40 - Friday, July 26, 1985 - North Shore News

DO IT YOURSELF

increase home’s
market value

From Page 37
shelves or grey-looking
carpets. It influences their
impression of your home —
and the price they may
decide to offer.

Carpet cleaning doesn’t
have to be an expensive pro-
ject. Ie’s true that profes-
sional carpet cleaning can be
costly.

Be careful about ‘special
offers’? that you may hear
about over the phone, when
a carpet cleaning firm tells
you that they are around
your area right now and

‘can give you an
unbelievable price.’’

Often these special offers
end up having a high price

tag because the firms later
insist that you pay for extras
you don't need and weren't
told about at the start.

If you find yourself at the
receiving end of such a tele-
phone solicitation, ask about
the firm's credentials. If it is
not affiliated with the Better
Business Bureau or the
Carpet Cleaning Institute,
don't take chances. The staff
may not be qualified enough
to trust them with your
carpet.

DO-IT-YOURSELF
One safe carpet cleaning
method that many people
choose is the do-it-yourself
one.

Housing buyers’
in low range of

From Page 18
the wide range between
$117,000 and $241,000 with a
median of $140,000. Highest
concentration of sales in Van-
couver East was in the second
quartile, scowing a variance of
only $11,500 in the price
range. The median home sold
for $88,000, the same as
reported in the comparative
quarter one year ago.

Three quarters of all sales
on Vancouver's East side, the
busiest real estate market in
the city, were marketed under
$116,000, which is the same

Statistic reported.

The Board's quarterly
report shows the most active
Tange in Port Coquitlam was
$72,000 to $82,000 with a me-
dian of $79,900 but three
quarters of the 140 sales in this
city were under $90,000.

In North Vancouver, where
the lowest sale was $57,000
and highest $265,000, the
most active range was from
$106,000 to $122,000, with a
median of $114,500. Half of
the 419 North Vancouver sales
Teported were under $122,000.

On the West side of Van-

You can rent steam-clean-
ing equipment very inexpen-
sively at your local super-
market and produce a pro-
fessional result. The instruc-
tions that are included with
the machine are usually clear
and simple.

Carpets should have a ma-
jor cleaning at least once a
year, and there is no better
time to clean them than just
before you plan to sell your
home.

Once you have moved into
your new address, consider
cleaning the carpets there, as
soon as you can find the
time. That way you can give
them a fresh start too.

choices
scale

couver half the 412 sales were
below $170,000. In Maple
Ridge 240 sales occurred in the
second quarter and all were
below $135,000, with the most
active range showing a median
of 371,000. Three quarters of
Richmond’s 384 sales were
under $131,000. Similarly,
three quarters of Coquitlam’s
261 single family sales were
marketed at $109,000 or less.
Real Estate Board of
Greater Vancouver officials
note that buyers’ choices are
corcentrated in the lower
reage of the price scale,

OWNER HAS BOUGHT, MUST SELL

This two level bungalow has it all! Large L/R &
with beams, dining area, sunny kitchen out to
decks and poo!! Family rm or master bdrm., ful-
ly ensuite on main or can revert back to two §
bedrms! Downstairs two more good bdrms.

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SUNSHINE HOME °
In the Hightands. Close to bus, schools & Edge- ff
mont Village! Sunny kitchen overlooks sunny
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Nothing to do here and all the space you need,
4 bedrooms, extra large U/R & DIR, spacious kit-
chen and E/A, 2 more bthrms.., full finished rec
tm. plus sunny deck and rear garden. Offers to
7 $139,500...phone now, easy to show.

te:
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New listing! Quiet cul-de-sac close to Edge-
ment Village! Three bedrooms plus full bsmt.
; Private and sunny fot. $119, 5001!

ALL THESE HOMES ARE
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
ALL WEEKEND.

MO
This won't last Jong! Newly carpeted, newly
decorated, new deck and new to the market!
Four bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, private lot. Ask-

ing low $130's!

DAVID E.
PATRIQUIN
926-6226
984-9711

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