How to decorate your new home and support a good cause
What does design and purchasing furniture and accessories for your new home have to do with contributing to the greater good? When we support companies that have a sense of social responsibility it can help bring about a change. We can support positive
How to keep your home safe while away on holiday
You’re almost through your advent calendar, unless you skipped ahead and ate all the chocolate. Instead of counting down to Christmas, some of you may be counting down to the day you go away on holiday! During the days leading up to your
How to Read your New Home Floorplans
By Amit PaulIt seems to me that the need to understand, and be able to properly decipher, real estate floor plans should be greater today than ever before. In a large portion of real estate sales the floor plan is all we have to try and understand what
How to prepare for final closing on your pre-construction condo
Through the stages of development of your pre-construction condo, perhaps the most crucial is the transition from interim occupancy to final closing. The most important of the moving pieces to have in place during this transition is your financing.
How are homeownership and unemployment connected?
Evan Siddall, chief executive of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), told a Bank of England audience last week that we should be thinking about raising down payment requirements for insurance-backed loans. Since 1998, the Canadian government
Tarion: How to Protect Your Home From the Elements this Spring
By TarionEven though your home braved the cold this winter, you should still be protecting it against the elements as the weather warms up. The ice storm in December has opened our eyes to the need to prepare our homes, and ourselves, for extreme weather
How to plan the perfect end-of-summer glamping staycation
For anyone not familiar with the term glamping, it is a way to enjoy the outdoors in luxury. Since summer is coming to an end and the kids are about to go back to school, I thought it would be fun to give you some ideas on how to set up the backyard for
How is a new home warranty different from insurance?
Buying a new home can be exciting, but it comes with some potential risks.
How to watch for cyclists when driving in the city
Warm weather is on the horizon so the roads will soon be busier with two-wheeled commuters. At the beginning of the week, we posted a list of safety tips for cyclists who are planning on biking around the city throughout spring. One of the tips was that
How Soon Will Our Homes Resemble the Hal 9000?
Iconic films such as Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey or, more recently, Spike Jonze’s Her have given us a glimpse at life in the future, where intuitive technology is seamlessly integrated into almost every facet of life. Although we haven’t
