A pre-listing inspection at $400 to $600 is the cheapest way to decide, and pulling your permit history from the City of Saskatoon at the same time tells you which past work is on record. Finding a cracked heat exchanger, a leaking shut off or a failing shingle yourself lets you fix it on your schedule and your budget. Having the buyer's inspector find the same thing during the condition period reopens the price when your negotiating position is weakest.
In Saskatoon, prioritise the items a prairie climate punishes. Grading and downspouts directed away from the foundation, sealed basement window wells, a furnace serviced with a current record, an eavestrough that actually drains and a roof with years left on it all matter here, and a buyer looking at a January possession will be thinking about heating costs and ice.
Keep your receipts for everything, including the work you did years ago. The City of Saskatoon's file and every online estimate miss improvements made without a permit, so a documented record of the furnace, the shingles, the panel upgrade and the basement development is what turns your spending into price. Joel Dyck's hand-reviewed valuation builds that record before the listing goes live.