http://www.valeriezinger.com Valerie Zinger on Ottawa Real Estate Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you know that you can wash the plastic liner behind your shower curtain.  After washing it in the machine with a few towels, rehang the curtain.  You know not to put it in the dryer.  Most mildew and spots on the curtain will be gone.  If not, an investment ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/zingers-89-curtains-3556/ Civic Hospital Area MLS® Area 4504   Residential              61 Units Detached                 44 Units; Average Price Sold $550,660, Average DOM – 24 Row                           1 Unit Semi Detached       16 Units; Average Price Sold $387,036, Average DOM – 29 Condos                    16 Units; Average Price Sold $334,593, Average DOM – 30   Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton http://www.valeriezinger.com/ottawa-neighbourhood-mls%c2%ae-sales-2009-civic-hospital-3676/ Almost every house that I have taken Buyers to see has had some type of lighting fixture in the diningroom  Every Buyer has inspected the light fixture to determine how much they love it.  Knowing this, if you are putting your house on the market there are three reasons for ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/dining-room-lighting-3-reasons-to-change-or-upgrade-3475/ Have you heard of Toto plumbing fixtures?  Are you selling in an up market and want your bathroom to stand out among the competition?  Look for the Japanese bathroom fixture brand Toto.  They are enormously popular in high end homes and motels. It may be a case of “Snobism” but ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/zingers-88-this-isn%e2%80%99t-kansas-any-more-3554/ Stittsville MLS® Areas 8201, 8202, 8203 (including Fringewood)   Residential              363 Units Detached                  297 Units; Average Price Sold $382,082, Average DOM – 34 Row                           52 Units; Average Price Sold $264,309, Average DOM – 24 Semi Detached         14 Units; Average Price Sold $316,978, Average DOM – 11 Condos                    49 Units (mostly row unit ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/ottawa-neighbourhood-mls%c2%ae-sales-2009-stittsville-3665/ We all know that home Buyers are buying the house, not the contents.  However, Buyers are influenced by how the house is decorated.  It gives a message about lifestyle and care and attention.  If you have a couch that is beyond redemption but getting it re-upholstered  would be cost prohibitive, ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/when-ratty-looks-tatty-give-it-the-slip-3450/ Not every low-flow toilet is able to handle waste.  If you have to replace one of the water guzzling old toilets that actually functioned and wonder what will work, look for a dual flow tank, talk to the sales people and/or go on the internet to find evaluations of toilets ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/zingers-87-six-litres-of-water-3552/ Blackburn Hamlet MLS® Areas  2310, 2302, 2303   Residential              57 Units Detached                 38 Units; Average Price Sold $345,328, Average DOM – 29 Row                          15 Units; Average Price Sold $246,633, Average DOM – 35 Semi Detached         4 Units; Average Price Sold $233,550, Average DOM – 13 Condos                    49 Units (mostly row unit style)Average Price ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/ottawa-neighbourhood-mls%c2%ae-sales-2009-blackburn-hamlet-3655/ As you get closer to putting your house on the market, take some time to declutter the inside of the fridge.  We all seem to keep condiments that have expired sometimes 2 - 3 years ago.  There may be onions that are sprouting in the crisper and leaking sauce bottles at ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/selling-and-decluttering-the-inside-of-the-fridge-3484/ Is there carpeting in your bathroom?  Look at replacing it with tiles.  A bathroom is not large.  Tiling will take a bit of time in the confined space but the tiles will not cost a fortune.  Buyers want to see clean, hygenic flooring. If it is already tiled, clean the ... http://www.valeriezinger.com/zingers-86-bathroom-carpeting-3551/