You don’t need thousands of dollars to fully refurbish your home to make it feel like new again. Instead, you can DIY a lot of features in your house to help spruce it up for the upcoming season. Whether you plan to sell your home, have guests over, or are just tired of how drab it’s been feeling lately, here are a few tips and tricks you can use to refresh your space: CLEAN + DECLUTTERThrow out all of the junk taking up space! You’d be surprised by how much more you’ll fall back in love with your home when you take out the col...

The real estate market is constantly changing, so of course DO YOUR RESEARCH! DO NOT jump the gun on this one! Unbiased advice from family and peers may be kind, but you are the only one who knows what your needs are when it comes to buying a home.  WHAT MADE YOU CONSIDER OWNING A HOME? Forget finances for a minute and focus on what made you consider even buying a home in the first place! ·      Is your family expanding? ·      Does your family feel safe? ·   &...

Kitchen floors get put through quite a lot! Between all of the dropped utensils, the spills and drips; being one of the most used rooms in a home, your floors need to handle kitchen hazards and look good doing it. A large variety of floor materials won’t be an ideal fit for the kitchen because of this. Below, I’m listing my favorite kitchen floors that help with maintaining low maintenance, and keeping a balance between style and functionality.  CERAMIC TILES Ceramic tiles can be a great fit for the kitchen because they are resilie...

Royal LePage Niagara Real Estate Centre Brokerage Spence / Johnstone family brokerage has built a solid reputation for helping its clients and its community. BY SCOTT LESLIE Margie Spence is the president at the Royal LePage Niagara Real Estate Centre Brokerage?an award-winning family firm serving the greater Niagara, Hamilton and Haldimand areas. In her three plus decades in the real estate business, the industry has undergone tremendous changes. But there`s one thing that`s never changed for Margie. ??When people ask me, I tell them I`ve always had a p...