Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We understand the power that the Internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively. We only use such information anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you.
Email Links
This site provides an email address link located on the Contact Us page so that you may email us directly with any questions or comments you may have. This site reads all messages received and makes efforts to respond promptly.
In addition to replying to your comment or inquiry, we may also file your email for future reference regarding improvements to our website or discard the information. Your personal information is not shared, traded, sold, or exchanged with any third parties without your express permission.
Information Collection and Use
This site is the sole owner of the information collected. We will not sell, share, trade, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
This site collects information from our users at several different points on our website. We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
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Since this site is a real estate site, we give you the option of requesting free real estate information about real estate properties. Your personal information is stored on our secure database.
We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
Personal Information
This site functionality requires or requests users to give us contact information, such as their email address, and personal information, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers, and property details.
The visitor’s contact and personal information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and requested, but is primarily used to collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
We do not disclose information about your individual visits to this site, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or comply with a legal process served on our website.
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Users of this site have the option to unsubscribe from our mailing list directly through their accounts. To opt out, please navigate to the Subscription Settings located under My Account.
By disabling the email or SMS notification toggle, you’ll cease to receive notifications associated with the selected options.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. These sites have their own policies and practices with respect to online privacy, and this site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of these websites.
In addition, in certain instances, this site’s advertisers may ask you for personal information. This site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of its advertisers.
Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. For example, we impose strict rules on our employees who have access either to the databases that store user information, or to the servers that host our services.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration to data will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Notification of Changes
This policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the website. We’ll post those changes so that you’ll always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we’ll disclose it to anyone.
Please check this site for information about revisions to our privacy policy. We’ll notify you directly if there is a material change in our privacy practices.
We’ll take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active email consent from the user if this site is going to use the information collected from the user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection. We’ll also post the changes in our privacy statement 10 days prior to a change.
Cookies
This website uses the following cookies:
Google Analytics
This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities, including, but not limited to, page views, source, and time spent on websites. The information is depersonalized and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals.
This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics, we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
Google AdWords
Using Google AdWords code, we’re able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Removal of and Access to Personal Information
We’ll accommodate the deletion of any personal information as soon as reasonably possible.
Should you wish to request erasure of personal data, please submit a written request to Macedo Real Estate Group, addressed to the address listed below. Each request will be validated, and you’ll be required to provide some personal information for security reasons.
Please note that Macedo Real Estate Group has the right to deny a request and provide an explanation as to why each request was denied.
Macedo Real Estate Group
www.MacedoRealEstateGroup.com
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6M0A6
Canada
[email protected]
416-535-5000
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please send us an email, and we’ll be pleased to assist.
Royal LePage® Supreme Realty, Brokerage
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6N 0A6
Call 416-535-8000
Text 647-931-5151
Copyright 2026. Macedo Real Estate Group, Danny Macedo, Sales Representative, Anthony Rocco Macedo, Sales Representative, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage all rights reserved assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information shown. The information provided herein must only be used by consumers that have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate and may not be used for any commercial purpose or any other purpose.
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What to Do in the Six Weeks Before You List Your Home
Most sellers spend months thinking about listing and then two days getting ready. The result is a home that goes live before it is ready to compete, and a price correction three weeks later that could have been avoided.
The six weeks before your listing goes live are the weeks that determine your outcome. Here is a working timeline, in order, of what to do and when.
Week One: Walk the Property Like a Buyer
Before you touch anything, walk through your home as though you have never seen it. Start at the kerb. Look at the driveway, the front door, the condition of the porch. Then go inside and move room by room, noting everything that catches your eye.
You are looking for three categories. Things that are broken and need repairing. Things that are cluttered and need removing. Things that are dated and could be refreshed with paint or hardware rather than a renovation.
Write them all down. Do not prioritise yet. The list is the starting point, and the next five weeks are for working through it in the right order.
Week Two: Handle the Repairs
Buyers notice maintenance issues, and their inspectors find the rest. A dripping tap, a cracked tile, a door that does not latch properly. None of these are expensive to fix. All of them, left unaddressed, give a buyer a reason to negotiate your price down or walk away entirely.
Fix anything structural or mechanical first. That means plumbing, electrical, roof leaks, and furnace issues. Then move to cosmetic repairs. A fresh bead of caulking in the bathroom costs five dollars and takes ten minutes.
If you are unsure which repairs matter most, ask your agent before you spend money. Not every fix returns its cost. The goal is to remove objections, not to renovate.
Week Three: Declutter and Depersonalise
Buyers need to see themselves in the space. They cannot do that when the space is full of your life. Family photographs, collections, the treadmill in the spare room. None of these things are wrong, and all of them make it harder for a stranger to picture living there.
Start with the surfaces. Clear every countertop, every shelf, every windowsill down to one or two items at most. Then move to the cupboards and wardrobes, because buyers open them, and a packed cupboard reads as "not enough storage."
Box what you are keeping and store it offsite or stack it neatly in the garage. The house does not need to be empty. It needs to feel like there is room for the next person's life.
Week Four: Paint, Clean, and Refresh
A fresh coat of paint in a neutral tone does more for a listing than almost any other single investment. If the walls are scuffed, yellowed, or painted in a colour that made sense in 2014 but reads as dated now, this is the week to address it. Stick to warm whites and soft greys.
After the paint dries, do a deep clean. Not a regular clean. A move-out level clean. Baseboards, light fixtures, behind appliances, inside the oven, grout lines in the bathroom. If you are not going to do it yourself, hire a professional crew. Budget between $400 and $800 depending on the size of the home.
Replace any burnt-out lightbulbs and consider upgrading to higher-wattage bulbs in darker rooms. A bright room photographs well and feels larger in person.
Week Five: Stage the Key Rooms
You do not need to stage every room. The three that matter most are the living room, the primary bedroom, and the kitchen. Those are the rooms buyers spend the longest looking at, both online and in person.
Staging can be as simple as rearranging what you already own. Pull furniture away from the walls to create conversation areas. Add fresh towels in the bathroom, a plant on the dining table, a throw on the sofa. If the furniture is worn or the layout is awkward, a staging consultation typically costs between $300 and $500, and a full staging runs $2,000 to $5,000 depending on scope. Ask your agent whether staging is likely to return its cost in your price range.
Week Six: Photographs, Pricing, and Final Walkthrough
This is the week your agent brings in the photographer. Professional listing photographs are not optional. They are the first showing, because the vast majority of buyers start their search online.
Your agent should also present a pricing strategy this week, supported by comparable sales data from your neighbourhood. The right price is not the highest number you can imagine. It is the number that attracts the most qualified attention in the first seven to ten days, because that is when your listing gets the most traffic.
Do a final walkthrough the day before the listing goes live. Check every room with fresh eyes. Make sure every light works, every surface is clean, and the home smells neutral. First impressions are formed in seconds, and you do not get a second chance at them.
If you are thinking about listing and want a walkthrough of your home before you start, call me at 416-560-4983. I will tell you what to fix, what to leave, and what the market says your home is worth today.
Danny Macedo
REALTOR®, Macedo Real Estate Group
Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage
416-560-4983
