Laminate floors combine a realistic impression of real hardwood, stone and tile with an extremely durable finish. These floors have become a popular alternative to real hardwood and vinyl floors.
Laminate floors are NOT real wood floors
Laminate floors are extremely impact, scratch, sunlight fade and stain resistant
Although laminate floors are extremely tough, they can be scratched by big dogs or dragging heavy objects across the floor.
Laminate flooring come in 3 types:
- Installer has to apply special glue
- Special glue is applied manually to the tongue & grooves of each plank.
- floating floor installation
- Not very common anymore
- Glueless floating laminate floors
- No glue, just click, or snap-fit lock planks together
- Most laminate floors are of this type
- Factory pre-glued, floating laminate floors
- The glue is applied at the factory. Just moisten the plank tongue and insert into adjacent plank.
- Some laminates use this method, not many
Trims and moldings are available for laminate floors. Moldings are laminated over a fiber core so they match the floor, or the moldings can also be made from real wood and color coordinate with the flooring.
Laminate flooring uses the floating installation method, which means:
- Laminate floors just rest on top of the subfloor. They are never secured or fastened to the substrate below. Instead they just lay on top of the substrate. Specially designed tongue-and-groove interlocking systems to secure planks together.
- Float entire floor over a variety of sub floor materials, such as plywood, OSB, existing vinyl flooring, concrete slabs, etc…
- You never have to glue-down, staple down, or nail-down laminate flooring.
- Even though these floors are floated the sub floor still must be level for locking planks together.
Most laminate floors can be used anywhere within the home, including wet area (but may not be warrantied).
Laminate floors do not need a wax or polish.
Excessive moisture may affect a laminate floor’s inner core and overall performance
Laminate planks are not easily repaired. There are touch-up kits and chip repair kits, but difficult to find.
Laminate floors require a thin, special padding underneath the planks so they can move freely.
Laminate floors can be fairly noisy when walked on. Special underlayment paddings are made to help reduce the noise level.
Glueless laminate floors are a very good do-it-yourself product
Highly resistant to the effects of sunlight
Most laminate floors can be used over radiant heated concrete slabs
Mostly used for: family rooms, living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and dens.
A laminated floor that is properly installed, protected and maintained will go a long way to help your laminated floor last as long as your home. Some benefits of a laminated floor are:
- A laminated floor is tough and durable
- A laminated floor is chemical resistant
- A laminated floor can be easily cleaned
- A laminated floor can resist dropped cigarettes for a time without burning the laminated floor
- A laminated floor will keep its color or design for years. Sunlight will not fade a laminated floor
- A laminated floor is hypoallergenic. The laminated floor repels dust, dustmites and other allergy causing particles
- A laminated floor is stain resistant
- Cleaning up a spill on a laminated floor is as simple as wiping up the mess.
- Installing a laminated floor is quick and easy
- A laminated floor requires no nails
- A laminated floor comes in many different designs and colors
- Scuff marks can be easily cleaned off a laminated floor
Brampton real estate by Chinguacousy / Sandalwood. It sold for 100% of asking price and the owners saved $4,650.
Brampton real estate by Chinguacousy / Wanless. It sold for 99% of asking price in 15 days and the owners saved $4,935
Brampton real estate by Hurontario St / Williams Pkwy. It sold in 21 days for 98% of asking price. The owners saved $4,200.
Brampton real estate by Chinguacousy / Williams Pkwy. It sold in 20 days for 98% of asking price. The owners saved $4,300.
Brampton real estate by Mclaughlin / Sandalwood. It sold in 21 days and the owners saved $4,714.
Brampton real estate by Kennedy Rd / Williams Pkwy. It sold for 98% of asking price and the owners saved $4,100.
Brampton real estate in the Castlemore neighbourhood. It sold for 99% of asking price and the owners saved $5,300.
Brampton real estate by Mclaughlin / Steeles. It sold in 17 days and the owners saved $3,600
Brampton real estate by Queen St / Bramalea Rd. It sold in 24 days and the owners
saved $3,700
Here are some more samples from my previous Brampton listings.
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/239.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/237.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/564.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/565.pdf
This does not cost my clients any extra money. It is included in the 1% package along with a virtual tour. Buyer agents get their usual 2.5% so the maximum you pay for this Remax full service with me is 3.5%.
To get your Brampton house listed drop me an email.
Here are some samples from my previous Brampton listings. These virtual tours and the high quality pictures did not cost my clients any extra money. Click the pictures below to view. If you are at work then I’d recommend turning the speakers off 
Saving money is great but usually not worth sacrificing service over. I would not mind saving some money on a product, but if I had to put up with bad customer service, I would really have to think twice.
