Right-Sizing Q & A

After 28 years of guiding Ottawa families through life's real estate transitions, I've noticed that the same thoughtful questions come up again and again — usually around a kitchen table, long before anyone calls a REALTOR®. When is the right time to sell the family home? Does the house need to be emptied or renovated first? How do the children fit into the decision?

These pages hold my honest answers, drawn from nearly three decades of experience rather than theory. Read them in any order, take what's useful, and know that there's no timeline attached to any of it. If a question of your own isn't answered here, I'd genuinely welcome hearing it — it may well become the next page.

— Lucie