Category: Winter

Need a quick sale . . . How quickly can you expect to wait?

This is the time of year when many executives and professionals get confirmation that they’re being promoted and transferred to another part of the country. It’s an exciting time – new opportunities beckon both professionally and personally. This new chapter will usually include selling your existing property and buying a new home. Often, the clock…
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Ten tips for selling your home after the holidays

If you’re still recovering from Thanksgiving, the idea of putting your property on the market before the holidays or shortly afterwards is achievable. You may well be weighing up the value of holding off a winter sales campaign and going in spring, which has the reputation of being the prime selling season. Spring can actually…
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Discover eight small trees that will brighten your winter

Even in winter, the desire to improve your garden to add some color can be irresistible. Just because the skies are slate-gray doesn’t mean that your garden should be a matching color. A great idea at this time of year is to plant small trees that offer both seasonal color and a new focal point…
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Ten tips to get your home ready for a winter sale

If you want to sell your home quickly and efficiently, there’s no better time than winter. Even though days are starting to turn chilly, there are a number of factors in your favor. There will be fewer new properties coming onto the market to compete with you. Indeed, Zillow has just released data saying month-over-month…
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Five tips to help your lawn survive winter

As the darker days descend, preparing your lawn for winter requires a very different strategy from the once-a-week mow and lavish watering required in summer. Homeowners and keen gardeners alike can make some basic mistakes or omissions with their lawns that put it under stress during winter.  Right now, it’s important to aerate and dethatch…
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Six tips for staging your porch for a winter sale

Making a great first impression is essential when selling your home – those first few seconds when the buyer sets eyes on your property create a lens through which they judge their entire experience. Stories are common of buyers who don’t even stop their car when they see a dilapidated property, or one that has…
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Six tips for dressing your porch for a winter sale

Making a great first impression is essential when selling your home – those first few seconds when the buyer sets eyes on your property create a lens through which they judge their entire experience. Stories are common of buyers who don’t even stop their car when they see a dilapidated property, or one that has…
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Five tips to help your lawn survive winter

As the darker days descend, preparing your lawn for winter requires a very different strategy to the once-a-week mow and lavish watering in summer. Homeowners and keen gardeners alike can make some basic mistakes or omissions with their lawns that will put it under stress during winter.  Right now, it’s important to aerate and dethatch…
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Eight super-fast ways to prepare your home for sale

Maximising the value of their home should be the goal of any owner planning to enter the market. A well-maintained and beautifully presented home will always attract interest, leading to multiple offers and a higher final sale price.  Today’s buyers are usually more willing to pay a premium for a turn-key property that requires no…
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Ten tips to get your home ready for a winter sale

If you want to sell your home quickly and efficiently, there’s no better time than winter. Even though days are starting to turn chilly, there are a number of factors in your favour. There will be fewer new properties coming onto the market to compete with you. And as an experienced agency, we can testify…
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