Kristy works with buyers and sellers throughout Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and the wider Tri-Cities, as well as Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver, practising out of RE/MAX Heights Realty at 400-4370 Dominion Street, Burnaby.
Those staging years were spent as the owner of Private Property Staging, and that is the part most sellers end up relying on: she reads a property the way a buyer will see it, and she knows what preparation is worth doing and what is not.
- 2004
- Licensed since
- Nearly 10
- Years as an award-winning home stager
- Top 10%
- 2017 Medallion Club Qualifier, Greater Vancouver
- 4
- Professional designations
Areas served
Coquitlam
Her primary market, from Central Coquitlam and Maillardville through Westwood Plateau, Burke Mountain and Coquitlam West.
Port Coquitlam & Port Moody
The rest of the Tri-Cities, where she works with the same buyers and sellers moving between communities.
Burnaby
Where RE/MAX Heights Realty is based, and where she has been selling since 2004.
New Westminster & Vancouver
Regular representation across the Lower Mainland for clients moving in or out of the Tri-Cities.
Designations and training
Continuous education beyond the basic licence — each designation below is held and current.
ABR® — Accredited Buyer’s Representative
The benchmark of excellence in buyer representation.
SRES® — Seniors Real Estate Specialist
Qualification to meet the needs of buyers and sellers over the age of 50, including downsizing.
RENE® — Real Estate Negotiation Expert
Formal negotiation training applied to offers, subjects and multiple-offer situations.
CCSP™ — Canadian Certified Staging Professional
The staging credential behind her preparation and presentation work.
Negotiation training, BCIT
Additional negotiation coursework through the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Professional memberships
Member of the Real Estate Staging Association® and the Institute of Luxury Marketing.
Awards and recognition
2017 Medallion Club Qualifier
The Medallion Club represents the top 10 per cent of all REALTORS® of Greater Vancouver. Kristy qualified in 2017.
Sutton Director and Platinum awards
Recognition for consistently strong results during her years with Sutton, where she was named to the Director and Platinum award levels for sales performance.
Home staging awards
Awards earned as a staging professional and owner of Private Property Staging — recognition as a stager alongside her record as a REALTOR®, and the reason presentation leads every listing strategy she writes.
Who she works with
First-time buyers
Guidance through financing, neighbourhood selection, inspections and subject removal.
Growing families
Moves driven by space, schools and commuting across the Tri-Cities.
Downsizers and seniors
SRES®-qualified support for clients over 50 weighing the housing options open to them.
Investors
Comparable-sale analysis, strata review and hold-versus-sell conversations.
Professional philosophy
Kristy’s approach starts with presentation. Nearly a decade of staging taught her that buyers form an opinion in the first few moments of a showing, so preparation — not discounting — is where she puts a seller’s effort: what is worth repairing, what is better left alone, what should come out of the room, and how the property will read in photographs. Her marketing background carries that through to the listing itself, built for the specific property rather than run off a template.
For buyers the priority is information early enough to act on: an honest read of what a property is worth before an offer is written, and the strata documents, comparable sales and inspection findings understood rather than skimmed. Her designations exist for the same reason — buyer representation, negotiation and senior clients are each their own discipline, and she trained in them deliberately.
Across both sides the standard does not change. First-time buyers, growing families, downsizers and investors get the same responsiveness and the same straight answers — which is why much of her work now comes from past clients and the people they refer. She would rather earn the next transaction than close this one quickly.
Get in touch
Whether it is selling, buying, downsizing or a home valuation, send the details below and Kristy will come back to you.