Rob Smashnuk

If you are trying to sell your house, you will want to maximize profits to help you offset fees associated with selling a home and to give you the best financial boost possible. You also want to sell fast, and not have your home lingering on the market where it will just continue to go down in price. There are many things that you can do to get your home ready to sell so that it goes fast and fetches you a great price. Here are some tips from the Rob Smashnuk team to help you sell your home faster and get a better price!

Declutter
We all accumulate so much stuff over the years, but when you are selling a home, you need to get this stuff out. You can get a storage locker, a POD portable storage unit (which you can then ship to your new home), or go on a purge mission and get rid of things you no longer want or need. Either way, decluttering helps put prospective buyers in the home, they can better envision themselves in the house and will be more likely to make an offer. You should also consider taking down your art. Not everyone will have your taste, and while some well-selected works of art or photography can help sell your home, some art can be off putting (word art decals are notoriously off putting), and you want to take them down before you have open houses.

Clean Up!
This one should really go without saying, but you would be surprised how many open houses happen in houses that have not been cleaned. Clean up and make tiny repairs that are needed. If you have been putting off reattaching a towel rack that fell off now is the time to fix it. Also, tidy up the garage if you have one so that prospective buyers can get a good look.

Fresh Paint
Painting every room of your house in a nice neutral colour (you can go with colours other than white, and your real estate agent can give you great suggestions for showing friendly colours) will help sell your house faster. You may have loved your lime green kitchen or your child’s primary colour bedroom, but prospective buyers won’t. It is easier for them to imagine themselves in the space when it is neutral, and fresh paint means they can move right in and not have to worry about painting right away. Fresh paint can also really help cover up old cooking smells, pet smells, and cigarette smoke if you were a smoker.

Fix it Up
If you have an unfinished basement or can make an addition above the garage or put in a sunroom, then do it. You will recoup the costs on the sale of your home, and so if you can live through the renos, then you can profit off of them and sell your house faster.

Sell Your House or Condo with Rob Smashnuk
If you are looking for houses for sale or condos in Edmonton, then you need to contact the team at Rob Smashnuk. We can help you get your home ready to sell so that it goes from the market fast and you get top dollar. Don’t wait, contact us today!

Given the focus on renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions, you might think that global oil consumption has been falling and will continue to fall in the decades ahead. This is not the case.

No one has a crystal ball and things could change, but according to the US Energy Information Administration, global oil consumption is projected to rise to over 120 million barrels per day by 2040 compared to the current level of about 95 million barrels per day.

This bodes well for Alberta’s oil patch except that the growth will largely happen in Asia where oil consumption is expected to increase from 24 million barrels per day in 2016 to 39 million barrels per day in 2040. Alberta will need tidewater access via new pipelines in order to help meet this increase in demand.

Oil consumption in the United States and Canada is projected to be essentially flat between now and 2040.The good news for Alberta’s oil industry is that, despite the rapid rise in US shale oil production, the Americans still need to import millions of barrels of oil per day and Alberta remains a key supplier.

Food, games, Beer Gardens, Music & More.

Secord Community League Memberships available for purchase at the event.

We want to thank Hopewell Residential Edmonton for their continual support of our community and their generous donation towards food for our Epic Block Party! ** Upon arrival please check in at our welcome/membership table to receive your food ticket. Fat Franks will be on location.

For legal reasons we will also need to check for ID and community membership before entrance to the beer tent, so please remember to bring with you. (Kids are not permitted inside the tent.)

We will have many activities including bouncy castle, inflatable soccer TBC, games hosted by CIty of Edmonton, glitter tattoos and activity tables hosted by the EPL and Allstate Grange.
Beer available for purchase in the beer gardens.

Thank you to our many sponsors of the event including: All Weather Shelters Inc., Rob Smashnuk Realty, Relife, All State Grange, AdaptAbilities, RBC Webber Green, EPL, City of Edmonton. Big thanks to Hopewell Residential Edmonton for being our food sponsors of the event!

Slated to open in the fall of 2017, the new school in Secord (Lewis Farms) will accommodate:

– Kindergarten to Grade 9
– 900 students

DAVID THOMAS KING ‌
The new school in Secord will be named after David Thomas King, a former politician and outspoken public education advocate who served as MLA, education minister and minister of technology, research and telecommunications. As the first executive director of the Public School Boards Association of Alberta, King lobbied for increased public-education funding and spoke regularly about education policy.

LOCATION
Lewis Farms is a collection of neighbourhoods in west Edmonton. David Thomas King School will be built in the Secord neighbourhood, on the northeast side of the site, on Secord Blvd.

There is a lack of capacity to accommodate students in west Edmonton. Although a junior high is currently being built in the Webber Greens neighbourhood, nearby Winterburn School is currently the only school in the Lewis Farms area. It was built to accommodate 455 students, but as of September 30, 2014, 1007 K-9 students live in the Lewis Farms area. This newly announced school construction project is needed to alleviate these enrolment pressures.

Over the years that you’ve owned laptops, smartphones, tablets, speakers, and other portable electronic devices, you have probably accumulated a number of electrical adapters, and may even have kept them for potential use on a replacement device. This can be dangerous. Most portable devices have specific types of batteries that require very specific power input. Incompatible pairings can cause severe damage, as well as render a device’s warranty null and void. Each adapter delivers a precise amount of electricity from a standard 120 volt AC wall plug by calibrating the electricity so it is compatible with the lower voltage DC batteries within the specified device it is designed to power. An improper match could cause hazardous overheating or frustrating underperformance, compromising delicate circuitry. For this reason, it’s risky to presume that older adapters with matching fittings are actually safe for your device, especially if you’re travelling to countries with different electrical systems. Fortunately, newer adapters that use USB connections tend to have a broader range of compatibility, although you should always follow manufacturers’ guidelines before usage.