into the wall is a very common practice. This may be for hanging pictures, installing shelves etc. Always be careful before drilling holes into the wall as you might end up damaging the concealed wiring or plumbing pipes etc. Check what is behind the wall where you are planning to drill a hole into first. The garden is another place that you have to be careful. In Calgary we have “Call Before You Dig” so make use of it if you are planning some holes in the garden.   Another mistake is not checking whether the ground slopes adequately away from the house – not doing so could lead to water accumulating around the house, and leading to water damage to the foundation. Calgary has lots of mature older areas so watch out if you are cutting trees or long roots without checking everything. This is a great risk, as a falling tree could end damaging your house, or even the neighbor's. Find out where the main water s

  Take a look at your “Things” and what makes you hang onto them. Our Attachment to “Things” Many of our things help give us a sense of our own identity. For instance, we may have lots of books that we intend to read. But now with Kindle etc they are just gathering dust. Closets full of clothes that we will never wear, why not send them to one of the Calgary Goodwill centers . Our old furniture that we hang onto, now looks out of place with our new minimal “Look”. Remember the furniture pieces you got from your grandmother? We also might inherent stuff from other family and friends and these “things” can have a powerful hold on us. Many times we can’t let go of them because they’re a link to a person we love. “Things” from our past can take on their own life!. Sometimes we buy things to make ourselves feel better after maybe a bad week, or we buy because we are bored. This is the recipe for a packed home that requires a big investment to keep up. From a cleaning perspective,

  Our Market Consultation Finds Your True Calgary Home price - in Today's market.    Statistics show that   the best opportunity you have is to sell your home within the first few weeks  of putting it on the market. This can be good news, or bad, depending on your motivation. Some homes sell right away, while others sit on the market for months without a single offer. To  maximize your selling opportunity, it is important that your home be priced right . What is the right price? Many factors will determine your home's best asking price. The current real estate market will have a lot to do with it.  Using  20+ years experience in the Calgary Real Estate market, we can help you determine the right price range that your home sits in. We arrive at this price range through location, condition, the recent sold data, active comparable competition, and any upgrades or special features that set it apart from the competition. Some sellers insist, “lets give it a go at this price and

  10 Advantages Of Living On An Alberta Acreage    1.     Lots of Space. 2.     Looking out your windows and not seeing your neighbors 3.     You can be as loud as you. 4.     Less Traffic Noise ! 5.     Listen to the quietness 6.     You don’t have to shovel sidewalk snow. 7.     Lots of parking if you have more than one car 8.     Feeling like you own a big piece of Canada 9.     Clear open big skies 10. Did we mention Space!! Take a good look at all Acreages / Rural homes in Calgary & Area.  

 What Buyers Look For Ok, so we are about to list your home and you think you have it right. We have given you our advice and some complimentary staging options, then you start to second guess what the potential buyers will like or dislike!. But this is where you have to relax because part of our service is to take away anxiety, and selling your home should not be stressful. So usually they are ok with the price range or they would not see the value in your home and their realtor would not be showing it to them. Remember first impressions, the home has to have good curb appeal, grass cut and weed wacked, front door and entrance washed down and sparkling clean. If they have a negative at the front door such as lack of TLC it will follow them through the home and everything they look at. Blinds up for showings, remember it’s show time! Light and space is what most buyers like and you already de-cluttered didn’t you? Tick the Boxes: They begin the walk-through and hopefully start to tick