About
I look at a house for what it will cost you after you own it.
Micheline Lamontagne, Certified Residential and Commercial Real Estate Broker, licensed since 2003. Montreal, Laval, the West Island and the South Shore.
My story
From buying at industrial scale to reading buildings
I have always walked the streets of my town looking at houses. When my corporate job was abolished, I followed that pull into real estate, and I have been a licensed broker since 2003.
Before real estate, I was a professional buyer for a major Canadian dairy: cost analysis, inventory management and projects at industrial scale. From 2011 to 2024, I was in the window and entrance door business: high-end windows and entrance doors made to our specifications in Europe, and in the later years, windows and doors made in our own factory. I held the RBQ licence, did window take-offs from architectural plans, and visited and inspected our job sites. I sold the business at the end of 2024, and I am back in real estate full-time because it is the work I do best.
The open door in my logo is a nod to those years. Every building starts with a door: it's the one thing you must walk through to get inside.
2011–2024
The window and door years
What that background gives my clients
Four habits I bring to every file
I read buildings before the inspection.
Quality versus standard materials, structural warning signs, failing windows.
I read plans.
Years of window take-offs from architectural drawings taught me to see what a renovation or an addition will really involve.
I think in total cost.
Not just the purchase price: what a property will ask of you over the next few years.
I negotiate like a buyer.
With evidence, and knowing which terms matter most.
What I believe
How I think about real estate
Time in the market beats timing it.
Real estate rewards the years you hold it more than the month you buy.
I will tell you to spend less.
The worst habit in this industry is pushing people above their budget.
A deal has to work for both sides.
I price to true value, whether I represent the buyer or the seller.
I'm not selling entertainment.
I'm selling real estate. Most mornings start with laps in the pool or a bike ride, then a cappuccino, then the first call.
Next step
Let's talk about your plans
Buying, selling or investing: tell me where you are. On Instagram, you can also DM me GUIDE, SELLER or PLEX.