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Stains On My Window

December 15, 2011 | Buying, Real Estate, Renovation

As a lover of architecture and art history, I am entranced by vintage stained glass. Whether it's the majestic rose of a Gothic church or a wee transom in a modest Victorian rowhouse, I think antique stained glass windows are enchantingly elegant. However, I don't think this way about modern stained glass. This week I sold a thoughtfully-designed 18 year…
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Smooth Move, I Hope

January 07, 2011 | Buying, Real Estate, Selling

  First, one of the joys of blogging is finding pics that appropriately convey what you're trying to say. Once I had decided to call this blog 'Smooth Move' I googled my title and these were four of many images that came up in the search engine. My apologies in advance if I'm using your…
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The ‘Can’t Touch This’ Market

June 14, 2010 | Buying, Real Estate, Selling

Lately it's been a challenge bringing buyers and sellers together to create a meeting of the minds when negotiating a real estate transaction. As the bidding wars diminish buyers are wanting to negotiate with sellers yet, after years of increasing property values, sellers are reluctant to let go of their properties for anything less…
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Summer Time Beef

June 07, 2010 | Buying, Real Estate, Selling

As summer rolls in with another warm breezy weekend (including a lashing night time thunder storm), by end of day Sunday my neighbourhood was filled with the sound of chatter, clinking glasses and the scent of steak grilling on the barbecue. Everyone is embracing their 'summer rooms', whether that be their patio, garden, deck…
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