This house is for sale

[trailmix 77]

How long do they have a contract with their current Realtor? I think I'd be tempted to list with someone else..

Believe me, there are some bad ones out there.. the guy who is trying to sell our house (we rent) for our landlord... crrreeeeeeeppppy guy... I wouldn't buy a bag of ice from him..

I personally think she is a big part of the problem. I know her as we bought our house in Calgary using her - she is so nice, if you met her today you would be wanting to go have coffee, because while she talks your ear off she is warm and funny and interesting.

However. I dont' think she can actually sell a house.

As I say, we bought a house from her but I found the house, we just dragged her over to look at it and do the paperwork.

Not sure what their contract is with her right now.

Edited January 9, 2009 by trailmix

[trailmix 77]

Oh and I realized I forgot to say thanks to all of you!

Your comments are really helpful so thank you!

[Texanadian 10]

Forced air.....is that electric or gas?

There is no such thing as an oversized single car garage. For houses, I consider 2 car the bare minimum. 3 car is good. More is always better. But for 1500 sq ft, having a single car garage is nice.

I much prefer wood or laminate instead of carpet. I hate carpet! So that's good. I'd prefer a thicker wood railing and fence along the stairway instead of the thin metal railing.

Open designs are nice. Better airflow, feels bigger. And it makes the rooms brighter too.

I do find the colours of the kitchen cabinets and the walls to be a bit bland. But that could always be changed.

[vanee 13]

As others pointed out, the description is evasive in parts. A better description and more photos would help. Why not have a photo of each bedroom, each bathroom, and the basement? The basement may not be a selling point, but a photo will show what it is, and the seller won't lose potential buyers over the unknown.

[jedinite 0]

I grew up in Calgary and I am currently still here working on my transition back to the US. Anyways, I'm not a huge fan of the area. It's in the SE and beside Forrest Lawn (Calgary natives consider that the "ghetto") and Foothills industrial park is near by and it's sort of unsightly. Being close to Deerfoot is ok, but unlike other major cities there's not an extensive freeway system and being close to Deerfoot isn't really a positive thing. The NE/SE area that it's located in is in a higher crime area. For the area and the price it's a bit high. You can get a home in newer and more affluent areas for less, I saw a listing today for Country Hills area for the same price. Country Hills is in the far North part of town, it's a newer area and is a great starter area. You really have to consider what you want from the home and community when buying. Proximity to transit, schools, shopping centers, etc. Calgary doesn't have the best transit system so being relatively near an LRT stop is convenient if you and/or your husband work downtown. The express buses are good for most parts of the city if you commute during rush-hour as well so LRT proximity can be weighed less.

As for everyone talking about the high price of the house, Calgary market is about that much for a home of that size, if not more. The difference between Calgary and many other cities in Canada, is that it's a big job market. Budgets are a bit tight this year because of the price of oil, but out of all the cities in Canada I'd say Calgary would be the city to stave off most of the hardships of a recession because of the industry. As long as energy is relatively profitable Calgary will thrive, and thus there will be many more jobs to be filled and people move here because of that. It's basic economics really, supply and demand and Calgary is still demanding workers.

Erinwoods, is more of a blue collar area, people with lower incomes and the schools around there tend to produce less academic students. It might be okay for Elementary School, but getting into Jr High and High School the students in the NE and central SE areas of Calgary tend to have lower averages and don't really pursuit higher or post-secondary schooling. That's just my take on it but while attending the University of Calgary I meet very, very few people from schools in the NE and SE parts of the city.

[trailmix 77]

I grew up in Calgary and I am currently still here working on my transition back to the US. Anyways, I'm not a huge fan of the area. It's in the SE and beside Forrest Lawn (Calgary natives consider that the "ghetto") and Foothills industrial park is near by and it's sort of unsightly. Being close to Deerfoot is ok, but unlike other major cities there's not an extensive freeway system and being close to Deerfoot isn't really a positive thing. The NE/SE area that it's located in is in a higher crime area. For the area and the price it's a bit high. You can get a home in newer and more affluent areas for less, I saw a listing today for Country Hills area for the same price. Country Hills is in the far North part of town, it's a newer area and is a great starter area. You really have to consider what you want from the home and community when buying. Proximity to transit, schools, shopping centers, etc. Calgary doesn't have the best transit system so being relatively near an LRT stop is convenient if you and/or your husband work downtown. The express buses are good for most parts of the city if you commute during rush-hour as well so LRT proximity can be weighed less.

As for everyone talking about the high price of the house, Calgary market is about that much for a home of that size, if not more. The difference between Calgary and many other cities in Canada, is that it's a big job market. Budgets are a bit tight this year because of the price of oil, but out of all the cities in Canada I'd say Calgary would be the city to stave off most of the hardships of a recession because of the industry. As long as energy is relatively profitable Calgary will thrive, and thus there will be many more jobs to be filled and people move here because of that. It's basic economics really, supply and demand and Calgary is still demanding workers.

Erinwoods, is more of a blue collar area, people with lower incomes and the schools around there tend to produce less academic students. It might be okay for Elementary School, but getting into Jr High and High School the students in the NE and central SE areas of Calgary tend to have lower averages and don't really pursuit higher or post-secondary schooling. That's just my take on it but while attending the University of Calgary I meet very, very few people from schools in the NE and SE parts of the city.

I can't believe you bothered to type all that out...really.

You just trashed half a city.

Edited January 11, 2009 by trailmix

[William33 110]

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