September 2022

Reasons to Move to Port Stanley

Posted on Sep 21, 2022

The main reasons people move to Port Stanley today, for the most part, we're seeing a lot of retirees coming into the area. Obviously proximity to the lake and the beach. Not to mention all the, the restaurants, the shops, and the entertainment that we have here. Port Stanley and Elgin as a whole.

The St. Thomas General Hospital, as well as Victoria...

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Craziest Thing I've Seen In A Home

Posted on Sep 20, 2022

I have seen some very unique homes. You always kind of scratch your head. It's like, what was someone thinking about. The most unique one? It was a bright red bathtub in a basement that was tiled in, it looked like a sex dungeon in, in this, in this person's home. It was definitely one that, uh, my clients and I were definitely scratching our heads...

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My Hockey Incident

Posted on Sep 19, 2022

I was playing pick up hockey a number of years back. And there was two guys that were going for the puck and I skirted around them, picked up the puck. And when they collided, I got a stick right across the front of my two teeth, knocked out half of my, tooth front teeth. So I was partially toothless for a few days until I can get in to see the den...

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How to do a Water Sample for Your Home

Posted on Sep 15, 2022

  What is a water sample? I'm at one of my newest listings and before it hits the market we gotta do a water sample. So water samples are typically done on rural properties where you've got a well and we just want to confirm the potability of the water.

So potability means no E coli and no coliform. And typically lenders will want to see a clean bill...

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My Viral Haunted Listing Campaign

Posted on Sep 14, 2022


 Oh, yes. The viral haunted listing. So we were selling a manse to a church. It had been on the market for a couple weeks. We hadn't really been getting much action. We were coming into the beginning of October and I thought it would be a great idea to have a marketing campaign that said not haunted on the, on the listing or on the sign.

And people w...

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How to Tell the Age of Any Window

Posted on Sep 14, 2022


I go in lots of showings and lots of houses get to see lots of things. Had a client recently ask how I knew the age of the windows. Here's a funny little tip for you. Something you may or may not know inside the window. You can see in the seam. We can see the manufacturer as well as we can see the date.

So there you go, go home, take a look at your...

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