Welcome to our beautiful office located in Esquimalt! We’re located at 993 Wordsley St. in ‘Downtown Esquimalt’ or ‘Old Esquimalt’, just off Lampson Street. Our office is located on the first floor of our original restored 1947 Art Deco. We have a kitchenette full of snacks and beverages, a roaring gas fireplace, luxury bathroom, separate entrance, and dedicated parking for our clients. If you need to talk shop we are here to help (by appointment). 

We offer award winning Real Estate trading services provided by Christina Stack, Multiple Silver & Bronze MLS Award Winner, Managing Broker/Owner, licensed Realtor AND licensed in Rental Property Management Services.

WHAT is StackHaus? If you haven't figured it out yet, HAUS is German for HOUSE. You’d be surprised how many people get confused by that. As broker/owner I’m first Generation German-Canadian: fastidious, detail oriented, obsessed with rules and regulations, dedicated to fighting for my clients best interests. 

My love for Real Estate goes back to my youth growing up with immigrant parents who were speculative developers. I’ve been a practicing Realtor for over 16 years and a home owner as one woman on the title of a 3600sf house for just as long! That is until I met my husband and business parter Nicky Valinoti :)

Together we started StackHaus Realty Inc. as a way to offer both Property Management and Real Estate sales to Greater Victoria, based in Esquimalt. We are not affiliated with a franchise. We are our own independent firm. 

Meet the StackHaus Babies

Growing up in Metchosin our other German neighbours bred Pembroke Welsh Corgis, and we have had them as our loving companions ever since.

Henry is the latest addition to the StackHaus! Pictured here on the left, baby Hen-Hen is our first boy dog, he’s got a soft fluffy coat and is full of beans, loves to cuddle and run around the parks of Esquimalt.

Winnie, pictured on the right is the boss of the pack, she likes to scream in your ear when she’s excited (so loud it hurts, what a weirdo) and is jealous of any other dog within 300 yards of her family.

These two get along like two peas in a pod. Corgis aren’t entirely useful dogs and pure kryptonite for a clean freak and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

We remove an ENTIRE vacuum container of fur from the upstairs of our house every. single. day.

Emma, The Mascot of Wordsley

Meet Emma the retired alley cat. Emma is a 13 y/o tuxedo cat that lived next door to us for the past 10 years. She was mostly outdoors and everyone who lives on Wordsley St. knows her!

When her owner moved away to a colder climate we offered to adopt her and now she lives with us. We built her a catio and she is living her best life.

Christina-Luise Stack

Hey there! It’s your favourite Realtor! With a background in General Contracting I’m your go-to Realtor who’s competent, capable and competitive enough to move hundreds of people in, out and across Greater Victoria.

As Director and Owner/Operator of StackHaus Realty Inc. I love all things Real Estate. Development, improvement, revenue, I’m here for it all.

I believe that direct mail, targeted social media ads and open houses are the key to great Real Estate marketing, bringing over 20 years of entrepreneurship to the table.

The first words I ever spoke were full phrases and commands : “By myself!” as I ripped the spoon from my mother’s hands (charming). Second was commanding the dog to sit “Zuzie Sat!”

If I’m not delgating you’ll find me….GETTING. THINGS. DONE.

Nicky Valinoti

Nicky, pictured here in his natural habitat, eating a meatball at our favourite Italian restaurant in Manhattan (Antonucci’s, UES, NYC).

Nicky and I met in NYC when he was a Building Superintendent. Nicky can build or fix anything, and has a heart as big as Manhattan. I’ve seen him repair a wooden toilet and boilers older than time itself. Mr. Valinoti has many hidden talents and comes from Wall Street pedigree - this man knows how to trade stocks.

Nicky is in charge of our Property Management division, offering a competitive advantage to landlords with our built-in Building Superintendent. Nicky loves rooting for the NYC Mets & Jets, restoring anything vintage or antique, and has THE sharpest sense of humour, delivered perfectly with his fantastic Brooklyn accent :)

Why Esquimalt?

My parents met in Esquimalt! Both German immigrants, they met in Equimalt but moved to Metchosin to start a family, Dad Stack was based in Albert Head and Naden as 3rd Mech Cdo/Airborne then PT at the Naden gym based at Macaulay Point.

