Selling the digital with the home

HouseLeague by Ryan DeLuca

Published: March 12, 2009 4:08 a.m.

Last modified: March 12, 2009 4:19 a.m.

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With the continuation of the digital age, many homes and condos are being upgraded to include the latest in technological advances, making life easier and more efficient. In a buyer’s market, you can make use of this new technology to help move your property quickly and obtain a higher sales price.

Upgrading your home to include the latest in electronics can make a large impact on a buyer. While searching for the ones to install in your home you may find some items that are location specific, such as full spectrum lighting. This lighting helps combat seasonal affective disorder, which is common on the rainy west coast. Including these lights in the bathrooms will be especially appealing for those relocating to the west from sunnier locales across the country.

Televisions and surround sound systems are another upgrade that is becoming more affordable and more common in homes around the country. Prewiring your space to allow for surround sound systems and home theatres can be enticing to any buyer (including the television itself is even better). The minor expense you will incur to wire your home will more than pay for itself when it comes time to sign on the dotted line.

With winter coming to an end, heated floors are not something most people will be thinking about, but adding radiant floor heating in the bathrooms and kitchen will always be appreciated by any home owner and buyer and can be enjoyed year round. Since tile and stone make up for most of the kitchen and bathroom floor coverings, radiant heating will keep them toasty during chilly nights, or while drying off after a shower or bath.

– Ryan DeLuca is a realtor with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, and host of The Real Estate Minute on Novus TV; rdeluca@sothebysrealty.ca.

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