What To Repair Before You List

When you’re getting ready to list your home, it’s of the upmost importance to ensure you are showing it in the best light. Taking time to highlight its strengths and fix up some of its possible weaknesses can make a big difference in how fast it sells. Here are our top four recommended repairs to make before selling your home.

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Seasonal Care For A Lush Lawn

How to keep your lawn fresh all year long? Four Steps for four seasons.

How to keep your lawn fresh all year long? Four Steps for four seasons


Thanks so much for taking the time to read my Blog. If you require more information on buying or selling a home please give me a call. I was born in and am native to Chatham, Ontario. I began my real estate career in 1989, I have been a member of the MLS Chatham-Kent Real Estate Board since 1989. I joined the Royal LePage Sales Team in 2001. I’ve been helping my clients buy and sell homes in the Chatham-Kent area for over 25 years. Give me a call today at (519) 401-5470 for a free, no-obligation consultation.
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Staging Strategies For Your Home

Staging your home is all about putting the best foot forward for potential buyers. By highlighting its most desirable features, you can draw more interest for your home and leave a lasting impression that is sure to help you sell it more quickly. Here’s what you should keep in mind as you prepare for your next viewing!

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Common Landscaping Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Landscaping is an important part of having a yard because landscape is the first thing people see when they arrive at a space. Before beginning, it is important to create a budget and develop a plan and color scheme. Having the proper equipment is essential, and if you prefer not to handle certain aspects of landscaping, you should hire a professional company.

Keeping a maintenance and care schedule is important because certain tasks, including cutting the grass and pruning, must be completed in a timely manner. Spend time learning how-to avoid common landscaping mistakes so your lawn will look beautiful and pristine.

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Create The Office Of Your Dreams

Whether you work full-time at home or occasionally need to conduct business in the evenings or on the weekends, a home office a great way to utilize an extra room. A dedicated workspace in your home can be designed to increase productivity and comfort. Here are 5 ideas to get you started.

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Make Your Own Bug Repellent

At some point in our lives, we all are struck with different kinds of bugs in our homes. No matter what the type is, bugs can be annoying as they bring about damage and allergies with them. Getting rid of bugs is not an easy task; using bug fix chemicals can cause a health risk, so people are finding natural bug fixes to get rid of them.  Using natural bug fixes can keep the bugs and insects away, and you can be safe without the use of harmful pesticides. Here are eight easy ways to get rid of these tiny unwanted creatures from your houses.

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Tips When Choosing Cabinet Paint

One easy way to entirely transform the look of almost everything is by changing its color through painting. While painting can be a fun job to do, applying it to give your kitchen cabinets a major makeover is not an easy task indeed. Cabinets served an important purpose for your kitchen; hence, it is quite normal that they take up a large area of visual space. Which means that the color of your cabinets is a crucial factor to consider and must compliment well with the other decorations within its vicinity.

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