My childhood memories of visiting him at work were watching him march soldiers through Rockheights, trick or treating through the PMQs here, sharing an ice cream as a family at beautiful Saxe Point.

As a resident and homeowner for 16 years in Esquimalt I am proud to call E-Town my home. Is it blue collar here? Can be, and how refreshing to be in a town where people are useful, capable and getting. things. done!

E-TOWN PRIDE.

OF COURSE I sold it. Acting as listing agent, property manager and conveyancer, she does it all. We also helped the executor prep this home ready for sale, hosted multiple back to back open houses and used targeted ads on Instagram and Facebook to get the people in to view this home, ultimately resulting in a quick sale! 

Congratulations! 

This HUGE Townhouse checks all the boxes - garage, extra storage, well run strata, location location location! 

Over 2,150sf of living space on 2 levels with 3 spacious bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms PLUS GARAGE! This awesome floor plan has plenty of bonus storage and expansive rooms that make it feel more like a house. The largest unit in this well run complex, situated in a quiet setting while being ideally located close to great schools, UVic, shopping and transit! PRIMARY BEDROOM SUITE ON MAIN FLOOR is spacious and has large walk-in closet and ensuite. Downstairs features 9' ceilings, 2 pc powder room, laundry room w/ garage access.

Attractive living room with bay window, spacious dining room & large kitchen. Family room off kitchen has feature gas fireplace and glass sliders to a pretty patio area with charming hedges and established perennial landscaping. Upstairs has 2 Bedrooms, large landing/office area, vaulted ceilings, storage room and bathroom with skylight. Floor Plans, 3D Tour, Videos all online. Buyer to verify measurements/floor plan if important.

Large Living Room!

We virtually staged this room to showcase the expansive layout of this townhouse that very much feels like a house. Huge rooms that can accomodate many different furniture layouts, and oversized peices.

Virtually Staged Family Room

This room could be used as a breakfast nook as featured here OR set it up with couches facing the awesome gas fireplace. Young familes could turn this into an awesome play area as well, or maybe a super home office off the patio?

Virtually Staged Primary Bedroom

Large Primary Bedroom on main floor! Gorgeous flooring throughout all common areas and a primary suite with huge walk-in closet and ensuite bathroom!

Massive Upstairs Landing Area

The largest unit in the complex this landing area pictured could be another flex area (there’s already plenty of storage in this home with bonus storage room, crawl space, garage and dedicated laundry room. Turn this landing area into an office, play area, reading nook, so many possibilities!

For more info head to this listing’s dedicated website for floorpans, videos, photos and 3D tours! 

https://tours.snaphouss.com/3633cedarhillroadunit21victoriabc?b=0

Presenting this stunning home with all the extras, situated in the North Saanich neighbourhood near the airport (calling all jet-setters!) this 2006 custom built home is set back from the road on a 1/2 acre lot! Spanning over 4,000 sf, this 5 bedroom 4 bath home features a 1 bedroom suite over the giant 3 car garage PLUS an upper area that could be transformed into another in-law/guest area or easily made into a large rec/games room area with bedroom.

Main floor living area is extremely open, BRIGHT and inviting with large granite island, 3 sided fireplace, vaulted and 9ft ceilings with gleaming hardwood floors. Primary suite looks out to your private garden, views straight from the pages of your favourite author. Level, sunny, private, fully fenced, irrigated and completely landscaped with multiple fruit and palm trees, established perennials, greenhouse, even a koi pond! RV parking, new heatpump, wired for a hot tub and meticulously maintained.

We virtually staged a couple of photos and will host Open Houses to help buyers size up this fantastic floor plan. Not gonna lie, I’m a BIG HAUS fan (obviously) and the versatility of this floor plan really has forever home written all over it with main level living, a MASSIVE Primary suite overlooking multiple palm and fruit trees and a koi pond? I suddenly have zero loyalty to Esquimalt I love this house! 

9319 East Saanich really has everything. As someone who was born and raised in Victoria I need to leave the rock often (Sagittarius, we love travel), and this home appeals to us jet setters that travel a lot, might have a boat or RV, a home in the desert we need to get to in the cold winter months :) There’s a Juliet balcony off the recreation/games room with views of the Victoria International Airport and I LOVE watching the planes on the runway.

