Buying A Home Archives - Tracy Carson, Real Estate Sales Representative

May 16, 2023December 24, 2022

Long Weekend Adventure

May is a wonderful time of year when spring slowly yields to the warm breezes of summer. It's a month full of anticipation for the coming holidays. Here are some family fun ideas to help start your summer. Heirloom container gardening For yard or enjoy container gardening, May is typically the planting season for early …

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October 1, 2022December 17, 2021

Log Homes & Cabins

Log homes have a special appeal and an aesthetic that invites occupants to reconnect with nature. Living in a log home is something akin to 'art as an experience'. Log construction has evolved, from being an essential part of European and North American housing stock, to a building method that is kept alive by popular …

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September 16, 2022December 17, 2021

Siting A New Home

Home siting is the process of determining how to place the house on a building lot for maximum liveability. Siting is influenced mostly by the building footprint compared to available land. In the countryside, natural features such as rocks, hills, and water can limit the number of sites. In the city, most people will build …

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May 1, 2022December 17, 2021

Owner-Builder Advantages

You may have visited a brand new home while shopping for real estate. They are the benchmark for home buyers everywhere. House-hunters will visit a show home and then compare everything else they see to that standard. The first thing you might notice is that the exterior looks very modern with an on-trend style. Around …

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March 1, 2022December 20, 2021

Condos Are Communities

One of the nice things about buying a condo is the sense of security in a collective. Neighbours usually have similar lifestyles and expectations for their home. There is a congruence of feeling and a will to develop and maintain a sense of community. Some communities are passive, some are proactive, and some are activist. …

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January 15, 2022December 17, 2021

Buy New Or Resale?

Buying a home can be an exercise in priorities and value. Homebuyers are inundated with different comparable properties, each having it's own value proposition. One predominant factor that more people are looking at is return on investment and total cost of ownership over a period of five to ten years. There are a number of …

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