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...