Buy with a builder in your corner.
Buying a home in the Creston Valley is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make. I’m Mitch Loberg — a REALTOR® who’s also a Red Seal carpenter. I read the house, the land, and the contract the way most agents can’t.
Most agents sell the house. I make sure it won’t sink you.
By the time you’re excited about a property, the questions that actually matter are easy to skip — and expensive to get wrong.
Is the water licence real? Does the septic pass, and do you even have the right to inspect it? Will the zoning allow the shop, the suite, or the subdivision you’re counting on? Is the wiring legal, or a renovation hiding behind drywall? I check all of it before you commit — first homes, acreage, off-grid cabins, and investment property alike.
Thirty-five years in heavy industry and a Red Seal ticket mean I catch the things that cost families their savings. And I stay in it with you — through the inspection, the second opinion, and the mess nobody else will untangle.
Six things I look at before you sign.
I read the house
A Red Seal carpenter's eye on framing, foundation, roof, and renovations — before you fall in love with paint and staging. I see what listings hide and what inspectors photograph.
Zoning & land use
What you can actually build, subdivide, or run on the property — checked before you sign, not discovered after. Acreage, secondary suites, shops, and home businesses included.
Water & septic
Wells, water licences, shared lines, and septic. I make sure your offer gives you the right to inspect — and I know when a 'minor fix' is really a major bill.
Electrical & systems
Wiring, panels, and off-grid power. Thirty-five years in heavy industry means I know legal from improvised, and safe from a fire waiting to happen.
Rural & off-grid
Cabins, remote builds, and off-grid acreage don't scare me — I've lived it up north. That's where most agents get out of their depth and I get useful.
The contract
I write conditions that protect you, flag the clauses that don't, and give you a straight second opinion. And I don't disappear after the keys change hands.