Michael Giesbrecht, West Vancouver/BC real estate: Blog

Home Security: What You Can Do

December 5th, 2006

I attended the Vancouver Real Estate Tech Meetup Group tonight and was fortunate to hear a presentation on home security by Michael Jagger, president of Provident Security. There are a couple of items I would like to point out now and I would encourage you to contact Michael for more information. The first is that you will never be able to make it impossible for someone to burglarize your ...

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Ambleside Real Estate Update

December 5th, 2006

There are currently 32 detached homes available in the Ambleside area of West Vancouver, with prices ranging from $830,000. to $2,400,000. So far there have been 6 confirmed sales from November. Last year, there were 7 sales in November and 7 in December as well, so the activity levels are very similar today to what they were last year. If you are considering putting your home on the marke ...

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Success

December 4th, 2006

When I was young, I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times the work. - George Bernard Shaw

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The Future

November 20th, 2006

The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal. - Victor Hugo

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Wealth

November 9th, 2006

"Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive." -John Kenneth Galbraith

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Travel Tip

November 8th, 2006

Instead of putting a lock on your luggage, which could send the message that there is something in there that is worth protecting or alternatively could be cut off by airport security, use a key ring instead. It is not the ultimate in security, but it will deter a thief who wants to grab something out of a suitcase fast.

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Charles L. Allen

October 30th, 2006

Miserable are the persons who do not have something beyond themselves to search for. - Charles L. Allen

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Living

October 23rd, 2006

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living. - B.C. Forbes

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Customer Service

October 17th, 2006

The customer service at Ubertor is not what it used to be.

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Decorating Tips

October 16th, 2006

1. The front door should be the focus on the outside of the home.Paint the front door a different colour so it stands out from the rest of the house. 2. Have one focal point in each room.In the bedroom it is the headboard, in the bathroom it is the vanity and in the living room it is the view or the fireplace. 3. Hang artwork at the appropriate height.Approximately 10 inches above a piece o ...

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Mike Giesbrecht

Royal LePage Sussex West Vancouver

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