Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May Selling a House in a buyers Market from App on front lawns across the for Sale signs Are popping up almost As rapidly As tulips and but this Spring higher mortgage unemployment and Lack of consumer Confidence have resulted in far More houses for Sale than there Are if you Are trying to sell a real estate experts offer these Cru Cial tips Price competitively to set a fair consider an in dependent experts suggest keeping abreast of the Competition by studying what comparable Homes those similar in age and condition have sold for this in formation should be available at a municipality real estate tax of a listing agent also should have that advertise aggressively if the House is being sold through a real estate the listing agent should handle All the marketing the agent should explain in which publications and How often the Home will be or open House Tours will be and where the for Sale signs should be those going it alone known in the Industry As Fiz Zbos for Sale by owner must handle All those along with Docu ments like fact sheets and appoint ments with prospective clean Spruce up a cluttered or dated House will turn buyers experts suggest Sellers regularly tour their properties inside and noting and fixing problems such As Leaky broken fences or torn window curb Appeal is important so is the Way the inside of a Home is Homes should be neutralized color for Walls or Kitchen apply for instance is not in right said Dorcas presi Dent of cold Well banker Elf ant in Virginia if youre still living in a 1970s Vintage and you Haven changed your Orange shag carpet or Avocado Green dishwasher youre in renovations help tastefully remodelled kitchens and bathrooms can be a Homes big Gest homeowners can expect to re coup a High percentage of what they invested in such projects when their Homes Are sold 104 per cent for minor Kitchen renovations 95 per cent for major Kitchen remodelling 98 per cent for a Bath room addition and 82 per cent for bathroom but Sellers expect a payback on everything they put into a you have to be careful not to making your Home the most expensive Home on the said Lydia a partner with realty executives in bar inspections a Home professional inspector can tip off Sellers to where they should make necessary repairs be fore the House is an inspection can also help set a fair for could forgo putting on a new roof in Exchange for lowering the buyer incentives a Homeowner might consider helping buyers with their financing by paying some of their closing that could help lower the buyers monthly mortgage pay a listing agent can help sell your Home handling All the marketing chores re photo Buffalo Point Iii luxury Lake front Cabins with 2person Jacuzzi fireplaces dining Campground nature trails chartered launch service and boat rentals Well Reed cottage lots for lease lounge video lotto Call 204 4372133 tool kit needed at cottage the Canadian press now is the time when most people open their summer cottages and begin Clearing away debris and repairing Winters heres How to Start gather All manuals for motors and other Contact manufacturers for replacement of missing service obtain water sampling bottles from your provincial health Laboratory so you can test the drinking water at your be sure to pack All the usual cleaning including extra vacuum bags and a fresh Box of baking soda for the buy fresh batteries for flashlights and smoke organize a tool including to loosen stuck motor gears and other pack at least one Roll of replacement window pack extra fuses and Light before turning on electrical ensure rodents Haven chewed Largo tub 3 Temps 4 water Levels mini Basket 10 year transmission parts renovating your Yard is our specially the Winnipeg free press Sunshine fund provides the children of Manitoba whose families can not afford to Send their children to an Opportunity to attend an accredited Manitoba summer to receive an application to attend Call the Sunshine fund at to to Send a child to mail your donation to the Sunshine 194 Sherbrook my r3c 2b6 donations Are tax administrated by the Manitoba camping association Winnipeg free press services include landscape planning Supply and installation of Trees and shrubs topsoil and Sod mulches free estimates dryers from 7800 Roblin Drain line Elevation critical to water flow from popular mechanics Magazine dryer Large tub 10 year dryer 4 Cycle drum rust 3 Temps through warranty performance not promises sell Homes q we have a Drain line around the foundation of our House that runs to the Edge of a when it Rains and the Stream gets it covers the end of the could this cause water to Back up in the drainpipe or will it continue to Drain out a it All depends on the Elevation of the Drain line relative to the Stream when the Stream is running a difference in Elevation will create a pressure As attention Home a cottage owners Long As there is a greater pressure in the the water will flow out into the when the Edge of the Drain line is submerged in the water will flow Down the drainpipe into the a residual amount of water equal to the level of the Stream will remain in the when the Stream is running if it is above the level of the Drain line that runs around the foundation the water will Back up into the Drain line to the foundation and cause a water seepage m appliance specialists 111 vital 473 marys 9892701 parts open 9892700 1825 9892 i 9895000 Delbro hours daily 108 105 estimates building or renovating Sutherland will design Complete heating saving you time and Money just bring us your 1045 so James 1094 Nairn 7868673 6633478 