Reef tank management company in Calgary?

paddyob · #1 05-10-2013, 01:54 PM

It's a novel idea, but highly unlikely you are going to convince someone to spend $75/hr to maintain it.

That bill adds up, and having worked for a maintenance company I know it can be $5-600/mth. Or more. And on top of a mortgage payment, could cost you a home sale.

Best of luck.

I also can't see someone paying more for your house if you leave the tank. It's like a stereo
In a car. It does not make the house more valuable. Having two agreements to sell the house is absurd. Anybody seeing the lower price will tell you to take your tank. The interest incurred in that purchase would be foolish for any buyer to consider.

This opinion comes from my past, selling mortgages. Little amounts over a long term add up.

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Originally Posted by asylumdown

Does anyone know of a person or persons from this board who commercially maintain reef systems in people's homes in Calgary?

It's looking more and more like we're going to be putting our house on the market this summer and since my tank is built in to the house, I want to make it as easy as possible for someone to keep running it after they move in if they want to keep it. I've always done everything myself, but the chances that another die hard reefer will buy this place are pretty tiny so I want to have something set up where-in they could just have a guy (or girl) come in once a week for maintenance.

If they don't want the tank, I'm going to have to sell everything and spend a weekend turning the space where the tank is in to a closet.

asylumdown · #2 05-10-2013, 05:40 PM

I think my only saving grace on the maintenance end will be that even 600 a month to maintain it is less than it costs to clean this place every month. Anyone who buys this place will be able to afford to pay the maintenance, but it's all a matter of whether they see value in doing so or not.

However, I'm going to call our plumber and electrician to see how expensive it will be to cap/remove the lines to that space.

On the upside, if there's a closet in that room, we can officially list our place as a 5 bedroom house...