I’m completely head over heels in love with this house. Here’s those virtually staged photos to give you an idea of furniture placement. Or just show up to one of our open houses I’m sure to have a measuring tape on me at all times and used to own/operate a furniture store so if anyone can help you with furniture placement I’m happy to help :) 

We’ve done a matterport  3D Virtual tour of the house, check out that floorplan! I love how unassuming the house is from the front of the street with fully fenced, hedged and gated privacy - I LOVE a secure perimeter. 

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=K3e5Q3HjvHS&mls=1

Here are some pics of the ½ acre of manicured landscaping, koi pond, fruit and decorative trees (multiple palms!), low maintenance cement patios, fully fenced with irrigation, totally private. You’ll see the suite has its own entrance and patio and is situated above the garage providing lots of privacy between suite and main living area. 

Triple Car Garage!

As someone who parks a brand new Mercedes on the street in the rain….a garage. You will never regret buying a home with a GIANT garage in Victoria BC. I would instantly buy an El Camino or some manual transmission mid-life chrisis muscle car to put in here beside the wagon. Imagine coming home with a trunk full of groceries and you don’t have to haul them through the rain because….GARAGE.

A few more pics of the interior, here are some of the main living area. Be sure to contact your Realtor for a private viewing or inquire to see if we have an Open House coming up…

The primary suite is INCREDIBLE, walk in closet, 4 piece ensuite with walk-in shower and soaker tub, picture windows with private views of this luxuriously lush and verdant garden. The multiple palm trees and private exterior door to the rear patio make this primary suite feel like a tropical resort. 

2 more bedrooms downstairs with a laundry area (plumbed for a sink or dog washing station!) 

The recreation room that could be an additional suite area has its own bathroom and bedroom and that sweet Juliet balcony with views of Victoria International Airport. 

And here we have the suite above the garage (which could be combined with the rec room area but is currently a one bedroom suite), complete with in-suite laundry, private entrance and patio. 

This North Saanich neighbourhood is super close to beautiful Sidney By the Sea, Roost Bakery, parks, fantastic schools and amazing amenities. 

I have been BLESSED with working with wonderful people this entire year! In my 16 years of Real Estate, 2025 has been a banner year. 

I’ve won awards, (Silver, Bronze MLS awards, Douglas Top Ten to Watch, huge volumes, luxury estates, you name it), but it wasn’t until I started my own firm that I began to attract like minded folks. Clients that trust me to broker and convey complex deals, symbiotic relationships with respectful sweethearts ALL YEAR LONG. It’s everything. 

This NYC-Style loft is a unique property that required lots of marketing and exposure to attract our buyer. Digital marketing is great but with Real Estate you need people to actually physically visit the space so I held dozens of open houses. 

I got a bit crafty and hung a sign in the iconic bay window of the condo, ultimately a beacon that attracted the new owner! The buyer bought the condo unrepresented and I was able to convey and assist them while representing the buyer. It doesn’t happen that often. 

As the Realtor writing both ends AND doing the conveyancing of both ends I was able to close super fast for both happy buyer and seller. Even better, the lovely buyer is having me help them redesign the place after closing so I couldn’t be happier, I love the space and am so excited to sell, broker and help breathe new life into this historic piece of Victoria Real Estate. 

Congratulations to both seller and buyer! :) 

This pic cracks me up, wet hair, in coveralls with a bit of Barbarian bewilderment in those eyes. I had to get a passport photo for my Strata Management exam at UBC Sauder Business, and this is how I showed up to the Esquimalt Shoppers Drug Mart, you’re welcome. 

November has proven to be another busy month, for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to get another dog to add to my already hectic life and to celebrate my birthday on Dec 15th! Yikes! 45 and still alive, might as well get another short dog to celebrate followed by 6 months of puppy hell. 

We have a couple of accepted offers to convey this November as well as co-ordinating prepping a couple of gorgeous houses ready for the market. People often think that December is a slow month for Real Estate and it’s never been for me, I am usually eating dinner alone in a parking lot on my birthday or Christmas Eve. And us Germans celebrate Christmas Eve, but that doesn’t stop offers and the holidays are that time of year that families get together and make big decisions - Real Estate being one of them. 

