Confessions of a Peterborough Realtor

The year is  coming to an end and I've been going through old files and getting geared up for another year.  As I was looking through my old blog posts I found this one and had a good laugh and felt the need to post it again.  If you have already read it, thanks for stopping by again, if not enjoy my story of selling our family home in Sarnia.

I wanted to write this evening about something a little different, not mortgages, green homes or tips on buying or selling, I wanted to write about the experience I had when we sold our family home eight years ago.

When I was four years old I remember my parents taking my sisters and I to see the new big dream home we were going to live in. It still had fake deer that the current owners had put in the garden for decoration and I thought that was the BEST THING EVER. To my dismay the fake deer were gone when we moved in, but I still loved our new home. As we all grew older the basement was finished, the backyard spruced up and every room was up to date with the latest interior decor trends. Just when it seemed every part of our home couldn’t get any better my parents broke the news, we were moving. Us kids had all grown up, almost all moved out and my parents needed a change in scenery. I hoped they would redo the living room again, but they insisted the house was too big and our time in Sarnia had come to an end.

The day the real estate agent put his sign up on the lawn I thought it was the ugliest landmark on the street and refused to accept that our time on Errol Road was coming to an end. Our house did sell as all homes eventually do and boxes we had to pack. It was hard on us all, but we had to say goodbye to our home of fifteen years. I hated every moment of selling our home, but you know what, I’m glad I went through it. I believe it has made me a better realtor. I’ve been working with clients who know a new home is needed for their situation, but are having a difficult time selling and saying goodbye to their home and I really do sympathise with these clients. I understand how hard a move can be on a family. Usually when people are moving it’s during a time of change, and change can be stressful.

Hopefully you're getting ready to move because you're moving into your first home, you're a newlywed or expecting another baby, but there are changes in life that require a new home that aren’t so welcomed. Our goal is to help make your transition in life easier.  So, if you’re about to make a move that is stressing you out, call us, we know it can be hard and want to help you. We won’t even get mad if your kid runs over the for sale sign with their bike, I’d be a hypocrite if I did.

-Jane Ross
sales representative

Capturing The Home's Best Features

When listing a home our team often invests in a professional commercial photographer to take photos that best display all the features the home has to offer.  These photos are posted on numerous websites and of course MLS.  Potential buyers are looking at these photographs and the more attractive and clear the photos are the more likely these buyers will call their agent to make sure they book a private showing.  Now a little about Colin Rycroft our go to commercial photographer:

Colin was born and raised in Whitby, Canada and graduated with honours from the Creative Photography Program at Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Canada. Colin also earned the Academic Award of Excellence for the highest grade in his program.

Colin enjoys all genres of photography, but his focus is commercial still life photography. The ability to control the subject and its lighting, and mould the image into his creative vision, is what draws him to the genre. 

To view some of his studio work visit www.colinrycroft.com
This is a little something extra our team likes to do for our clients; a picture says a thousand words and sometimes makes the difference when selling a house. 

-Jane Ross
Sales Representative