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2958 County Rd. 20 E. – NEW PRICE for All Brick Rancher

Roby — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:08:50 +0000

THESE SELLERS ARE MOTIVATED – A $20K REDUCTION IN PRICE JUST MADE. If you are looking for a county property greater than 1 acre, with no back neighbours, a jogging trail off your back property limits, and an amazing all brick rancher with 3 car garage, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, split california ranch style, then you have found it. Call Roby Dyck for your personal tour, with separate dining room, great room with a soaring cathedral ceiling, cherry finish kitchen, and personal bath entrances from the children bedrooms. Why not call me at 519-972-1000 for your tour. CATCH A WHALE OF A DEAL with Roby Dyck.

11818 Cobblestone Cres Beauty is Now SOLD

Roby — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:48:45 +0000

Windsor is a happening place, the one city in Ontario poised to be the fastest growing / fastest recovery after a very damaging recession. Well, the perfect townhouse for the retiring couple is now SOLD, with nature trails just outside your door around Blue Heron Lake, and through the woods off Banwell St., and have ample space for great entertainment evenings. Why not call Roby for listing your home, or find you that perfect townhouse or rancher where all you need to do is move in and relax. Now, how simple is this. Call me at 519-972-1000 and have me paged and CATCH A WHALE OF A DEAL with Roby Dyck.

$10K REDUCTION for Commercial In Old Walkerville Area

Roby — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:54:29 +0000

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS – an updated 2 storey located in a happening commercial zone one block west of Old Walkerville that just got REDUCED $10K. This great pc of property for you to move in, set out your signage across the front of the building and start collecting your business income. It has been setup with the main floor having great open space, perfect for a dance studio or a salon. If one would desired this, then setting up a cozy hi-end restaurant could be achieved but with renovations for a commercial kitchen up or down, which ever you prefer. There is a 2 pc powder room on the main floor, and upstairs is a beautifully decorated and organized bachelor’s apartment. The two heating and cooling systems are zoned, one for upstairs and one for the main floor and basement. The basement has all the fixings pretty well in place including a side entrance to the basement for a renter, if this fits with your plans. So, why not give Roby a call, and make this viewing a MUST SEE in your tour plans. Call me at 519-972-1000, have me paged and start your dreaming. I will CATCH YOU A WHALE OF A DEAL, call Roby Dyck now.

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?&PropertyId=10157261&PidKey=-702707030&Mode=5&Cul=1

37 Prospect St. – KINGSVILLE – Now SOLD As Rent-To-Own.

Roby — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:16:11 +0000

This 3 bedroom, 1 bath storey and a half home has beauty and functionality for a very reasonable price of $119,900. Just reduced by ANOTHER $11k, PLUS given a complete redecoration, the home is now in move-in condition.
Why not check out the place. Call Roby @519-972-1000 to give you a personal tour.

Roby and Casper, my friendly Westie – the story

Roby — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:42:42 +0000

Casper is a 3 year old purebred White West Highland Terrier, who is my very best friend and constant companion. He goes pretty well everywhere with me. He has been kind of adopted by me and my wife Meta from our son-in-law and daughter. Bill decided to buy Casper as a ten month old pup for his financee, my daughter, Alisha back in 2007. Casper was fitted with a collar and a paper scroll which had a secret message to Alisha and inside was the engagement ring – Casper performed the delivery task impeccably and was certainly loved very much by his new owners. (She did say YES, by the way) But, since Bill lived in an apartment yet – no pets allowed – he asked ‘mom and dad’ (Roby and Meta) to take care of him until he bought a home for his future bride. Well, Casper helped me and my wife go through 5 pair of shoes/boots in real quick succession, and a few corners of our trim in our new home in Kingsville got chewed too. Nothing that could not be replaced or fixed quite easily. And eventually, Casper, as bright and smart as he is, handled the ‘potty’ training quite well and communicated his needs before they became an accident. Well, after Bill got his home for his bride, Casper went to stay with Bill and Alisha in his new home on Eastlawn Boulevard in Windsor. He did very well in his new home, and they loved him very much. But with both Bill and Alisha having careers, and being away from home long days, Casper missed his surrogate parents, and he came ‘visiting’ quite often. Then Casper started staying more and more, until such time, that he was a permanent friend and companion of Roby and Meta in Kingsville again. We have since become his adopted parents and he has certainly given us great joy and friendship over this past year or so.
For Meta and I, having a Westie as a pet is not new. We have owned purebred Westies as family pets for the past 26 years. Dixie Lee lived with us (a female) from ’84 to ’98 and then we had to say goodbye to her. By then, we had purchased Sheenaugh in ’96 and she lived with us until her death in 2008.
I also want to thank the Veterinarians who have so wonderfully cared for our Westies, and with a special thanks to our Kingsville Vet, Dr. Braithwaite, who was instrumental in diagnosing Casper with Addison’s Disease. In 2009, we almost lost him, until we were able to, with our Vet’s help, find the correct medication to combat a problematic Addison gland in Casper. Today, with daily meds for the rest of his life, he is a healthy and an amazing pet. See a few photos taken a few weeks ago by Skip Kuchta Photography of Casper and Roby in our home in Kingsville.

