Lockhart Real Estate

🏠🐕 Preparing your pets for a home move is essential to ensure their comfort and safety during the transition.

Here are some steps to help you get ready:

⏩️Schedule a visit to the vet to ensure your pet is in good health for the move. Update vaccinations, get necessary medications, and ask for advice if your furry friend gets anxious.

⏩️Ensure your new home is pet-friendly and secure so they can’t run away.
Check for nearby parks!

⏩️Ensure your pet's collar has an updated tag with your new address and contact information. Consider microchipping for added security.

⏩️If your pet will be traveling in a carrier, introduce it gradually before the move. Make it a comfortable and familiar space.

⏩️Pets can become anxious when they see their home being packed up. Gradually pack your belongings over time to reduce stress. Keep their favorite toys, blankets, and bedding accessible during the move. Familiar scents can comfort them.

⏩️On moving day, designate a safe, quiet room for your furry friend. This will reduce their stress and prevent them from getting underfoot.

⏩️Maintain your pet's daily routine as much as possible. This includes feeding, walking, and playtime. If possible, arrange for a trusted friend or pet sitter to look after your pet during the chaos of moving.

⏩️If you're moving to a new area, introduce your pet to the surroundings gradually. Take them on short walks to explore their new neighbourhood in advance if you can!

If you have questions, please reach out! Happy to share our own experiences with this.

Is Home Staging worth it?

Short answer YES, all day long YES, but here are just a few reasons, among dozens why:

💡It allows the buyer to visualize themselves living there - 82% of buyers’ Realtors said staging a home made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property as their new home. (National Association of Realtors).

💡You stand out from your competition - 47% of Realtors claim that home staging had an effect on most buyers’ view of the home. (National Association of Realtor).

💡You receive more traffic & interest from on-line marketing - Staged homes are more likely to get showing requests than homes that don’t show well in photos.

💡You can sell for top dollar - Staged homes on the market sold for 25% more than homes without staging. (Realtor Magazine).

💡They sell faster - A professionally staged home spends 73% less time on the market than the un-staged home down the street. (Professional Staging).

👋 GOOD NEWS! I am a certified home staging professional and provide this effective service as added value for our buyers. Our buyers and I work together to create a beautiful space, staged with strategy in mind, enhancing the home’s best features and minimizing any potential flaws.

Don’t let preparing your home for sale overwhelm you. If you’re thinking of selling and what that would like for you, send me a DM. I can help you make a plan to move forward with your real estate goals and we might even have fun doing it!

📖Real Estate LISTING GUIDE

If you know your way, it removes the guess work and the anxiety right? It’s no difference when it comes to selling your home.

It is extremely important to us that our clients feel like they are very much aware of next steps throughout the entire process of selling their home.

From paperwork, documents required, home preparations, timelines and who signs what, where, & when, we not only communicate this but we have also created an easy to read step-by-step Seller Guide for our clients to reference at any time.

It’s our seller’s road map, guiding them through the journey to their next chapter.

➡️If you’d like your own Listing Guide, send us a DM.

➡️➡️Realtors, would you like the pdf template to our guide to help you with your listing presentations? Press the easy button and reach out.

🤍LOCAL RESTAURANT

We love food. So much. We often talk about food. Dream about what we could eat and plan events and life around what we will eat.

So when you find a restaurant that is local, cares more about your experience than your fit, and creates the most delicious food and cocktails, we support them.

The local business we are proud to highlight is Flores & Pine, located just west of the city on Bearspaw Road.

🌿Simply put, Flores & Pine is a beautiful, elevated casual restaurant which is mindful of sustainability and their guests experience.

Their dishes are creative but not strange, great portion sizes and fairly priced.

Whether you are stopping in after work, planning a date night or girls/guys night or planning a special event, Flores and Pine is in our opinion, one of the best spots in Calgary.

Oh, and don't just take our word for it, they were also recognized from Open Table’s Diners' Choice Awards in 2023! 🤍

What’s your favourite restaurant?
Share Please! 😋