As a General Contractor by trade I’ve spent most of my life lifting heavy things and loving it, but recently my weightlifting years have caught up with me and I’m no longer allowed to lift heavy. My neck has had it, no more Olympic Weightlifting and no more kettlebells. So that also means I can’t lift a toilet, I can’t lift boxes or lumber, or a 5gal pail, no lifting a machine rental, just no lifting.

And all I want to do is lift things. It’s my literal NAMESAKE. 

It has been extremely hard to ask for help in these situations. How can I even drive around with the licence plate Stack if I can’t stack things? I mean C’mon. 

As a child and teenager I was really into competitive swimming (butterfly) and I stopped going in favour of rowing and weightlifting, but now in my middle age I’m excited to bring the traps back to the pool. I just got a peloton and have been getting back into road biking but I’d rather be at CrossFit, not gonna lie. You might see me at the pool sporting some dorky underwater headphones or an even dorkier triathlon suit in the almost fast lane ;) 

The whole point of life is to continue to adapt or drown so here I am swimming laps and spinning like a hamster rather than throwing down building supplies. Life goes on, even if a Stack can’t Stack like she used to :) 

After I survived my first Financial Audit from the lovely folks at BCFSA (I sincerely mean that, thank you for your patience!) I decided to uncouple the renovations from the Real Estate sales and management for a few reasons, mainly running all the expenses of General Contracting through a Real Estate Brokerage is a nightmare, but also my calling is being a Realtor and Broker, and being fastidious means I can manage a client’s renovation but I don’t have to put on overalls to do it :) 

So if you haven’t asked me directly we do NOT do renovations any longer. We have people we refer to and every trade and handyman (wonderful vetted trades people I might add) and are now co-ordinating renovations for our clients, but not performing them. We have evolved folks! 

That doesn’t mean I don’t like to still get involved, as a Realtor if that means I get to keep showing up to job sites and pointing out touch-ups with my fussy Realtor eye then so be it. There is nothing like a new coat of paint to freshen up the space for new home owners to move in. In my experience if you don’t do renovations in the first 6 months they never get done. 

My closing gift to these clients was you guessed it, a trunk full of paint (trim paint not pictured ;) enough to paint out an entire upper floor, about 1300sf including 3 bedrooms, closets, ceilings, cove and trim. I also acted as GC co-ordinating the painters who did a fantastic job. This home hadn’t been painted in over 40 years, dusty rose be GONE! 

We used Cloverdale paint, they spackled 10 million holes, removed wallpaper, removed many many hooks, shelves and brackets. The kids moving in picked out awesome colours for their rooms and ripped out the carpet to reveal gorgeous oak hardwood floors! Very happy for this wonderful family to move right on in, and I love being involved in the flip, even if it is just managing people now. 

Click though to check it out! 

StackHaus Realty Inc. has a couple more deals to convey and close for early December, and are busy helping clients get their homes ready to move into and to list. Being a part of many aspects of a closing, co-ordinating renovations, it’s just my favourite thing. 

Enjoy this passport photo of me taken for the UBC Sauder Business Strata Management exam. Wet hair and coveralls in the middle of a Shopper’s Drug Mart in Esquimalt. It’s that luxurious Real Estate lifestyle :) 

When I called the municipality and they told me I wasn’t allowed to build a garage fronting onto Wordsley, I remembered that I can build as many 10×10s as I want in my back yard with NO PERMIT, so here we go! 

My never ending paperwork as a Broker and Realtor was made better this week knowing Nicky was in the backyard building away like busy beaver. I’ve been chained to the desk but can hear a faint hammer or saw going in the distance, motivating me to power through forms forms and more forms. 

Our backyard just happens to front onto Esquimalt Road, so I refuse to pay a commercial landlord a lease just like I refuse to pay a franchise to operate our brokerage. With hundreds of condos going in all around us here at the #artdecoesquimalt it makes perfect sense for us to erect our offices facing Esquimalt Road.

We’ll have street access to Esquimalt Rd. near Lampson St. and once the offices are done we’ll be removing the big laurel hedges to reveal Nicky’s handy work. We don’t need to hook it up to power as we’ll be running our offices from a solar generator. 

