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Relocate to Victoria, BC with Confidence: Why We Moved Here

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💲 Home prices in Victoria relative to Canada (ratio of income to home prices);
📍Our experiences moving to Victoria from Winnipeg (Ricki-Lee) and North Vancouver (Alex);
🏘️ Getting to know the Capital Region Districts (CRD);
🗒️ Setting yourself up for success: “Subject to Sale” offers & knowledge gathering (on-the-ground and virtual – that’s what we’re here for!).

We’re working on a video series to provide in-depth knowledge on each of the Capital Region Districts making up Greater Victoria. Stay tuned! Thank you for being here.

No matter what stage you’re at, we’re here to help.

CONTACT US:

250-634-2141 (call or text)

[email protected]

What our relocation clients say:

“Alex and Ricki are incredible. I can’t emphasize enough how important they both were in helping us find our perfect first home. We were new to the market and new to BC and they helped us every step of the way. They made it feel easier to go through the process of buying with them and never made us feel rushed or pressured to find something right away. We are so happy with our new home and owe a lot of it to them. Highly recommend!” — Jazmin H.

“Alex was fantastic through our home purchase process. Efficiency was important as we were visiting from out of town and wanted to see as many properties as possible to narrow down our options. Alex faced the challenge with ease, and was very helpful pointing out pros and cons as we progressed. Attention to detail was one of his many talents. We would highly recommend Alex and will use his services again.” — Raymond M.

“We had an excellent experience working with Alex. As out of town buyers, we were more than satisfied with his knowledge and expertise as he patiently worked with us through our purchase process that ultimately took us over a year to complete. Alex was always positive, never high-pressure, and he has a great skill set – we will be happy to work with him again in the future!” — Mark M.

“Alex was referred to of us by our selling agent back home. We moved from Ontario to BC and trying to buy and sell in the current market shift this past year things were difficult and challenging. Nonetheless, having the recommendation to work with Alex made our home buying experience a positive one! Alex was always available, professional, and flexible. He went above and beyond meeting our every request no matter how big or how small and exceeded our expectations. He made moving into a brand new home, in a new province comforting and always provided us his honest opinion. Alex knew the areas very well and provided us with knowledge of what was around the communities as we could no explore for ourselves. If he didn’t have an answer, he’d get it. Besides loving our new home and this beautiful province, Alex was the next best thing to making this move happen. Would highly recommend.” — Jayme Z.

“Moving to Vancouver Island has been a longtime dream of ours, but it didn’t come without apprehensions. After 27 years in our house in Winnipeg, the Victoria housing market was unfamiliar and daunting— Alex helped us to navigate it and feel supported in every decision. He encouraged all our questions, always got us the information we needed, and routinely acknowledged our wish-list to make sure we found the place that was right for us. His calm, outgoing energy at every part of the process was so appreciated! We spent two months in Victoria looking at listings before returning to Winnipeg, after which we trusted Alex so much that we ended up buying a condo we’d never seen in person. We’re all moved in now and we could not be happier. Thank you Alex for all your help.” — Ted H.

“I cannot recommend Alex and Ricki enough! We moved here from out of province and they we’re so helpful and patient with us. We ended up finding our dream home here and we couldn’t be happier!” — John R.

Thank you for being here,

Alex Hughes* and Ricki-Lee Jewell, Victoria, BC Real Estate Agents

*Personal Real Estate Corporation

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