How to Get Your Kids Involved with Home Gardening

If you’re spending a lot of time at home with your kids (as many of us during COVID-19 are), you’re likely looking for something else you can do with them. Gardening is an excellent pastime to introduce your kids to as it shows them where the food they eat and the plants they admire come …

Easy DIY Home Projects to Do While in Self-Isolation

Who would have thought that we'd spend the Spring of 2020 in self-isolation?! But while it certainly isn't what we likely planned on doing, it's what we need to do for the health and safety of everyone. And since we have no choice, all we can do is make the best of it and maybe …

How to Prepare Your Garden for Spring

Spring is in the air, and these warmer days make us long to be outside tending to our gardens. No matter if you only have a few plants on your deck or a yard full of fruits and vegetables, it's that exciting time of year when you should start preparing for your spring gardening! Here's …

How to Make Home Repair Requests of a Home Seller

Having a home inspection done before you commit to buying a house is a vital step in the home buying process. It can save you the headache of moving into a home that ends up being more trouble than it's worth. And most homes that aren't new will likely have a few things that require …

Home Renovation vs. Remodel: Is There a Difference?

Renovate and remodel — two interchangeable terms, right? In fact, most people confuse the two when they talk about what they're planning for their own homes. There are a few significant differences you should know about when deciding to update your home.   Home Renovation   A home renovation means restoring or updating what's currently …

How to Make Your Real Estate Listing Stand Out

Let’s face it — the Victoria housing market is competitive, and if you want to sell for top dollar, you need to make your listing pop. Most potential home buyers have so many MLS listings to sort through that yours could be easily missed. So what makes for an impressive real estate listing? Here are …

How to Sell a Home in Need of Repairs

There may come a time when your home’s needs become too vast for what you can handle, and you decide it’s time to downsize. Or maybe you’ve been merely slacking on your repairs, and now you must relocate for another reason. Whatever the case may be, you’re currently facing a situation where you have to …

6 Best Kitchen Countertops to Choose for Your Home

Are you bored with your kitchen and are dreaming of doing an extensive kitchen renovation? But the significant disruption and massive expense of a complete kitchen remodel is probably stopping you. Replacing your countertops is an easy way to breathe new life into your kitchen without having to tear everything up or making you break …

5 Reasons Why Your Home Isn’t Selling

Has your home been on the real estate market for a while with no serious offers? If you’re starting to get frustrated, you should take a look at these 5 reasons why your home isn’t selling.   You’ve Priced It Too High   It can be tempting to price your home on the higher side …

How to Host a Memorable Festive Party

It’s Christmastime, so for many of us, we’re thinking of hosting a party to bring all our loved ones together to celebrate this magical season. No matter if you want to host a handful of select friends or throw a huge party with everyone you’ve met since Kindergarten, you want it to be fun and …