Why I stopped saying downsizing
Downsizing suggests a smaller life. Most of my clients are not shrinking anything. They are choosing a home that fits the life they actually want next.
Read this →The weight of thirty years
A client in Burlington knew exactly which house she wanted next. She could not start, because the basement held thirty years she had never had to look at.
Read this →Why the move is part of my job
Most agents list the house and leave the move to you. I treat the move as part of the work, paid for out of my commission rather than spent on advertising.
Read this →Decide where you want to live first
Most people start with the numbers and work backwards to a life. It is easier, and it works out better, to do it the other way round.
Read this →What a larger estate move actually involves
A long-held Oakville or Burlington property is not a bigger version of an ordinary sale. More can go wrong, and most of it goes wrong before the listing.
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