I had a meeting at ERC (Esquimalt Roasting Company) and used our Esquimalt Rd. entrance, snapping a before pic that makes me so happy. Always rather invest in my own property than someone else’s but it wouldn’t happen without Nicky Valinoti - appreciate you. 

What a great deal we got for our buyers for this house in the Tillicum/Burnside area of Saanich!

First time on the market in nearly 40 years this house was well maintained and un-messed with! Ready for some cosmetic updates but sporting some skookum bones and systems. Rare!

We negotiated a fantastic closing price for this HUGE house with 5 bedrooms, giant double garage!, separate suite area downstairs and full height 7’4” lower level!

Bonus? My buyers are serious gardeners and this giant lot is basically already an orchard with multiple fruit trees and lush perennial borders.

Who’s going to be helping rip up these carpets and paint out these walls?

Finding a home for this family was a treat, friends and clients for decades it’s been a true joy touring with two tradies and their 5 kids! I will miss them helping me opening the lockbox or catching lizards in the backyards. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Course I also brokered the deal - off to go cut some excess funds bank drafts so we can close this one quick!

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We’re removing subjects today and about to start another flip on a house in Saanich for our Buyers! 

Being a managing broker is a real treat, closing fast on this one because our conveyancer is beyond fastidious with her reports. Drafting up excess deposit bank drafts, a few reports being typed up and BAM! SOLD! That’s $2,950,000 in closings SO FAR this month of October! Yeeayyyah! 

Trading in my demo boiler suits for some boss broker suits and it feels GOOD. Germans have NO CHILL and casual dress in Germany is just being nude, so the transition to pant suits has been an easy one. Why wear heels that make me 6’ tall? Because it feels powerful. Because sometimes I work 7 weeks without a day off. 

Being a contract and conveyance expert also makes me feel powerful. Passport renewal? Green card? Immigration documents? EASY. I just survived my first 6 month long financial audit as the Managing Broker of my own Real Estate firm, NOTHING can phase me now. 

May I forever be on a financial calculator or in a suit with an extra tall inseam, filling out FORMS FORMS FORMS, closing deals, moving people. 

Broker Stack

Of the 44,000+ Realtors in the province, there are only around (apx) 1600 Managing Brokers. Sure it took years of experience and a huge 3hr written exam to become a broker but it was WORTH IT.

No franchise, no other company, not one other person took a peice of my hard earned commissions.

I’m about to write my Strata Management licence next month and will be rolling my UVic BA credits into a BBRE from UBC. Turns out I love self improvement as much as I love home improvements :)

We just re-listed this incredible downtown heritage conversion condo at a fantastic price! 

This Stunning BRIGHT NYC Style loft is situated in the famed Oriental building. Unit 206 is among the largest in the building, offering an impressive corner floorpan and unique features including an iconic heritage bay window, oversize double-height ceilings bathed in natural light from multiple SW facing windows and exposed brick walls adding an urban chic aesthetic. Modern kitchen impresses with an open concept kitchen/living area. Originally crafted in the late 1880s, this sought after 2011 conversion with in-suite laundry seamlessly blends historic charm with contemporary comforts. Enjoy building amenities like a bike room, dedicated storage, a charming courtyard, and a shared rooftop patio with a BBQ area. Pet and family friendly! Charming secure courtyard and common rooftop patio.

Congratulations to both my sellers and buyers! 

When my buyers called me about the house on Pickford that we just flipped and sold, I knew we could help find them another house in the beautiful Colwood Lake area. Hosting these lovely buyers in my furnished rental while they were looking for their new home created a seamless transition for this wonderful family. 

We negotiated a great deal for them and are SO excited for them to take possession. Fantastic open concept layout, bright sunny yard with awesome landscaping, high end appliances and a rental income suite of their very own! This amazing house at 2429 Marlene Dr. really shows off what Pickford could look like with some elbow grease. 

Congratulations to the happy sellers of Pickford where I was the General Contractor AND the buyers of Marlene where I helped place them as tenants for a short period. By also brokering this deal I was able to be involved in every aspect of helping my clients in these deals. 

Feeling very proud of my clients and so happy to have ushered in new folks into this amazing neighbourhood. Welcome and Congratulations!