Buying a house Archives - Tania Ellerbeck

Latent Defects

Vous avez acheté la maison de vos rêves, mais maintenant que vous avez emménagé, vous pensez qu’elle a peut-être un défaut. Que faites-vous??

Legal Warranties in Quebec – A Buyer’s Guide

If you’ve been house hunting recently, you will have no doubt noticed that many listings include the clause “sold without legal warranty”. What is a legal warranty and what does it mean for you, the buyer?

Don’t Forget the Welcome Tax!

Lorsque vous achetez une maison au Québec, vous devez payer une taxe de cession immobilière – la « taxe de bienvenue ». Cela devrait absolument être un montant qui est à considérer lors de votre offre ainsi qu’à ajouter dans votre budget de déménagement. L’achat d’une maison est une étape importante dans une vie et devrait être un moment heureux!

Do I Have to Sell My House?

Multiple offers are becoming more common, leading clients to ask: “If I receive a full price offer, do I have to accept it?” The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might think.

Protective Flood Zones

We’ve just experienced a winter with very little snow followed by a very dry spring. We’re dealing with low water levels throughout the region and facing the prospect of a drier than normal summer. For many homeowners and prospective buyers, however, the threat of seasonal flooding is an ongoing concern. Gone are the days when […]

Cause and Effect in Real Estate

A hot housing market means buyers are feeling the pressure to act fast. But in their haste, they may be short-changing their brokers.

French Drains and Sump Pumps

Growing up around horses, I often heard the expression “no hoof, no horse”. Essentially, it means that you have to take good care of your horse’s hooves or it will become lame and you’ll have no horse to ride. The same goes for houses: the foundation of a home must be solid and protected. If […]

Sellers Declaration

The Sellers declaration is what I like to call a CYA form (cover your a..) It is a form for the seller to declare to best of his knowledge, everything he knows of importance about his home to a buyer. It is to protect the seller, buyer and real estate broker so everything is transparent. […]

Certificate of Location; What is it Really?

A Certificate of Location is a document, prepared by a land surveyor(arpenteur), consisting of a plan(map) and report on the current situation and state of immovable (the piece of land and all things attached to it, house, shed, servitudes) with respect to titles, lot regulations, zoning regulations and municipal bylaws. In the standard Quebec Brokerage […]