I opened my Facebook this morning and read about one website's opinion on what 2011 Kitchens will resemble. Style at Home states, "The kitchen is the heart of the home. Indeed, no matter how lovely the living room, how comfortable the dining room chairs, you're sure to find a coterie of friends and family hovering around the kitchen whenever they're over. And no one can argue that having an up-to-date ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on January 6, 2011
Our experience Selling the House with Paulette Upshall and Century 21... Paulette was our realtor for both purchasing the house in Aug 08 and selling it in Jan 10. She was upfront, unrelenting and very professional. Because realtors assist people in life altering decisions as they are involved with buying and selling probably the biggest and most important purchase of our lives, they should hold ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on February 27, 2010
Over my almost 5 years in real estate, I've been a firm believers in keeping in "constant contact" with my clients, friends, colleagues, business associates, and family. One never knows when or where the next referral will come from. Besides that, it's important to develop a relationship with each and every contact you make.
Todays internet really makes this easy for us...we have Twitter, LinkedIn, ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on February 21, 2010
Believe it or not, the SPRING MARKET has already started to grow. Many real estate agents are commenting about a rise in the number of homes on the market and the larger number of buyers than last year this time.
It is anticipated that 2010 will be a better real estate year.
Are you ready? Seller - you need to start planning now. Interview for a REALTOR (R), clean the home and declutter, stage ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on February 15, 2010
Typically in December, I'm in quiet prepare for Christmas mode. Not this past December!
Besides taking the Broker's course and passing (yippee), I was down with a major case of the flu...it would've been nice to have down time. But that wasn't in the cards ...
Instead I listed a home in Halifax for $349,900 (6410 Chebucto Road), got an offer at the 4th viewing, we offered on another home on ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on January 7, 2010
Century 21 is a classy real estate office...Gold and Black are our very distinctive colours. We are the "Local Experts", we set "The Gold Standard", we are amazing....
Then why are we destroying ourselves with signage that looks tacky and unprofessional! Take a look at this picture of current signage being used in the HRM area....
I know that the sign itself is to Century 21 standards...but ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on November 22, 2009
October 2009 - the kiddies are back in school, extra-curricular activities have started up, and Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas are just around the corner. I know that in my own household, things have started to tick at a normal speed with Taekwon-Do 3x/week, swimming 1x/week, regular homework coming in from HPCS.
Believe it or not, the real estate FALL market is also in ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on October 5, 2009
Well it's finally here, the day parents have been looking forward to since the kids were released from school in June...
!!! RETURN TO SCHOOL DAY IN NOVA SCOTIA !!!
It was my first day actually going to the bus stop and watching my two boys walk onto the bus! Wow - what a great thing to finally experience! Of course, I hoped in the car and drove the distance to the school and waited for them to ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on September 2, 2009
Come visit these amazing homes - April 26th from 2 to 4 pm
169 Abbey Road, Halliburton Hills, Tantallon
419 Millwood Dr, Lower Sackville
420 LAUREL RIDGE DR, Beaverbank
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on April 13, 2009
Proposed in Federal Budget 2009
Action to Stimulate Housing Construction
The Government is providing $7.8 billion to build quality housing, stimulate
construction, encourage home ownership and enhance energy efficiency. Measures
include a Home Renovation Tax Credit providing up to $1,350 in tax relief to an
estimated 4.6 million Canadian families, up to $750 in tax relief for first-time ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on February 25, 2009