BY KATHY, LAUREN & JOE GORDON Real Estate Agent with REMAX Professionals Inc. October 11, 2017 08:02 AM





 

What if a home could improve upon your five senses? 

Great Gulf homes in Canada, Etobicoke's Centennial Park neighbourhood have created this new age home to enhance your life and lifestyle. It is the first of its kind and they call it Active House. Their approach is the efforts of a team of Denmark and Canadian scientists determining what in a home can be improved upon with todays technologies to make it the best possible experience.

Active House is a better way to build and live in your home.The five senses we enjoy as human beings are the senses Great Gulf has focussed on for a better living…

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"the easiest way to organize your stuff is to get rid of most of it"



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A loved ones lifestyle is changing. It could be a downsize, a divorce or even a death in the family. The challenges of this moment in your families life is difficult to understand. Moving your parents is one big thing, finding a caring place is another. Then selling your childhood home seems inconsequential after helping your family cope. 

Our job is to minimize the challenges and our specialty is meeting with everyone involved, providing the expertise needed to solve the families issues, to do with Real Estate. Getting the family home ready, whether it is decluttering, Cleaning, moving old furniture out and staging new furniture and accessories to update your home…

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On the Glen 

Right in the heart of Etobicoke, where there once was a school Kipling Grove for Juniors from Kindegarten TO Grade 6 there now, as of  September 30 is a site plan. A brand new 53 home housing development by Minto a Canadian company. Its called Glen Agar and it is a wonderful mix of traditional and contemporary architecture. 3-4500 square foot two storey homes on a wide variety of lot sizes to choose from. Nestled on two cul-du-sacs running off of Glen Agar Drive you will see the transformation taking place as we blog.  Here is a video of the property and you can call us to go see the Presentation and answer any questions you may have about the homes, landscaping, features etc. We have sourced out all the information for you and will help guide…

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Mimico, Etobicoke, Mimico home of the wild pigeons and Etobicoke "where the alders grow" as the Indian tribes of the day named them. Changes have come and have gone since those early days and what you see today is an active, vibrant community along the lake shore of many new architecturally designed plus environmentally pleasing space.

 

 

From the bridge that crosses the river and the paths etched out along the lake, you can enjoy the dog-walking people watching spectacle. " TORONTO" displayed of driftwood sits on the shore across from a City view of our growing skyline. Development rages on in this zone of skyscrapers.

 

            

 

Downsizers, Millenials, from all walks are making this lake front a destination for living…

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 Etobicoke Housing Deck

Etobicoke is our focus, of course when we analyze the Economics reports from the Banks. The most recent are from Scotiabank and its VP Derek Holt.

Canada vs the International market shows that we are not overvalued yet but we are expensive. But not to Americans or the US dollar investors. To the Global market, Canada still looks like a good place to live not just invest.

As this relates to us in Etobicoke with its easy access to the Airport and Downtown of the largest city in Canada both economically and growth wise we are in a very positive positioning.  What's happening currently we have an increase of listings in TORONTO but once this dissipates (due to spring market) I think we will be back to it. Multiple offers have…

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Our latest home for sale is loaded with features both on the exterior and interior. In this fast moving market as is Toronto sometimes these get lost in the fever that is home purchasing. 

First and foremost is that the home sits backing onto a ravine known as the Credit River. Next, it sits on a quiet cul du sac with an estate like curb appeal. Professional landscaping and of course a beautifully decked out swimming pool of grand size. So once you get past these major amenities you might not notice all the other add-ons the present owner has bestowed upon this gorgeous home. Then you see the photos, but they don't tell the whole story. So here they are. 

Now, what would think these would add to the home's value. The value should be measured in…

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Go Fetchit is a new service I tried out the other day which runs like an Uber service for delivery and pickup of items. I needed to get rid of two appliances and lumber materials to be taken to the dump. We use Uhaul for our Staging service on a regular basis. But with Uhaul you need to get help with the lifting, rental of the truck, insurance on the truck and kilometers and gas for the truck. These are the fixed costs. So when I needed to get rid of the items already mentioned I wanted a simpler way of doing it minus all the headaches of finding help and insurance etc. 

I watched a recent TV program on Zoomers TV on Downsizing your home to a smaller premise. The show had a panel of advisors on it from the Real Estate industry, mortgage, and…

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On all of the homes we get to sell we feature a virtual tour which shows the photos, an interactive floorplan, a map and a Virtual tour panning the photos of the home. As well to give your homes more life we now offer a video of the street and Lauren showcasing the homes features. This way you get to meet us prior to an appointment.

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Here's an experience , that if you believe may help you just get that winning offer.

Jack Cansfield, a best-selling author relays his own Mothers experience to us in The Secret. Do you believe in Manifest Destiny?

 She was buying a new house and several people besides her had put offers for this particular house. His Mother decided to use The Secret to make that house hers. She sat down and wrote her name and the new address of the house over and over. She continued doing this until it felt as though it was her address. She then imagined placing all of her furniture in that new house. Within hours of doing these things, she received a phone call saying her offer had been accepted. She was so thrilled, but it didn't come as a surprise to her…

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Andy Capelluto

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AGENTOPINION

Will she convince him of the sales tactic's value?

    BYCRAIG C. ROWE STAFF WRITER   Key Takeaways
  • Staging doesn't have to be about major renovations. Let the buyer worry about what kind of countertops they like.
  • Decluttering and cleaning needs to be done inside and outside of every house for sale.

We want everything out of the house that lets a person know who owns the house. – Andy Capelluto


Andy Capelluto

Given my rather stiff stance on staging, my editors and I agreed it could be fun for me to speak with a woman who recently authored a book on the subject.

Her name is Andy…

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