You know you want one...I know I do!

Green Calgary along with the City of Calgary and Enmax have organized a rain barrel and composter sale again this year.

What is it?

Where is it? Various locations around Calgary.

What exactly are they selling?

Rain barrels and composters are great additions to your Calgary home and yard.  

Reasons why you should water your garden...

Spring is finally here in Calgary!  We finally had a beautiful weekend and there are more to come. 

This means it is time to get the yard in order, clean up all the old leaves, branches and other organic puke that has fallen from the trees and shrubs over the past several months.

Spring Clean Up - Before 

But what do you do with it?  Putting it out for city of Calgary curb...

A recent discussion took place between Realtors and Lawyers regarding home surveillance systems such as web cams and/or nanny cams in homes for sale. 

Topics discussed were breaching privacy of prospective buyer’s while they discussed confidential information about pricing or motivation and the legality of a home seller being able to do this.

*Nanny and Web Cams in Homes for...

Yes - I said free...everyone likes that word!

For the past several years I have been using the City of Calgary's free sand and salt box service for my home.  Based on how many people I see out there using the purchased products, I'm guessing this is not common knowledge - so I'm sharing.  

City of Calgary Provides Free Road Gravel/Sand and Salt Mix

Check for a location close...

Welcome back to my blog posts explaining Secondary Suites in Calgary.  You can read part 1 here.

I was hoping to dabble into development processes however I had a couple people contact me with respect to R-1 and RC-1 being able to be re-designated along with some people having DC or “Direct Control” zoning and they believe they could have a suite.

Let’s start with...

Timing…very important in today’s real estate market. 

Selling a home for the right price and shortest amount of time simply comes down to timing.  A very common question asked of me is ‘when is the best time to sell’?  Many believe the spring is ultimate.  I say not so much.

There are serious buyers out looking for homes at all times and even...

Yes, it’s that time of year again, Fall.  We know winter is just around the corner.  We have had an incredible summer here in Calgary, the fall is proving to be just as nice with warm day time temperatures.

We must not forget though, winter can come quick and harsh.  The best time to prepare your home is now while the weather is still warm and service companies are not...

A couple months ago a good friend of mine handed me a book she wrote.  My first reaction that came to mind was “I’m not really interested in diving into a book right now”.  And, really – at that specific moment in life I really struggled to relax for an hour at some point in a day to read a book.

“How to Make People Listen (without being pushy” is the name.  The name intrigued me.

After...

Proposal of Secondary Suites in Calgary has drawn up a heated debate in our city hall, but has it in the public? 

Relaxing the rules on secondary suites was being discussed by our Mayor Nenshi and Aldermen once again this past Monday.  Nothing has come of the discussions aside from a couple Aldermen making statements like “unconstitutional” to allow suites everywhere by Ald. Richard Pootmans....