360renos - Home Improvement & Decor

How to make your home stand out when selling

We can help your house sell quickly and at a good price -- even in a slow market.

It takes a lot more than sparkling windows, scented candles and chocolate-chip cookies to sell a home in today's market.

Improvements should be made so that the property shows well, is consistent with the neighborhood and does not involve capital investments.

Beyond any doubt, the best investment you can make is new paint. Painting can make a room or an exterior façade look brand-new, and totally transform the look and feel of a room or the entire residence. It is always wise to be somewhat restrained when choosing colors for a home-staging paint project. Avoid choosing colors that are too individual or flashy and favor neutral colors and schemes. This does not mean painting everything white, however.

Use subtle color schemes to accentuate the home's strengths and minimize weaknesses. Dark colors, for example, tend to make a room feel smaller, while lighter colors and pastels can make a room feel bigger.

There is another benefit to painting as well: the process of preparing the interior or exterior surfaces of a home for painting automatically allows us to go over the entire area receiving paint in great detail, and this can often expose items or areas requiring repair. It seems you always discover where the caulking has let go, where the wall is dinged.

It is always preferable that we discover and deal with these items before the real estate agent (or worse, the prospective buyer) points them out to you!

Dave - 360renos




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Monday, March 29, 2010

Building Permits and Forms


Tis the season for the busy deck building season. The city of Ottawa requires building permits for the construction of most types new decks that you may adding to your home. The permit is to ensure your project meets minimum structural, fire, health and safety, construction and building standards.

It is the homeowner's responsibility to obtain all proper permits for the work occurring on your premises — but the contractor can do it for you, if that's part of your contract. At 360renos we can handle this step for the homeowner as it usually involves detailed drawings and measurements that must be submitted with the permit application. An inspector will check any work that is done after a permit has been issued on a pre-determined schedule.

The Building Permit links below guide you to the required permits and forms you need for any building project.

Need to know how to prepare and apply for a building permit? This link will show you what approvals, fees and applications you need for that new building project.
Link to City of Ottawa - Building Permits page

Want to know what building projects need a permit?
Link to City of Ottawa - Building Permits

How about building projects that do not need a permit?
Link to City of Ottawa - Building Permits


Thanks,

Dave - 360renos

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