The support staff at the RE/MAX is second to none. Professional secretaries handles all appointments and take great pride in being courteous. RE/MAX has also put in place a 24 hour answering service to make sure no important calls are missed.
Just because you are paying 1% commission to me you will not have to sacrifice on the service. Here is a list of products and services that are included for every listing:
1. Upload listing on the MLS
2. Virtual Tour
3. Professional photos (atleast 30 photos)
4. Full colour professionally designed Feature Sheets
5. Open houses
6. Advertised on the 1st page of Google, MSN, & Yahoo
7. Listing uploaded on the following sites:
8. Commissioncutter.ca
9. Remax.ca
10. MLS.ca
11. Remaxrealtyone.com
12. Other various classified sites
13. Remax secretaries handle all appointments
14. A For Sale sign
15. A lockbox for showings
16. I negotiate the offer personally
17. Listing is promoted aggressively to local agents
18. I help you understand the process of selling
19. You are kept up to date at all times.
20. I follow up with agents who show the house for feedback
21. Emails are sent to my database of buyers
22. All listings are Easy Exit. Which means that if for any reason you are not satisfied with my services you can cancel the listing at any time. No fees will be charged.
All of this for just the price of 1%. If a buyer agent is involved then the total commission is 3.50% (2.5% of that going to the buyer agent).
Please be sure to read the articles Great Feature Sheets and Sample photos to get a feel for the quality of work.
Disclaimer: Different commission rates, fees, and listing and marketing services may be offered by other RE/MAX Franchisees or Sales Associates in Canada.
I charge only 1% commission for full service. The buyer’s agent commission is 2.5%. Therefore, the absolute maximum commission you pay is 3.5%. Now virtual tours are included in this commission!
What do you get for 1%?
1. The Remax name brand! Best and biggest real estate company in North America. Market share of Remax in Brampton is 36%.
2. I specializing in Brampton and generally list 3 to 4 times more then the average agent.
3. All my listings are “Easy Exit”. Meaning that if for any reason you are not satisfied with my services my brokerage will cancel the listing. No penalties, No fees, No tricks.
4. Check my articles “Sample photos” and “Great Feature Sheets” on this site to see the quality of work I provide.
5. My website www.commissioncutter.ca is on the 1st page of Google for “Brampton real estate”. Your listing gets a full page ad on that site. Great exposure!
6. I reply to all emails within 12 minutes. Buyers are very tech savvy nowadays and want answers right away. If an agent doesn’t reply fast chances are the buyer loses interest and moves on to the next property.
7. You can speak to any of my past clients to get a reference check.
On average my clients end up saving about $4400. I know initially the thought is that this seems to good to be true or that there must be a catch. I understand completely. That is why I encourage you to ask me the tough questions, ask me to provide all my recent sales and stats in writing, speak to my past clients if necessary. Plus remember you can cancel the listing at any time if later on you feel you’ve made a mistake. Out of the last 50 or so listings I’ve had only one person cancel a listing on me.Â
Please check out my article “List of Services” to see in detail what is included in the 1% package.
Disclaimer: “Different commission rates, fees and listing and marketing services may be offered by other RE/MAX Franchisees and Sales Associates in Canada.”
Another thing that is very important in showing off a listing is great Feature Sheets. Usually when buyers go out to look at houses with their agent they see 6-10 houses at a time. By the end of the day every house starts to look the same and they can never recall which house had what.
To solve that problem I get full colour Feature Sheets designed. These are left at your house for buyers to pick up. These help the buyers remember how beautiful your house was.
See more samples in pdf format:
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/239.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/237.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/564.pdf
http://flyers.myvisualrealestate.com/flyers-premium/565.pdf
This does not cost you any extra!
Click here to see some sample pictures from my previous listings
Now that everyone is looking on the internet for houses it is very important to have high quality photos for your listing. For all my listings I get photos taken by professional photographers. This company takes atleast 30 amazing looking pictures plus they also do a virtual tour. This does not cost my clients any extra. It is included in the 1% commission package.
Take a look at some samples from previous listings.
All these photos are of my previous listings and they were taken by a professional. Like I mentioned above, professional pictures and a virtual tour are included in the 1% percent package. I encourage you to shop around and see how much other agents might be charging for this kind of quality of work.
Another thing that is very important in showing off a listing is great Feature Sheets. Usually when buyers go out to look at houses with their agent they see 6-10 houses at a time. By the end of the day every house starts to look the same and they can never recall which house had what. To solve that problem I get full colour Feature Sheets designed. These are left at your house for buyers to pick up. These help the buyers remember how beautiful your house was. Click the link below to see some samples from my previous listings.
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