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Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2007, 11:50 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,749
Posted By jake

Re: Property Viewing Trips to Canada

If there has been an open house, all offers are presented to the vendor (usually 48 hrs later) at the same time by the buyers' agents - inc. subjects, chain, etc. They sit in the same room, all...
Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2007, 11:34 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,749
Posted By jake

Re: Property Viewing Trips to Canada

We couldn't do what you suggest as in order to show a potential purchaser a variety of areas with properties that match their criteria it is impossible that just one listing Realtor would have that...
Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2007, 9:08 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,749
Posted By jake

Re: Property Viewing Trips to Canada

All your comments are interesting, so thank you, but here are a couple of addtional points to bear in mind ......

We are an independent company and do not have an affiliation to any specific...
Forum: Canada
Mar 21st 2007, 4:35 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,749
Posted By jake

Re: Property Viewing Trips to Canada

Thanks for all your replies --- Let me explain it better (your responses may still be the same though!). I am based in Vancouver and my company provides a listing service for Realtors.

As a Brit,...
Forum: Canada
Mar 20th 2007, 1:28 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,749
Posted By jake

Property Viewing Trips to Canada

Hi all - has anybody used any independent company (ie. non Realty) to view properties for sale in Canada before emigrating, investing there?

I'm thinking of incorporating this service into my...
Forum: Canada
Oct 6th 2005, 9:23 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 910
Posted By jake

Re: Real Estate in Vancouver

MLS.ca is certainly a good source for price comparison, however, for the most part, they do not list assignment sales. This is because the majority of developers will not allow such large scale...
Forum: Canada
Oct 6th 2005, 5:46 am
Replies: 9
Views: 910
Posted By jake

Re: Real Estate in Vancouver

Dear Tracey:

Dare I plug our web site again?! If you take a look at http://www.AssignmentsCanada.ca, we have a list of real estate definitions plus specific information on the whole buying...
Forum: Canada
Oct 4th 2005, 3:26 am
Replies: 2
Views: 593
Posted By jake

Re: Appartment for rent...???

Hi Janeirik:

Canada.com lists newspapers in the major cities. The classified section of the city you are interested in will always have a rental section. The following link is from the Montreal...
Forum: Canada
Oct 4th 2005, 2:37 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,562
Posted By jake

Re: Calgary streetmap

and I mean Cornwall, England too !!!! I have a place near Padstow. For business purposes it helps to have a base in both countries as we advertise heavily in the UK press and also in the Canadian...
Forum: Canada
Oct 3rd 2005, 6:49 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,562
Posted By jake

Re: Calgary streetmap

Hi toyer1 - how funny, I spend my time between Vancouver and Cornwall but over the years have visited Calgary many times. The scenery is so different to Cornwall (landlocked for a start!!) but it is...
Forum: Canada
Sep 28th 2005, 9:32 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,417
Posted By jake

Re: Buying a house in Toronto area

Hi LouLou:

If you go to the following page on our web site, http://www.AssignmentsCanada.ca/askrealtor.php, there are a couple of realtors listed who specialise in relocations to Toronto and the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 22nd 2005, 4:29 am
Replies: 68
Views: 5,100
Posted By jake

Re: Weather

When I arrived in Canada I had this dream that I was going to cycle across the country - coast to coast - really see all that it had to offer. But then I discovered that cycling over Burrard Bridge...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2005, 8:51 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 2,437
Posted By jake

Re: Starting a Business

wow Penny - alpacas, eh? aren't they similar to llamas? I can't bitten by a llama once .. long story, but I'm sure alpacas are more friendly. That's certainly a different business idea. I wonder if...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2005, 6:16 am
Replies: 68
Views: 5,100
Posted By jake

Re: Weather

If you're talking about Vancouver, it's more like rain in winter, rain in spring, 2 weeks of sunshine in summer, rain in the fall (autumn, sorry!) ... repeat year in year out ... but we still have...
Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2005, 3:44 am
Replies: 37
Views: 2,437
Posted By jake

Re: Starting a Business

Hey - thanks for asking !! It's called http://www.AssignmentsCanada.ca (http://www.assignmentscanada.ca/) and we cover new developments (pre-sale and assignment listings) and resales throughout the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2005, 1:10 am
Replies: 5
Views: 677
Posted By jake

Re: silly but we need to know ...wallpaper paste ???

Hey, no problem. I'm being nosy now (and you can tell me it's none of my darned business) but why are you moving to Cape Breton Island???!!! It's always a lifestyle change acclimatising to a new...
Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2005, 12:53 am
Replies: 5
Views: 677
Posted By jake

Talking Re: silly but we need to know ...wallpaper paste ???

That's such a funny question! If you look again at the Home Depot site, the Golden Harvest Premium Clear Wallcovering Adhesive is fine to use un-diluted for regular wallpaper. If you happen to have...
Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2005, 12:40 am
Replies: 37
Views: 2,437
Posted By jake

Re: Starting a Business

I agree, Hot Wasabi Peas (!), I'm surprised this isn't talked about more frequently. For myself, being a Brit, when I came to Vancouver in the mid-90's, I had an IT background and found work in one...
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2005, 8:02 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 2,437
Posted By jake

Starting a Business

Just wondering how many of you left corporate jobs in the UK and upon settling in Canada decided to start your own business doing something that either you'd never thought of in the UK but since...
Forum: Canada
Apr 17th 2005, 11:39 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 3,252
Posted By jake

Re: HELP! Relocating to Canada from UK :eek:

When I lived in BC, I had a friend who was on a 6-month tourist visa and when it was close to expiration, she would drive down to Seattle for the w/e, come back up and have another 6-month tourist...
Forum: Canada
Apr 16th 2005, 6:28 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,787
Posted By jake

Re: No fences

The thing that I thought was funny about having no fences is that my neighbours would mow their grass down an imaginery border which then always made me feel that I should go out and cut mine as...
Forum: Canada
Mar 23rd 2005, 6:26 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,945
Posted By jake

Re: New Zealand V's Canada

You know, Vancouver has a mass labour shortage at the moment due to the massive amount of construction. The city resembles a builder's yard and it's not just downtown - going into the suburbs as...
Forum: Canada
Mar 23rd 2005, 4:42 am
Replies: 2
Views: 607
Posted By jake

Re: dogs fly alone

Dear Wensamjam:

I presume you're flying from the UK to Canada? Your dog can definitely go on the AC flight with you, but you normally have to book the dog onto the plane about 4 weeks in advance....
Forum: Canada
Mar 23rd 2005, 4:31 am
Replies: 8
Views: 932
Posted By jake

Re: Oh, Kanada!

Wow - I think 10 minutes for the landing process is a record. When I landed in Toronto, it must have taken a good hour +. It all depends if you get a really officious immigration officer. Mine...
Forum: Canada
Mar 22nd 2005, 11:03 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 617
Posted By jake

Re: selling house to booking flight.

Dear Gooding:

Don't worry about your beagle - it's great that she loves her crate as sometimes that's the biggest problem for them, ie. just before you travel, you introduce this new item and they...
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