COMPLETELY UPDATED HOME at the end of a QUIET TREE LINED CUL de SAC offers GREAT value! Perfect for families and young couples! Great Location just around the corner from Thrifties, CFB Esquimalt, Galloping Goose, next to Portage Park & 5 min walk to Thetis Cove beach! Lovely 3 Bed & 2 Bath Home, BRIGHT & OPEN With lots of Windows & Vaulted Ceiling, SPACIOUS W/Updates such as NEW kitchen & newer appliances, NEW tile & laminate Floors, NEW bathrooms, NEW Windows, NEW h/w tank, NEW electric fireplace, NEW light fixtures & NEW french doors to private BBQ area, fenced rear garden backing onto wooded area. Carport with lots of storage + additional parking for 3 cars. Enjoy care free living on this bare land strata. Pets & families welcome!

Property Tour & Floorplans Available

Available at $895,000

Oceanwood offers the best in West Coast living & architecture. This spectacular, contemporary, open concept, 2 bedroom & den, rancher was built by award winning CITTA group. The NEW home offers a gourmet kitchen with custom oak cabinets, luxurious granite counters, high end stainless appliances, gas cook top, and recessed pot lighting. Enjoy spa quality bathrooms which feature quartz counters, trendy bathroom accessories, and heated floors. The floorplan was designed to facilitate easy entertaining, and the oversized decks are perfect for hosting summer parties. As an added bonus, this homes is a Platinum level “Built Green” family home & offers a heat pump/air conditioning system and a on-demand hot water system. Please note that price includes net HST.

Some of the home’s GREEN feature include:

- Air source Heat pump for heating and cooling

- Automatic irrigation system

- Instantaneous hot water heater installed

- Low flush faucets for all kitchen faucets & lavatoriesall showers & tub/showers

- Water wise landscaping  in at least 50% of lawn

- Water based paint is used on all site – installed millwork includes doors, casings & baseboards

- All interior paints have low VOC content

- In floor radiant heating in kitchen and bathrooms

- Installed air filter

SOLD!

First time buyer? Student? Retiring, or downsizing? This could be your new home & investment of a lifetime! Convenient & centrally located, within close walking distance to parks, good restaurants, shopping and downtown. This home is steps away from major bus routes to UVic & downtown. Complete, tasteful renovations throughout feature ceramic tiles, wall to wall laminate, new kitcRehen counter and tiled bathtub, to name a few. Comes with a large storage locker and parking is included, in a quiet and pet friendly building. This bright and open unit overlooks a large scenic park. Recently appraised at $150,000 before kitchen, bathroom and other upgrades. Pre-listing inspection revealed a ‘well built condo with all systems opperating corectly’.

Floorplan and Visual Tour Available

1. We have been supporting an amazing group of kids and teachers in Sierra Leone (West Africa) over the past year and it’s been so cool to get involved and help out financially. Patricia and I have been contributing towards the operation of the school BUT what they really need is a school building.

2. Why raise money to build schools?? In terms of donating to international development, building a school has to be the BEST investment possible. If you are looking to see a return on your donation, and want your money to make a real and lasting change in a community, then education is the number one way to accomplish this. Nelson Mandela sums this up nicely – “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.“

3. Why Sierra Leone?? Remember the movie Blood Diamond with Matt Damon? Well, that was based in Sierra Leone. Although the war is over, the country remains one of the world’s poorest nations in the world.

4. Why CAUSE Canada?? My parents founded and have been running an organization called CAUSE Canada for the past 28 years. I know for a fact that the money we raise will go directly towards building a school in Sierra Leone. CAUSE is involved in tons of different projects throughout West Africa and Central America and are experts when it comes to efficient development work.

And here is the super exciting part – we’re building a school in Sierra Leone with 33 of our friends, families, and clients. We’ve organized it for that it’s a dollar amount that everyone can afford! Here’s a 2 min video explaining how 33 normal people can come together to achieve something extraordinary, and be the change the world needs! If you want to help out then jump on-board. Or if you have any questions send us a quick email.

http://pocketchangeheroes.com/christinaandpatricia/?page_id=708&narration=cause-narration

3-395 Tyee Road

$639,000

Waterfront townhome in Victoria’s popular award winning LEED Platinum Dockside Green. This spacious 2 bdm, 3 baths, end-unit offers the best in urban luxury living with incredible views from all main rooms, high ceilings, oversized windows, bamboo floors, granite counters, custom cherry millwork, master bdrm redesign with unique barn door slider, and highly energy efficient. Enjoy 3 outdoor areas for your own garden, & private rooftop deck with unobstructed water/city views. Unique on-site amenities include 100% sewage treatment, water conservation, biomass heat facility, gym, carshare, plus more. Only 10min walk from downtown, yet on the ocean adjacent to walking/biking trails, kayaking, bakery, coffee shops, groceries and more.

