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When you’re preparing to sell your Halifax home, you face a dilemma. How much remodeling and renovation should do you do before putting it on the market? This question is usually tied in with the question of how much of your improvements you expect to recoup when you sell. The reality is, you will not…
It’s true, Halifax home buyers love to see totally renovated kitchens and bathrooms in the houses they want to buy. When done right, home improvements like this modernize the two rooms that people spend a good bit of their day in. These kitchen and bathroom renovations tend to be costly, so when buyers see homes…
I recently talked to a client who wanted to sell his family home. He had owned it since the 1970’s and it had not had many upgrades in years. He wanted to know what he should do to obtain the highest possible selling price. He was also wondering if it was worth his while to…
If you are fortunate enough to have aging parents who still live in the family home, you know that the day will come when they will move out. Whether this occurs because of deteriorating health or death itself, you or someone in your family will need to consider what to do with years of accumulated…
In my capacity as a real estate agent I have witnessed multiple legal nightmares due to senior homeowners not being properly legally prepared when normal life events like death or incapacitation occur. In one situation a retired man owned a home and his new wife had moved in. Unexpectedly he passed away. The house was…
For most retirees, their biggest asset is their house. In many cases, it’s also their biggest expense. But unfortunately when it comes to retirement planning, the house is often the last item on the list of later in life changes. There are many reasons this happens. Emotion is a major one, it is a hard…