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Home Flipping

Roby — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:41:40 +0000

Can you make fast $$ in flipping homes? Our experience has been buying and selling our own personal homes which we live in for 6 months or more, fixing them up and then selling them again. This prevented us from having to pay capital gains taxes, and giving us the opportunity to control our spending.
First thing to do is to buy WISE, i.e. 1) location-location-location. Make sure you are buying a home in a good neighbourhood, and ensuring the home is not the largest one in the block; 2) know the market and try to buy low (insist on a Comparable Market Report from your REALTOR – call me if you need one as you do your research); 3) when you renovate your flipper, think reuse/recycle/restore as you go from room to room. This will reduce your input costs and allow your best return on your investment.
Our experiences in the 12-13 homes that we flipped, we found that one of the best flippers was a small war-time 1.5 storey home which we kept for about 1 year, spent about $3,000 (modified a 2 pc powder room to 3 pc washroom upstairs, renovated the kitchen with new counters, backsplash & paint, and re-decorated the paneling with feather dusted painting application). We made a nice profit from this home which we used to buy a nice rancher in a wooded lot in the country. Our ‘country estate’ was also resold in 4 years, with minimal renovations (some paint and paper and a purchase of some neighbouring land in the wood lot to expand the basic property size) which netted me approximately a 22% improvement on my investment.

Building a Hearth around your Fireplace for less but yet looks great.

Roby — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:24:02 +0000

Hi, Roby The Renovator is at it again. This time its my fireplace hearth around my gas insert. My Cost was $250.00 for materials, and I did the work. If you were looking for a person to build your hearth, just connect with me through this website, and I will look you up for a quote. For Step by Step Instructions as a Do-it-yourself-er, I will explain it as you watch my video blog here.

What’s with my Nick Name – Roby (ryhmes with Moby)??

Roby — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:28 +0000

Back in 1989, I was being interviewed and hired (specially for my name!!!) for Siemens Automotive Ltd. They had never had a Robert DYCK work for the company, Siemens, before and thus was born my nick name ROBY. I was never teased about my name when working with my collegues at Siemens until a few years later. More on this next. But for 9 years with the company, whenever I gave my name over the phone to a client or customer, I would always just say that my name was ROBY(rhymes with Moby). When asked for my last name, I would always say that I was hired specially for Siemens because my last name was Dyck ( pronounce Dick).

Another interesting anecdote that I am willing to share was when my very kind and generous neighbour (with only a slight sense of humour) decided to continue to shower my family with chocolate bars – Wait for it/Wait for it – called MR BIG!! Honest, he never cracked a smile and so without a thought, after my family had eaten their fill of Cadbury’s MR BIG chocolate bars, I was willing to share this new found source of delicious Canadian sweets with my collegues at Siemens. Now you know the rest of the story… Needless to say, we had a hoot with it, and, you always need to find humour in your name, heritage, or family quirks, right??? I wasn’t responsible for my last name. Oh, by the way, my brother’s name is Harold (everyone calls him Harry!!!).

Let me hear your humorous story – please respond.

Take care, and as always,

Roby the REALTOR sales pro from Prudential Select Realty Inc.

Amazing Home Reno Tips

Roby — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:05 +0000

Today I’ve got some amazing tips on home renovations that are very inexpensive and yet effective.

Tips for Showing Your Home

Roby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:38:02 +0000

After 33 years of buying and selling homes I’ve learned a thing or two about showing your home to prospective buyers. Here are a few tips:

Flowers and candles with some potpourri looks and smells nice.
Air out your home in advance if you have pet odors lingering in the home.
Playing some soft music during the viewing is relaxing for the viewers.
Prior to the showing, bake cookies, cake or bread and let this aroma be present.
Make sure your drapes are open and all blinds are up to allow lots of natural light.
If you have a fireplace, light it, and have the crackling fire greet the viewers.
Assemble a file containing manuals and warranties on included appliances.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness and very necessary to get your home SOLD.