Ottawa Real Estate - Homes & Land

Conspicuous Consumption to Consciencious Consumerism. Need a moment? Ok, we'll call it the 4Cs. Back in the day when Baby Boomers were calling the shots, real estate had a much different perspective. Rising land costs somehow translated to requiring larger homes. It also was a measure of success; take that Mr. Jones! The average size of ...

Up to one third of the heat generated in a house is lost through the roof, walls and ceiling. Add insulation to R-values of 32 or more. Ceiling fans, up in the summer. down in the winter. New windows and doors can be expensive; as an alternative caulk and weatherstrip leaky windows and doors. On the sunny side of the house, open the window ...

And then you won't move. Kitchens are the centerpiece of a good home, which is why many feel it is necessary to spend a gazillion dollars, the alternative being to let them age not so gracefully. It doesn't have to be that way. Read on:The kitchen sink and hood fan are two fixtures that tend to stay, well, fixed. A stainless steel sink ...

When sprucing up your home for visitors, the bathroom is one space in the house where you can make a big impact for a relatively small outlay. And this is particularily true when selling your home. Most people already know that kitchens and bathrooms have the best return on investment as well as assisting in a faster sale. However, it's ...

There are lots of ways to give your home appeal when getting ready to put it on the market. The easiest is to pay someone a million dollars to do it, great if you have a 20 million dollar palace! Or upgrade kitchens, baths, flooring, etc. for a mere two million dollars! Or.... do the following at no cost !!Turn plants inward from windows for ...

Preparing a home for sale has become a business unto itself, and can get pricey when having it done professionally. For higher end homes there is an efficiency of scale so it can be worthwhile the cost. For homes under $500k, and for those so inclined, here are some inexpensive ways to attract Buyers through curb appeal:Power wash the exterior, ...

I see a lot of online variations of this old classic but few for home sellers which must make them feel, well, out in the cold. So in the spirit of the Holidays here is my rendition. The fact I'm a Realtor is purely coincidental. On the first day of Christmas my Agent gave to me - a promise of a really fast sale. On the second day of ...

I am in the process of creating another room in the basement and couldn't ignore them any longer. My electronics graveyard had to go. Some of it had roman numeral serial ids!! Well the planets lined up and I found a well kept secret in Bells Corners at 14 Bexeley Place unit 107. Twenty-Twelve Electronics Recycling www.tter.ca is ...

That was a short Spring. Summer's here! A week ago I made a path to my barbeque to help move things along. Well the path is gone, all deck now. So no weather worries 'til December, and I take full credit! What's that you say? Chickens before they hatch? I don't follow.

Ok, before we begin, I used to own a house cleaning business, so listen up. Fine, you've held off listing with that nice pain-in-the-ass realtor until the house is in order. Now what? There are professional home stagers out there who will, for a fee of course, come in and do their magic. I love stagers, they're mostly women and I ...