Hrick Patio furniture 20 of Price wrought Iron cast fishing chair Hammock Gazebo casual furnishings 1354 Waverley St 45321 18 pct resin tub aluminium Beach umbrella swivel chairs functional furniture can amuse by Fred Brick Over the some of the innovations in furniture design have been there is a Darker Side to this read on Many years a three piece sectional made its Way into our City that was a bit Dif where the two end pieces met the Middle or v there were two round attached each Post had a handle protruding that you could reach when you were seat when the handle was a Glass or plastic encased lamp Rose from the Complete with the posts upholstered it was Noth ing if not that got to be about 20 years ago and we dont make unusual things like that today Well at a recent i observed a Large Coffee table with a mechanism that raised it and lifted it towards you so that you could More easily engorged yourself without having to move to the Kitchen table or having to lift the items too it was it was also out of bal i sat Down at one leaned Over and rested my elbows on the table when it suddenly tilted towards me Only the adroit actions of my wife prevented this item from toppling onto my Knees and causing bodily an automatic knee Jerk reaction she regrets to this Day ready for More How about the Hilo these were basically a Coffee table that you could raise to dining table or was it a dining table you could lower to Coffee table height some had a Hydraulic system for ease of up and Down which sometimes worked too Well and Cre ated a bit of mayhem now and while some of this is Worth a Good in somewhat concerned that my wife now wants to order the cof fee table that nearly crippled me Fred Brick owns bricks Fine furniture innovative unusual fun Fine furniture 111 Lombard 957 Lill notion Nice b no Amoc Kutcin Between Brick Fine furniture Rod Brick or us Brick we Bouk new wireless systems on the Market by David Smith the new wireless systems recently introduced to the Market place Are referred to As spread which describes the Type of technology used to transmit information Between detectors and the main control the idea of spread spectrum wireless broadcasting was devel oped during the second world War for secure since it has been further developed and now provides broadcast by each of the devices in the alarm system Over 126 different frequencies at the same the Benefit of broadcasting Over such a wide spread of frequencies is the certainty that the information Broad cast will be received at the other what this Means to the customer is that the spread net wireless sys tems Are 100 times More powerful than the average narrow band wire less the Power of this new spread net technology enables this wireless system to be used in any this new wireless technology is not affected by cellular phone As Are some other wire less systems currently in the mar wireless in Are installed in Homes where running the wires through the basement ceiling up into the Walls of the main floor is an or in larger Homes which have a second and possibly even a third floor where it May be easier and less expensive to use a wireless system than to try and hardware a this new spread net technology by c k a world Leader in control panel and motion Detector provides reasonable wireless systems with great dependability and Low false alarm David Smith is sales and marketing manager with aaa alarm systems the sign of Security residential Tsuteh key kids service fire monitoring monitoring for Tutti aaa Security systems Canada since in medic rewire for new Homes water Carbon monoxide a Frk estimates 9490078 Crow your own great tomatoes by Brian Duncan tomatoes Are warm weather plants and should be planted when All danger of Frost is Well if you Plant you should use Kozy hot Caps or Toma to coverings on Tomato cages for Frost choose the sunniest spot in your Gar Den for growing the soil should be Well drained and Rich in organic mat dig in Well composted mature and two kilograms of Tomato fertilizer 8126 for every 10 Square tomatoes should be set deep in the with the first Leaf just above ground Leggy plants should be planted horizon tally so roots will develop from the buried Stem and produce a sturdier the nutrients in your Well prepared soil will be enough until the first fruit Are then feed again and once a month throughout the season with a 4128 vegetable a dependable Supply of water is very alternating Between dry and wet soil will result in poor per tomatoes must never and try not to let water sit on the leaves after deep Root watering is both Busy Type determinate and Vin ing Type indeterminate can be allowed to sprawl if the soil is covered with mulch to keep the fruit Vining types Are usually trained on trellis or wire suckers Are Side shoots that develop in the Axil of the leaves and main removing suckers can give earlier but fewer fruit on a single Well sup ported vines can be allowed to have three or four stems producing More fruits and More foliage Protection against the allow suckers to grow a few leaves and then Pinch them off above the lowest Blossom end rot is a common problem leathery scar develops on the Bottom of the this is often blamed on Calcium to ensure a Supply of work two kilograms of granulated Gypsum per 10 Square metres into the soil before or use a Tomato food that contains to enjoy the fruits of your eat tomatoes fresh off the Vine without As Cool temperatures cause them to lose both flavor and Brian Duncan owns marys Nursery marys Garden Centre la drop in and pick up our free Colour catalogue 2901 St marys Road 2557353 just South of the perimeter ;