Are you someone who is thinking of selling your home?
You are waiting to see what the market will do?
Waiting to find the right home before putting your home on the market?
You think that the Ottawa Spring market will get you more money?
If you are one of those people, then I think you should think twice about your decision and maybe reconsider. The Ottawa Real Estate market is still very active but our listing inventory is very low. We have many clients still looking for homes but there are very few homes for sale. I just listed a beautiful home today (Oct 21, 2009) and we have 8 visits already booked within 24 hours of listing it on the mls system. Does this mean buyers are out looking? Absolutely!!!
Last Friday one of my clients put an offer on a beautiful home and we were competing with 3 other offers. The house was priced right and it was sold for more than asking. It is a seller's market.
If everyone ( all the clients sitting on the fence ) decided to list their home, then I think that we could be selling many more homes before the winter sets in. The interest rates are starting to increase so you better lock in your rate now before it's too late.
I also have another beautiful Cardel home that will be listed tomorrow. Stay tuned for this one too as this is a stunning home that should also sell very fast.
Time to take a chance and let's sell your home for top dollar. Give me a call or call your agent to make a move and sell your home!
I just received my green bin yesterday from the city of Ottawa. I had been seeing the trucks driving around dropping them off all over Orleans, but yesterday it was my turn to get mine. 
You will be able to start using your green bin in January 2010 here in Ottawa. I am guessing it will take them that long to distribute all these bins and to get organized for the pick up and that everything will run smoothly.
Your green bin looks pretty good. Take a look inside, you also get a kitchen container, user guide (very useful) sample liner bags and a green bin sticker to remind you of what you can put in there and what you can't I was VERY surprised at what you can put in these green bins. There are many tips and tricks on how to use your kitchen container & green bin. You can even go on the Ottawa's web site to create a liner for the kitchen container, making it easier to keep clean. 
Check out the long list of what you can out in the green bins and a very short list of what you can't.
Food waste or scraps:
Baking ingredients, herbs and spices
Bread, cereals, crackers and grains
Candy and gum
Chips, popcorn and nuts
Coffee grounds and filters
Cookies, cakes, muffins and pastries
Dairy products (cheese, sour cream)
Dough
Eggs and egg shells
Fruits and vegetables
Jams, Jellies, Marmelades/chutney
Leftover cooking oils, lard, shortening, fat, butter and margarine
Meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, pork bones and scraps
Nuts and shells
Pasta, beans, rice and couscous
Peanut butter
Pet food
Pits (all types)
Salad dressing, mayonnaise, vinegar, sauces, marinades, dips and gravy
Seeds
Tea and tea bags
Yard waste:
Branches, twigs and hedge trimmings
Leaves
Plants and weeds
Grass clippings
Other acceptable items
Animal bedding (e.g. bird and hamster cages)
Barbeque Ashes
Butcher’s meat wrap
Cold fireplace ash
Cotton balls
Dryer lint
Floor sweepings, vacuum bags and vacuum contents
Food-soiled paper towels, napkins and tissues
Food-soiled pizza boxes (pizza boxes should not go in black bin)
Household plants, including soil
Kitty litter and other pet waste (without the plastic bag)
Microwave popcorn bags
Paper coffee cups, plates and muffin wrappers
Pet fur, hair and feathers
Soiled paper, boxboard and cardboard
Sugar, flour and potato paper bags
Waxed paper, cardboard and cold drink cups
Wooden popsicle sticks and toothpicks
Wood chips, sawdust and untreated wood scraps (less than four inches in any dimension)
Not allowed in the green bin:
Plastic bags of any kind (even the compostable varieties aren’t allowed)
Diapers and sanitary products (as they contain plastics)
You can visit the city's web site ( Ottawa.ca/greenbin ) to get more information about these green bins.
It's always a good idea to have your house ready when you are selling. One of the areas that is sometimes overlooked is your basement. We figure that it's just another extra space that clients might not really care about. In my opinion it's an asset for many people looking at homes, specially if they have teenage kids. It could be the perfect retreat for them.
The basement is also where your foundation is important for your home.
Make sure to look at the walls, inside and out & address any issues you can see. Look for cracks, water seepage, efflorescence, crumbling mortar or concrete and rotting wood. If you identify any of these issues then you should look into it further and get it looked at by a professional. If you have an offer on your house and the inspector finds these issues, it might be more difficult to convince the buyers that it isn't an issue.
You might need a de-humidifier if your basement is damp. Your basement should also be clean and de-cluttered just like the rest of your house. It will show the buyers that you care about every aspect of your home. Clean your furnace room, change the filter of your furnace and also wipe down the top of your hot water tank. It might also be a good idea to get the furnace cleaned before your house goes on the market. It helps keep the furnace in good working condition and it's one less thing for the buyers to be negative about.If you have pets and the litter box is in the basement make sure it is clean. This could be one of the negative items potential buyers will remember, specially if they don't have pets.
The basement is part of your home, make sure to prepare it as well.
You are cleaning up your house to get ready to sell it or you are just de-cluttering. You have a big fridge that is very heavy and it's sitting in your basement. You want to get rid of it but it's too much of a pain to haul it out of the basement. Even if you get it out of the basement, where to you put it? It's big, it's bulky and the garbage men/women won't pick it up.
How do you get rid of it? Well the Province of Ontario can help you. In their effort to help with the recycling they will be able to come pick up your fridge, as long as it's more than 15 years old and it's in working condition.
You can also visit their web site at EveryKilowattCounts.ca to get more information or details on the program. I personally got rid of a fridge last year and it's great to be able to do it for FREE and also helping the environment. You can even schedule your fridge pick up online! How easy is that?
Today was such a beautiful day and we had a few visitors at our open house in the Rockland Town Square. There are still 8 units available as of right now but 2 of the units will likely be sold by Wednesday of this week.
A few clients are still waiting to see what is going to happen but pasr experience says that once they start selling they will go fast. If you are looking for a possession date of early Spring you better hurry. I also took the time to take a few pictures of the first block. Things are looking pretty good. The road is coming along pretty good, the curbs are in and it looks like they will be paving the road very soon.
These beautiful homes are almost 1,300 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood & ceramic on the main floor and ceramic in the bathrooms. There are many options to choose from with the kitchen, bathroom layouts and much more.
You can look on Twitter to see the progress of the townhouses in Rockland.
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