Reasons To Love Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

This place we call home. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. An amazing place to live, work and play! Check out our tourism site!

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Dream Kitchens

It is the epicenter of the home. Where families meet and friends greet. Buyers are looking for a great kitchen. A place where they can cook, entertain, work, hang out..do homework....Let me help you find the perfect kitchen for you! I have access to the best listings in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and beyond!

Before shopping for a new home, it’s common — and advisable — to create a “wish list” of the features you desire most.

When you make your wish list, don’t be afraid to dream big. You might not be able to find a home that includes everything you desire, but you may be surprised by just how close you can get.

Here are some wish list items to consider:

• Distances to places you visit regularly – work, schools, parks, recreation centres, restaurants, entertainment venues, shopping centers.

• Specific home features – a backyard tree, large closets, a fireplace, a two-car garage, a beautiful view.

• Neighbourhood characteristics –parking, sidewalks, nearby public transit, playgrounds, the neighbours.

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Feels Like Home

One of the tricks of home staging is to make a room 'feel like home' for the potential Buyers.  If they 'feel' like they could live in the room, we have done our design job correctly. Make it comfortable, uncluttered - mixing old with new - dark and light - pops of a beloved colour - blue being the world's most loved!  Adding a touch of plants or flowers brings life to a space as well. 

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Nordic Northern Ontario Mecca

"It’s easy to see why the communities surrounding Lake Superior are home to more people of Finnish descent than anywhere outside of Finland. The lush boreal forest and rolling granite hills resembles the landscape of northern Europe. Thunder Bay has its own little Finland and so does Sault Ste. Marie; in both communities, diehard cross-country skiing roots have developed some of the best trails in Canada—all within city limits.

The Hiawatha Highlands are barely a 10-minute drive from my house in Sault Ste. Marie. Finnish-Canadian skiers conceived Hiawatha’s 45 kilometres of groomed trails half a century ago, and the area remains home base for the ever-vibrant Soo Finnish Ski Club today. For my wife and I, skiing at Hiawatha is a daily event. I never get bored of skate-skiing the advanced terrain of the Crystal Creek system; each uphill is a battle, and the long, winding descents are pure joy. The 10-kilometre-long Pinder trails are beginner-friendly, with just enough moderate ups and downs to break a sweat. The slightly longer Red Pine system has more of a wilderness feel, with old-growth pines punctuating the ridge tops." - Conor Mihell 

Based in the cross-country ski mecca of Sault Ste. Marie, Conor Mihell skis thousands of kilometres each winter at the Hiawatha Highlands and Stokely Creek Lodge. He writes for Cottage Life, Canoe & Kayak,explore and The Globe and Mail, and won a 2010 Northern Lights Award for travel writing excellence. His first book, The Greatest Lake, is a collection of adventure, profile and environmental non-fiction set on Lake Superior’s Canadian shore, and will be published by Dundurn Press in the spring of 2012.

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House Hunting Heartbreak

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This being Valentine's week, I thought it might be fun to talk about how to avoid having your heart broken while house hunting.  Here are 3 great tips to get you through:

1. Prepare to get your feelings hurt by the Seller. They do not have to sell to you.

2. Don't obsess over one home. Most buyers begin their home search with a list of wants, needs, must-haves and nice-to-haves as well as deal-breakers. You will never get it all, so it’s important to know when to compromise.

3. Don't fall too hard. It’s no longer a done deal once the contract is signed. Many times a buyer and seller come to an agreement on terms and price, even sign a contract, only to have a series of issues come up in the closing and inspection phase. Don’t fall hard once you have a signed contract.

To read the full article, go here and know that I can be your matchmaker - creating 'House Hunting Heaven'!

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Cozy Modern Style

Chic modern simplicity wrapped up in a soft blanket - a decadent mug of high quality cocoa shared with your best friends around a candlelit dark wood table - modern, not stark - clean design with soft edges. See more here.

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Small Space, Big Impact

No need to fear bold statements in a small space or room.  Keep the accessories to a minimum. Go for a few punchy walls and colours. Stay true to neutral with a kiss of your favorite colour. A clean, well staged home is so important no matter what size it is! Have fun with it. More small spaces here.

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