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Interested in Selling your loft?
Selling a loft is an exciting process but lofts are a unique beast in the real estate game, and thus it takes some extra knowledge to navigate their quirks (and benefits), that’s where a loft expert comes in. Here’s our list of top things a loft expert can help you with when selling your loft:
Understanding GSTUnlike a regular condo, lofts are often subject to GST. If a loft is considered to be commercial property or the original owner has deferred their GST, then GST on the current market value may apply. A loft expert ensures whatever your situation this is properly disclosed for sale.
Live/Work
The zonings of lofts are complex, by knowing the ins and outs of all of them a loft expert can market your loft to the fullest potential on both residential and commercial platforms. Unauthorized Square Footage - most mezzanines are not considered authorized square footage. Unauthorized is technically a material latent defect as it’s not permitted by the city and this can run some serious risk. Understanding the FSR (Floor Space Ratio) and intricacies of each loft building is essential as is proper disclosure during sale to ensure you’re protected.
Home renovations
Lofts attract creative minds. With the vast openness and empty canvas feel, many people renovate. Often these renovations can be without permits or DIYs, if so these need to be properly disclosed during the sale of your loft.
Finding The Right Buyer Loft
There’s a wide variety of loft styles out there, in every different neighbourhood. From how they’re zoned, to what the building is like, from brick walls, to concrete industrial, and polished soft lofts. A loft expert knows how to navigate the market and find the perfect buyer for your loft.
A little about VCL
The Vancity Lofts team is tapped into the loft market. We study it day in and day out. We know the lofts on the market, we’ve sold in every loft building in Vancouver, and we are well aware of the necessary precautions when selling lofts and live/work spaces. Lofts are a unique product and you want to ensure you have a loft expert representing you. With over 17,000 unique visitors a month to vancitylofts.com; we must be doing something right!
Ultimately you’re a creative thinker and you need a realtor that gets you, not a cheesy one in suit. If you’re considering selling your loft, give us a call, we’d be happy to help you make your move.
Simply fill out our form and we'll get back to you right away with some details.
Don't like filling out forms? Not a problem, just call us at 604.765.7722 and we'll que up a time to check out your loft and provide you with her professional evaluation.
Selling your loft is easy.
Simply complete the form and we take care of the rest!
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List your Loft with the Vancitylofts Team because...
- #1 reason - We have loft buyers! We have up to 500 unique visitors a day visituing us online to view our loft listings!
- Our Internet Marketing Program Works!
- We ehave a database of Loft Buyers looking to buy in your building! We email all the loft buyers in our database for every new listing! As soon as your loft is listed on vancitylofts.com, all our loft buyers will be informed. We email the full feature to our database of loft buyers, which have signed up, through our website. We often have our loft buyers set up with showings and sometimes even have the loft sold before the listing even hits the MLS system.
- You will have the entire Vancitylofts and Blu Realty sales team working for you and a support staff consisting of assistants, an office administrator and internet and print marketing specialists
- We work together, we write and design our own ads and submit all the details of our listings ourselves. It's important to us that we personally manage all the details of our listings
- We'll diligently inspect your loft and help prepare it for sale in order to realize your loft's greatest return on investment. We take a consultative approach when working with you!
- We'll have our marketing team take digital photos and prepare a 360 virtual tour showing off all your lofts features and benefits to all prospective buyers
- Our marketing system includes internet exposure on realtylink.org and mls.ca and a featured listing on our site! All listings are featured with photos and 360 degree virtual tours of your loft.
- Additional Internet exposure is provided by our Brokerage, blu REALTY with a detailed featured listing posted on www.blurealty.com
- A featured advertisement in Georgia Straight, a weekly newspaper publication distributed every Thursday with a per issue readership of almost 340,000.
- Your loft will advertised to over 10,000 realtors in the lower mainland on the Multiple Listing Services provided by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
- We coordinate all showings, provide feedback, track and report all prospective buyer activity to you regularly.
- We facilitate the offer presentations and fully explain all associated documents before and after closing day.
- We will walk you through the entire selling process - right through closing!
- During this entire selling process we can be reached 24 hours a day -7 days a week!
- We know Lofts & we have a database of loft buyers categorized by loft building waiting for our new listings!
"We are excited & looking forward to hearing from you!" - Shawn Lee