Curb Appeal blog posts

Kitchen Renovations On A Budget Calling renovators or home builders about your kitchen renovation is sure to result in some sticker shock unless you've been involved with the industry recently.  How hard can it be, really?  The reality is that any "back to the studs" renovation of a kitchen is very likely to exceed $100,000

Selling your home in North Vancouver or West Vancouver in a buyer’s market, or even a balanced market often requires patience.  Many homes sit on the market for 100 days or longer before finding a buyer.  Some may never find a buyer unless they are priced attractively, appeal to buyers’ taste, and satisfy their needs.

Building on our prior post, 10 Curb Appeal Improvements to Increase Sales Value, we want to identify also which types of projects, in the same studies we referenced in that article, were typically giving the worst returns on investment and should almost certainly be avoided if your plan is to sell the property in the

There are many studies done by industry associations, magazines and large real estate firms that seek to quantify the potential return value of an investment in particular remodelling projects.  Some of these studies are conducted annually and done across the country (or in the US). The results of each are strikingly similar in that they

The way you have lived in your home worked well for you and your family’s needs, big or small.  But perhaps there’s a part of the property which you had very little use for.  Or a long overdue upgrade of something was just not worth the hassle (or the cost).  You’ve looked past it for