If you know me, you know that I’m pretty temperate in the tone of my blogs and emails, that I don’t get off on ramping people up unnecessarily, and that I would never scream “Now is the time to sell!” just to artificially ramp up business. So it is somewhat surprising that I find myself […]
You Don’t Have to Wrestle Every Single Dollar Out of a Property
You really don’t. I know that sounds strange coming from a real estate broker but the truth is, at times there are things more important than a dollar – your sanity being one. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman whose dad had just passed away. She needs to sell her parents’ home and […]
Your Buyer is a Detective
Yup, that’s right. Your buyer is a detective. In fact, all buyers are. They’ve watched Holmes on Homes, listened to the Jon Eakes radio show and gone blurry-eyed from hours spent in front of HGTV. They’ve lost themselves in the glorious rabbit hole that is Houzz, gone to Home Depot workshops and googled “what to look […]
Montreal Home Staging and Selling – A Triplex in Lachine, Quebec
Home staging before and afters are so much fun, aren’t they? A while back, I got called in to stage and sell a West Island home, actually three homes – a triplex – in Lachine. This spot was just a walk from the Lachine canal and from the farmer’s market in an area full of […]
Montreal Home Staging Before and Afters
I wanted to share a few before and afters from a Montreal home staging project we did yesterday for a condo in N.D.G. We do have a method to our madness in Montreal home staging although after so many years in the business, the process is now pretty intuitive. Broken down to its most fundamental, we […]
Got clutter? Might be time to move.
Have you got clutter? A linen closet that takes a full-on tackle to close? A cabinet under the kitchen sink that looks like a product testing lab for household cleaning products? Bin upon bin in the basement that may or may not contain your grade 7 report card? Well, then, it might be time to move! […]
Is the shine on your ceiling like the shine on my forehead?
A funny cute charming annoying thing has happened as I [ahem] age “gracefully”: I have developed a mid-day shine on my forehead. Call it the development of combination skin commonly associated with women of a certain age, if you must. Better yet, just hand me a napkin and tell me to wipe it off. Which […]
All the home staging in the world won’t sell an over-priced home.
“All the home staging in the world won’t sell an over-priced home.” That’s what Nairn Friemann, a great New York home stager, told us during my first day of home staging training back in 2007. I was reminded of those words today as I went out to preview West Island homes for sale and saw […]
Home stagers do not hide problems!
Home stagers do not hide problems! I know many of you believe that we do, because I’ve seen the surprise on your face when I refuse to do it. And who can blame you for believing this when even the revered Mike Holmes, TV star and general contractor extraordinaire, puts out an article in The […]
Three Common Montreal Home Staging Myths
These 3 common home staging myths are based on my experience staging and selling Montreal West Island homes. Please note that I am NOT an international expert on home staging and real estate, nor do I play one on TV…at least not yet LOL. That being said, in the years that I have been staging and selling […]
