June 2007 - Posts

Salt Spring Island is moving into the 21 century
Salt Spring Island is moving into the 21 century. A mistake made in printing the Salt Spring Lions directory / phone book, one of the only private phone books in North America, will move us into the wired world. The Lions Club of Salt Spring Island has Read More...
Posted 28 June 07 08:48 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island real estate tip "wear your dark sunglasses to view some homes"
Salt Spring Island real estate tip "wear your dark sunglasses to view some homes". Like I have said before Salt Spring homes are not normal city homes. The rage in real estate is home staging. Has anyone not heard of it? Well apparently not Read More...
Posted 27 June 07 03:40 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring island real estate tip "you can find Rhodonite on Salt Spring"
Salt Spring island real estate tip "you can find Rhodonite on Salt Spring". What is Rhodonite? It is a mineral or gem. And yes it can be found on Salt Spring in and around Fulford Harbour. Rhodonite is not the only treasure to be found on the Read More...
Posted 27 June 07 02:28 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring island real estate tip "it pays to be able to fix the odd thing"
Salt Spring island real estate tip "it pays to be able to fix the odd thing". One small disadvantage to living on Salt Spring is that on a small island there is not a lot of choices when something breaks. This last week my fridge went on the Read More...
Posted 27 June 07 01:54 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island real estate prices are falling like fall leaves
Salt Spring Island real estate prices are falling like fall leaves. I was going through the listing update this morning and could not believe the number of homes that have come down in price. The houses that are coming down are the 2+million dollar homes. Read More...
Posted 26 June 07 01:08 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island whale of a time
Salt Spring Island whale of a time. Yesterday I went out side to do a little yard clean up and kept hearing this swish noise and it was two whales. Orcas (killer whales) swimming beside Salt Spring Island. It looked like a mother whale and her calf. They Read More...
Posted 26 June 07 12:16 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island real estate dirt actually the soil
Salt Spring Island real estate dirt actually the soil. This morning my wife found the ultimate book on "Soils of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia volume 1 Soils of Salt Spring Island" Report No. 43, BC Soil Survey, 1987. Wow what a book Read More...
Posted 26 June 07 10:31 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island Real Estate tip build your Salt Spring Dream house backwards
Salt Spring Island Real Estate tip build your Salt Spring Dream house backwards. The problem with home building it is all backwards. All the things you cant see are built when you have all your money to spend at the start. Take the foundations for example Read More...
Posted 22 June 07 07:21 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
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Salt Spring Island Real Estate tip on B&B
Salt Spring Island real estate tip on B&B If you are moving here don't over leverage on buying your new salt spring home. If you are planning on moving here and starting a B&B here are a few thing to think about. By the time you invest in Read More...
Posted 21 June 07 11:59 by Scott Simmons | 1 Comments   
Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip on legal None conforming
Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip on legal Non-conforming. What does that mean legal non-conforming? Why would a place be non-conforming? What happens if it burns down? Non - conforming means that the place does not conform to the area bylaws. Read More...
Posted 13 June 07 01:44 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island waterfront real estate resource
Salt Spring Island waterfront real estate resource that explains all facets of the waterfront. It is a very informative guide which explains the multitude of bureaucratic responsibilities and owners rights. Here are the four large PDF files. #4 is a link Read More...
Posted 12 June 07 12:32 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip to waterfront or not
Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip, to waterfront or not. Even if you can afford a Salt Spring Island waterfront home do you need one? Is it worth the premium that you have to pay? If you saved 500,000 on the waterfront home and bought a water Read More...
Posted 10 June 07 11:29 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring real estate buying tip
Salt Spring real estate buying tip. If its one of your first houses buy the book "Buying and Selling a Home for Canadians" part of the for Dummies series written by Tony Loannou and Heather Ball. I like the part on Understanding the agent's Read More...
Posted 09 June 07 01:54 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
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Salt Spring Island real estate resource
Salt Spring Island real estate resource "Working with a Realtor" brochure is now available on my web site. You can view it here http://www.bcrea.bc.ca/buyers/WWAR.pdf . It is a brochure put out by BCREA (British Columbia Real Estate Association). Read More...
Posted 06 June 07 07:15 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring island real estate buyers agent.
Salt Spring island real estate buyers agent. What is a buyers agent? Why do I need a buyers agent? Why not just call the listing agent? They should know all about the house for sale. It is their listing after all. Just follow the money. Who is the listing Read More...
Posted 05 June 07 02:07 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island real estate relocation information
Salt Spring Island real estate relocation information. Car insurance information. If you are moving to BC there are some strange idiocincracies about car insurance in the province. Car insurance was privatized in BC during the NDP (New Democratic Party) Read More...
Posted 04 June 07 08:01 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
Salt Spring Island is in ground hog day mode...do you remember the movie
Salt Spring Island is in ground hog day mode...do you remember the movie ground hog day when every day was a repeat of the day before. That is what happens here on Salt Spring Island in the summer. When you wake up it is beautiful sunshine and blue skies Read More...
Posted 03 June 07 06:47 by Scott Simmons | (Comments Off)   
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