Rochelle Dale – Let me guide you home

Why Use Rochelle?

Whether you’re interested in buying or selling your home, I am with you every step of the way. I will guide you through the journey of buying or selling, based on first-hand knowledge of the market and neighbourhood values. I provide you with personalized advice, backed by over 30 years of experience as a professional REALTOR® in the Shuswap and Salmon Arm. Together we can navigate:

What you need to successfully buy or sell a home
Recommendations for strategic negotiations
Connections to great resources in our community
Crucial closing details such as financing and inspections.

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Step 1: Your Finances

Step 2: Your Ideal Home

In order to find a home that best meets your style and needs, ask yourself the following questions, be sure to answer each question honestly to get the best match.

Why do you want to buy a home?

To stop paying rent or have a place of your own?
To start building financial equity?
To have more space to raise a family, entertain friends or business associates?

What kind of home would you like?

List the attributes of your ideal home (in terms of size, style, and features) and where you would like to be (i.e. location) and be specific. For example, your desired home may be a house for sale in Salmon Arm, with 3 bedrooms, an updated kitchen, and a yard. Or maybe you’re looking for a townhome in Salmon Arm, with a minimum of 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Whatever your needs may be, be sure to create a list to help you come up with your “musts” and “wants”. When creating your list, create two columns - one for the “must haves” and one for the “want to haves.”

When thinking about home styles, consider:

How much space do you need?
What size and kind of property do you need? A rancher with no stairs, an acreage, a family home, a condo?
Do you want a newer home or an older home you can fix up?
What kind of resale value do you need?
How long do you plan to live in this next home?
Where do you want to live?
What kind of area suits you? City, suburban neighborhood, or a spot in the country?
Are you drawn to a particular community in the Shuswap (north, south, east, or west side)?

What kind of neighborhood do you picture yourself in?

A new development area that is sparkly and new!
A family focused neighbourhood, perhaps close to schools and recreation facilities
An older neighbourhood with more settled residents
A remote location in the country

Is it important to you to be close to any of these community services?

Transportation
Library and recreation facilities
Shopping
Entertainment
Schools and school zones
Hospitals and health care facilities

What is the commuting distance to work, schools, recreation facilities?

Step 3: Find The Right Home

Whether you have outgrown your current home or are looking to downsize into something smaller, selling your home can be an emotional time. As a seller, it can be challenging to set a competitive market price on a home that you have not only invested in financially to maintain and improve but which also exists as a physical representation of your memories and experiences within it. I will lead you through the listing process with patience and understanding while helping you highlight the best qualities of your home to attract the most buyers at a competitive listing price.

Step 1: Evaluate the Worth Of Your Home

Step 2: List your Property

Step 3: Negotiate Your Sale

Active Lifestyles, Sports & Recreation

Salmon Arm has a wide range of choices to inspire an active lifestyle, both indoors and out, for any age and stage of life. Want to join a team to meet new people? Or maybe you prefer solo excursions? Looking to be active with your family? There is something for everyone here. Sports & Fitness Salmon Arm is an active community with a wide range of organizations for tennis, hockey, ringette, dance, curling, soccer, baseball, volleyball, pickleball, rugby, skating, swimming, karate, boxing, yoga, dragonboating, paddleboating, fitness centres and more! Recreation Facilities

Salmon Arm Recreation Centre has a swimming pool, hot tub, shallow kiddie’s pool, diving boards, fitness rooms, gymnasium, squash and racquetball courts.
The Shaw Centre hosts the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (our local Junior A Hockey team), minor hockey and ringette, tradeshows and conventions. It has a spectator arena for 1500 people.
Uptown, the Salmon Arm Curling Centre hosts a variety of recreation and competitive leagues and bonspiels and special events.
The SASCU Indoor Memorial Sports Complex, orginally the Memorial Arena for ice sports, was converted to an indoor playing field for soccer, football, rugby, lacrosse and other training activities
The Little Mountain Sports Complex has The Field House, which is a great venue for smaller events, as it seats up to 60 people comfortably. It has a full kitchen for event caterings and even weddings. There are 3 sports fields with washroom facilities and locker rooms, a playground and is located next to Little Mountain Park hiking trails.
The Salmon Arm Fall Fairgrounds host our annual Fall Fair, the Derby, Equestrian Shows, the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival and more throughout the year.