More photos and floorplans

Elkington Forest

Lots starting at $250,000

Elkington Forest is a 1000 acre forest, 35 minutes north of Victoria, BC. A full 850 acres is conserved as Forest Stewardship Council certified eco-forestry or outright conservation with limited or restricted access. On the remaining 150 acres, half of the land is in food production, and half is developed as three attractive residential Hamlets with a total of 77 homes and 15 eco-businesses.

Beginning with the Trailhead Hamlet, the conservation community at Elkington Forest is demonstrating a unique way of living in and with the forest. Rarely does an opportunity come along that provides such closeness to a mature forest combined with a sense of community. Trailhead is the first and most conservatively priced of all the phases at Elkington Forest. Purchase the bare lot, or an ECOLOGICALLY DESIGNED HOME and lot, from $550,000. Prices may never be this low again.

Current promotion include a 1/4 acre garden plots where you can grow seasonal fruits and vegetables, enjoy crops year round in your own greenhouse, or raise chickens and other small farm animals for $1. BUT it’s a limited time offer, call today for more details.

More details, additional photos, floorplans, renderings, and maps available here

There are always fabulous deals to be found which can result in a positive cash flow for investors (especially in our current real estate market). If you’re thinking about starting a real estate rental portfolio I can send you my top 10 list of available condos on the market that yield great rental returns. In the meantime enjoy this video all about obtaining investment property financing.

Email me at Christina@ChristinaCarrick.ca

8626 Lochside Dr

$799,900

Stunning OCEAN & MT. BAKER views from this ARCHITECTURALLY designed executive Home with 4917 sq ft of living space on a 33000 sq ft lot. Main level features soaring 18′ ceilings in entry with skylights galore, 3 beds, 2 baths, large eat-in kitchen with island & full views, family room, formal dining room & living room with large windows from which to enjoy EVEN MORE VIEWS!! Upper level boasts 4 beds + 4 en-suite baths, luxurious Master suite with enormous walk in closet & spa en-suite + full WATER & MTN views, Huge laundry rm with front loading washer/dryer, & large den/crafts rm. Bsmt has separate entry great for Home Based Business or a Bachelor suite, plenty of additional storage & attached garage. This home has AMAZING B & B potential!

CLICK HERE FOR VIRTUAL TOUR AND FLOOR PLANS

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The answers to both questions lie with the real estate professionals you entrust to sell yourhome and the extensive network of listings they use to access properties throughout the Greater Victoria area. The real estate professionals are your REALTORS® and the network is called the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®). REALTORS® are experts, trained and licensed in the field of real estate, who help people buy and sell homes. All REALTORS® in the Victoria area are members of the Victoria Real Estate Board which operates the MLS® system.

What is MLS®? – The Multiple Listing Service® is best described as a co-operative marketing system to ensure maximum exposure of properties for sale. Fundamentally, it is a central registry of properties used by REALTORS® to match buyers with properties for sale. Most homes sold in Canada are sold via the MLS® systems operated by real estate boards across the country.MLS® is a sophisticated computer database of properties indexed by price, location, type ofhome, number of  bedrooms, amenities and so forth. All properties listed on the Victoria Real Estate Board’s MLS® system can be viewed on the Internet at www.mls.ca.

The Advantages For Consumers – The major benefit of MLS® to consumers is that it allows the REALTOR® to use his or her skills to full advantage. REALTORS® are experts in determining what a potential buyer wants in a home — and a large part of the REALTOR®’s job lies in finding properties that meet a buyer’s needs. Using the MLS®, a REALTOR® can search the database for homesthat suit budgets, location preferences and family requirements, and quickly put together a short list of suitable homes. This means that when it comes to view homes in earnest, buyers know exactly what homes they want to see, what their options are and what types of properties the market has to offer.What’s good for the buyer is also good for the seller.

The main obstacle for any seller is to find qualified, motivated buyers and the only way to overcome this is to match your home with the requirements of as many potential buyers as possible. The MLS® system cuts through the complexities, exposes your property to people most likely to purchase it and makes sure you won’t waste your time showing your home to those who are not truly interested.

So, when you have made the decision to sell, make sure you ask your REALTOR® about an MLS® listing. It could be that your REALTOR® will already know a number of potential buyers, but listing your home on MLS® will ensure wide exposure of your home to a broadrange of interested people.