Choose by what the estate needs. If beneficiaries are aligned and the house is simply being sold, a well documented market evaluation from a REALTOR licensed with the Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission is normally enough and costs nothing. If one beneficiary intends to buy the others out, or the estate is contested, pay for the independent appraisal, because a neutral third party report ends arguments that a listing opinion cannot.
Greystone Heights sits on the east side near the University of Saskatchewan and Circle Drive, and its houses were built mostly through the 1960s. Estate properties here draw two very different buyer types, families wanting a mature area near schools and buyers wanting a renovation project close to campus. Which one you attract changes the price by a meaningful margin, and it is largely determined by how the home is presented and priced in the first week.
The recurring problem in a long held home is proving what was done. Decades of upgrades, from windows and shingles to a fully developed basement, sit outside any public record, so an automated estimate reads the house as untouched. Joel Dyck goes through it room by room, documents the work, and gives every beneficiary the same defensible number to look at.
Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.