Lake Life As spring and summer arrives, enjoy a swim, kayak, canoe or paddleboard on our beautiful Shuswap Lake. Of course you can also bring your boat for water adventures, like waterskiing and wakeboarding too! You can launch your boat from Downtown Salmon Arm, Canoe Beach (7min from downtown) or one of the many other boat launches in the Shuswap region.

Shuswap Trails & Parks There are many trails and parks to explore right in the city of Salmon Arm. Wander down the wharf and along Marine Peace Park with your family, meet a friend to stroll around McGuire Lake park, take a run through Coyote Park, mountain bike in Park Hill, hike with your dog in Little Mountain or walk the beach in Canoe (to name a few). Then, not far past the city limits, drive up to Fly Hills to snowmobile/ATV or take a trip to Larch Hills to cross-country ski, hike or bike. There is so much terrain to explore. But be sure to do some research before you go, so that you can be prepared with water, snacks and a safety plan. Find online maps, trail guides and more info here: Shuswap Trails

Arts & Entertainment

Education

Our Economy

Seniors

The Shuswap region of British Columbia has a large population of seniors. We have a four season paradise with a great climate and stunning scenery that is perfect to enjoy retirement in! Here is some more information on senior resources and activities in our community.

Things to Do!

Find your your passion, sport, hobby, or desire to try something new in one of our senior-friendly neighbouring communities!

Hockey Lovers – A twin sheet arena offering “Old-Timers Hockey” or take in a Silverbacks Junior ‘A’ Hockey game or volunteer for one of our many minor hockey teams all at The Shaw Centre.
Curlers – our curling facility offers seniors curling league and bonspiels.
Bowlers – Our local bowling lane offers senior leagues, or join a seniors lawn bowling tournament.
Golf Lovers – Choose from three 18 hole golf courses. All located within minutes of Salmon Arm
Love to Learn? – Okanagan College offers seniors computer courses and more
Fitness Fanatics – many fitness centres, yoga and pilates studios, personal trainers and fitness programs through the recreation centres.
Outdoorsy Folks – hiking, mountain biking, the Lady Striders Walking Club, Shuswap Paddling Club, etc
Horseback Lovers – horseback riding, stables, and clubs
Live Theatre Fans – runs all year long offering incredible entertainment – Check out Shuswap Theatre
Slow Pitch – Join the over 50 league!
Swimmers – Salmon Arm’s SASCU Recreation Centre features an indoor swimming pool and hot tub among other facilities and offers senior specific swim and fitness programs
Crafters – Join a sewing and quilting club, artisan group or pottery lessons!
Food Lovers – enjoy a farmer’s market or one of the many pancake breakfasts
Join a Rotary Group
Check out the Branch 109 Seniors Group – offering many programs such as special dances, card playing and luncheons
Visit the Downtown Drop-in Centre – offers many programs including pot-lucks, cards and pool table tournament
Visit Haney Heritage Village & Museum for High Tea.

Seniors Housing & Care Facilities

Arbor House – Private Residential Care
Bastion Place – Government Residential Care
Hillside Village – Government Residential Care
Pioneer Lodge – Government Residential Care
Eagle Valley Haven – Private Residential Care
Landers Lodge – Private Residential Care
Lakeside Manor – Private Residential Care
Mountain View Manor – Private Assisted Living
Piccadilly Seniors Care – Government Assisted Living
Piccadilly Terrace – Private Independent Living
Shuswap Lions Manor – Government Independent Living
Shuswap Lodge – Private Supported & Assisted Living

Emergency & Healthcare Services

Chandra and Graham

We valued Rochelle’s integrity to put our needs and best interests first.

She looked out for us during our time looking for a home and will call her again when buying or selling our next one.

Jack and Janelle

We have dealt with Rochelle Dale on several of our Real Estate transactions both selling and buying properties and are very pleased with her performance and dedication.

We would highly recommend her to anyone.

Sally and Charlie

Rochelle is the total package in what you home for when making the huge decision to sell. Her personal assistance as well as her professional advice was everything we needed. She went above and beyond; she made us comfortable from our initial visit. Tell her what you want, sit back; she takes care of the rest.

Helen and Judd

This is our second time working with Rochelle – the first time to buy our first house, and this time to sell our first house. Once again, she provided impeccable service, in a comfortable down-to-earth manner. Her knowledge of the local housing market helped us price right for a good sale. The beautiful pictures (drone vantage points included), iGuide floor plans, and thoughtful marketing of our property resulted in it being off the MLS in no time. To top it off, Rochelle was respectful of COVID19 protocols and worked with us to ensure safety. The entire process was as smooth as butter.